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Maria Von Hanau-Hořowitz
Princess Maria of Hanau and Hořowitz (22 August 183926 March 1917) was a German aristocrat. Early life Princess Maria was the youngest daughter of Frederick William, Elector of Hesse (1802–1875), and his morganatic wife, Gertrude Falkenstein (1803–1882), whom he later elevated to Princess of Hanau and Hořowitz (german: Fürstin von Hanau und zu Hořowitz). Her paternal grandparents were Prince William, later William II, Elector of Hesse, and Princess Augusta of Prussia (a daughter of King Frederick William II of Prussia). Her maternal grandparents were Johann Gottfried Falkenstein and his wife, wife Magdalena Schulz. Personal life Prince Frederick of Holstein (later the pretender to the throne of Schleswig-Holstein) asked for Princess Maria's hand, but he was rejected. He eventually married Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (the second daughter of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen, who was the older, maternal half-sister o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European dynasty, directly descended from the House of Brabant. They ruled the region of Hesse, one branch as prince-electors until 1866, and another branch as grand dukes until 1918. Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume I: ''Europe & Latin America'' (1977), pp. 202, 208, 211-216. History The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia (daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Elizabeth of Hungary) with Henry II, Duke of Brabant, from the House of Reginar. Sophie was the heiress of Hesse, which she passed on to her son, Henry, upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession, in which she was one of the belligerents. Originally the western part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia, in the mid 13th century, it was inherited by the younger son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and became a distinct political entity. From the late 16th century, it was generall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Adelheid Of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (20 July 1835 – 25 January 1900) was Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein, a niece of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, first cousin of King Edward VII, and the mother-in-law of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. She is the most recent common matrilineal ancestress (directly through women only) of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Felipe VI of Spain. Early life Adelheid was born the second daughter of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg by his wife Princess Feodora of Leiningen, who was the older, maternal half-sister of the British Queen Victoria. Napoleon III's proposal of marriage In 1852, not long after Napoléon III became Emperor of France, he made a proposal of marriage to Adelheid's parents after he had been rebuffed by Princess Carola of Sweden. Although he had never met her, the political advantages of the marriage for the Emperor were obvious. It would provide dynastic respectability for the Bonaparte line, and could promote a clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Wilhelm, Prince Of Bentheim And Steinfurt
''Louis William'' , reign = 3 November 186628 September 1890 , succession = Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt , successor = Alexis , predecessor = Alexius , house = House of Bentheim and Steinfurt , spouse = Landgravine Bertha of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld , issue = Adelheid, Landgravine Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-BarchfeldJuliane, Landgravine Wilhelm of Hesse-Philippsthal-BarchfeldMarie, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-HohensteinAlexis, Prince of Bentheim and SteinfurtPrince KarlPrince Georg , image = , birth_date = , birth_place = Burgsteinfurt, Electorate of Hanover , death_date = , death_place = Burgsteinfurt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire , father = Alexius, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt , mother = Countess Wilhelmine of Solms-Braunfels ''Ludwig Wilhelm'', Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt (german: link=no, Ludwig Wilhelm Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt; 1 August 181228 September 1890) was a Royal Hanoverian and Prussian Lieutenant General and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentheim-Steinfurt
Bentheim-Steinfurt was a historical county located in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia in the region surrounding Steinfurt, Germany. Bentheim-Steinfurt was a partition of Bentheim-Bentheim, itself a partition of the County of Bentheim. Bentheim-Steinfurt was partitioned: between itself and Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda in 1606; and between itself and Bentheim-Bentheim in 1643. History Bentheim-Steinfurt and its territories were converted to Lutheranism in 1544 by Count Arnold II. He was succeeded by his less-religious son, Eberwin III. After the latter's early death at age 26, he was succeeded by his infant child, Arnold III, under the regency of Anna of Tecklenburg. Arnold III married Magdalena of Neuenahr in 1576, and he began attempts to properly convert the county to Protestantism. In the autumn of 1587, Lutheran preachers from across Germany were invited to help reform the Counties of Bentheim, Steinfurt, Lingen and Tecklenburg. The new laws were largely modelled on those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius, Count Of Lippe-Biesterfeld
, house = Lippe-Biesterfeld , father = Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld , mother =Modeste von Unruh , birth_date = , birth_place = Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia , death_date = , death_place =Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden } Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (german: link=no, Julius Peter Hermann August Graf und Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld; 2 April 1812 – 17 May 1884) was Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld from 1840 to 1884 and father of Ernest II, regent of the Principality of Lippe. Early life Julius was born at Oberkassel, Kingdom of Prussia, (now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) fifth child and second son of Ernest I, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1777–1840), (son of Karl, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Countess Ferdinande of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda) and his wife, Modeste von Unruh (1781–1854), (daughter of Karl Philipp von Unruh and Elisabeth Henriette Dorothea von Kameke). Marriage Julius married on 30 April 1839 at Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lippe
