SARGANS
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
1342: the County of Sargans was divided by treaty between two brothers, Hartmann and Rudolf von Werdenberg-Sargans
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
Territorial Development and Dynastic History
1342: the County of Sargans was divided by treaty between two brothers, Hartmann and Rudolf von Werdenberg-Sargans
SCHELLENBERG
ReferencesThe Municipality of SchellenbergSCHRAMBERG
References
Brief History of Schramberg
Brief History of Schramberg
Map of Schramberg (Ger.)
SCHAUMBURG
1110: County of Schaumburg
1295: Adolf VI receives Lordship of Pinneberg
1492: Acquired by marriage Lordship of Gemen (until 1635)
1573: Inherited Lordship of Bergen in North Holland
1619: HRE County of Schaumburg
1622: Main line of Schaumburg extinct
1635: Bergen sold
1640: Count Otto V of Schaumburg dies without heirs and succeeded by his mother, Elisabeth of Lippe.
1640: Schaumburg-Gemen extinct; Pinneberg lost to Holstein (Denmark)
1643: Elisabeth of Lippe (d.1646), Countess of Schaumbur, transfers her rights to her brother, Count Philippe of Lippe-Alverdissen, with whom she rules a co-regent until her death
1646: Territories of County of Schaumburg divided as follows: County of Pinneberg in Holstein transferred to the King of Denmark; Lordship of Bergen in Holland was sold; Lordship of Gemen in Wesphalia transferred to the Count of Limburg and County of Sternberg fell to Lippe
1647: Landgrave of Hesse and Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen divides the County of Schaumburg as follows: Lauenau, Mesmerode and Bokeloh go to Brunswick-Luneburg; Schaumburg, Rodenberg andn part of Sachsenhagen go to Hesse; and Buckeburg, Arensburg, Stadthagen, Hagenburg and part of Sachsenhagen formed the new County of Schaumburg-Lippe.
1647: Creation of the County of Schaumburg-Lippe with Count Philipp of Lippe-Alverdissen
1668: Introduction of primogeniture
1807: Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe as a sovereign state in the German Confederation
1821: County of Schaumburg in Hesse as an exclave of the province of Lower Hesse
1866: Hesse-Kassel, including County of Schaumburg, annexed to Prussia
1918: Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe abdicates
Properties and Possessions
The rulers of Schaumburg-Lippe had their seat and the family still has their residence at the Schloß Bückeburg. They also have or had manors or properties at the Burg Schaumburg (Weser), the Schloß Alverdissen, the Arensburg, Hagenburg (summer residence), Stadthagen (until 1919), the Schloß Baum, the Burg Blomberg (until 15 Feb 1962), the Palais Schaumburg in Bonn (from 1891-1939; it was later the official residence and office of the German chancellor from 1949 to 1976), the Grosse Klus, the Schloß Vietgest, the Schloss Pejacevic in Virovitica Croatia (mid 19th century-1911), and the Schloss Klaus (1878-1940).
Rulers of Schaumburg
ADOLF III (d.1225)
"Adolf III, Count of Schaumberg and Holstein (d.1225), one of the most prominent figures in northern Saxony, was a determined enemy of the former duke, Henry the Lion. Arnold of Lubeck recorded that he returned from the Holy Land because his lands were under attack by Henry. Adolf also took part in the Crusade of 1196-07...." (Loud, p. 52)
References
SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE
Titles
Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Noble Lord of Lippe, Count of Schwalenberg and Sternberg, etc.
Area
131 sq. mi.
Population (1910): 46,650
Territorial and Dynastic History
1619: Schaumburg family were made counts of the empire.
1640: Line of Counts of Schaumburg becomes extinct with the death of Count Otto V. His mother, Elisabeth of Lippe, inherits Schaumburg and gives it to her brother Count Philipp of Lippe.
1648: Treaty of Westphalia confirmed the territorial division of the old County of Schaumburg among the Margrave of Hesse-Kassel, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Count Philipp of Lippe. Philipp inherits the portion including the Lordship of Buckburg and calls himself Count of Lippe-Buckburg.
?: Philipp Ernst (d.1787) calls himself Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, the first in his family.
1806: Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe (d.1860) joins the Confederation of the Rhine and received the hereditary title of Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
1815: Schaumburg-Lippe joins the German Confederation
1866: Schaumburg-Lippe joins the North German Confederation
1871: Schaumburg-Lippe becomes a state of the German Empire
Rulers
Counts of Schaumburg-Lippe (1643–1807)
Philipp I, 1643–1681
Friedrich Christian, 1681–1728
Albrecht Wolfgang, 1728–1748
Wilhelm, 1748–1877
Philipp II, 1777–1887
Georg Wilhelm, 1787–1807
Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe (1807–1918)
Georg Wilhelm, 1807–1860
Adolf I, 1860–1893
Georg, 1893–1911
Adolf II, 1911–1918
Family Tree
Georg Wilhelm, 1787–1807
Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe (1807–1918)
Family Tree
References
Schaumburg-Lippe in Genealogy.Net
Schaumburg-Lippe in Gotha International
Schaumburg-Lippe in Catholic Encyclopedia
SCHLEIDEN
Territorial & Dynastic History
1198: First mention of Schleiden castle as "castrum Sleyda"
?: Konrad of Schleiden, first mentioned noble
?: Johann I of Schleiden (1346-1379) was given by the German king responsibility for maintaining peace in the region between the Rhine and Maas
1271: Konrad II of Schleiden became a vassal of Konrad IV of Luxemburg
1434: The line of Schleiden died out
1451: To counts of Manderscheid through marriage to the heiress of Schleiden
?: Dietrich IV the Wise of Manderscheid-Schleiden
SCHLESWIG
History of Schleswig in Catholic Encyclopedia
SCHONBURG
Titles: HRE Prince, Count & Lord of Schönburg, Count & Lord of Glauchau and Waldenburg and of the Lower County of Hartenstein, the Lordships of Liechtenstein & Stein
"SCHONBURG is a part of the kingdom of Saxony, consisting of the possessions of the antient house of Schonburg, situated between the circles of the Erzgebirge, Leipzig, and Meissen, and the principality of Altenburg. The members of this family had formerly a seat and vote in the bench of counts of the Wetterau, but they never were able to acquire all the rights of independent princes of the empire, and were constantly at variance with the princes of the house of Saxony. The differences between the two parties were arranged by an agreement in 1740, which continued in force with some modifications till 1615, when it was confirmed by the Congress of Vienna. The sovereignty is vested in the king of Saxony, but many important rights are retained by the members of the houses of Schonburg, such as the establishment at Glauchau of a distinct government and administration for all the possessions cf the family. The family of Schonburg is now divided into two principal lines, that of the princes of Schonburg-Waldenburg, and that of the counts of Schonburg-Penig, which is again subdivided into two branches. The territories of the whole are 345 square miles in extent, with 112,000 inhabitants. The country is mountainous, but very fertile, producing corn, timber, flax, fruit, potters'-clay, cinnabar (which is not found in any other part of Saxony), and slate. The inhabitants are very industrious, and, besides their agricultural occupations, have considerable manufactures of linen, woollen, cotton, paper, and earthenware. The chief towns are Waldenburg on the Mulda, the residence of the prince, which, including the suburbs, has 4500 inhabitants; near it is the prince's country-seat Greenfield, with a fine park. Glauchau, the chief town of all the territories of Schonburg, is the seat of ibe joint government; it is situated on the Mulda, over which there are two bridges, and lies, in the form of a semicircle, on seven low hills. There are two palaces, the residences of the counts of Schbnburg-Penig, a church with a celebrated organ, an orphan asylum, a theatre, iron and copper works, and manufactures of linen, woollen, cotton, leather, and needles. There are many handsome houses in this town, which has 6000 inhabitants. George Agricola fas born here in 1494...." (SDUK, Vols. 21-22, p. 37)
"The familial line of the Saxon-Thuringian family Schönburg is first documented with Hermannus de Sconeburg. The barons of Schönburg possessed imperial free territory. In 1180 Glauchau was added, in 1200, Lichtenstein. The free territories of Waldenburg, Hartenstein, Wechselburg, Penig and Rochsburg were appended."
