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Charles Albert III, Prince Of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (28 February 1776 – 15 June 1843) was the 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst from 1796 to 1843. Early life Charles Albert III was the second child, and first son, of Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742–1796), by his second wife, the Hungarian Baroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye (1751–1836). His brother, Franz Joseph, was the founder of the branch of the Dukes of Ratibor and Princes of Corvey. His paternal grandparents were Charles Albert I, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and Countess Sophie Wilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (a daughter of Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort). His maternal grandparents were Baron Johann Kazimir Reviczky de Revisnye and Baroness Rosalie Perényi de Perény. Personal life On 11 July 1797 in Munich, he married his first wife, Princess Auguste of Isenburg and Büdinge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst was a County, and later Principality in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name Hohenlohe derives from the castle of Hohenloch near Uffenheim in Mittelfranken, which came into the possession of the descendants of Conrad of Weikersheim by 1178.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. "Hohenlohe". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 227-229, 252-255, 265. . History Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst was partitioned from the lands held by the descendants of Kraft von Hohenlohe, who was made an Imperial count in 1450. The Hohenlohe territories were divided between the brothers Count Ludwig Kasimir (1517-1568) (of the senior Neuenstein line, progenitors of the Hohenlohe-Langenburg and :de:Hohenlohe-Öhringen, Hohenlohe-Oehringen branches) and Count Eberhard (1535-1570), founder of the various Hohenlohe-Waldenburg branches. The Schillingsfürst line descends from Count Ludwig Gustav (1634-1697), whose descendant Philip Ernest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Zu Fürstenberg
Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg (1767–1822), regent of the Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg during the minority of her son, Charles Egon II, from 1804 until 1806. Biography Born into the rich House of Thurn und Taxis, she was the daughter of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his third wife, Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen (1732–1772). Elisabeth zu Fürstenberg was present at the Congress of Vienna where she as princess dowager was one of the most important spokespersons for the "mediatized" sovereigns. In Vienna, Elisabeth pressed for the return of the domains she had to relinquish to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806 by Napoleon. Personal life On 4 November 1790, in Prague, she married her cousin, Prince Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg. They had: * Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg Charles Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg (German: ''Karl Egon II. Fürst zu Fürstenberg''; 28 October 179622 October 1854) was a German politician an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 Deaths
Events January–March * January 3 – The '' Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms'' (海國圖志, ''Hǎiguó Túzhì'') compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China. * January 6 – Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross discovers Snow Hill Island. * January 20 – Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná is appointed by the Emperor, Dom Pedro, as the leader of the Brazilian Council of Ministers, although the office of Prime Minister of Brazil will not be officially created until 1847. * January ** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States. ** Edgar Allan Poe's short story " The Tell-Tale Heart" is published in ''The Pioneer'', a Boston magazine. ** The Quaker magazine '' The Friend'' is first published in London. * February 3 – Uruguayan Civil War: Argentina supports Oribe of Uruguay, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1776 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the Kingdom of Great Britain, British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot forces. * January 10 – American Revolution – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet ''Common Sense (pamphlet), Common Sense'', arguing for independence from British rule in the Thirteen Colonies. * January 20 – American Revolution – South Carolina Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison, agreeing to all demands for peace by the formed state government of South Carolina. * January 24 – American Revolution – Henry Knox arrives at Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the Noble train of artillery, artillery that he has transported from Fort Ticonderoga. * February 17 – Edward Gibbon publishes the first volume of ''The Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles, Landgrave Of Hesse-Wanfried
Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (19 July 1649 — 3 March 1711), was a Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried. He was the second son of Landgrave Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels and Maria Eleonore of Solms-Lich. Life After an inheritance dispute about the "Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg, Rotenburg Quarter", Charles received House of Hesse, Hesse-Eschwege in 1667. He moved to Wanfried and founded the Catholic line of Hesse-Wanfried. He used the castle in Wanfried as his residence, because the castle in Eschwege had been pledged to Brunswick-Bevern, also in 1667. Marriages Charles's first wife was Countess Sophie Magdalene of Salm (state), Salm-Reifferscheidt (1649–1675), a daughter of Count Erich Adolph of Salm-Reifferscheid (1619–1673) and his wife Princess Magdalene of Hesse-Cassel (1611–1671). Sophie Magdalene died in 1675 during a trip to Republic of Venice, Venice. Charles then married Countess Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen family, Leiningen-Dagsbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximilian Karl Albert, Prince Of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
