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Charles, Landgrave Of Hesse-Wanfried
Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (born: 19 July 1649 at Rheinfels Castle; died: 3 March 1711 in Schwalbach), was a Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried. He was the second son of Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels and Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich. Life After an inheritance dispute about the " Rotenburg Quarter", Charles received Hesse-Eschwege in 1667. He moved to Wanfried and founded the Catholic line of Hesse-Wanfried. He used the castle in Wanfried as his residence, because the castle in Eschwege had been pledged to Brunswick-Bevern, also in 1667. Marriages Charles's first wife was Countess Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid, a daughter of Count Eric Adolph of Salm-Reifferscheid and his wife Princess Magdalene of Hesse-Cassel. Sophie Magdalene died in 1675 during a trip to Venice. Charles then married Alexandrine Juliane, a daughter of Count Emich XIII of Leiningen and Countess Dorothea of Waldeck. Alexandrine Juliane was the widow of Landgrave George III of Hesse-Itter-Vöhl. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918. Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume I: ''Europe & Latin America'' (1977), pp. 202, 208, 211-216. History The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia (daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Elizabeth of Hungary) with Henry II, Duke of Brabant, from the House of Reginar. Sophie was the heiress of Hesse, which she passed on to her son, Henry, upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession, in which she was one of the belligerents. Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th century, it was inherited by the younger son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and became a distinct political entity. From the late 16th century, it was generall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langenschwalbach
Bad Schwalbach (called Langenschwalbach until 1927) is the district seat of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. Geography Geographic location Bad Schwalbach is a spa town some 20 km northwest of Wiesbaden. It lies at 289 to 465 m above sea level in the Taunus, along the small river Aar (Lahn) (a tributary of the Lahn). Over 56 percent of the municipal area is forest. Neighbouring communities Bad Schwalbach borders in the north on the community of Hohenstein, in the east on the town of Taunusstein, in the south on the community of Schlangenbad, and in the west on the community of Heidenrod. Constituent communities Bad Schwalbach’s '' Stadtteile'' are Adolfseck, Bad Schwalbach, Fischbach (Bad Schwalbach), Heimbach, Hettenhain, Langenseifen, Lindschied and Ramschied. History Bad Schwalbach was first mentioned in a document in 1352 as ''Langinswalbach.'' The first reliable report of the mineral springs came in 1568 from the Worms doctor ''Tabernae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1649 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – In England, the Rump Parliament passes an ordinance to set up a High Court of Justice, to try Charles I for high treason. * January 17 – The Second Ormonde Peace concludes an alliance between the Irish Royalists and the Irish Confederates during the War of the Three Kingdoms. Later in the year the alliance is decisively defeated during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. * January 20 – Charles I of England goes on trial, for treason and other "high crimes". * January 27 – King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is found guilty of high treason in a public session. He is beheaded three days later, outside the Banquet Hall in the Palace of Whitehall, London. * January 29 – Serfdom in Russia begins legally as the Sobornoye Ulozheniye (, "Code of Law") is signed by members of the Zemsky Sobor, the parliament of the estates of the realm in the Tsardom of Russia. Slaves and free peasants are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landgraves Of Hesse
The Landgraviate of Hesse (german: Landgrafschaft Hessen) was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. It existed as a single entity from 1264 to 1567, when it was divided among the sons of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. History In the early Middle Ages the territory of Hessengau, named after the Germanic Chatti tribes, formed the northern part of the German stem duchy of Franconia, along with the adjacent Lahngau. Upon the extinction of the ducal Conradines, these Rhenish Franconian counties were gradually acquired by Landgrave Louis I of Thuringia and his successors. After the War of the Thuringian Succession upon the death of Landgrave Henry Raspe in 1247, his niece Duchess Sophia of Brabant secured the Hessian possessions for her minor son Henry the Child. In 1264 he became the first Landgrave of Hesse and the founder of the House of Hesse. The remaining Thuringian landgraviate fell to the Wettin's Henry III, Margrave of Meissen. Henry I of Hesse was raised to the status of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rulers Of Hesse
This is a list of rulers of Hesse (german: Hessen) during the history of Hesse on west-central Germany. These rulers belonged to a dynasty collectively known as the House of Hesse and the House of Brabant,''Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume I Europe & Latin America'' , London 1977 p. 202 originally the Reginar. Hesse was ruled as a landgraviate, electorate and later as a grand duchy until 1918. The title of all of the following rulers was "landgrave" (german: Landgraf) unless otherwise noted. Landgraviate of Hesse In the early Middle Ages the Hessengau territory (named after the Germanic Chatti tribes) formed the northern parts of the German stem duchy of Franconia along with the adjacent Lahngau. Upon the extinction of the ducal Conradines, these Rhenish Franconian counties were gradually acquired by Landgrave Louis I of Thuringia and his successors. After the War of the Thuringian Succession upon the death of Landgrave Henry Raspe in 1247, his niece Duchess Soph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentheim-Bentheim
