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Duchess Amalie In Bavaria
, title = Duchess of Urach , image = AmalieinBayern.jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach , issue = Princess Marie Gabriele Princess ElisabethPrincess Karola Prince WilhelmKarl Gero, Duke of UrachPrincess Margarete Prince AlbrechtPrince EberhardPrincess Mechtilde , house =Wittelsbach , father =Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria , mother =Princess Sophie of Saxony , birth_date = , birth_place =Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria , death_date = , death_place = Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg , burial_place = Duchess ''Amalie'' Maria in Bavaria (Full German name: ''Amalie Maria, Herzogin in Bayern'') (24 December 1865 – 26 May 1912) was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, the only child of Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria and his first wife Princess Sophie of Saxony. Amalie was a member of the House of Wittelsbach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mindaugas II Of Lithuania
Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach (''Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius''; German: '' Fürst Wilhelm von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 2. Herzog von Urach''; 30 May 1864 – 24 March 1928), was a German prince who was elected in June 1918 as King of Lithuania, with the regnal name of Mindaugas II. He never assumed the crown, however, as German authorities declared the election invalid; the invitation was withdrawn in November 1918. From 17 July 1869 until his death, he was the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg. Early life Born as Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius, Count of Württemberg, he was the elder son of Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach (the head of a morganatic branch of the Royal House of the Kingdom of Württemberg), and his second wife, Princess Florestine of Monaco, occasional Regent of Monaco and daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco. At the age of four, Wilhelm succeeded his father as Duke of Ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Florestine Of Monaco
Princess Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (22 October 1833 – 4 April 1897) was the youngest child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and his wife, Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Florestine was a member of the House of Grimaldi and a Princess of Monaco by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Urach and Countess of Württemberg through her marriage to Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach. Marriage and issue Florestine married Count Wilhelm of Württemberg (later Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach), son of Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg and his morganatic wife Baroness Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis, on 15 February 1863 in Monaco. Florestine and Wilhelm had two sons: *Mindaugas II of Lithuania, ''Wilhelm'' Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius (1864–1928), Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach, and nominally King of Lithuania as Mindaugas II of Lithuania :∞ 1892 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Maximilian Joseph In Bavaria
Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria (4 December 1808 – 15 November 1888), known informally as Max in Bayern, was a member of a Duke in Bavaria, junior branch of the royal House of Wittelsbach who were Kings of Bavaria, and a promoter of Bavarian folk-music. He is most famous today as the father of Elisabeth in Bavaria, Empress Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") and great-grandfather of King Leopold III of Belgium. Life Maximilian Joseph was born at Bamberg, the only son of Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786–1837) and his wife, Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789-1823). On 9 September 1828, at Tegernsee, Maximilian Joseph married Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, the sixth daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, his father's cousin. They had ten children. In 1834 he purchased Possenhofen Castle on Lake Starnberg; this was his major residence for the rest of his life. In 1838 he acquired Unterwittelsbach Castle (today housing a "Sisi" museum) near the site of Burg Wittelsbach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Karl Theodor In Bavaria
Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (9 August 1839 – 30 November 1909), was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and a professional oculist. He was the favorite brother of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and father of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians. Life Karl-Theodor was born at Possenhofen Castle, the third son of Duke Maximilian in Bavaria and of his wife, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. At the age of fourteen Karl-Theodor joined the Bavarian Army. In 1866 he fought in the Austro-Prussian War. When he left active duty, he became a student at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he studied philosophy, law, economics, and medicine. Among his teachers were the chemist Justus von Liebig, the pathologist Ludwig von Buhl, and the physicist Philipp von Jolly. In 1870 Karl-Theodor's studies were interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War in which he served as a proprietary colonel of the 3rd Bavarian Light Horse. After the war he returned to his studies. In 1872 he was na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnatic Primogeniture
Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative. In most contexts, it means the inheritance of the firstborn son (agnatic primogeniture); it can also mean by the firstborn daughter (matrilineal primogeniture). Description The common definition given is also known as male-line primogeniture, the classical form popular in European jurisdictions among others until into the 20th century. In the absence of male-line offspring, variations were expounded to entitle a daughter or a brother or, in the absence of either, to another collateral relative, in a specified order (e.g. male-preference primogeniture, Salic primogeniture, semi-Salic primogeniture). Variations have tempered the traditional, sole-beneficiary, right (such as French appanage) or, in the West since World War II, eliminate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Urach
