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August, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (13 February 1652 – 26 September 1689) was a Danish nobleman. From 1675 until his death, he was the ruling Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. He was the second duke of this appanage. Life August was the eldest son of Duke August Philip (1612-1675) and his wife, Countess Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1628-1699). Four of his younger brothers and four sisters survived into adulthood. His father was the fifth son of Duke Alexander and a grandson of John II, the founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg line. The Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was named after Beck House, a manor in Ulenburg, which is today the smallest borough of Löhne, a town in north-eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. At the time, Ulenburg was situated in the Bishopric of Minden. In 1648, the Margraviate of Brandenburg acquired the area. Brandenburg was expanding its army and needed soldiers and officers. The prime requirement for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Philipp, Duke Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (11 November 1612 – 6 May 1675) was a Danish-German prince and member of the House of Oldenburg. After acquiring the estate of Beck in Westfalen in 1646, he took the title of Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Biography August Philipp was born on 11 November 1612 in Sønderborg on the island of Als in the Duchy of Schleswig, (then a Danish fief). He was the fifth son of Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife, Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Duke Alexander died in 1627 in Sønderborg and left his tiny duchy heavily indebted. In his will, he had stipulated that his wife should keep unaltered estate to pay the debt, and that the eldest son, John Christian, should inherit the entire duchy but remain unmarried for the time being. The widowed Duchess Dorothea was in charge of the duchy during the ensuing war years, but was unable to pay off the debt, which, on the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippe-Alverdissen
Lippe-Alverdissen was a German County of the ruling House of Lippe. The branch was created in 1613 following the death of Count Simon VI of Lippe, with his realm being split between his three sons with his youngest son Philipp Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: "Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews. Surname * Adolf Philipp (18 ... receiving the estate of Alverdissen (near Barntrup). Following Count Philipp's ascension as Count of Schaumburg-Lippe in 1643, Alverdissen became a property of the now ruling branch of Schaumburg-Lippe. Following the death of Count Philipp in 1681 Schaumburg-Lippe went to his eldest son Friedrich Christian who built the existing Renaissance castle at Alverdissen and later ceded it to his brother Philip Ernest who founded the Schaumburg-Lippe-Alverdissen line. The two lines remained separate until Phili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Of Hesse-Kassel
Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (27 January 1567, Kassel – 21 November 1626, Neunkirchen) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Life Anna Maria was the eldest daughter of Landgrave William IV of Hesse-Kassel (1532–1592) from his marriage to Sabine (1549–1581), daughter of Duke Christopher of Württemberg. She married on 8 June 1589 in Kassel Count Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (1565–1627). He had met Anna Maria during his Grand Tour and had been well received by Anna Maria's father and her uncle Louis IV. In 1590 the couple moved in with Louis's father, Albert in Ottweiler. In 1593 Louis took over the government in Nassau-Weilburg. Anna Maria helped organize the poor relief and set up a court pharmacy. In 1626 Anna Maria fled from the plague from Saarbrücken to Neunkirchen where she died of the plague. Anna Maria was buried in the crypt of the collegiate church of St. Arnual in Saarbrücken. A few years earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis II, Count Of Nassau-Weilburg
Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (9 August 1565, Weilburg – 8 November 1627, Saarbrücken) was a count of Nassau-Weilburg. Life Louis was the eldest son of Count Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg, Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler and Countess Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (1541-1616), Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg. His family moved in 1575 from Weilburg to Ottweiler. After his education, he traveled through Europe, in particular Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. He also visited France and princely courts in Germany. During his visit to William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, William IV of Hesse-Kassel, he met William's daughter Anna Maria and fell in love with her. He married her on 4 June 1589. After Albert died on 11 November 1593, the inheritance was divided among his three sons. Louis received the areas Ottweiler, Homburg, Kirchheim and Lahr in the left bank of the Rhine. His brothers William (died: 25 November 1597) and John Casimir (died: 29 March 1602) c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (rapper) (born 2003) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) * C. N. Annadurai (1909–1969), Indian politician, known as Anna (elder brother) * Sunil Shetty (born 1961), Indian actor, known by his nickname Anna Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Günther I, Count Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