"The political importance of the family was manifested when Emperor Leopold I raised the entire house of Schönburg to the status of county in the Holy Roman Empire in 1700. In 1790, Emperor Leopold II awarded Count Otto Karl Friedrich von Schönburg the status of prince. After the end of the Holy Roman Empire, the counts of Schönburg continued to exercise certain rights, similar to those of the former ruling houses." (The Family Line: Schonburg-Glauchau)
Lords, Counts and Princes of Schonborn
Ernst I., Herr von Schönburg (um 1458-1489) verh. mit Anna von Rieneck (1458-1525)
Wolf I., Freiherr von Schönburg (1482-1529)
Ernst II., Freiherr von Schönburg (1486-1534), verh. mit Amalia Burggräfin von Leisnig († 1559)[2]
Wolf (1527-1532)
Johann Ernst (1528-1545)
Georg I. (1529-1585)
Hugo I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1565)
Hugo II., Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1606)
Otto Albert, Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1681)
Otto Ludwig, Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1701), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand, siehe unten
Wolfgang I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1581)
Wolfgang II., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1612)
Wolf Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1623), siehe unten
Wolfgang Heinrich I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1657), siehe unten
Wolf II. (1532-1581)
Nachfahren von Otto Ludwig
Otto Ludwig, Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1701), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand
Georg Albrecht, Graf von Schönburg-Hartenstein († 1716)
Friedrich Albrecht, Graf von Schönburg-Hartenstein († 1786)
Otto Wilhelm, Graf von Schönburg-Lichtenstein († 1747)
Wilhelm Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Lichtenstein († 1740)
Ludwig Friedrich, Graf von Schönburg-Stein († 1736)
Albrecht Karl, Graf von Schönburg-Stein († 1765)
Otto Karl Friedrich, Graf von Schönburg-Stein (1758-1800), seit 9. Oktober 1770 im Reichsfürstenstand, verh. 9. Dezember 1779 mit Henriette Eleonore Elisabeth Gräfin Reuss zu Köstritz (1755-1829)
Otto Alexander (1781-1782)
Otto Victor, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785-1859)
Friedrich Alfred, Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1786-1840)
Heinrich Eduard, Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1787-1872)
Alexander, Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein († 1896)
Alois, bis 1918 Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein (1858-1944)
Christian Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1753), verh. mit Friederike Auguste von Limpurg
Christian August, Graf von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1754)
Sophie von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1757), Miterbin von Limpurg, verh. mit Friedrich Ernst, Graf von Welz († 1741)
Nachfahren von Wolf Ernst
Wolf Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1623)
Godfried Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1679)
Christian Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1718), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand
Otto Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Remissau († 1746)
Heinrich Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Rochsburg († 1777)
Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Rochsburg († 1825), verkauft Remissau 1789
Albert, Graf von Schönburg-(Unter-)Glauchau († 1799)
Gottlob Karl Ludwig Christian Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1762-1842), verh. 1789 mit Henriette Gräfin von Hochberg (1767-1836)
Ferdinand Heinrich Fürchtegott Ernst (1793-1794)
Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1794-1881), verh. 1820 mit Klementine Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1789-1863)
Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund (1823-1897), verh. 1852 mit Gabrielle Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz (1827-1917)
Friedrich Alfred (1827-1855)
Richard Klemens Graf und Herr von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau seit 1881 (1829-1900), verh. I. 1856 Ottilie Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1830-1880), verh. II. 1886 Frieda Freiin von Fabrice (1864-1943)
Hermann Albrecht Heinrich Ernst (1796-1841), verh. 1830 mit Sophie Katharina Josephine Freiin von Wede (1811-1876)
Otto Heinrich Ludwig (1798-1804)
Ernst Ferdinand Ludwig Heinrich (1800-1868)
Ferdinand Gustav Ernst (1802-1827)
Gotthelf Georg Heinrich Ernst (1803-1833)
Nachfahren von Wolfgang Heinrich I
Wolfgang Heinrich I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1657)
Samuel Heinrich, Freiherr von Schönburg-Wechselburg († 1706), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand
Franz Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Wechselburg († 1746)
Karl Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Penig/Forderglauchau (1729-1800)
Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1762-1815)
Karl Heinrich Alban, Graf von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1804-1864)
Karl, Graf von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1832-1898)
(I.)Joachim, Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1873-1943)
Carl, Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1899-1945)
Joachim, Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1929-1998)
Maria Gloria Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau (* 1960)
Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (* 1969)
Wolfgang Heinrich II., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1704)
August Sigfried von Schönburg-Penig († 1763)
Nachfahren von Otto Victor (Schönburg-Waldenburg)
Otto Victor, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785-1859)
Otto Friedrich, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1819-1893)
Otto Karl Victor, Erbprinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1856-1888)
Otto Victor, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1882-1914)
Alexander (1883-1888)
Günther Alexander Johann Wilhelm Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1887-1960)
Otto (1860-1888)
Otto Sigismund (1866-1936)
Heinrich Otto Friedrich (1867-1937)
Hugo (1822-1897)
Heinrich (1863-1945)
Alfred (1905-1941)
Hugo (1910-1942)
Georg (1828-1900)
Hermann (1865-1943)
Ulrich Georg (1869-1939)
Wolf Georg Alfred, Fürst von Schönburg (1902-1983)
Georg Ulrich (1908-1982), verh. 1935 mit Pauline Gräfin zu Castell-Castell (1906-2002)
Wilhelm (1913-1944)
Ulrich Fürst von Schönburg (* 1940)
Wolf Christoph (* 1943)
Kai-Philipp Wolf (* 1969)
Karl Ernst (1836-1915)
Friedrich Ernst (1872-1910)
Maria Karl Leopold Salvator Ernst Anton Joseph Franz Xaver Friedrich Bonifacius Benno Jaime (1902-1992)
(II.)Vetea-Pierre-Jaime von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* Papeete 1. März 1941 (unehelich))
Thomas-Charles von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1971)
Benjamin-Teva von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1980)
(II.)Teva Karl Manuia Pai von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1945 (unehelich))
Ei-Arii Sandra-Purea-Eva von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1971)
Tamatoa-Arri-Frederik-Clifford von Schönburg-Waldenburg (*1974)
(II.)Mihimana-Christine von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1947), verh. 1970 mit Jean-Luc Maurer (* 1948)
(II.)Matahi-Georges-Leopold von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1951), verh. (I.) 1974 (gesch. 1979) mit Sévérine-Thea Hirshon (* 1947), unverh. (II.) Jeanine Manjard; unverh. (III.) Madeleine Utia
(I.)Manu-Ura Lewis von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1975)
(II.)Aimana de Schönburg-Waldenburg
(III.)Tenoha Charles Leopold de Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1978)
(III.)Matai Jonathan Hauraii de Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1980)
References
Family Tree
History of Princes, Counts & Lords of Schonburg
History of Schonburg
The Princely House of Schonburg in Almanach de Saxe-Gotha
Schonburg Family Pictures in Royalty Guide
SCHWARZENBERG
"Schwarzenberg is a lordship in Middle Franconia..., in the Kingdom of Bavaria, from which the princes of Schwarzenberg take their title...." See (p. 65)
Titles: HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn
Possessions
In Franconia, the County or Principality of Schwarzenberg - 105 sq. mi.
In Swabia, the county of Illereichen and Kellmunz
Several lordships, 30 sq. mi., under Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden
In Bohemia, the Duchy of Krummau, 336 sq. mi.
In Styria, the Lordship of Muran, 21 sq. mi.
In Hungary, 16 lordships, 440 sq. mi.
Division of Properties
1. Estates in Franconia and Swabia, and the Duchy of Krummau and 20 lordships in Austria
2. Estates in Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden; Lordship of Muran and Lordships in Hungary
Territorial and Dynastic History
?: Lordship
1417: Baronetcy
1420: Erkinger of Seinsheim (d.1427) purchases the county of Schwarzenberg of which he assumed the name and title.
1427: House of Seinsheim was divided into the two houses of Schwarzenberg and Seinsheim
1429: Barony
1566: County
1599: Adolf of Schwarzenberg was raised by the Emperor Rudolf II to the dignity of count of the Empire as a reward for his bravery in the wars with the Turks.
