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Lobkowicz Family
The House of Lobkowicz (''Lobkovicové'' in modern Czech, sg. ''z Lobkovic''; ''Lobkowitz'' in German) is an important Bohemian noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest noble families of the region. Over the centuries, the family expanded their possessions through marriage with the most powerful families of the region, which resulted in gaining vast territories all across central Europe. Due to that, the family was also incorporated into the German, Austrian and Belgian nobility. History The first Lobkowiczs were members of the gentry of north-eastern Bohemia in the late 14th century. On 3 August 1459 they were granted the title of Freiherr. In the 17th century, members of the family were awarded with the title of Prince, which was granted to them on 17 October 1623 by Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1786, Emperor Joseph II further ennobled the 7th Prince when he created him Duke of Roudnice (''Herzog von Raudnitz'' in German, ''vévoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Mediatisation
German mediatisation (; ) was the major redistribution and reshaping of territorial holdings that took place between 1802 and 1814 in Germany by means of the subsumption and Secularization (church property), secularisation of a large number of Imperial Estates, prefiguring, precipitating, and continuing after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Most Hochstift, ecclesiastical principalities, free imperial cities, secular principalities, and other minor self-ruling entities of the Holy Roman Empire lost their independent status and were absorbed by the remaining states. By the end of the mediatisation process, the number of German states had been reduced from almost 300 to 39. In the strict sense of the word, mediatisation consists in the subsumption of an Imperial immediacy, immediate () state into another state, thus becoming ''mediate'' (), while generally leaving the dispossessed ruler with his private estates and a number of privileges and feudal rights, such as High, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Edouard-Xavier De Lobkowicz
Prince Marie Edouard-Xavier Ferdinand Auguste Gaspard de Lobkowicz (18 October 1960 – 27 April 1984) was a French aristocrat, military officer, and murder victim. The eldest son of Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and Princess Marie Françoise of Bourbon-Parma, he was a member of the Lobkowicz family and a descendent of the House of Bourbon-Parma the House of Bourbon-Busset. Prince Edouard-Xavier was a trained paratrooper who served as a lieutenant in the Reserve of the French Army and was a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. On 2 April 1984, Prince Edouard-Xavier went missing. A few weeks later, on 27 April 1984, his body was discovered in the Seine. An autopsy revealed that he had been murdered, with a gunshot wound in the throat and left shoulder blade. Early life and family Prince Edouard-Xavier was born at the American Hospital of Paris on 18 October 1960 to Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz and Princess Marie Françoise of Bourbon-Parma. He was a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Edouard De Lobkowicz
Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz (12 June 1926 – 2 April 2010) was an Austrian-American diplomat and investment banker. A member of the House of Lobkowicz, he served as the ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Lebanon. Early life Lobkowicz was the elder son of Prince Edouard Josef von Lobkowicz (1899–1959) and his American wife, Anita Lihme (1903–1976). Since he was born in the United States, he held American citizenship. He was baptised with the names ''Maria Eduard August Joseph Wilhelm Ignatius Patricius Hubertus Kaspar''.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'', Fürstlicher Häuser Band XVIII, 189. Lobkowicz was educated at the Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Paris. From 1944 to 1947, he served in the United States Army. He then completed his tertiary education at the University of Paris and at Harvard University. Banking career From 1951 to 1958, Lobkowicz worked at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. In 1960, he became assistant to the director of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Franz Karl Von Lobkowicz
Prince Joseph Franz Karl von Lobkowicz (17 February 1803 – 18 March 1875) was an Austrian nobleman who served as Head of Household of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Early life Prince Joseph Franz was born 17 February 1803 in Vienna. He was a youngers son, of twelve children, born to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz, Joseph Franz, 7th Prince of Lobkowitz (1772–1816) and Princess Maria Karolina von House of Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenberg (1775–1816).Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz Kulturfreunde Lobkowitz Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab, accessed 30 December 2014. His paternal grandparents were Ferdinand Philipp von Lobkowicz, Ferdinand Philipp, 6th Prince Lobkowicz (son of Phillip Hyacinth von Lobkowicz, Phillip Hyacinth, 4th Prince of Lobkowicz) and Princess Maria Gabriella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
