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Duke William Of Württemberg
Duke William of Württemberg (german: Wilhelm Nikolaus Herzog von Württemberg; 20 July 1828 – 5 November 1896) was an Austrian and Württemberg General. Early life and family Duke William was born at Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia (now Pokój, Poland) was the first child of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857, son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern) by his second marriage to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807–1880, daughter of Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth). William had three half-siblings by his father's previous marriage with Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was the first member of the House of Württemberg to attend a public high school in Breslau. Military career War service After studying in Geneva and Bonn, he joined the Austrian Army in 1848 as a lieutenant for Infantry Regiment Kaiser Franz Joseph No. 1 in Vienna. During the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josip Filipović
Josip Filipović, ''Freiherr'' (Baron) von Philippsberg, also Josef von Philippovich or Joseph Philippovich (April 1818 – 6 August 1889), was an Austro-Hungarian general (''Feldzeugmeister''). Life and career Filipović was born in the Military Frontier town of Gospić, then in Austrian Empire. He joined the Austrian Army in 1836 and became major in 1848. He fought under Josip Jelačić in Hungary, helping to quell the 1848 Revolutions. He became colonel and commander of the 5th border regiment in 1857, and scored victories at the Battle of Solferino in 1859 and in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866. At one point He was commander of a Viennese division and for a short time was promoted from general to colonel general. In 1859 he became major general and fought with the 6th corps in Italy, for which he was rewarded with the hereditary title of ''Freiherr''. In 1866 he fought in Bohemia campaign with the 2nd corps. Filipović moved further up through the ranks, stationed in V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Crown (Württemberg)
The Order of the Württemberg Crown (''Orden der Württembergischen Krone'') was an order of chivalry in Württemberg. History First established in 1702 as the St.-Hubertus-Jagdorden (Order of St Hubert), in 1807 it was renamed the "Ritterorden vom Goldenen Adler" (Order of the Golden Eagle) by Frederick I, and on 23 September 1818 renewed and restructured (at the same time as the civil orders) by William I as the "Order of the Württemberg Crown" with (initially) 3 classes (grand cross, komtur, knight). In 1918 the order was expanded and changed. Its motto reads : Furchtlos und treu (fearless and loyal). Until 1913 the higher orders were restricted to the nobility. In descending order, its ranks were: # Grand cross for sovereigns # Grand cross # Commander with star (since 1889) # Commander # Honour cross (''Ehrenkreuz''; ''Steckkreuz'' since 1892) # Knight (since 1892 with golden lions, and since 1864 also with a crown, as a special honour) # Gold service medal (''Verdienstmeda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Mathilde Of Waldeck And Pyrmont
, reign = , title = Duchess Eugen of Württemberg , house = House of Waldeck-Pyrmont (by birth)House of Württemberg (by marriage) , spouse = Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857) , issue = Marie, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal Duke EugenDuke Alexander , image = Tielmann - Herzogin Mathilde von Württemberg, geb. Prinzessin von Waldeck-Pyrmont.jpg , birth_date = , birth_place = Rhoden, Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont , death_date = , death_place = Karlsruhe, Silesia , father = George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont , mother = Princess Auguste of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Princess ''Mathilde'' of Waldeck and Pyrmont (german: Mathilde Prinzessin zu Waldeck und Pyrmont; 10 April 1801 – 13 April 1825) was a member of the House of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg through her marriage to Duke Eugen of Württemberg Early life Mathilde was born in Rhoden, Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Amalie Henriette Of Solms-Baruth
Countess Amalie Henriette Charlotte of Solms-Baruth ( Kliczków, 30 January 1768 – Karlsruhe, 31 October 1847) was an Imperial countess of Solms by birth and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by marriage. Early life She was the only child of Count Johann Christian II, Count of Solms-Baruth and his wife, Countess Friederike Louise of Reuss-Köstritz. Marriage and issue She married on 30 January 1789 with Charles Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. They had the following children: * Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg * Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1790–1830); married Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, Duke of Ratibór * Princess Constance of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1792–1847); married Franz Joseph, 5th Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst * Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1793–1859); married Count Friedrich Ludwig of Castell-Castell; their daughter Countess Adelheid married Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and had issue * Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Ludwig, Prince Of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Karl Ludwig, 3rd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (10 September 1762 in Langenburg – 4 April 1825 in Langenburg) was the third Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the first child of Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, Princess Caroline of Stolberg-Gedern. He was an avid musician. From 1815 to 1825, he held a seat in the Estates Assembly and since 1820 the First Chamber of the reorganized Estates, but after 1819, he let himself be represented by his son Ernst. Marriage and issue On 30 January 1789 at Kliczków Castle, he married Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth (1768–1847), daughter of Count John Christian II of Solms-Baruth. The marriage produced the following thirteen children: * Princess Louise of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1789) * Princess Elisabeth of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1790-1830); married Victor Amadeus, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, Duke of Ratibór * Princess Constance of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1792-1847); married Franz Joseph, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Helene Of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