1670: Johann Adolf of Schwarzenberg was raised by the Emperor Leopold I to the rank of prince of the Empire and the county to the Principaloity of Schwarzenberg
1671: Princely Landgraviate
1674: In College of Princes of the Empire
1698: Inherited the Landgraviate of Klettgau in Swabia
1723: Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg was made Duke of Krumau in Bohemia
1740: The princely dignity was extended to all the male and female descendants of the family
1806: Principality of Schwarzenberg and Landgraviate of Klettgau were mediatised
1813: Klettgau sold to Baden
ReferencesCesky Krumlov: History of the Town
Coat of Arms
Counts of Schwarzenberg
Eclectic Magazine
History of Schwarzenberg in FranconiaKrummau on the Moldau
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society fot the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Schwarzenberg Family in AEIOU
The Schwarzenberg Family and the Golden Fleece
Schwarzenberg Genealogy
The Schwarzenbergs
John Adolf I of Schwarzenberg
SPONECK
"THE HOUSE OF SPONNECK / SPONECK began on the 2nd August, 1701, when the Silesian 'Knights', the four siblings 'von Hedwiger', were together all elevated to the rank and title of 'Counts-of-the-Empire' by the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, in Vienna. They were Georg Wilhelm, Anna Sabina, Johann Christoph and Johann Rudolph von Hedwiger. They took their title name from the South German Rhine castle, 'BURG SPONECK' (built by Rudolph I - the first Holy Roman Emperor in 1285) in Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg. At the time of their elevation Burg Sponeck belonged to the Dukes' of Wuerttemberg in whose employ Georg Wilhelm was, as Governor of the Duke's Possession of Montbeliard, France.
The Knights' 'von Hedwiger' were originally a noble family (Uradel) from Silesia, East Germany (now Poland) dating back to the 13th Century. They were first officially recorded, as Knights, who took part in the all important and vital 'Battle of Liegnitz' against the Mongols (April 9, 1241).
"The later patriarch was one, Balthazar von Hedwiger, who was born in 1510. Balthazar fought against the Turks, under Charles V, and for his bravery (as a young officer, he swam accross the Danube to spy on the Turks) was later honoured with a quartering of his existing 'arms' by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian II -see the two 'Arms' in photo section - while serving as Privy Councillor to him. Balthazar von Hedwiger's son, Carl, and grandson, Christian, served the Dukes' of Liegnitz as privy councillors. Great-grandson, Johann Georg served as a military officer with the rank of Captain.
"The great-great grandson of Knight Balthazar, and ancestor of the Danish branch, Colonel Georg Wilhelm, was Governor of Moempelgard from 1699 to 1702 (French, Montbeliard) under his brother-in-law, Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard.
"In 1702 the youngest brother, Johann Rudolph, who is the German ancestor, was just 22 years of age when he became the Duke's governor, as his eldest brother, Georg Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Sponneck, had resigned to return to the military. Colonel Georg was to lead the Danish troops in Holland, allied to Austria (under Prince Eugene, Duke of Savoy) and Britain (under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough) against the 'Sun' King of France, Louis XIV, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Georg Wilhelm Sponneck subsequently stayed in Denmark, furthering his military career to full 'General' and 'Knight of the Elephant'. He became the Patriarch of the present Danish Branch, 'Sponneck'. (He is the 5th Great-Grandfather of Godfrey Harry Sponneck.) This senior branch, on the 7th July 1889, were granted the Danish equivilent title of 'Rigsgreverne' (Counts-of-the-Realm) by the Danish King, Christian IX.
"Their sister, Anna Sabina, had been married to the Duke of Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard. Anna and the Duke did start a 'de Sponeck' line, which became extinct in the third generation.
The middle brother, Captain Johann Christoph von Hedwiger, Reichsgraf von Sponeck, a batchelor, left no heirs after he was fatally wounded in action at Peterwardein on the Danube River in 1716, under command of the Duke of Savoy, in battle against the Turks. He was thirty-eight years of age!
"Today the Sponneck family number sixteen families world wide in two generations from the two branches (Danish & German) with numbers of new little 'Spon(n)ecks' now arriving!
"A Norwegian Branch dating back to 1750's and relating to the eldest son of Georg Wilhelm Sponneck are known as 'Sponnich' in Norway and 'Sponnick' in the USA - a unique branch of this Norwegian family now living there." (The House of Sponeck/Sponneck)
References
The Sponneck Saga
SPONHEIM
The House of Sponheim
"The House of Sponheim or Spanheim (also called Sponheimer or Spanheimer) was a noble family of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages. They were Dukes of Carinthia from 1122 until 1269 and Counts of Sponheim until 1437. Their family seat was Sponheim Castle, present-day Burgsponheim, Rhineland-Palatinate.
"In the 11th century the family was divided in two closely related branches. One of these branches, probably the senior one, retained the Duchy of Carinthia and originated the County of Ortenburg (Bavaria). The other one remained in Southwest Germany, retaining the County of Sponheim.
"The founder of the dukal branch was Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (1010–1065), a Ripuarian Frank by birth and retainer of Emperor Conrad II. For this reason the family is sometimes termed the Siegfrieding. Siegfried followed Conrad in his 1035 campaign against Adalbero of Eppenstein, then Duke of Carinthia. He married Richgard, daughter of one Count Engelbert of the Bavarian Sieghardinger noble family and heir to large territories in Carinthia and Tyrol. In 1045 Siegfried, then called Count of Sponheim, received the title of a margrave of the Hungarian March by Emperor Henry III. After the House of Eppenstein became extinct in 1122, his grandson Henry III of Sponheim was raised to the Duke of Carinthia, inaugurating a dynasty which lasted until the death of Ulric III in 1269.
"The founder of the Rhenish branch was Stephan I, Count of Sponheim (–1080), which could have been a 1st cousin, a son or a nephew of Siegfried. One of his successors Gottfried III (1183–1218) married Adelheid of Sayn, sister and heiress of the last Count of Sayn, Henry II. In 1437 this branch's ruling male line in Sponheim died out, and female line descendants, namely the Margraves of Baden and the Counts Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, took on the title of Count to Sponheim, along with the Electors Palatine, who had received a small part as dowry.
"The branch of the Counts of Ortenburg is still living today in Tambach (Bavaria). A lateral line of the Rhenish branch survives also with the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein."
Engelbert I
(d.1096)
Margrave of Istria, 1090-1096
Count of Sponhiem & in Kraichgau, 1065-1096
Vogt of Salzburg
Stephen
1075-1118 ?
Friedrich
1112-1148
Meinhard
1118-1155
Godfrey I
1136-1159
Eberhard II
fl. c. 1181
Simon I
fl. c. 1185
Godfrey II
1165-1183
Walram
1187-1192
Heinrich II
1191-1199
Gerlach
1193-1198
Albrecht
1193-1204
Godfrey III
Philipp
1314-1338
Heinrich II
1338-1393
Sponheim-Castellaun
Simon III
1291-1337
Philipp of Bolanden
1314-1338
Walram
im-Kreuznach
Sponheim-Eberstein
Eberhard III
1227-1263
Sponheim-HeinsbergHeinrich II
1227-1258/60
Sponheim-Kreuznach
Simon II
1227-1266
Eberhard IV
1266-1303
Johann I
1266-1291
Heinrich I
1266-1314
Johann II
1291-1340
Walram of Castellaun
1340-1380
Simon IV
1380-1414
Elisabeth
1414-1416
Castellaun and Kreuznach jointly owned by: Pfalz, 3/5, Baden 2/5...1416-1707
All to Pfalz, 1707.
Sponheim-Sayn
Godfrey I
1261-1283Superceded by Sayn
Sponheim-Starkenburg
Johann I
(d. 1277)
1227-1266
Heinrich I
1264-1301
Johann II
1301-1321
Heinrich II
1301-1349
Heinrich III
1321-1322
Johann III
1340-1399
Johann IV
1399-1413
Johann V
1413-1437
Friedrich of Veldenz
1437-1444
Jointly owned by: Pfalz, 1/2, Baden 1/2.......1444-1776
All to Pfalz, 1776.
