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Königswarter
Koenigswarter is a surname, derived from the Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...n town of Königswart. Members of the ennobled Königswarter family include: * Baron Jules de Koenigswarter * Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, known as the "Jazz Baroness" * Baron Louis de Koenigswarter See also * Palais Königswarter {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königswarter Family
Königswarter (french: Kœnigswarter) is a Jewish Austrian-Hungarian noble family originating from Königswart, Bohemia. In the middle of the eighteenth century, their ancestor Jonas Hirsch Königswarter emigrated to Fürth, Bavaria, where he established a business that made him wealthy. At his death (1805) he left five sons, who founded banking houses successively in Frankfurt, Vienna, Amsterdam, and Hamburg. Family tree * Jonas Hirsch Königswarter ( 1740–1805) ** Hermann Hirsch Königswarter (1767–1847) ** Markus Königswarter (1770–1850) *** Jonas von Königswarter (1807–1871) **** Fanny von Königswarter (1830–1852) **** (1837–1893), married to Charlotte Edle von Wertheimstein (1841–1929) ***** Heinrich Königswarter (1861–1931) ***** Hermann Königswarter (1864–1915) ***** Wilhelm Königswarter (1866–1927) *** Zacharias Markus Königswarter (1812–1872) *** (1818–1877) ** (1778–1854), married to Lisette Lämelsfeld von Lämel ( 1778–1814), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Jules De Koenigswarter
Baron Jules Adolphe de Kœnigswarter (''also'' Königswarter) (7 March 1904 – 15 February 1995), was a French soldier and diplomat of Jewish descent. Early life Koenigswarter was born on 7 March 1904 at 22 Rue Galilée in Paris into a large and prominent Königswarter family. He was the son of French banker Baron Louis Léon de Koenigswarter (1870–1931) and Jeanne Thècle (née Kauffmann) de Koenigswarter.Mosley, Charles, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3417. His younger sister, Marguerite de Koenigswarter, was married to André Gustave Bicart-Sée. The Koenigswarter barony had been created in 1870 by Emperor Napoleon III for his great-grandfather, Louis-Jean Koenigswarter, Deputy for the Seine. His paternal grandparents were Jules Louis Maximilien Koenigswarter (son of ) and Angelica Lea (née Franchetti) Koenigswarter, who was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lázně Kynžvart
Lázně Kynžvart (german: Bad Königswart, Königswart, Königswarte) is a spa town in Cheb District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is known for the Kynžvart Castle. Lázně Kynžvart is famous for its sanatorium, which is designed for children with nonspecific respiratory disorders. Administrative parts The hamlet of Lazy is an administrative part of Lázně Kynžvart. Geography Lázně Kynžvart is located about southeast of Cheb and southwest of Karlovy Vary. There are several minor watercourses and several ponds in the area. The largest ponds are Pastevní and Dvouhrázový. The southwestern part of the municipal territory lies in the Upper Palatine Forest Foothills, the northeastern part lies in the Slavkov Forest. The highest point is above sea level. Almost the entire territory belongs to the Slavkov Forest Protected Landscape Area. History The first written mention of Lázně Kynžvart is from 972 as Castelum settlement, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohemian kings, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, in which case the smaller region is referred to as Bohemia proper as a means of distinction. Bohemia was a duchy of Great Moravia, later an independent principality, a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently a part of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire. After World War I and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state, the whole of Bohemia became a part of Czechoslovakia, defying claims of the German-speaking inhabitants that regions with German-speaking majority should be included in the Republic of German-Austria. Between 1938 and 1945, these border regions were joined to Nazi Germany as the Sudetenland. The remainder of Czech territory became the Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nica De Koenigswarter
Baroness Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter (''née'' Rothschild; 10 December 1913 – 30 November 1988) was a British-born jazz patron and writer. A leading patron of bebop, she was a member of the Rothschild family. Personal life Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild was born in December 1913, in London, the youngest daughter of Charles Rothschild and his wife, Hungarian baroness Rózsika Edle von Wertheimstein, daughter of Baron Alfred von Wertheimstein of Bihar County. She was born into a branch of the wealthiest family in the world at the time. Her paternal grandfather was Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild. She grew up in Tring Park Mansion as well as Waddesdon Manor, among other family houses. The name "Pannonica" (shortened to "Nica" as a nickname) derives from Eastern Europe's Pannonian plain. Her friend Thelonious Monk reported that she was named after a species of butterfly her father had discovered, although her great-niece has found that the source of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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