, title = Duchess Eugen of Württemberg , image = Helen of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.jpg , caption = , reign = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = , succession = , spouse =Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857) , issue = Duke WilliamDuchess Alexandrine Duke Nicholas Agnes, Princess Reuss Younger Line , house =House of Hohenlohe-LangenburgHouse of Württemberg , father = Karl Ludwig III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , mother =Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth , birth_date = , birth_place = Langenburg, Principality of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , death_date = , death_place = Schleiz, Thuringia Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (22 November 1807 – 5 September 1880) was a member of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and a Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg as the second wife of Duke Eugen of Württemberg Family Helene wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Louise Of Stolberg-Gedern (1764–1834)
Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (13 October 1764 – 24 May 1834), was a German noblewoman, by birth member of the House of Stolberg and by her two marriages Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen and Württemberg. Early life Born in Gedern, she was the second child of Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (1725-1764) and his wife Countess Eleonore of Reuss-Lobenstein (1736-1782). She was born three months after her father's death, on 21 July 1764. Marriages and issue In Gedern on 5 June 1780, Louise married firstly Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Their childless union lasted only two years until Karl Wilhelm's death, on 21 July 1782. Five years later, on 21 January 1787 in Meiningen, Louise married secondly Duke Eugen, the third child of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg. They had five children: * Duke Frederick Eugen Karl Paul Ludwig of Württemberg (Oleśnica ls 18 January 1788 – Carlsruhe okój Silesia, 16 September 1857) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Eugen Of Württemberg (1758–1822)
, house = Württemberg , father = Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg , mother = Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt , birth_date = , birth_place = Schwedt, Margraviate of Brandenburg , death_date = , death_place = Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen Duke Eugen of Württemberg (german: Herzog Eugen Friedrich Heinrich von Württemberg; 21 November 1758 – 20 June 1822) was a German prince. He was the brother of Frederick I of Württemberg. Life Duke Eugen was born at Schwedt, Margraviate of Brandenburg, the third child of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732–1797), (son of Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis) and his wife, Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736–1798), (daughter of Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia). Eugen was educated by Johann Georg Schlosser, a brother of Johann Wolfgang von Goeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Eugen Of Württemberg (1788–1857)
Duke Eugen of Württemberg (german: Herzog Friedrich Eugen Carl Paul Ludwig von Württemberg; 8 January 1788 – 16 September 1857) was a German prince and a General of Infantry in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Early life and family Duke Eugen was born at Oleśnica, Oels, Lower Silesia Province (Prussia), Lower Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia (now Oleśnica, Poland). He was the first child of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764 – 1834) and her husband Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758 – 1822), who was brother of Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), Empress Maria Feodorovna the consort of Paul I of Russia and son of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Louise was a daughter of Prince Christian Karl of Stolberg-Gedern and Countess Eleanore of Reuss-Lobenstein. Another of Eugen and Louise's children was the explorer Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which existed from 1495 to 1805. Prior to 1495, Württemberg was a county in the former Duchy of Swabia, which had dissolved after the death of Duke Conradin in 1268. The borders of the Kingdom of Württemberg, as defined in 1813, lay between 47°34' and 49°35' north and 8°15' and 10°30' east. The greatest distance north to south comprised and the greatest east to west was . The border had a total length of and the total area of the state was . The kingdom had borders with Bavaria on the east and south, with Baden in the north, west, and south. The southern part surrounded the Prussian province of Hohenzollern on most of its sides and touched on Lake Constance. History Frederick I Frederick II, the Duke of Württemberg (1754–1816; elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pour Le Mérite
The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Order of the Red Eagle and the House Order of Hohenzollern, among the highest orders of merit in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order of merit was the highest royal Prussian order of bravery for officers of all ranks. After 1871, when the various German monarchy, kingdoms, grand duchy, grand duchies, duchy, duchies, principality, principalities and Hanseatic League, Hanseatic city states had come together under Prussian leadership to form the federally structured German Empire, the Prussian honours gradually assumed, at least in public perception, the status of orders, decorations, and medals of Imperial Germany, honours of Imperial Germany, even though many honours of the various German states continued to be awarded. The ' was an honour confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