Sponheim
Eberhard I (?–1044)
Siegfried I (1044–1065)
Stephan I (?–c1080)
Stephan II (c1080–c1118)
Meginhard I (c1118–1136/45)
Gottfried I (1136/35–1159)
Gottfried II (1165–1183)
Gottfried III (1195–1218)
Front County of Sponheim
Sponheim-Kreuznach
Simon I (1210/15-1264)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1223–1264
Johann I (1245/50-1290)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1265–1290
Johann II (1270/75-1340)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1290–134
Simon II (1270-1336)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1290–1336
Walram (1305-1380)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1336–1380
Simon III (1330-1414), Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1380–1414; Count of Vianden
Married 1348 Maria of Vianden (1337-1400)
Elizabeth (1375-1417)
Countess of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1414–1417
Married (1) Engelbert III of Mark (1330-1391); Married (2) Ruprecht Pipan (1375-1397), Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate
"...The widowed Countess Elizabeth was dowered with certain lands in the Palatinate, but it is probable that she returned to live with her father at Creuznach; he was a widower, and she his only surviving child. Elizabeth had been for ten years—from 1381 to 1391—the wife of Count Engelbert of the Mark, uncle,—that is father's brother—to Adolf of Cleves ; her age when she married him has not transpired; but she was probably somewhat older than her second husband. When left once more a childless widow, Elizabeth of Sponheim seems to have ceased to struggle with fate. She evidently kept up a friendship with the King and Queen; indeed, it seems not unlikely that their young daughter Elizabeth may have been left under her charge during the Italian expedition. The Countess was not only heiress of her father's share, Sponheim (or Spanheim), but also of her mother's county of Vianden, of which she may already have taken part possession...." (Higgins, p. 281)
Joint rulers of the Front County of Sponheim
Electoral Palatinate
Ludwig III (1417–1436)
Ludwig IV (1436–1449)
Friedrich I (1449–1476), at first custodian; 1451 Prince Elector
Philipp (1476–1508, O.C. 1480)
Ludwig V (1508–1544)
Friedrich II (1544–1556)
Ottheinrich (1556–1559)
(Succession on line Palatinate-Simmern)
Veldenz resp. Palatinate-Simmern
Friedrich III, Count of Veldenz (1437–1444, O.C. 1437)
Friedrich I, Count Palatine (1444–1480, O.C. 1453)
Johann I (1480–1509, O.C. 1508)
Johann II (1509–1557, O.C. 1527)
Friedrich II (III), 1559 Prince Elector (1557–1576, O.C. 1569)
Ludwig VI, Prince Elector (1576–1583)
Friedrich IV, Prince Elector (1583–1610, O.C. 1588)
Ludwig Philipp to Simmern (1610–1655), until 1622 single holder, O.C.
Ludwig Heinrich to Simmern (1655–1674)
Karl I Ludwig, Prince Elector (1674–1680, O.C. 1677)
Karl II, Prince Elector (1680–1685)
(Extinction of the line Simmern, succession on Palatinate-Neuburg)
Palatinate-Neuburg
Philipp Wilhelm, Prince Elector (1685–1690)
Johann Wilhelm, Prince Elector (1690–1716, O.C. 1707)
Karl III Philipp, Prince Elector (1716–1742)
Karl Theodor, Prince Elector (1742–1799, O.C. 1761)
(Rightful successor was Count Palatine Maximilian of Zweibrücken (see Rear County))
Baden
Jakob I (1437–1453, O.C. 1444)
Karl I (1453–1463) (1463 until Jan. 1508 pawned to Electoral Palatinate)
Philipp I (1508–1533, O.C. 1509) (1533/34 disputed, 27 March 1534 to Baden-Baden)
Bernhard III (1534–1536)
Philibert (1536–1569, O.C. 1557)
Philipp II (1569–1588, O.C. 1576)
Eduard Fortunat (1588–1600) (1600 until Nov. 1622 no Badish joint ruler, electoral-palatine-only property)
Wilhelm (1622–1677, O.C. 1655)
Ludwig Wilhelm (1677–1707, O.C. 1680)
Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761, O.C. 1716)
August Georg Simpert (1761–1771)
(Extinction of the line Baden-Baden, succession falls on line Baden-Durlach)
Karl Friedrich (1771–1811)
Rear County of Sponheim
Sponheim-Starkenburg
Johann I (1223–1266)
Heinrich I (1266–1289)
Johann II (1289–1324)
Heinrich II († 1323)
Loretta (1324–1331)
Johann III (1331–1398)
Johann IV (1398–1411)
Johann V (1411–1437)
Joint rulers of the Rear County of Sponheim
Friedrich III, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim (1437–1444, O.C. 1437)
Palatinate-Simmern/-Birkenfeld/-Zweibrücken
Friedrich I, Count Palatine (1444–1480, O.C. 1453)
Johann I (1480–1509)
Johann II (1509–1557, O.C. 1527)
Friedrich II, 1559 Prince Elector Friedrich III (1557–1560), as pawn holder 1569 to 1571
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Wolfgang to Veldenz (1560–1569)
Johann I (1569–1584 as custodian to his brother Karl I)
Palatinate-Birkenfeld
Karl I to Birkenfeld (1584–1600, O.C. 1588)
Georg Wilhelm (1600–1669, O.C. 1600), until 1618 under custody
Karl II Otto (1669–1671)
Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler receives Birkenfeld
Christian II to Bischweiler (1671–1717, O.C. 1677)
Palatinate-Bischweiler-Birkenfeld receives Zweibrücken
Christian III, since 1731 to Zweibrücken (1717–1735)
Christian IV (1735–1775, O.C. 1761)
Karl III August Christian (1775–1795)
Maximilian I (IV) Joseph, Prince Elector of Palatinate-Bavaria, 1806 King of Bavaria, heir 1799 also to the share of the Front County
Baden
Jakob I (1437–1453, O.C. 1444)
Karl I (1453–1475)
Christoph I (1475–1527, O.C. 1480)
Bernhard III to Baden (1527–1536)
Philibert (1536–1569, O.C. 1557)
Philipp II (1569–1588, O.C. 1569)
Eduard Fortunat (1588–1600) (1600–1605 no Badish joint ruler)
Georg Friedrich to Durlach (1605–1622)
Wilhelm (1622–1677, O.C. 1669)
Ludwig Wilhelm (1677–1683), brother (from 1683 to 1697 holder of the share Margravin Marie Franziska b. Countess of Fürstenberg)
Ludwig Georg Simpert (1697–1761, O.C. 1717)
August Georg Simpert (1761–1771)
Karl Friedrich (1771–1811)
References
Counts of Sponheim @FMG
House of Sponheim @euweb.cz
House of Sponheim (Carinthia) @FMG
House of Sponheim (German) @Medieval Genealogy
Regnal Chronologies
SCHENK VON STAUFFENBERG
[Ref1]
]"The recorded history of the Stauffenberg begins in Swabia, south of the Neckar river and on the upper Danube, in the thirteenth century... Members of the family later to be known as the 'Schenken von Stauffenberg' were appointed as cup bearers of stewards (Schenken), so that 'Schenk'; became a clan name. Surnames were appended depending on the place of residence. One of these places was Stauffenberg, referring to one of the many cone-shaped mountains in southern Germany." (Hoffman, 2003, p. 1)
STEINFURT
County of Steinfurt
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1129: Lords of Steinfurt documented for 1st time
1206: Acquired the lands of the Lords of Ascheberg whose line died out
1279: Acquired from the Lords of Ahaus-Horstmar the immediate county of Laer
Rulers of Steinfurt
fl. c1134: Ludolf I
fl. c1129: Rudolf I
fl. c1180: Rudolf II
fl. c1224: Ludolf II
fl. c1224-1248: Ludolf III
fl. c1125-1225: Bernhard
fl. c1224-1225: Wilhelm
fl. c1228: Baldwin
fl. c1221: Arnold
1244-1277: Ludolf IV
1244-1316: Baldwin II
1278-1282: Ludolf V
1318-1360: Ludolf VI
1331-1347: Ludolf VII
1331-1369: Dietrich
1355-1391: Baldwin IV
1391-1421: Ludolf VIII
To Bentheim-Bentheim
References
History of the Rulers of Steinfurt
STYRIA
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1186: "...The instrument, not an imperial charter, bequeathing the duchy of Styria to the dukes of Austria in 1186 also contains a list: fifteen monastic advocacies, and all ducal manors, castles, lands, and ministeriales. The will took effect in 1892." (Arnold, p. 221)
SULZ
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1139: Lordship
1252: Acquired by Lords of Geroldseck
1270-1472: To Lords of Geroldseck
?: Rudolf of Sulz acquired Lordships of Rotenberg and Kriechingen and County of Klettgau
1473: Acquired by Wurttemberg
1482: Acquired Tiengen
1510: Last Baron of Brandis sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to Counts of Sulz
1519-1534: Sulz belonged to Lords of Geroldseck
1534: To Wurttemberg
1572: Partitioned into Klettgau and Sulz-Vaduz
1613: Counts of Sulz sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to the Counts of Hohenems
Rulers of Sulz
Klettgau
Karl Ludwig I...............................1572-1590
Alwig XII.....................................1590-1632 with...
