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Balthasar Rantzau
Balthasar Rantzau ( – 23 May 1547 probably at Wartenfels Castle in Lusatia) was a Prince-Bishop of the Diocese of Lübeck. He became known for his tragic end as a kidnapping victim. Family Balthasar Rantzau came from the Holstein noble family Rantzau. He was the son of the bailiff Hans Rantzau (1452–1522) on Gut Neuhaus and Schmoel in today's Plön district and Margarethe Brockdorff (1477–19 August 1547). His eldest brother was Melchior Rantzau (around 1496–1539), the most important statesman for foreign and financial policy in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Five other brothers of his also held important positions in the government of the duchies: Heinrich (or Henrik) (1501–1561) and Sievert († 1576) were ducal councilors and bailiffs, Jasper (or Caspar) († 1562) royal councilor and bailiff, Breide († 1562) royal governor of the duchies and Otto († 1585) provost of Uetersen monastery. Together the family had rich land holdings in Holstein. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally in some more modern traditions also. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Anglican In the Anglican Communion, the style is applied to archbishops (including those who, for historical reasons, bear an alternative title, such as presiding bishop), rather than the style "The Right Reverend" which is used by other bishops. "The Most Reverend" is used by both primates (the senior archbishop of each independent national or regional church) and metropolitan archbishops (as metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province within a national or regional church). Retired archbishops usually revert to being styled "The Right Reverend", although they may be appointed "archbishop emeritus" by their province on retirement, in which case they retain the title "archbishop" and the style "The Most Reverend", as a courtesy. Archbishop Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Holstein
The Duchy of Holstein (german: Herzogtum Holstein, da, Hertugdømmet Holsten) was the northernmost state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the present German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It originated when King Christian I of Denmark had his County of Holstein-Rendsburg elevated to a duchy by Emperor Frederick III in 1474. Members of the Danish House of Oldenburg ruled Holstein – jointly with the Duchy of Schleswig – for its entire existence. From 1490 to 1523 and again from 1544 to 1773 the Duchy was partitioned between various Oldenburg branches, most notably the dukes of Holstein-Glückstadt (identical with the Kings of Denmark) and Holstein-Gottorp. The Duchy ceased to exist when the Kingdom of Prussia annexed it in 1866 after the Austro-Prussian War. History The northern border of Holstein along the Eider River had already formed the northern border of the Carolingian Empire, after Emperor Charlemagne upon the Saxon Wars reached an agreement with King Hemming of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
