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Rudolf I, Margrave Of Baden-Baden
Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden (1230 – 19 November 1288) served as Regent to Margrave Frederick I from 1250 until 1267, then as Margrave of Baden from 1268 until his death in 1288. He was the son of Herman V and Irmengard, Countess Palatine of the Rhine. She was the daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Rudolf inherited Baden, together with his brother Herman VI, until Herman VI married into the Austrian ducal family. Rudolf I then became the sole ruler of Baden-Baden. Rudolf I married Kunigunde of Eberstein in 1257. The Eberstein family were in a position to raise money for Rudolf, and they bequeathed half their castle to the margrave. In 1283, Otto II of Eberstein sold the other half of Old Eberstein Castle to Rudolf I. In the 14th century, the castle was the place of residence for the Margraves of Baden. In 1250 Rudolf I began the construction of Hohenbaden Castle. On 23 August 1258 King Richard of Cornwall gave the city of Steinbach its charter. Rudolf I had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Zähringen
The House of Zähringen (german: Zähringer) was a dynasty of Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation for having conceded the title of Duke of Swabia to the Staufer in 1098. The Zähringer were granted the special title of Rector of Burgundy in 1127, and they continued to use both titles until the extinction of the ducal line in 1218. The territories and fiefs held by the Zähringer were known as the 'Duchy of Zähringen' (), but it was not seen as a duchy in equal standing with the old stem duchies. The Zähringer attempted to expand their territories in Swabia and Burgundy into a fully recognized duchy, but their expansion was halted in the 1130s due to their feud with the Welfs. Pursuing their territorial ambitions, the Zähringer founded numerous cities and monasteries on either side of the Black Forest, as well as in the western S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesang
(; "love song") was a tradition of lyric- and song-writing in Germany and Austria that flourished in the Middle High German period. This period of medieval German literature began in the 12th century and continued into the 14th. People who wrote and performed ''Minnesang'' were known as ''Minnesänger'' (), and a single song was called a ''Minnelied'' (). The name derives from ''minne'', the Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ... word for love, as that was ''Minnesang'''s main subject. The ''Minnesänger'' were similar to the Occitan language, Provençal troubadours and northern French language, French ''trouvères'' in that they wrote love poetry in the tradition of courtly love in the High Middle Ages. Social status In the absence of reliable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margraves Of Baden-Baden
The Margraviate of Baden-Baden was an early modern southwest German territory within the Holy Roman Empire. It was created in 1535 along with the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach as a result of the division of the Margraviate of Baden. Its territory consisted of a core area on the middle stretch of the Upper Rhine around the capital city of Baden-Baden, Baden, as well as lordships on the Moselle and Nahe (Rhine), Nahe. While Protestantism took hold in Baden-Durlach, Baden-Baden was Catholic from the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) onwards. After the complete destruction of the territory in the Nine Years' War (1688-1697), Margrave Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Louis William, the "Turkishlouis", moved the capital to Rastatt and built Schloss Rastatt there, the first baroque palace on the Upper Rhine. Under the regency of his widow, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, further baroque structures were built. When her second son Augustus George, Margrave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margrave Of Baden
The Margraviate of Baden (german: Markgrafschaft Baden) was a historical territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Spread along the east side of the Upper Rhine River in southwestern Germany, it was named a margraviate in 1112 and existed until 1535, when it was split into the two margraviates of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden. The two parts were reunited in 1771 under Margrave Charles Frederick, even if the three parts of the State maintained their distinct seats to the Reichstag.Votes number 58 Baden, 60 Durlach, 62 Höchberg. The restored Margraviate of Baden was elevated to the status of electorate in 1803. In 1806, the Electorate of Baden, receiving territorial additions, became the Grand Duchy of Baden. The rulers of Baden, known as the House of Baden, were a cadet line of the Swabian House of Zähringen. History During the 11th century, the Duchy of Swabia lacked a powerful central authority and was under the control of various comital dynasties, the strongest of them being t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eberhard I, Count Of Württemberg
Eberhard I (13 March 1265, in Stuttgart – 5 June 1325, in Stuttgart) was Count of Württemberg from 1279 until his death. He was nicknamed 'der Erlauchte' or the Illustrious Highness. Life Eberhard's half-brother and predecessor Ulrich II took office at the age of about eleven years. It is generally assumed that he stood under the guardianship and regency of Count Hartmann I of Grüningen. Ulrich II died in 1279 and his guardian Hartmann in 1280, allowing Eberhard to exercise unrestricted reign of the County of Württemberg from 1280. His father, Ulrich I, had extended the Württemberg territory and the anti-king Henry Raspe had legitimized his conquests. However, when Rudolph I was elected king, these territories had to be returned to the Empire. Rudolph created bailiwicks to administer the reclaimed imperial territories. He appointed his brother-in-law Albert II of Hohenberg-Rotenburg as vogt of the new bailiwick of Lower Swabia. Rudolph's aim was to re-establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelheid Of Baden