Karl Ludwig II Ernst.......................1590-1648
Ulrich........................................1648-1650 with...
Johann Ludwig II.................................1648-1687
Maria Anna (fem.).............................1687-1698
To Schwarzenberg..............................1698-1813
To Baden thereafter...
Sulz
Alwig I.......................................1071-1095
Alwig II......................................1095-1139
Alwig III.....................................1139-1152
Alwig IV....................................fl. c. 1196
Hermann II...................................fl. c. 1215
Alwig V.....................................fl. c. 1230 with...
Berthold I..................................fl. c. 1230
Berthold II.................................fl. c. 1240 with...
Alwig VI....................................fl. c. 1240
Hermann III..................................fl. c. 1268
Hermann IV (Sold Sulz <>
Berthold III....................................d. <>
Hermann V....................................fl. c. 1350 with...
Rudolf I...................................fl. c. 1350 and...
Alwig VIII..................................fl. c. 1350
Hermann VI.....................................1392-1429 with...
Rudolf II....................................1392-1405
Rudolf III (Landgrave in Klettgau 1408)......1405-1431
Johann II.......................................1431-1483 with...
Alwig X.......................................1431-1493 and...
Rudolf IV....................................1431-1487
Rudolf V (in Vaduz and Blumeneck 1507).......1493-1535
Johann Ludwig I..................................1535-1566
Alwig XI......................................1566-1572
Wilhelm.......................................1566-1569
Partitioned between Klettgau and Vaduz
Vaduz
Rudolf VIII..................................1572-1611
Johann III......................................1611-1616 d. 1617
Vaduz sold to Hohenems 1613, Blumeneck to the Abbey of Weingarten 1616
ReferencesThe Counts of Sulz - A Century of Peace
Liechtenstein: A Modern History
Regnal Chronologies
Schaumburg-Lippe in Genealogy.Net
Schaumburg-Lippe in Gotha International
Schaumburg-Lippe in Catholic Encyclopedia
SCHLEIDEN
Territorial & Dynastic History
1198: First mention of Schleiden castle as "castrum Sleyda"
?: Konrad of Schleiden, first mentioned noble
?: Johann I of Schleiden (1346-1379) was given by the German king responsibility for maintaining peace in the region between the Rhine and Maas
1271: Konrad II of Schleiden became a vassal of Konrad IV of Luxemburg
1434: The line of Schleiden died out
1451: To counts of Manderscheid through marriage to the heiress of Schleiden
?: Dietrich IV the Wise of Manderscheid-Schleiden
SCHLESWIG
History of Schleswig in Catholic Encyclopedia
Titles: HRE Prince, Count & Lord of Schönburg, Count & Lord of Glauchau and Waldenburg and of the Lower County of Hartenstein, the Lordships of Liechtenstein & Stein
"SCHONBURG is a part of the kingdom of Saxony, consisting of the possessions of the antient house of Schonburg, situated between the circles of the Erzgebirge, Leipzig, and Meissen, and the principality of Altenburg. The members of this family had formerly a seat and vote in the bench of counts of the Wetterau, but they never were able to acquire all the rights of independent princes of the empire, and were constantly at variance with the princes of the house of Saxony. The differences between the two parties were arranged by an agreement in 1740, which continued in force with some modifications till 1615, when it was confirmed by the Congress of Vienna. The sovereignty is vested in the king of Saxony, but many important rights are retained by the members of the houses of Schonburg, such as the establishment at Glauchau of a distinct government and administration for all the possessions cf the family. The family of Schonburg is now divided into two principal lines, that of the princes of Schonburg-Waldenburg, and that of the counts of Schonburg-Penig, which is again subdivided into two branches. The territories of the whole are 345 square miles in extent, with 112,000 inhabitants. The country is mountainous, but very fertile, producing corn, timber, flax, fruit, potters'-clay, cinnabar (which is not found in any other part of Saxony), and slate. The inhabitants are very industrious, and, besides their agricultural occupations, have considerable manufactures of linen, woollen, cotton, paper, and earthenware. The chief towns are Waldenburg on the Mulda, the residence of the prince, which, including the suburbs, has 4500 inhabitants; near it is the prince's country-seat Greenfield, with a fine park. Glauchau, the chief town of all the territories of Schonburg, is the seat of ibe joint government; it is situated on the Mulda, over which there are two bridges, and lies, in the form of a semicircle, on seven low hills. There are two palaces, the residences of the counts of Schbnburg-Penig, a church with a celebrated organ, an orphan asylum, a theatre, iron and copper works, and manufactures of linen, woollen, cotton, leather, and needles. There are many handsome houses in this town, which has 6000 inhabitants. George Agricola fas born here in 1494...." (SDUK, Vols. 21-22, p. 37)
"The familial line of the Saxon-Thuringian family Schönburg is first documented with Hermannus de Sconeburg. The barons of Schönburg possessed imperial free territory. In 1180 Glauchau was added, in 1200, Lichtenstein. The free territories of Waldenburg, Hartenstein, Wechselburg, Penig and Rochsburg were appended."
"The political importance of the family was manifested when Emperor Leopold I raised the entire house of Schönburg to the status of county in the Holy Roman Empire in 1700. In 1790, Emperor Leopold II awarded Count Otto Karl Friedrich von Schönburg the status of prince. After the end of the Holy Roman Empire, the counts of Schönburg continued to exercise certain rights, similar to those of the former ruling houses." (The Family Line: Schonburg-Glauchau)
Lords, Counts and Princes of Schonborn
Ernst I., Herr von Schönburg (um 1458-1489) verh. mit Anna von Rieneck (1458-1525)
Wolf I., Freiherr von Schönburg (1482-1529)
Ernst II., Freiherr von Schönburg (1486-1534), verh. mit Amalia Burggräfin von Leisnig († 1559)[2]
Wolf (1527-1532)
Johann Ernst (1528-1545)
Georg I. (1529-1585)
Hugo I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1565)
Hugo II., Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1606)
Otto Albert, Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1681)
Otto Ludwig, Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1701), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand, siehe unten
Wolfgang I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1581)
Wolfgang II., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1612)
Wolf Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1623), siehe unten
Wolfgang Heinrich I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1657), siehe unten
Wolf II. (1532-1581)
Nachfahren von Otto Ludwig
Otto Ludwig, Freiherr von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1701), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand
Georg Albrecht, Graf von Schönburg-Hartenstein († 1716)
Friedrich Albrecht, Graf von Schönburg-Hartenstein († 1786)
Otto Wilhelm, Graf von Schönburg-Lichtenstein († 1747)
Wilhelm Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Lichtenstein († 1740)
Ludwig Friedrich, Graf von Schönburg-Stein († 1736)
Albrecht Karl, Graf von Schönburg-Stein († 1765)
Otto Karl Friedrich, Graf von Schönburg-Stein (1758-1800), seit 9. Oktober 1770 im Reichsfürstenstand, verh. 9. Dezember 1779 mit Henriette Eleonore Elisabeth Gräfin Reuss zu Köstritz (1755-1829)
Otto Alexander (1781-1782)
Otto Victor, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785-1859)
Friedrich Alfred, Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1786-1840)
Heinrich Eduard, Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein (1787-1872)
Alexander, Fürst von Schönburg-Hartenstein († 1896)
Alois, bis 1918 Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein (1858-1944)
Christian Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1753), verh. mit Friederike Auguste von Limpurg
Christian August, Graf von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1754)
Sophie von Schönburg-Waldenburg († 1757), Miterbin von Limpurg, verh. mit Friedrich Ernst, Graf von Welz († 1741)
Nachfahren von Wolf Ernst
Wolf Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1623)
Godfried Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1679)
Christian Ernst, Freiherr von Schönburg-Remissau († 1718), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand
Otto Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Remissau († 1746)