Maximilian or Maximillian (Maximiliaan in Dutch and Maximilien in French) is a male name. The name "Max" is considered a shortening of "Maximilian" as well as of several other names. List of people Monarchs *Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459–1519) *Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527–1576) *Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573–1651) *Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662–1726) *Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727–1777) *Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825) *Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811–1864) *Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929) *Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808–1888) *Maximilian I of Mexico (1832–1867) Other royalty *Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759–1838) *Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933–2022) Saints *Maximilian of Lorch (died 288), Roman bishop, missionary and martyr *Maximilian of Tebessa (274–295), Roman martyr *Maximilian of Antioch (died ), Christian martyr *Maximilian (died 447) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro, 1st Duke Of Castel Duino
Prince Alessandro della Torre e Tasso, 1st Duke of Castel Duino, full German language, German name: ''Alexander Karl Egon Theobald Lamoral Johann Baptist Maria, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis'' (8 July 1881 in Schloss Mzell, Mcely, Mzell, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 11 March 1937 in Duino castle, Castel Duino, Duino, Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Kingdom of Italy) was a member of the Czech branch of the House of Thurn and Taxis, Bohemian branch of the princely House of Thurn and Taxis. Alessandro was created Prince della Torre e Tasso and first Duke of Castel Duino by Victor Emmanuel III of Italy after relocating to the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Kingdom of Italy in 1923. Family Alessandro was the third child and son of Prince Alexander Johann of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst. He was a great-great-great-grandson of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis. First marriage and issue Alessandro's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Franz Von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Friedrich Franz von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (full German language, German name: ''Friedrich Franz Augustin Maria Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst''; 15 February 1879 in Budapest, Hungary – 24 May 1958 in Curitiba, Brazil) was an Austrian prince who served as a military attache in Saint Petersburg. Later he was chief of German propaganda and director of German espionage in Switzerland. He also served with his regiment on the Russian front. He was married from 1914 to 1920 to Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Stephany Julienne Richter, a commoner who became a princess by marriage. In December 1920, he married Countess Emanuela Batthyány von Német-Ujvár of Hungary. They had no children. They moved to Brazil during or after the war, and lived the remainder of their lives there. Princess Stephanie continued to use the title after they divorced. She was suspected as a spy for the German government, and operated in Europe and Britain during the late 1920s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl, Prince Of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (20 February 1785 – 11 March 1853) was the reigning Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848. In 1833, Karl summoned a constitutional assembly (''Landtag'') and promulgated a constitutional charter as the law in his lands. He founded a hospital for his subjects, and had the ''Ständehaus'' built on the modern ''Leopoldsplatz'' in Sigmaringen (today owned by the Hohenzollerische Landesbank). Karl also removed the burden of serfdom and various other medieval laws. During the German revolutions of 1848–1849, Karl abdicated in favor of his son, Karl Anton, on 27 August 1848. Marriage His marriage as hereditary prince at the imperial court in Paris on 4 February 1808 to Princess Antoinette Murat, a niece of Napoleon I's brother-in-law, the French Marshal Joachim Murat who was then Grand Duke of Berg, constituted a union between extended family members of the previously warring French imperial and Prussian royal dynasties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Joseph, Prince Of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Franz Joseph Karl Conrad, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (; 26 November 1787 – 14 January 1841) was the 1st Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and the founder of the branch of the Dukes of Duchy of Racibórz, Ratibor and Princes of Imperial Abbey of Corvey, Corvey. Early life Prince Franz Joseph was the tenth child and the fourth son, but second surviving, of Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742–1796) by his second wife, the Hungarian Baroness Judith Reviczky de Revisnye (1751–1836). His elder brother was Charles Albert III, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst. His paternal grandparents were Charles Albert I, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and Countess Sophie Wilhelmine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (a daughter of Dominic Marquard, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort). His maternal grandparents were Baron Johann Kazimir Reviczky de Revisnye and Baroness Rosalie Perényi de Perény. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince Of Thurn And Taxis
Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: ''Alexander Ferdinand Fürst von Thurn und Taxis'' (21 March 1704 – 17 March 1773) was the third Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 8 November 1739 until his death on 17 March 1773. Alexander Ferdinand served as Principal Commissioner () at the Perpetual Imperial Diet in Frankfurt am Main and Regensburg for Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1 February 1743 to 1745 and again from 1748 until 1773. Early life Alexander Ferdinand was the eldest child and only son of Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska, Princess of Lobkowicz (1683-1750). Principal Commissioner From 1 February 1743 to 1745, Alexander Ferdinand served as Principal Commissioner for Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor at the Perpetual Imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
