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Frederick William I, Duke Of Saxe-Weimar
Friedrich Wilhelm I (25 April 1562 in Weimar – 7 July 1602 in Weimar) was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the eldest son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern. Life At the time of the death of his father (1573), Friedrich Wilhelm was still under age; for this, a tutelary government for the duchy was appointed. The Dowager Duchess, Dorothea Susanne, could however not prevent the Elector Augustus of Saxony – from the Albertine line – from being designated as the regent in her place. In 1586, Friedrich Wilhelm was declared an adult and began his independent government over in Saxe-Weimar. Five years later, in 1591, the Elector Christian I of Saxony died and was succeeded by his eldest son Christian II. Because the new Elector was still under age, the regency of the Electorate was assigned to Sophie of Brandenburg, widow of Christian I and mother of the heir. While she became regent, Friedrich Wilhelm was asked to assist and given the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Weimar () was one of the History of Saxony, Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin, Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin. History Division of Leipzig In the late 15th century much of what is now Thuringia, including the area around Weimar, was held by the Wettin Electorate of Saxony, Electors of Saxony. According to the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig, the Wettin lands had been divided between Elector Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Albert III, with the western lands in Thuringia together with the Prince-elector, electoral dignity going to the Ernestine branch of the family. Ernest's grandson Elector John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, John Frederick I of Saxony forfeited the electoral dignity in the 1547 Capitulation of Wittenberg, after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian I, Elector Of Saxony
Christian I of Saxony (29 October 1560 – 25 September 1591) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. He was the sixth but second surviving son of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Anna of Denmark. The death of his older brother, Alexander (8 October 1565), made him the new heir apparent to the Electorate of Saxony. Christian succeeded his father when he died, in 1586. His chancellor was Nikolaus Krell. During his reign, the first measurement was made of the Electorate of Saxony by Matthias Oeder. Later, the work of Oeder was continued by Balthasar Zimmermann until 1633 and completed as far as possible. In 1591 his wife organised a set of 12 suits of armour that she planned to give him as a Christmas present. A number of the suits survive. Family In Dresden on 25 April 1582, Christian married Sophie, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg. They had seven children: # Christian II (b. Dresden, 23 Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybille Of Cleves
Sibylle of Cleves (17 January 1512 – 21 February 1554) was electress consort of Saxony. Born in Düsseldorf, she was the eldest daughter of John III of the House of La Marck, Duke of Jülich ''jure uxoris'', Cleves, Berg ''jure uxoris'', Count of Mark, also known as de la Marck and Ravensberg ''jure uxoris'' (often referred to as Duke of Cleves) who died in 1538, and his wife Maria, Duchess of Julich-Berg (1491–1543). Her younger siblings were two sisters, Anne (later Queen of England) and Amalia, and a brother, William, who became Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Life Early life Sibylle and her sisters were raised in the Frauenzimmer, the chambers where the duchess Maria and her entourage consisting of female relatives and attendants lived a sort of semi-cloistered existence. No male over the age of twelve was admitted, and at night the women were locked in, the key held by a trusted court official. Unlike her brother William who was well-educated, Sibylle and her si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Friedrich I, Elector Of Saxony
John Frederick I (, 30 June 1503 – 3 March 1554), called the Magnanimous (), was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) until he was deprived of this title in the Capitulation of Wittenberg by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He was leading the Schmalkaldic League, a military alliance of Lutheran principalities. Early years John Frederick was the eldest son of John, Elector of Saxony by his first wife, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. His mother died fourteen days after his birth, on 12 July 1503. John Frederick received his education from George Spalatin, whom he highly esteemed during his whole life. Spalatin was Martin Luther's friend and advisor and thus, through Spalatin's schooling, John Frederick developed a devotion to the teachings of Luther. His knowledge of history was comprehensive, and his library, which extended over all sciences, was one of the largest in Germany. He cultivated a personal relationship with Luther, beginning to correspond with him in the days when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albrecht, Duke Of Saxe-Eisenach
Albrecht, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, (Altenburg, 27 July 1599 – Eisenach, 20 December 1644) was a ruler of the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach. He was the seventh (but fourth surviving) son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. His regnal name Albert IV derives from the numbering of the duchy of Saxony as a whole, not specifically to the succession in Saxe-Eisenach. Albrecht received his first instruction from the Field Marshal Frederick of Kospoth. Later he studied at the University of Jena with his brothers. In the years 1619-1621 he completed his ''Cavalierstour'' (Study Tour) with his younger brother Johann Frederick. The two princes travelled to France and Switzerland. After his return in 1621, Albrecht occupied himself with administrative duties until 1626. He also represented his absent brothers as regent. In Weimar on 24 June 1633 Albrecht married his first cousin Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg, daughter of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Friedrich I, Duke Of Münsterberg-Oels