Heinrich Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Rochsburg († 1777)
Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Rochsburg († 1825), verkauft Remissau 1789
Albert, Graf von Schönburg-(Unter-)Glauchau († 1799)
Gottlob Karl Ludwig Christian Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1762-1842), verh. 1789 mit Henriette Gräfin von Hochberg (1767-1836)
Ferdinand Heinrich Fürchtegott Ernst (1793-1794)
Heinrich Gottlob Otto Ernst, Graf von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau (1794-1881), verh. 1820 mit Klementine Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1789-1863)
Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund (1823-1897), verh. 1852 mit Gabrielle Prinzessin zu Windisch-Grätz (1827-1917)
Friedrich Alfred (1827-1855)
Richard Klemens Graf und Herr von Schönburg-Hinterglauchau seit 1881 (1829-1900), verh. I. 1856 Ottilie Prinzessin von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1830-1880), verh. II. 1886 Frieda Freiin von Fabrice (1864-1943)
Hermann Albrecht Heinrich Ernst (1796-1841), verh. 1830 mit Sophie Katharina Josephine Freiin von Wede (1811-1876)
Otto Heinrich Ludwig (1798-1804)
Ernst Ferdinand Ludwig Heinrich (1800-1868)
Ferdinand Gustav Ernst (1802-1827)
Gotthelf Georg Heinrich Ernst (1803-1833)
Nachfahren von Wolfgang Heinrich I
Wolfgang Heinrich I., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1657)
Samuel Heinrich, Freiherr von Schönburg-Wechselburg († 1706), seit 7. August 1700 im Reichsgrafenstand
Franz Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Wechselburg († 1746)
Karl Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Penig/Forderglauchau (1729-1800)
Wilhelm Albrecht Heinrich, Graf von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1762-1815)
Karl Heinrich Alban, Graf von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1804-1864)
Karl, Graf von Schönburg-Forderglauchau (1832-1898)
(I.)Joachim, Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1873-1943)
Carl, Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1899-1945)
Joachim, Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (1929-1998)
Maria Gloria Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau (* 1960)
Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau (* 1969)
Wolfgang Heinrich II., Freiherr von Schönburg-Penig († 1704)
August Sigfried von Schönburg-Penig († 1763)
Nachfahren von Otto Victor (Schönburg-Waldenburg)
Otto Victor, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1785-1859)
Otto Friedrich, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1819-1893)
Otto Karl Victor, Erbprinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1856-1888)
Otto Victor, Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1882-1914)
Alexander (1883-1888)
Günther Alexander Johann Wilhelm Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1887-1960)
Otto (1860-1888)
Otto Sigismund (1866-1936)
Heinrich Otto Friedrich (1867-1937)
Hugo (1822-1897)
Heinrich (1863-1945)
Alfred (1905-1941)
Hugo (1910-1942)
Georg (1828-1900)
Hermann (1865-1943)
Ulrich Georg (1869-1939)
Wolf Georg Alfred, Fürst von Schönburg (1902-1983)
Georg Ulrich (1908-1982), verh. 1935 mit Pauline Gräfin zu Castell-Castell (1906-2002)
Wilhelm (1913-1944)
Ulrich Fürst von Schönburg (* 1940)
Wolf Christoph (* 1943)
Kai-Philipp Wolf (* 1969)
Karl Ernst (1836-1915)
Friedrich Ernst (1872-1910)
Maria Karl Leopold Salvator Ernst Anton Joseph Franz Xaver Friedrich Bonifacius Benno Jaime (1902-1992)
(II.)Vetea-Pierre-Jaime von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* Papeete 1. März 1941 (unehelich))
Thomas-Charles von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1971)
Benjamin-Teva von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1980)
(II.)Teva Karl Manuia Pai von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1945 (unehelich))
Ei-Arii Sandra-Purea-Eva von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1971)
Tamatoa-Arri-Frederik-Clifford von Schönburg-Waldenburg (*1974)
(II.)Mihimana-Christine von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1947), verh. 1970 mit Jean-Luc Maurer (* 1948)
(II.)Matahi-Georges-Leopold von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1951), verh. (I.) 1974 (gesch. 1979) mit Sévérine-Thea Hirshon (* 1947), unverh. (II.) Jeanine Manjard; unverh. (III.) Madeleine Utia
(I.)Manu-Ura Lewis von Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1975)
(II.)Aimana de Schönburg-Waldenburg
(III.)Tenoha Charles Leopold de Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1978)
(III.)Matai Jonathan Hauraii de Schönburg-Waldenburg (* 1980)
References
Family Tree
History of Princes, Counts & Lords of Schonburg
History of Schonburg
The Princely House of Schonburg in Almanach de Saxe-Gotha
Schonburg Family Pictures in Royalty Guide
SCHWARZENBERG
"Schwarzenberg is a lordship in Middle Franconia..., in the Kingdom of Bavaria, from which the princes of Schwarzenberg take their title...." See (p. 65)
Titles: HRE Prince of Schwarzenberg, Princely Landgrave of Klettgau, Count of Sulz, Duke of Krummau, Lord of Gimborn
Possessions
In Franconia, the County or Principality of Schwarzenberg - 105 sq. mi.
In Swabia, the county of Illereichen and Kellmunz
Several lordships, 30 sq. mi., under Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden
In Bohemia, the Duchy of Krummau, 336 sq. mi.
In Styria, the Lordship of Muran, 21 sq. mi.
In Hungary, 16 lordships, 440 sq. mi.
Division of Properties
1. Estates in Franconia and Swabia, and the Duchy of Krummau and 20 lordships in Austria
2. Estates in Bavaria, Wurttemberg and Baden; Lordship of Muran and Lordships in Hungary
Territorial and Dynastic History
?: Lordship
1417: Baronetcy
1420: Erkinger of Seinsheim (d.1427) purchases the county of Schwarzenberg of which he assumed the name and title.
1427: House of Seinsheim was divided into the two houses of Schwarzenberg and Seinsheim
1429: Barony
1566: County
1599: Adolf of Schwarzenberg was raised by the Emperor Rudolf II to the dignity of count of the Empire as a reward for his bravery in the wars with the Turks.
1670: Johann Adolf of Schwarzenberg was raised by the Emperor Leopold I to the rank of prince of the Empire and the county to the Principaloity of Schwarzenberg
1671: Princely Landgraviate
1674: In College of Princes of the Empire
1698: Inherited the Landgraviate of Klettgau in Swabia
1723: Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg was made Duke of Krumau in Bohemia
1740: The princely dignity was extended to all the male and female descendants of the family
1806: Principality of Schwarzenberg and Landgraviate of Klettgau were mediatised
1813: Klettgau sold to Baden
ReferencesCesky Krumlov: History of the Town
Coat of Arms
Counts of Schwarzenberg
Eclectic Magazine
History of Schwarzenberg in FranconiaKrummau on the Moldau
Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society fot the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Schwarzenberg Family in AEIOU
The Schwarzenberg Family and the Golden Fleece
Schwarzenberg Genealogy
The Schwarzenbergs
John Adolf I of Schwarzenberg
SPONECK
"THE HOUSE OF SPONNECK / SPONECK began on the 2nd August, 1701, when the Silesian 'Knights', the four siblings 'von Hedwiger', were together all elevated to the rank and title of 'Counts-of-the-Empire' by the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, in Vienna. They were Georg Wilhelm, Anna Sabina, Johann Christoph and Johann Rudolph von Hedwiger. They took their title name from the South German Rhine castle, 'BURG SPONECK' (built by Rudolph I - the first Holy Roman Emperor in 1285) in Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg. At the time of their elevation Burg Sponeck belonged to the Dukes' of Wuerttemberg in whose employ Georg Wilhelm was, as Governor of the Duke's Possession of Montbeliard, France.
The Knights' 'von Hedwiger' were originally a noble family (Uradel) from Silesia, East Germany (now Poland) dating back to the 13th Century. They were first officially recorded, as Knights, who took part in the all important and vital 'Battle of Liegnitz' against the Mongols (April 9, 1241).
"The later patriarch was one, Balthazar von Hedwiger, who was born in 1510. Balthazar fought against the Turks, under Charles V, and for his bravery (as a young officer, he swam accross the Danube to spy on the Turks) was later honoured with a quartering of his existing 'arms' by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian II -see the two 'Arms' in photo section - while serving as Privy Councillor to him. Balthazar von Hedwiger's son, Carl, and grandson, Christian, served the Dukes' of Liegnitz as privy councillors. Great-grandson, Johann Georg served as a military officer with the rank of Captain.