The House of Lippe (german: Haus Lippe) is the former reigning house of a number of small Germany, German states, two of which existed until the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Principality of Lippe and the Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013), is an Patrilineality, agnatic member of this house. History The House of Lippe descends from Jodocus Herman, Lord of Lippe (died c. 1056), whose descendant Bernard I, Lord of Lippe, Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Principality of Lippe, Lippe in 1123. The family has produced several of the longest-reigning monarchs in Europe, including the longest reigning (for 82 years), Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511). In 1528, Simon V, Count of Lippe, Simon V was elevated to the rank of a ruling Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, count of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1613, the House's territory was split into the counties of Lippe-Detmold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isenburg-Philippseich
Isenburg-Philippseich was a County of southern Hesse, Germany. It was created in 1711 as a partition of Isenburg-Offenbach Isenburg-Offenbach was the name of a state of the Holy Roman Empire, based around Offenbach and Neu Isenburg (built by the counts in 1699) in modern Hesse, Germany. It was created as a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein in 1628. In 1711 the ..., and was mediatised to Isenburg in 1806. Counts of Isenburg-Philippseich (1711–1806) Counties of the Holy Roman Empire House of Isenburg States and territories established in 1711 1711 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire {{Germany-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graf
(feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "countess"). The German nobility was gradually divided into high and low nobility. The high nobility included those counts who ruled immediate imperial territories of "princely size and importance" for which they had a seat and vote in the Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Diet. Etymology and origin The word derives from gmh, grave, italics=yes, which is usually derived from la, graphio, italics=yes. is in turn thought to come from the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine title , which ultimately derives from the Greek verb () 'to write'. Other explanations have been put forward, however; Jacob Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, while still noting the potential of a Greek derivation, suggested a connection to got, gagrêfts, italics=yes, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hollingsworth Price
Anne, Baroness Dőry de Jobaháza, formerly Princess Anna of Ardeck (''née'' Anne Hollingsworth Price) (August 25, 1868 – April 24, 1945) was an American heiress and actress who married into the European aristocracy. Early life Anne was born on August 25, 1868, at Ellerslie Hall in Edgemoor, near Wilmington, Delaware. She was a daughter of oil magnate James Price II (1834–1904) and Sarah M. (née Harlan) Price (1832–1898). Her brother, Samuel Harlan Price, was married to Susan Coleman Wells (later Mrs. Morris R. Stroud). Anne was one of five sisters, who all married into the European nobility, which included Margaret Plater Price (who married in 1882 Edmund, Baron Wucherer von Huldenfeld, who was tutor to Archduke Eugen and Lord of the Manor of Gleinstätten), Susan Harlan Price (who married in 1885 Alexandru Socec, a general in Romanian Army), Matilda Louise Price (who married in 1883 Gábor, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, the King's Chamberlain who adopted their son-in-law He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis III, Grand Duke Of Hesse
Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (german: link=no, Großherzog Ludwig III von Hessen und bei Rhein; 9 June 1806, Darmstadt – 13 June 1877, Seeheim) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death in 1877. Biography He was the son of Grand Duke Louis II of Hesse and his consort, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden. He succeeded as Grand Duke in 1848 upon the abdication of his father during the March Revolution in the German states. During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Louis sent word more than once to Queen Victoria, mother-in-law of his nephew and successor Louis, appealing to her to reason on his behalf with the King of Prussia, "in the same sense I had already written before, but it would be utterly useless." He was succeeded by his nephew, Louis IV, on 13 June 1877, as his brother Charles (Louis' father) had already died three months previously, in March. Marriages In Munich, on 26 December 1833, he married Princess Mathilde Caroline of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles, Landgrave Of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
Landgrave Charles August Ludwig Philip of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (27 June 1784 in Barchfeld – 17 July 1854 in Philippsthal) was a member of the House of Hesse and was the ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld from 1803 to 1806 and from 1813 until his death. Life Charles was a son of the Landgrave Adolph of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (1743-1803) from his marriage to Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen (1752-1805 ), the daughter of the Duke Anton Ulrich of Saxe-Meiningen. In 1803, he succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld. In 1806, Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld was annexed by the Kingdom of Westphalia. After Napoleon had been defeated in the Battle of Leipzig, Charles was restored as Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld under the supremacy of the Electorate of Hesse. Charles served in the Prussian and later joined the Russian army. He fought on the Russian side in the Napoleonic wars, in particular in the Battle of Borodin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