Karl Friedrich I of Münsterberg-Oels (also: Karl Friedrich I of Poděbrady; or ; ; 18 October 1593, Oleśnica – 31 May 1647, Oleśnica) was Duke of Oels from 1617 to 1647 and Duke of Bernstadt from 1639 to 1647. He also held the titles of Duke of Münsterberg and Count of Glatz. Life Karl Friedrich was a member of the Münsterberg branch of the Bohemian noble Poděbrady family. His parents were Karl II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and Elisabeth Magdalena (1562–1630), daughter of Duke George II of Brieg. After his father's death in 1617 Karl Friedrich took over the government of the Duchy of Oels. At the same time, he inherited jointly with his older brother Henry Wenceslaus, the Moravian estates Šternberk and Jevišovice. After Henry Wenceslaus's death in 1639, Karl Friedrich ruled these estates alone. He married in 1618 to Anna Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. In 1619 Karl Friedrich was at the head of an embas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine Of Neuburg
Philipp Ludwig of Neuburg (2 October 1547 – 22 August 1614) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1569 until 1614. Life Philipp Ludwig was born in Zweibrücken in 1547 as the eldest son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After his father's death in 1569, his lands were partitioned between Philipp Ludwig and his four brothers - Philipp Ludwig received the Duchy of Neuburg. He married Anna of Cleves (1552–1632), Anna (1552–1632), daughter of Duke Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Wilhelm IV "the Rich" of United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, in 1574 and used the marriage as the basis of his claim to inherit the duchies in the succession controversy against the Elector of Brandenburg after William IV's only son, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, John William, died without heirs. In 1613 Philip Louis's eldest son, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Wolfgang Wilhelm, converted to Roman Catholicism, Catholicism and gained the sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuburg An Der Donau
Neuburg an der Donau (Central Bavarian: ''Neiburg an da Donau'') is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany. Divisions The municipality has 16 divisions: * Altmannstetten * Bergen, Neuburg * Bittenbrunn * Bruck * Feldkirchen * Gietlhausen * Hardt * Heinrichsheim * Herrenwörth * Hessellohe * Joshofen * Marienheim * Maxweiler * Laisacker * Sehensand * Zell History Neuburg has been inhabited since the Bronze Age with artifacts discovered on the hill where the modern palace is located. A Roman settlement was also located on the high hill overlooking the Danube, providing a part of the Limes, the border between the Empire and its Germanic enemies. The massive Neuburg Castle was built during the early Middle Ages by the Aiglolfings, at the site of the old Roman fortress. In 1527 the Wittelsbach Family re-designed the castle into a Renaissance palace, which is what we see today. Neuburg was part of an episcopal see. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess-Abbess Of Quedlinburg
This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.Johann Heinrich Fritsch: ''Geschichte des vormaligen Reichsstifts Quedlinburg'' pt 2, 1828, pp. 26–28online version)/ref>Hermann Lorenz: ''Quedlinburgische Geschichte. Band 1: Werdegang von Stift und Stadt Quedlinburg''. Magistrat der Stadt, Quedlinburg 1922 References Further reading * Klaus Gereon Beuckers: "Kaiserliche Äbtissinnen. Bemerkungen zur familiären Positionierung der ottonischen Äbtissinnen in Quedlinburg, Gandersheim und Essen", in: Thomas Schilp (ed.): ''Frauen bauen Europa. Internationale Verflechtungen des Frauenstifts Essen''. Klartext Verlag, Essen 2011, pp. 65–88. * Winfrid Glocker: ''Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik''. Köln–Wien 1989. * Marita Kremer: ''Die Personal- und Amtsdaten der Äbtissinnen des Stifts Quedlinburg bis zum Jahre 1574''. Leipzig 1924. (= Phil. Diss. Univ. Leipzig 1924) * Ute Küppers-Braun: "Kanonissin, Dechantin, Pröpstin und � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph, Duke Of Württemberg
Christoph of Württemberg (12 May 1515 – 28 December 1568), ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1550 until his death in 1568. Life Born in 1515, Christoph was the son of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg and Sabina of Bavaria. In November 1515, only months after his birth, his mother fled to the court of her parents in Munich. Young Christoph stayed in Stuttgart with his elder sister Anna and his father, Duke Ulrich. When the Swabian League mobilized troops against Ulrich, he brought them to Castle Hohentübingen. In 1519 Württemberg came under Austrian rule after the castle surrendered and Duke Ulrich was banished. Christoph was sent to the court of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in Innsbruck where he grew up and was able to gain political experience under Habsburg tutelage. Maximilian's successor Charles V took him on his travels through Europe. Meanwhile, his father Ulrich had regained Württemberg from the Austrians in 1534 and Christoph was sent to the French court, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John, Duke Of Saxe-Weimar
Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (''Johann Maria Wilhelm''; 22 May 1570 – 18 July 1605) was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena. Biography Johann was the second son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern. Johann Wilhelm died in 1573 when his son was only three years old. Since at the time Johann's older brother Frederick William I was also under age, the duchy of Saxe-Weimar (originally awarded to Johann) was governed by a regency. In 1586 Frederick William reached adulthood and took full control of the duchy, including Weimar. However, he died in 1602 and the full duchy was inherited by Johann, because Frederick William's sons were underage. Johann was more interested in natural sciences and art than politics, and therefore only against his will took over the regency of the duchy on behalf of his nephews. But when they demanded their own inheritance in 1603, he resisted their demands. Finally, Johann and his nephews made a treaty dividing the duchy: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