The title of Duke of Urach (German language, German: ''Herzog von Urach'') was created in the Kingdom of Württemberg on 28 March 1867 for Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach, Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand, Count of Württemberg, with the style of Serene Highness. The first Duke of Urach was the first head of the House of Urach. Family Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach, was the son of Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg (1761-1830) and his Morganatic marriage, morganatic wife, Baroness (Freiin) Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis (1777-1822), whom he married at Coswig, Anhalt, Coswig on 23 August 1800. His paternal grandfather was Duke Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, Friedrich II Eugen (1732-1797), from whom all claimants to the Kingdom of Württemberg are descended. Because of his first marriage to Théodolinde de Beauharnais, the first Duke had converted to Roman Catholicism. His second marriage to Her Serene Highness Princess Florestine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Albert, Duke Of Urach
Prince Wilhelm Albert Raphael Maria of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 5th Duke of Urach (german: Wilhelm Albert Fürst von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 5. Herzog von Urach; born on 9 August 1957), is the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the dynasty which reigned as kings of Württemberg in Germany until 1918.Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 435, 438, 443. 445. French. He was also the fourth successor to the defunct Lithuanian throne until his morganatic marriage, following which the Lithuanian royal pretension was passed on to his youngest brother, Prince Inigo. Life Prince Wilhelm Albert was born at Hohenberg Castle near Seeshaupt, Bavaria, the son of Prince Eberhard of Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis.Willis, Daniel A., ''The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain'', Clearfield Company, 2002, p. 73. He is the grandson and heir of Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach, who was offered the throne of Lithuani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Anselm, Duke Of Urach
Karl Anselm Franz Joseph Wilhelm Louis Philippe Gero Maria, 4th Duke von Urach, Count von Württemberg (born 5 February 1955) is the former head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg. He was the third pretender to the defunct Lithuanian throne following the death of his uncle, Karl Gero. Biography He was born in Regensburg, West Germany, the son of Prince Eberhard von Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke's Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America'', 1977, pp. 184, 187-188. He is a grandson of Wilhelm, Duke von Urach, who was from 11 July 1918 to November 1918 the King-elect Mindaugas II of Lithuania.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 159-163 (French) The title "Duke of Urach" was abolished alongside all other noble privileges in Germany in 1919, with hereditary titles thereafter being relegated to sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Iniga Of Thurn And Taxis
, title = Princess Eberhard of Urach , image = , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse = Prince Eberhard of Urach , issue = Princess Amelie, Mrs. von Einsiedel Princess Elisabeth Prince Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach Prince Wilhelm Albert, Duke of Urach Prince Inigo , house = Thurn and Taxis , father = Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis , mother = Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg , birth_date = , birth_place = Schloss Niederaichbach, Niederaichbach, Bavaria, Germany , death_date = , death_place = Aufhausen, Bavaria, Germany , religion = Roman Catholic Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis (German ''Iniga Anna Margarete Wilhelmine Luise, Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis'', 25 August 1925, Schloss Niederaichbach, Niederaichbach, Bavaria, Germany – 17 September 2008, Aufhausen, Germany) was a princess of the House of Thurn and Taxis by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Guinness
Desmond Walter Guinness (8 September 1931 – 20 August 2020) was an Irish author writing on Georgian art and architecture, a conservationist and the co-founder of the Irish Georgian Society. He was the second son of the author and brewer Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, and his then wife Diana Mitford (later Lady Mosley). In 1958, he bought Leixlip Castle, Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland, where he lived with his second wife, the former Penelope Cuthbertson, whom he married in 1984. Life Early life and marriage Born on 8 September 1931, Guinness was the second son of the author and brewer Bryan Guinness and Diana Mitford; his elder brother was Jonathan. Bryan succeeded as the 2nd Baron Moyne in November 1944. Desmond's mother divorced the then Bryan Guinness after five years and married the head of the British fascist Blackshirt movement, Oswald Mosley, in Berlin in 1936. Due to Mitford's interest in fascism, her father-in-law the 1st Baron had arranged for surveillance fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morganatic
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spouse, or any children born of the marriage. The concept is most prevalent in German-speaking territories and countries most influenced by the customs of the German-speaking realms. Generally, this is a marriage between a man of high birth (such as from a reigning, deposed or mediatised dynasty) and a woman of lesser status (such as a daughter of a low-ranked noble family or a commoner).Webster's Online Dictionary . Retrieved 2008-07-10. Diesbach, Ghislain de. ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