"The great-great grandson of Knight Balthazar, and ancestor of the Danish branch, Colonel Georg Wilhelm, was Governor of Moempelgard from 1699 to 1702 (French, Montbeliard) under his brother-in-law, Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard.
"In 1702 the youngest brother, Johann Rudolph, who is the German ancestor, was just 22 years of age when he became the Duke's governor, as his eldest brother, Georg Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Sponneck, had resigned to return to the military. Colonel Georg was to lead the Danish troops in Holland, allied to Austria (under Prince Eugene, Duke of Savoy) and Britain (under John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough) against the 'Sun' King of France, Louis XIV, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Georg Wilhelm Sponneck subsequently stayed in Denmark, furthering his military career to full 'General' and 'Knight of the Elephant'. He became the Patriarch of the present Danish Branch, 'Sponneck'. (He is the 5th Great-Grandfather of Godfrey Harry Sponneck.) This senior branch, on the 7th July 1889, were granted the Danish equivilent title of 'Rigsgreverne' (Counts-of-the-Realm) by the Danish King, Christian IX.
"Their sister, Anna Sabina, had been married to the Duke of Wuerttemberg-Moempelgard. Anna and the Duke did start a 'de Sponeck' line, which became extinct in the third generation.
The middle brother, Captain Johann Christoph von Hedwiger, Reichsgraf von Sponeck, a batchelor, left no heirs after he was fatally wounded in action at Peterwardein on the Danube River in 1716, under command of the Duke of Savoy, in battle against the Turks. He was thirty-eight years of age!
"Today the Sponneck family number sixteen families world wide in two generations from the two branches (Danish & German) with numbers of new little 'Spon(n)ecks' now arriving!
"A Norwegian Branch dating back to 1750's and relating to the eldest son of Georg Wilhelm Sponneck are known as 'Sponnich' in Norway and 'Sponnick' in the USA - a unique branch of this Norwegian family now living there." (The House of Sponeck/Sponneck)
References
The Sponneck Saga
SPONHEIM
The House of Sponheim
"The House of Sponheim or Spanheim (also called Sponheimer or Spanheimer) was a noble family of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages. They were Dukes of Carinthia from 1122 until 1269 and Counts of Sponheim until 1437. Their family seat was Sponheim Castle, present-day Burgsponheim, Rhineland-Palatinate.
"In the 11th century the family was divided in two closely related branches. One of these branches, probably the senior one, retained the Duchy of Carinthia and originated the County of Ortenburg (Bavaria). The other one remained in Southwest Germany, retaining the County of Sponheim.
"The founder of the dukal branch was Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (1010–1065), a Ripuarian Frank by birth and retainer of Emperor Conrad II. For this reason the family is sometimes termed the Siegfrieding. Siegfried followed Conrad in his 1035 campaign against Adalbero of Eppenstein, then Duke of Carinthia. He married Richgard, daughter of one Count Engelbert of the Bavarian Sieghardinger noble family and heir to large territories in Carinthia and Tyrol. In 1045 Siegfried, then called Count of Sponheim, received the title of a margrave of the Hungarian March by Emperor Henry III. After the House of Eppenstein became extinct in 1122, his grandson Henry III of Sponheim was raised to the Duke of Carinthia, inaugurating a dynasty which lasted until the death of Ulric III in 1269.
"The founder of the Rhenish branch was Stephan I, Count of Sponheim (–1080), which could have been a 1st cousin, a son or a nephew of Siegfried. One of his successors Gottfried III (1183–1218) married Adelheid of Sayn, sister and heiress of the last Count of Sayn, Henry II. In 1437 this branch's ruling male line in Sponheim died out, and female line descendants, namely the Margraves of Baden and the Counts Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, took on the title of Count to Sponheim, along with the Electors Palatine, who had received a small part as dowry.
"The branch of the Counts of Ortenburg is still living today in Tambach (Bavaria). A lateral line of the Rhenish branch survives also with the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein."
Engelbert I
(d.1096)
Margrave of Istria, 1090-1096
Count of Sponhiem & in Kraichgau, 1065-1096
Vogt of Salzburg
Stephen
1075-1118 ?
Friedrich
1112-1148
Meinhard
1118-1155
Godfrey I
1136-1159
Eberhard II
fl. c. 1181
Simon I
fl. c. 1185
Godfrey II
1165-1183
Walram
1187-1192
Heinrich II
1191-1199
Gerlach
1193-1198
Albrecht
1193-1204
Godfrey III
Philipp
1314-1338
Heinrich II
1338-1393
Sponheim-Castellaun
Simon III
1291-1337
Philipp of Bolanden
1314-1338
Walram
im-Kreuznach
Sponheim-Eberstein
Eberhard III
1227-1263
Sponheim-HeinsbergHeinrich II
1227-1258/60
Sponheim-Kreuznach
Simon II
1227-1266
Eberhard IV
1266-1303
Johann I
1266-1291
Heinrich I
1266-1314
Johann II
1291-1340
Walram of Castellaun
1340-1380
Simon IV
1380-1414
Elisabeth
1414-1416
Castellaun and Kreuznach jointly owned by: Pfalz, 3/5, Baden 2/5...1416-1707
All to Pfalz, 1707.
Sponheim-Sayn
Godfrey I
1261-1283Superceded by Sayn
Sponheim-Starkenburg
Johann I
(d. 1277)
1227-1266
Heinrich I
1264-1301
Johann II
1301-1321
Heinrich II
1301-1349
Heinrich III
1321-1322
Johann III
1340-1399
Johann IV
1399-1413
Johann V
1413-1437
Friedrich of Veldenz
1437-1444
Jointly owned by: Pfalz, 1/2, Baden 1/2.......1444-1776
All to Pfalz, 1776.
Sponheim
Eberhard I (?–1044)
Siegfried I (1044–1065)
Stephan I (?–c1080)
Stephan II (c1080–c1118)
Meginhard I (c1118–1136/45)
Gottfried I (1136/35–1159)
Gottfried II (1165–1183)
Gottfried III (1195–1218)
Front County of Sponheim
Sponheim-Kreuznach
Simon I (1210/15-1264)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1223–1264
Johann I (1245/50-1290)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1265–1290
Johann II (1270/75-1340)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1290–134
Simon II (1270-1336)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1290–1336
Walram (1305-1380)
Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1336–1380
Simon III (1330-1414), Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1380–1414; Count of Vianden
Married 1348 Maria of Vianden (1337-1400)
Elizabeth (1375-1417)
Countess of Sponheim-Kreuznach, 1414–1417
Married (1) Engelbert III of Mark (1330-1391); Married (2) Ruprecht Pipan (1375-1397), Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate
"...The widowed Countess Elizabeth was dowered with certain lands in the Palatinate, but it is probable that she returned to live with her father at Creuznach; he was a widower, and she his only surviving child. Elizabeth had been for ten years—from 1381 to 1391—the wife of Count Engelbert of the Mark, uncle,—that is father's brother—to Adolf of Cleves ; her age when she married him has not transpired; but she was probably somewhat older than her second husband. When left once more a childless widow, Elizabeth of Sponheim seems to have ceased to struggle with fate. She evidently kept up a friendship with the King and Queen; indeed, it seems not unlikely that their young daughter Elizabeth may have been left under her charge during the Italian expedition. The Countess was not only heiress of her father's share, Sponheim (or Spanheim), but also of her mother's county of Vianden, of which she may already have taken part possession...." (Higgins, p. 281)
Joint rulers of the Front County of Sponheim
Electoral Palatinate
Ludwig III (1417–1436)
Ludwig IV (1436–1449)
Friedrich I (1449–1476), at first custodian; 1451 Prince Elector
Philipp (1476–1508, O.C. 1480)
Ludwig V (1508–1544)
Friedrich II (1544–1556)
Ottheinrich (1556–1559)
(Succession on line Palatinate-Simmern)
Veldenz resp. Palatinate-Simmern
Friedrich III, Count of Veldenz (1437–1444, O.C. 1437)
Friedrich I, Count Palatine (1444–1480, O.C. 1453)
Johann I (1480–1509, O.C. 1508)
Johann II (1509–1557, O.C. 1527)
Friedrich II (III), 1559 Prince Elector (1557–1576, O.C. 1569)
Ludwig VI, Prince Elector (1576–1583)
Friedrich IV, Prince Elector (1583–1610, O.C. 1588)
Ludwig Philipp to Simmern (1610–1655), until 1622 single holder, O.C.