John Günther I of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (also known as ''Hans Günther'' or ''Johann Günther''; 20 December 1532 in Sondershausen – 28 October 1586 in Arnstadt) was the co-ruler of Schwarzburg from 1552 until 1571 and the sole ruler Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1571 until his death in 1586. He is regarded as the progenitor of the line Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Life Count John Günther I was the son of the Count Günther XL of Schwarzburg (1490–1552), nicknamed ''Günther the Rich'' or ''Günther with the large Jaws'', and his wife Elisabeth (d. 14 May 1572), a daughter of Count Philip of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg. John Günther I was raised as a Catholic and destined for an ecclesiastical career. After his father's death, however, he converted to Lutheranism. He spent some time at the court of Elector Maurice of Saxony and fought in the Battle of Sievershausen on the side of Maurice against Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Maurice's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Elizabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (20 March 1550 – 11 February 1586) was the first wife of Duke John of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, the son of King Christian III of Denmark. Family Elisabeth was born on 20 March 1550. She was the only daughter of Duke Ernest III of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife, Duchess Margaret of Pomerania. Marriage Elisabeth married the Duke John of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg on 19 Aug 1568. # Dorothy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1569–1593), in 1589, she married the Duke Frederick IV of Liegnitz (died 1596) # Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1570–1633), Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Arroë # Ernest of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1572–1596) # Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg # Augustus of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1574–1596) # Mary of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1575–1640), she became Abbess of Itzehoe # John-Adolphus of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Amalia Of Baden-Durlach
Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach (born: 9 July 1595; died: 18 November 1651 in Saarbrücken) was a Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken by marriage to William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken,Wolfgang Behringer & Gabriele Clemens, Geschichte des Saarlandes, München, 2009. and regent of Nassau-Saarbrücken during the minority of her son from 1640 to 1651. Life She was a daughter of Margrave George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, George Frederick of Baden-Durlach and his first wife, Countess Juliana Ursula of Salm-Neuville. She married in 1615 Count William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken, William Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Her children were legally minors when her husband died in 1640. She took up the regency, until her death. After her death, John Louis acted as regent for Gustav Adolph and Walrad until the inheritance was divided when they came of age in 1659. Issue She had the following children: * Anna Juliana (1617–1667), married Count Palatine Frederick, Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Louis, Count Of Nassau-Saarbrücken
William Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken (18 December 1590, Ottweiler – 22 August 1640, Metz), was a Count of Saarbrücken. Life His parents were Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (died: 8 November 1627 in Saarbrücken) and Landgravine Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (1567–1626). His father had in 1605 re-united all the possessions of the Walram line of the House of Nassau. After his education at Metz from 1609 to 1614 he made a Grand Tour of France, the Netherlands and England. In 1616 William Louis became co-regent with his father. His father died in 1627 and he became guardian of his two youngest brothers, Otto and Ernest Casimir. On 29 January 1629 in Ottweiler, the inheritance was split and William Louis received the County of Saarbrücken, the ''herrschaft'' of Ottweiler, the Bailiwick of Herbitzheim, and the Community of Saarwellingen. His brother John received Idstein, Wiesbaden and Sonnenberg. William Louis remained Regent of Wehen and the district of Burgschwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy. People with this name include: Aristocracy * Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma * Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), Duchess consort of Milan * Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1591–1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg * Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau * Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage * Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar * Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess * Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen * Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst * Dorothea of Brandenbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Sibylle Of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Marie may refer to the following. People Given name * Marie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** List of people named Marie * Marie (Japanese given name) Surname * Jean Gabriel-Marie, French composer * Jean Gabriel Marie (1907–1970), his son, French romantic composer Arts, entertainment and media Film, television and stage * ''Marie'' (1980 TV series), an American television show * ''Marie'' (1985 film), an American biography of Marie Ragghianti * ''Marie'' (2020 film), a documentary short about homebirths * ''Marie'' (talk show), hosted by Marie Osmond * ''Marie'' (TV pilot), a 1979 American pilot with Marie Osmond * ''Marie'', a 2009 ballet by Stanton Welch Literature * ''Marie'' (novel), by H. Rider Haggard, 1912 Music * ''Marie'', a 2008 EP by the Romance of Young Tigers * "Marie" (Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys song), 1969 * "Marie" (Johnny Hallyday song), 2002 * "Marie" (Sleepy Hallow song), 2022 * "Marie" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Henriette Of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
Dorothea, also spelt Dorothee (German), Dorothée (French), and Dorotea, is a female given name from Greek (Dōrothéa) meaning "god's gift". In English it is more commonly spelt Dorothy. People with this name include: Aristocracy * Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670–1748), Duchess of Parma * Dorotea Gonzaga (1449–1468), Duchess consort of Milan * Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1591–1617), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg * Dorothea Friederike of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1676–1731), last Countess of Hanau * Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1587–1609), Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage * Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (1574–1617), Duchess of Saxe-Weimar * Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1654–1682), German princess * Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1674–1713), Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen * Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607–1634), Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst * Dorothea of Brandenburg (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