Adelheid is the modern Dutch and German form of the Old High German female given name Adalheidis, meaning "nobility" or "noble-ness". It may refer to the following people: * Saint Adelheid or Adelaide of Italy, (931–999), Holy Roman Empress and second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great * Eupraxia of Kiev (1071–1109), regnal name Adelheid * Adelheid of Vohburg (1122–1190), first Queen consort of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor * Adelheid of Wolfratshausen (died 1126), second wife of Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach * Adelheid (abbess of Müstair) (fl. 1211–1233), Swiss Benedictine abbess * Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835–1900), niece of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom * Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787), German composer * Adelheid von Gallitzin (1748–1806), Russian princess from Prussia * Adelheid von Sachsen-Meiningen (1792-1849), Queen consort of the United Kingdom (Queen Adelaide) * Adelheid Popp (1869–1939), Austrian journalist and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick VI, Count Of Zollern
Friedrich VI, Count of Zollern (died: 4 May 1298), also known as ''Friedrich the Knight'', or ''Friedrich the Elder'', was a Count of Hohenzollern Life Friedrich was a son of Count Friedrich V of Hohenzollern from his marriage to Udilhild of Dillingen. He succeeded his father around 1288 as Count of Zollern. Later that year, he divided his inheritance with his younger brother Friedrich the Younger. Friedrich VI kept the County of Zollern, while his younger brother received the Lordships of Schalksburg and Mühlheim. In 1296 Friedrich sold some land to the Bebenhausen Abbey. Marriage and issue In 1281, Friedrich married Kunigunde (1265–1310), the daughter of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden, with whom he had the following children: * Albrecht * Kunigunde (died between 1380 and 1384), abbess of Lichtenthal Abbey * Friedrich VII (d. 1309), Count of Zollern : married in 1298 to Countess Eufemia of Hohenberg (d. 1333) * Friedrich VIII "Easter Sunday" (d. 1333), Count of Hohenzoll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunigunde Of Baden
Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war). In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga. People with such names include: *Kunigunde of Rapperswil (c. early 4th century), Christian saint *Cunigunda of Laon, wife of Bernard of Italy (797–818) *Cunigunde of Swabia (died 918), wife and consort of King Conrad I of East Francia * Holy Roman Empress St. Cunigunde (of Luxembourg) (c. 975 – 1040), wife and consort of Holy Roman Emperor St. Henry II * Queen Kunigunde (of Hohenstaufen) (1200? – 13 September 1248), wife and consort of Wenceslaus I of Bohemia * Queen Kunigunda (of Slavonia) (died 1285), consort of Bohemia and its regent from 1278 to 1285 *St. Kinga of Poland (1234–1292), Patroness of Poland and Lithuania *Kunigunde of Poland (c. 1298 – 1331), daughter of King Wladyslaw I the Elbow-High of Poland *Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf III, Margrave Of Baden-Baden
Rudolf III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (? – 2 February 1332) was a son of Margrave Rudolf I and his wife, Kunigunde of Eberstein. After his father died in 1288, he ruled the margraviate jointly with his brothers Hesso, Herman VII and Rudolf II Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–160 .... Rudolf III was married to Jutta of Strassberg. This marriage remained childless. Margraves of Baden-Baden Year of birth unknown 1332 deaths 13th-century German nobility 14th-century German nobility {{Germany-margrave-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesso, Margrave Of Baden-Baden
Hesso, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1268 – 13 February 1297) was a son of Rudolf I and his wife, Kunigunde of Eberstein. After his father died in 1288, he ruled the Margraviate of Baden jointly with his brothers Rudolf II, Herman VII and Rudolf III. Hesso married three times: * Clara (d. before 10 June 1291), a daughter of Count Walter III of Klingen. With her, he had a son: ** Herman VIII (d. 1338) * Irmengard (1261/64 – before 1295), a daughter of Count Ulrich I of Württemberg and Agnes of Legnica * Adelaide (d. 1299), a daughter of Count Gerhard IV of Rieneck Rieneck () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location Rieneck lies in the Würzburg region between the southern foothills of the Rhön .... With her, he had another son: ** Rudolf Hesso (d. 13 August 1335) Margraves of Baden-Baden Year of birth uncertain 1297 deaths 13th-century German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf II, Margrave Of Baden-Baden
Rudolf II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 14 February 1295) was the second son of Margrave Rudolf I and his wife Kunigunde of Eberstein. Until his father's death, he was known as ''Rudolf the Younger''; after his father's death, he was known as ''Rudolf the Elder'', to distinguish him from his youngest brother. Rudolf II married Adelaide of Ochsenstein, who was the widow of a Count of Strassberg. She had a son and two daughters from her first marriage. Her daughter Gerrtud married Rudolf's youngest brother Rudolph III. See also * List of rulers of Baden Baden was an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire and later one of the German states along the frontier with France, primarily consisting of territory along the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Alsace and the Palatinate. History The te ... References * Margraves of Baden 13th-century births 1295 deaths 13th-century German nobility {{Germany-margrave-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman VII, Margrave Of Baden-Baden
Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden, nicknamed ''the Rouser'' (german: der Wecker), (1266 – 12 July 1291), was the ruling Margrave of Baden from 1288 until his death. He was the son of Margrave Rudolf I of Baden and his wife, Kunigunde of Eberstein ( – 12 April 1284/90 in Lichtental), the daughter of Count Otto of Eberstein. In 1291, he received some possessions, including Bietigheim from the Weißenburg Monastery. He died on 12 July 1291 and was buried in Lichtenthal Abbey. He married before 6 October 1278, to Agnes of Truhendingen (died after 15 March 1309). They had the following children: * Frederick II (d. 22 June 1333) * Rudolf IV, (d. 25 June 1348) * Herman VIII, (d. 1300) * Jutta (d. 1327) See also * List of rulers of Baden Baden was an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire and later one of the German states along the frontier with France, primarily consisting of territory along the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Alsace and the Palatinate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
