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Daniël Van Dopff
Daniël Wolf baron van Dopf (10 January 1650 – 15 April 1718) was a Dutch States Army officer and nobleman. He was, among other things, general of the cavalry of the Dutch army during the War of the Spanish Succession, Quartermaster general of that army, and later commander and governor of the fortress of Maastricht. Life Personal life Daniel Wolfgang ("Wolf") Dopff hailed from a non-noble family from Hesse-Hanau, Hesse . His father was employed as a bailiff and toll collector of the Hanau-Münzenberg, County of Hanau-Münzenberg. Daniel was educated in Hanau at the Count's ''gymnasium illustre''. He was married with Catharina Maria van Volckershoven.Blok and Molhbuysen, p. 740 They had a son: Fredrik Karel. In 1709 he bought Ruyff Castle in Henri-Chapelle, Hendrik-Kapelle, but it is not known whether he renovated or added anything to it. In 1716 he sold the castle again. About the same time he bought the Hartelstein estate near Itteren, which he bequeathed to his son Frederik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Valentin Tischbein
Johann Valentin Tischbein (11 December 1715, in Haina – 24 April 1768, in Hildburghausen) was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography His father, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682–1764) was a baker; five of whose eight children became painters. From 1729 to 1736, he studied art; first in Darmstadt with the court painter Johann Christian Fiedler, then in Kassel with the portrait painter, Johann Georg von Freese (1701–1775). His whereabouts for the next three years is uncertain, although he appears to have spent some time in Frankfurt am Main. In 1739 he worked for the House of Solms and was appointed court painter in 1741. From 1744 to c.1747, he served as court painter to the Hohenlohes in Kirchberg an der Jagst, where he was married. His next known location was Maastricht, where he had a commission from , the military Governor, to create a series of nine (mostly posthumous) portraits of his predecessors (currently on display at the in Ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Elixheim
At the Battle of Elixheim, 18 July 1705, also known as the Passage of the Lines of Brabant during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance, under the Duke of Marlborough, successfully broke through the French Lines of Brabant. These lines were an arc of defensive fieldworks stretching in a seventy-mile arc from Antwerp to Namur. Although the Allies were unable to bring about a decisive battle, the breaking and subsequent razing of the lines would prove critical to the Allied victory at Ramillies the next year. Prelude Early in the campaigning season, Marlborough attempted to launch an invasion of France up the Moselle valley. This effort was halted by a combination of supply shortages and an excellent French defensive position in front of Sierck, and Marlborough and his army were recalled by the Dutch States General when Marshall Villeroi attacked and took the fortress of Huy and threatened Liège. Having rushed back to the Low Countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri-Chapelle
Henri-Chapelle (; , , , ) is a village of Wallonia and a section de commune, district of the Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Welkenraedt, located in the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. It is located 17 kilometers south-west of the spa and Border town, border city of Aachen. Just west of the town, near the water tower, is the highest point in the Herve plateau, at above sea level. Henri-Chapelle was its own municipality until January 1, 1977 when it was merged with Welkenraedt as part of the fusion of the Belgian municipalities. Its postal code is 4841. War graves north of the town, at Vogelsang-Hombourg, is the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, which contains the graves of 7,992 members of the United States, American military who died in World War II. Other historic sites and monuments * Saint-Georges Church (building), church (Gothic architecture with a Roman tower) * Baelen castle * Ruyff castle Nut fair Every autumn for the past 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanau-Münzenberg
The County of Hanau-Münzenberg was a territory within the Holy Roman Empire. It emerged when the County of Hanau was divided in 1458, the other part being the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Due to common heirs, both counties were merged from 1642 to 1685 and from 1712 to 1736. In 1736 the last member of the House of Hanau died and the Landgrave of Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Hessen-Kassel inherited the county. Geography The county of Hanau-Münzenberg was positioned to the north of the river Main (river), Main stretching from the West of Frankfurt am Main eastwards through the valley of the river Kinzig (Main), Kinzig to Schlüchtern and into the Spessart mountains to Partenstein. The capital was the town of Hanau. The counts had also castles in Nidderau, Windecken (disused after the 16th century) and Steinau an der Straße. For the following years population counts of Hanau-Münzenberg do exist: * 1632: 5,140 families * 1707: 6,706 families * 1754: 48,000 inhabitants History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailiff
A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. There are different kinds, and their offices and scope of duties vary. Another official sometimes referred to as a ''bailiff'' was the '' Vogt''. In the Holy Roman Empire a similar function was performed by the '' Amtmann''. They are mostly known for being the officer that keeps the order in a court of law and who also administers oaths to people who participate in court proceedings. Britain and Ireland Historic bailiffs ''Bailiff'' was the term used by the Normans for what the Saxons had called a '' reeve'': the officer responsible for executing the decisions of a court. The duty of the bailiff would thus include serving summonses and orders, and executing all warrants issued out of the corresponding court. The district within which the bailiff operated was called his '' bailiwick'', and is even to the present day. Bailiffs were outsiders and free me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesse-Hanau
Hesse-Hanau was a territory in the Holy Roman Empire. It emerged when the former county of Hanau-Münzenberg became a secundogeniture of Hesse-Kassel in 1760. When the reigning count, William IX, also became landgrave of Hesse-Cassel in 1785, the two governments began to merge, although the process was delayed first by French occupation, and later by incorporation into the French satellite duchy of Frankfurt. The incorporation of Hesse-Hanau with Hesse-Cassel was not completed until 1821. Secundogeniture When the hereditary prince of Hesse-Cassel, the later Frederick II, converted to Roman Catholicism, his father, the reigning landgrave William VIII decided to do what he could to limit his son's future realm. He therefore made the county of Hanau-Münzenberg, incorporated with Hesse-Cassel in 1736, a secundogeniture of Hesse-Cassel, transferring it to the oldest son of Frederic, the hereditary count William. Sovereignty As count William was underage, his mother the landgravin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Générosité
The Ordre de la Générosité (''Order of Generosity'') was a chivalric order of the Kingdom of Prussia, established in 1667 by the nine-year-old crown prince Frederick of Brandenburg, later Frederick I of Prussia. It was also known in German as ''Für Edelmut'' (''For Generosity'') or the ''Gnadenkreuz'' (literally ''Grace Cross''). The Order's jewel consisted of a gemstone in a small golden cross, later with the inscription "générosité". When first set up it had no statutes or constitution, though its guiding principle was that its members should live "generously in all things". Under Frederick William I of Prussia the Order was mainly awarded as a reward for good service in recruiting the Potsdam Giants, Langen Kerls. It was the second highest of the Prussian orders after the Order of the Black Eagle. In June 1740, immediately after his accession, Frederick the Great took over the format, shape and colours of the order for his new Pour le Mérite order, though ''De la Géné ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
