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Governors Of Luxembourg (Belgium)
The following is a list of governors of Luxembourg. From the 15th to the 19th centuries, the Duchy (later Grand-Duchy) of Luxembourg was ruled by the French, the Burgundians, the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs, and the Dutch. From 1848 onwards, when Luxembourg received its first constitution, it started to be administered by a government in the modern sense of the word, one which was accountable to an elected Luxembourgish legislature. See also * List of prime ministers of Luxembourg {{DEFAULTSORT:Governors of Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ... Luxembourg history-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are also used in administrative and judicial matters and all three are considered administrative languages of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Catinat
Nicolas Catinat (, 1 September 1637 – 22 February 1712) was a French military commander and Marshal of France under Louis XIV. The son of a magistrate, Catinat was born in Paris on 1 September 1637. He entered the Gardes Françaises at an early age and distinguished himself at the Siege of Lille in 1667. He became a brigadier ten years later, ''maréchal de camp'' in 1680, and lieutenant-general 1688. He served with great credit in the campaigns of 1676–1678 in Flanders during the Franco-Dutch War, and was later employed in the persecution of the Vaudois in 1686. After taking part in the Siege of Philippsburg at the opening of the Nine Years War, he was appointed to command the French troops in the south-eastern theatre of war. In 1691 he crossed into the County of Nice, and captured the towns Nice and Villefranche. His victories against Victor Amadeus of Savoy at the Battle of Staffarda in 1690, and the Battle of Marsaglia in 1693, were amongst his greatest achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Lacoste
Jean-Baptiste Lacoste (30 August 1753, Mauriac – 13 August 1821) was a lawyer in Mauriac in department of the Cantal, before French Revolution. Under the Revolution In 1789, he was Justice of the Peace. In 1792, he was elected to the Convention for the department of the Cantal. In 1792-93, he was Commissioner to the Army of the Moselle, under Pichegru. After 9 Thermidor, however, he helped release Général Etienne de la Bruyère, imprisoned in Strasbourg for alleged treason, obtaining from the Committee of Public Safety, on 22 Thermidor (10 August 1794) a decree thus conceived: The young representative announced to him this good news by letter: In Alsace, he created a revolutionary commission which was chaired by Euloge Schneider.see also :fr:Euloge Schneider That was worth a long captivity for him, which finishes thanks to the amnesty of the 3 brumaire, year IV, (25 October 1795). Under the Consulate and the First Empire He was named prefect. Under the Restor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Birnbaum
Johann Birnbaum, later Johannes von Birnbaum (born 6 January 1763, Queichheim, now Landau in der Pfalz - 20 May 1832, Zweibrücken) was a jurist in the Electorate of the Palatinate and a president of the ''"Court of Appeal" (Appellationsgericht)'' in Zweibrücken. Honours * Ennoblement Ennoblement is the conferring of nobility—the induction of an individual into the noble class. Currently only a few kingdoms still grant nobility to people; among them Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Vatican. Depending on time and regi ... (''Nobilitierung'') (1817) * In his home town of Queichheim, a street has been named " Birnbaum Straße" after him * While the house in which he was born is no longer standing, a monument has been erected in front of the building which now occupies that address. Literary works * ''Geschichte der Stadt Landau'' (1826) History of the City of Landau" Bibliographies * Hans Ziegler: ''Johannes Birnbaum (1763-1832). Ein Jakobiner aus Queichheim, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blasius Columban Von Bender
Blaise Colomban Bender or (after his ennoblement in 1782) Blaise Colomban, Baron Bender (German - ''Blasius Columban Freiherr von Bender''; 14 November 1713 20 September or 20 November 1798) was an officer for over sixty years in the Imperial Army or ''Kaiserliche Armee'', the force directly recruited by the Holy Roman Emperor without the need for permission from the Imperial Diet. (This was distinct from the official Army of the Holy Roman Empire or ''Reichsheer'', recruited by the Diet itself), whose archaic mode of recruitment in the many Circles of the Empire led to its losing its importance and the Imperial Army becoming the Empire's effective field force.) In his long career he fought in twenty-nine campaigns, twelve major battles and six sieges. Life He was born in Gengenbach in the Black Forest into a middle-class family - his father was army officer Johannes Casper Bender, son of Johannes Bender and Anne Marie Hetzler from Villingen, whilst Blasius' mother was Marie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard Von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1688–1767)
Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar. People First name *Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire *Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian *Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445–1496) *Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1392) *Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau (died 937) *Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia (''ca'' 885–939) * Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–1066) *Eberhard of Salzburg (died 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saint *Eberhard Anheuser (1806–1880), Soap and candle maker, co-founder of Anheuser-Busch *Eberhard Weber (* 1940), German jazz musician and composer Last name *Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family ( Eberhard & Co.) from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century **George-Emile Eberhard (1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co **George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir **Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Dietrich Marschall Von Burgholzhausen
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) South African Film Producer * Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian * Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician * Cornelia Ernst, German politician * Edzard Ernst, German-British Professor of Complementary Medicine * Emil Ernst, astronomer * Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), former District Judge in Walker County, Texas * Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician * Fabian Ernst, German soccer player * Gustav Ernst, Austrian writer * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer * Jim Ernst, Canadian politician * Jimmy Ernst, American painter, son of Max Ernst * Joni Ernst, U.S. Senator from Iowa * K.S. Ernst, American visual poet * Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, German writer (1866–1933) * Ken Ernst, U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard Von Gemmingen-Hornberg
Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar. People First name *Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire *Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian *Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445–1496) *Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315–1392) *Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau (died 937) *Eberhard III, Duke of Franconia (''ca'' 885–939) * Eberhard (Archbishop of Trier) (1010–1066) *Eberhard of Salzburg (died 1164), Bishop of Salzburg and saint *Eberhard Anheuser (1806–1880), Soap and candle maker, co-founder of Anheuser-Busch *Eberhard Weber (* 1940), German jazz musician and composer Last name *Eberhard family, a prominent Swiss industrialist family ( Eberhard & Co.) from Bern whose origin has been traced back to the 10th century **George-Emile Eberhard (1868–1936), founder of Eberhard & Co **George Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir **Maurice Eberhard, George-Emile's son and heir *C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Olizy
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Thüngen
Fort Thüngen is a historic fortification in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is sited in Dräi Eechelen Park, in the Kirchberg quarter, in the north-east of the city. It is also colloquially known as Three Acorns (, , ) in reference to the acorns that sit atop each of the three towers. The fort was built in 1732-1733. In 1836 and from 1859 to 1860, the fort was enlarged and reinforced. Most of the original fortress was demolished after the 1867 Treaty of London, which demanded the demolition of Luxembourg City's numerous fortifications. The three towers and the foundations of the rest of the fort were all that remained. During the 1990s, the site was reconstructed in its entirety, in parallel with the development of the site for the construction of the Mudam, Luxembourg's museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Reinhard Von Neipperg
Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (27 May 1684 – 26 May 1774) was an Austrian general. Biography Born in Schwaigern, the residence of the Lordship, from 1766 County of Neipperg, he descended from an ancient comital family from Swabia, his father Count Eberhard Friedrich von Neipperg (1655–1725) having been an Imperial field marshal. He spent his boyhood in Vienna and in 1702 joined the Imperial service. He was a ''Obristlieutnant'' in his father's regiment in 1709, and by 1715 was a colonel. He distinguished himself at Temesvar in 1716 and at Belgrade in 1717. After fighting against the Turks, he renounced his military career in order to attend to the education of Prince Francis of Lorraine, the future Holy Roman Emperor. He was elevated to the rank of count in 1726. Neipperg was with Fieldmarshal Wallis at the Battle of Grocka and negotiated the Peace of Belgrade (1739). Two years later, during the War of Austrian Succession, he commanded the Austrian Army which w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Paul Von Wallis
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Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Franz Lake National Wildlife Refuge Businesses * Franz Deuticke, a scientific publishing company based in Vienna, Austria * Franz Family Bakeries, a food processing company in Portland, Oregon * Franz-porcelains, a Taiwanese brand of pottery based in San Francisco Other uses * ''Franz'' (film), a 1971 Belgian film * Franz Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language See also * Frantz (other) * Franzen (other) * Frantzen (other) Frantzen or Frantzén is a surname. It may refer to: * Allen Frantzen (born 1947/48), American medievalist * Björn Frantzén (born 1977), Swedish chef and owner of the Frantzén restaurant * Jean-Pierre Frantzen (1890–1957), Luxembourgian gym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
