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Diether VIII, Count Of Katzenelnbogen
Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen (1340 - 19 February 1402) was a Count from the younger line of the House of Katzenelnbogen. He ruled in Upper Katzenelnbogen. In 1376 he took part in the coronation of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia Wenceslaus IV (also ''Wenceslas''; cs, Václav; german: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 136116 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he w ..., as King of Germany. Diether was the son of Johann II of Katzenelnbogen (died 2 March 1357) and Elizabeth of Isenburg-Limburg. Diether was married on 8 June 1361 to Elisabeth of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (died 1 February 1389), a daughter of Adolph I of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1307-1370). They had the following children: * Johann IV, married 1385 Anna von Katzenelnbogen from the older line of Katzenelnbogen * Elizabeth (died 1393), married 1387 Count Henry IV of Veldenz * Margaret (died 1438), married 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann IV, Count Of Katzenelnbogen
Johann IV, Count of Katzenelnbogen (c.1363 - 27 October 1444) was one of the last members of the younger line of the House of Katzenelnbogen. He ruled the reunited County of Katzenelnbogen. His father was Diether VIII, a count of Katzenelnbogen from the younger line of the House of Katzenelnbogen, and ruled mainly in Upper Katzenelnbogen. Johann's mother was Elisabeth, a daughter of Adolph I of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1307–1370). In 1383, Johann IV married Anna of Katzenelnbogen, a distant cousin from the older line of Katzenelnbogen, and they had at least one son: Philipp I (1402–1479). Philipp I was the last male member of the House of Katzenelnbogen. He had two sons: Philipp II (1427–1453) and Eberhard (d. 1456), however, they both predeceased him. After Philipp I's death, his daughter Anna inherited the County, including Dornberg Castle, and so it fell to her husband, Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse, called "the Rich" (15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzenelnbogen
Katzenelnbogen () is the name of a castle and small town in the district of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Katzenelnbogen is the seat of the '' Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Aar-Einrich. History Katzenelnbogen originated as a castle built on a promontory over the river Lahn around 1095. The lords of the castle became important local magnates, acquiring during the centuries some key and highly lucrative customs rights on the Rhine. The Counts of Katzenelnbogen also built Burg Neukatzenelnbogen and Burg Rheinfels on the Rhine. The male line of the German family died out in 1479, while the Austrian lineage continued, and the county became disputed between Hesse and Nassau. In 1557, the former finally won, but when Hesse was split due to the testament of Philipp the Magnanimous, Katzenelnbogen was split as well, between Hesse-Darmstadt and the small new secondary principality of Hesse-Rheinfels. When the latter line expired in 1583, its prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenceslaus IV Of Bohemia
Wenceslaus IV (also ''Wenceslas''; cs, Václav; german: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 136116 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he was deposed in 1400. As he belonged to the House of Luxembourg, he was also Duke of Luxembourg from 1383 to 1388. Biography Wenceslaus was born in the Imperial city of Nuremberg, the son of Emperor Charles IV by his third wife Anna von Schweidnitz, a scion of the Silesian Piasts, and baptized at St. Sebaldus Church. He was raised by the Prague Archbishops Arnošt of Pardubice and Jan Očko of Vlašim. His father had the two-year-old crowned King of Bohemia in June 1363 and in 1373 also obtained for him the Electoral Margraviate of Brandenburg. When on 10 June 1376 Charles IV asserted Wenceslaus' election as King of the Romans by the prince-electors, two of seven votes, those of Brandenburg and Bohemia, were held by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph I, Count Of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance: * Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605) * John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912) * Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390) Marriage and issue In 1322 Adolph married Margaret, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children: * Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden * Frederick (d. 1376) was minister in Mainz * Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein * John * Margaret was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery * Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen * Adolph I of Nassau (1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz The Elector of Mainz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert, Count Of Nassau-Sonnenberg
Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg ( – 4 September 1390), nicknamed ''the Bellicose'', was a son of Gerlach I, Count of Nassau and his second wife, Irmgard of Hohenlohe. Life As a younger son, Rupert was originally destined for a career in the clergy. Gerlach I abdicated in 1344, in favour of his sons, except he kept Sonnenberg Castle, where he lived. This castle was to be inherited by Kraft, Rupert's eldest brother. However, Kraft fell in battle while fighting on the French side in the Battle of Poitiers in 1356. It was then decided that Rupert would inherit Sonnenberg. Rupert's half-brother from his father's first marriage ruled their father's possessions jointly until 1355, and then divided it: * Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605) * John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912) * Rupert later inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg. From 1355, Rupert was bailiff at Amöneburg Castle for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John I Of Isenburg-Limburg
John I of Isenburg-Limburg, "The blind Lord" (died September 29, 1312) was from 1289 Count of (Isenburg-) Limburg and the head of the House of Limburg. The core territory of the Lordship of Limburg consisted of the city of Limburg an der Lahn and several surrounding villages. In the City Chronicle of Limburg by Tilemann Elhen von Wolfhagen, written before 1402, John was referred to as the "Blind Lord." What is this name means, however, is unclear, because no sources refer to John being physically blind. Probably John had an eye disease in his old age and was thereby visually impaired. Life John’s father, Gerlach I of Limburg, had founded the House of Limburg and sought to secure dynastic connections with neighboring noble families. John’s sister Imagina was married with the Count, later King of Germany, Adolf of Nassau. His second sister Agnes was married to Henry of Westerburg, the brother of the Siegfried II of Westerburg, the Archbishop of Cologne. In 1288 John partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard I, Count Of The Mark
Eberhard I (–4 July 1308) was a German nobleman. He was Count of the Mark from 1277 until his death. He was the son of Engelbert I, Count of the Mark and Kunigunde of Blieskastel (died 1265), daughter of Count Henry I of Blieskastel. In 1277, Count Herman of Lohn abducted Eberhard's father Engelbert I, Count of the Mark near Tecklenburg and imprisoned him in the Castle of Bredevoort, where he later died. In 1278 Eberhard took revenge and conquered the castle. From 1281, Eberhard formed an alliance with the Counts of Berg, Cleve and Jülich against the Electorate of Cologne and gained the independence of the County of Mark from the Archbishop of Cologne after the victory in the Battle of Worringen in 1288. He also obtained Brakel, Westhofen and Waltrop. Eberhard died 4 July 1308 and was buried in Fröndenberg Monastery. Marriage and children Eberhard married first about 29 January 1273 to Irmgard of Berg (c.1256–24 March 1294), daughter of Adolf VII of Berg. They had se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerlach IV Of Isenburg-Limburg
Gerlach is a male forename of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''ger'' (meaning 'spear') and ''/la:k /'' (meaning 'motion'). The meaning of the name is thus 'spear thrower'. It became a surname, and a source from which other surnames have been derived, as well. Personal name * Saint Gerlach (died c. 1170), Dutch saint * Gerlach I of Isenburg-Arnfels, Count of Isenburg-Arnfels from 1286 (1287) until 1303 * Gerlach I of Isenburg-Wied, Count of Isenburg-Wied from 1409 until 1413 * Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden (before 1288-1361), Count of Nassau * Gerlach II of Isenburg-Arnfels, Count of Isenburg-Arnfels from 1333 until 1379 * Gerlach II of Isenburg-Covern, Count of Isenburg-Covern from 1158 until 1217 * Gerlach III of Isenburg-Covern, Count of Isenburg-Covern from 1217 until 1235 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Katzenelnbogen
The County of Katzenelnbogen was an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire. Chatti Melibokus is a very old tribe who stayed on a high hill in the Bergstraße region of Hesse (the part that lies south), in Germany. It existed between 1095 and 1479, when it was inherited by the Landgraves of Hesse. The estate comprised two separate territories. The main parts were the original ''Untergrafschaft'' ("lower county") with its capital at Katzenelnbogen in the Middle Rhine area and the ''Obergrafschaft'' ("upper county") south of the Main River around Darmstadt, predecessor of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. History One Diether I (''circa'' 1065–95) of ''Katzenelnbogen'' (literally ''cat's elbow''), then serving as ''Vogt'' of Prüm Abbey, was first mentioned about 1070 in a deed issued by Archbishop Anno II of Cologne. From 1094 onwards, Diether and his son Henry I built Katzenelnbogen Castle in the Taunus mountain range; in 1138, King Conrad III of Germany vested his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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