Bentheim-Bentheim was a county in southeastern Lower Saxony, Germany, the borders of which by 1806 were the modern borders of the District of Bentheim. This county was formed from the county of Bentheim in 1277, and from it was formed Bentheim-Steinfurt in 1454. Bentheim-Bentheim reemerged as a county in 1643 and was mediatised to Berg in 1806, before being annexed to France in 1810. It was granted to Hanover by the Congress of Vienna. Counts of Bentheim-Bentheim (1277–1530) Gerulfingen *Egbert (1277–1305) *John (1305–1333) *Simon (1333–1348) *Otto III (1348–1364) *Bernard I (1364–1421) Götterswyk *Eberwin I (1421–1454) *Bernard II (1454–1473) *Eberwin II (1473–1530) Counts of Bentheim-Bentheim (1643–1806) * Philip Conrad (1643–1668) * Arnold Maurice (1668–1701) * Herman Frederick (1701–1723) * Louis Francis (1723–1731) * Frederick Charles (1731–1803) *Louis (Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt Bentheim-Steinfurt was a historical county located in north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Otto Of Limburg
Christian Otto von Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Bronkhorst and Stirum (1694–1749), was a member of the House of Limburg-Stirum and the third reigning monarch from the branch of Limburg-Styrum-Styrum. Biography von Limburg Stirum was the son of Moritz Hermann of Limburg Stirum and countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Leiningen-Dagsburg. Family von Limburg Stirum married three times and had 14 children of which a lot died at an early age: * first in 1718 with princess Juliana of Hesse-Wanfried (born 1690, died 1724); they had 5 children: ** Franziska Elisabeth, born in 1719, died in 1752, she married in 1732 prince Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (he died in 1759); ** Karl Joseph, born in 1720, died in 1725; ** Ernestine Elisabeth Alexandrine, a nun in Köln, born in 1721, died in 1752; ** Philipp Ferdinand, born and died in 1722; ** NN, born and died in 1724; * second in 1726 with countess Ludowika Kager von Globen (died 1732); they had 2 children: ** Karl Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Marquard, Prince Of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
, title = Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort , titles = , image = , caption = , reign = 1718–1735 , reign-type = Period , coronation = , predecessor = Maximilian Karl , successor = Charles Thomas , succession = Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort , spouse = Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Wanfried , issue = , house =House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg , royal anthem = , father =Maximilian Karl, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort , mother =Countess Maria Polyxena Khuen von Lichtenberg und Belasi , birth_date = , birth_place = Wertheim , death_date = , death_place = Venice , place of burial = , religion = } Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (7 November 1690 – 11 March 1735) was the second Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. He was the sixth son and ninth child of Maximilian Karl Albert, last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian, Landgrave Of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels
Christian of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (17 July 1689 in Wanfried – 21 October 1755 in Eschwege) was a son of Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (1649–1711) and his second wife, Countess Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1651–1703). He was Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried and Hesse-Rheinfels from 1731 until his death. Early life As a younger son from his father's second marriage in a Catholic cadet line of the House of Hesse, Christian was originally meant to become a canon in Strasbourg. However, in 1710, at the age of 21, he opted for a career in the military. He served in the army of Hesse-Kassel, most recently as Brigadier. Inheritance dispute After his father's death in 1711 he took up government in Hesse-Wanfried. His older half-brother, William II, however, appeared in Wanfried in the same year to put forward his own claim to this part of the inheritance. The dispute had to be settled by the Emperor. Christian had to give up the landgraviate. Inste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was a German principality of the House of Hohenlohe, located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, around Bartenstein. Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was a partition of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and was raised from a county to a principality in 1744. Hohenlohe-Bartenstein was partitioned between itself and Hohenlohe-Jagstberg in 1798, and was mediatised to Württemberg in 1806. Counts of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein (1688–1744) *Philip Charles Casper ''(Count of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst)'' (1688–1729) *Charles Philip Francis (1729–1744) ''with...'' *Joseph Anthony (1729–1744) Princes of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein * ''Philip Charles Casper, Count 1688-1729 (1668-1729)'' ** Charles Philip Francis, 1st Prince 1744-1763 (1702–1763) *** Louis Charles Francis Leopold, 2nd Prince 1763–1798 (1731-1799) **** Louis Aloysius, 3rd Prince 1799-1827, mediatized 1806 (1765–1827) ***** Karl August Theodor, 4th Prince 1827-1844 (1788-1844) **** ''Karl Joseph, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Alba Iulia and Sighișoara. It is also the home of some of Romania's List of World Heritage Sites in Romania, UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of Sighișoara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains and the Rosia Montana Mining Cultural Landsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis II Rákóczi
Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Today he is considered a national hero in Hungary. His full title was: ''Franciscus II. Dei Gratia Sacri Romani Imperii & Transylvaniae princeps Rakoczi. Particum Regni Hungariae Dominus & Siculorum Comes, Regni Hungariae Pro Libertate Confoederatorum Statuum necnon Munkacsiensis & Makoviczensis Dux, Perpetuus Comes de Saros; Dominus in Patak, Tokaj, Regécz, Ecsed, Somlyó, Lednicze, Szerencs, Onod.'' His name is historically also spelled Rákóczy, in Hungarian: ''II. Rákóczi Ferenc'', in Slovak: ''František II. Rákoci'', in German: ''Franz II. Rákóczi'', in Croatian: ''Franjo II. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