Ludwig Heinrich to Simmern (1655–1674)
Karl I Ludwig, Prince Elector (1674–1680, O.C. 1677)
Karl II, Prince Elector (1680–1685)
(Extinction of the line Simmern, succession on Palatinate-Neuburg)
Palatinate-Neuburg
Philipp Wilhelm, Prince Elector (1685–1690)
Johann Wilhelm, Prince Elector (1690–1716, O.C. 1707)
Karl III Philipp, Prince Elector (1716–1742)
Karl Theodor, Prince Elector (1742–1799, O.C. 1761)
(Rightful successor was Count Palatine Maximilian of Zweibrücken (see Rear County))
Baden
Jakob I (1437–1453, O.C. 1444)
Karl I (1453–1463) (1463 until Jan. 1508 pawned to Electoral Palatinate)
Philipp I (1508–1533, O.C. 1509) (1533/34 disputed, 27 March 1534 to Baden-Baden)
Bernhard III (1534–1536)
Philibert (1536–1569, O.C. 1557)
Philipp II (1569–1588, O.C. 1576)
Eduard Fortunat (1588–1600) (1600 until Nov. 1622 no Badish joint ruler, electoral-palatine-only property)
Wilhelm (1622–1677, O.C. 1655)
Ludwig Wilhelm (1677–1707, O.C. 1680)
Ludwig Georg Simpert (1707–1761, O.C. 1716)
August Georg Simpert (1761–1771)
(Extinction of the line Baden-Baden, succession falls on line Baden-Durlach)
Karl Friedrich (1771–1811)
Rear County of Sponheim
Sponheim-Starkenburg
Johann I (1223–1266)
Heinrich I (1266–1289)
Johann II (1289–1324)
Heinrich II († 1323)
Loretta (1324–1331)
Johann III (1331–1398)
Johann IV (1398–1411)
Johann V (1411–1437)
Joint rulers of the Rear County of Sponheim
Friedrich III, Count to Veldenz and Sponheim (1437–1444, O.C. 1437)
Palatinate-Simmern/-Birkenfeld/-Zweibrücken
Friedrich I, Count Palatine (1444–1480, O.C. 1453)
Johann I (1480–1509)
Johann II (1509–1557, O.C. 1527)
Friedrich II, 1559 Prince Elector Friedrich III (1557–1560), as pawn holder 1569 to 1571
Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Wolfgang to Veldenz (1560–1569)
Johann I (1569–1584 as custodian to his brother Karl I)
Palatinate-Birkenfeld
Karl I to Birkenfeld (1584–1600, O.C. 1588)
Georg Wilhelm (1600–1669, O.C. 1600), until 1618 under custody
Karl II Otto (1669–1671)
Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler receives Birkenfeld
Christian II to Bischweiler (1671–1717, O.C. 1677)
Palatinate-Bischweiler-Birkenfeld receives Zweibrücken
Christian III, since 1731 to Zweibrücken (1717–1735)
Christian IV (1735–1775, O.C. 1761)
Karl III August Christian (1775–1795)
Maximilian I (IV) Joseph, Prince Elector of Palatinate-Bavaria, 1806 King of Bavaria, heir 1799 also to the share of the Front County
Baden
Jakob I (1437–1453, O.C. 1444)
Karl I (1453–1475)
Christoph I (1475–1527, O.C. 1480)
Bernhard III to Baden (1527–1536)
Philibert (1536–1569, O.C. 1557)
Philipp II (1569–1588, O.C. 1569)
Eduard Fortunat (1588–1600) (1600–1605 no Badish joint ruler)
Georg Friedrich to Durlach (1605–1622)
Wilhelm (1622–1677, O.C. 1669)
Ludwig Wilhelm (1677–1683), brother (from 1683 to 1697 holder of the share Margravin Marie Franziska b. Countess of Fürstenberg)
Ludwig Georg Simpert (1697–1761, O.C. 1717)
August Georg Simpert (1761–1771)
Karl Friedrich (1771–1811)
References
Counts of Sponheim @FMG
House of Sponheim @euweb.cz
House of Sponheim (Carinthia) @FMG
House of Sponheim (German) @Medieval Genealogy
Regnal Chronologies
SCHENK VON STAUFFENBERG
[Ref1]
]"The recorded history of the Stauffenberg begins in Swabia, south of the Neckar river and on the upper Danube, in the thirteenth century... Members of the family later to be known as the 'Schenken von Stauffenberg' were appointed as cup bearers of stewards (Schenken), so that 'Schenk'; became a clan name. Surnames were appended depending on the place of residence. One of these places was Stauffenberg, referring to one of the many cone-shaped mountains in southern Germany." (Hoffman, 2003, p. 1)
STEINFURT
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1129: Lords of Steinfurt documented for 1st time
1206: Acquired the lands of the Lords of Ascheberg whose line died out
1279: Acquired from the Lords of Ahaus-Horstmar the immediate county of Laer
Rulers of Steinfurt
fl. c1134: Ludolf I
fl. c1129: Rudolf I
fl. c1180: Rudolf II
fl. c1224: Ludolf II
fl. c1224-1248: Ludolf III
fl. c1125-1225: Bernhard
fl. c1224-1225: Wilhelm
fl. c1228: Baldwin
fl. c1221: Arnold
1244-1277: Ludolf IV
1244-1316: Baldwin II
1278-1282: Ludolf V
1318-1360: Ludolf VI
1331-1347: Ludolf VII
1331-1369: Dietrich
1355-1391: Baldwin IV
1391-1421: Ludolf VIII
To Bentheim-Bentheim
References
History of the Rulers of Steinfurt
STYRIA
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1186: "...The instrument, not an imperial charter, bequeathing the duchy of Styria to the dukes of Austria in 1186 also contains a list: fifteen monastic advocacies, and all ducal manors, castles, lands, and ministeriales. The will took effect in 1892." (Arnold, p. 221)
SULZ
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1139: Lordship
1252: Acquired by Lords of Geroldseck
1270-1472: To Lords of Geroldseck
?: Rudolf of Sulz acquired Lordships of Rotenberg and Kriechingen and County of Klettgau
1473: Acquired by Wurttemberg
1482: Acquired Tiengen
1510: Last Baron of Brandis sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to Counts of Sulz
1519-1534: Sulz belonged to Lords of Geroldseck
1534: To Wurttemberg
1572: Partitioned into Klettgau and Sulz-Vaduz
1613: Counts of Sulz sold Vaduz and Schellenberg to the Counts of Hohenems
Rulers of Sulz
Klettgau
Karl Ludwig I...............................1572-1590
Alwig XII.....................................1590-1632 with...
Karl Ludwig II Ernst.......................1590-1648
Ulrich........................................1648-1650 with...
Johann Ludwig II.................................1648-1687
Maria Anna (fem.).............................1687-1698
To Schwarzenberg..............................1698-1813
To Baden thereafter...
Sulz
Alwig I.......................................1071-1095
Alwig II......................................1095-1139
Alwig III.....................................1139-1152
Alwig IV....................................fl. c. 1196
Hermann II...................................fl. c. 1215
Alwig V.....................................fl. c. 1230 with...
Berthold I..................................fl. c. 1230
Berthold II.................................fl. c. 1240 with...
Alwig VI....................................fl. c. 1240
Hermann III..................................fl. c. 1268
Hermann IV (Sold Sulz <>
Berthold III....................................d. <>
Hermann V....................................fl. c. 1350 with...
Rudolf I...................................fl. c. 1350 and...
Alwig VIII..................................fl. c. 1350
Hermann VI.....................................1392-1429 with...
Rudolf II....................................1392-1405
Rudolf III (Landgrave in Klettgau 1408)......1405-1431
Johann II.......................................1431-1483 with...
Alwig X.......................................1431-1493 and...
Rudolf IV....................................1431-1487
Rudolf V (in Vaduz and Blumeneck 1507).......1493-1535
Johann Ludwig I..................................1535-1566
Alwig XI......................................1566-1572
Wilhelm.......................................1566-1569
Partitioned between Klettgau and Vaduz
Vaduz
Rudolf VIII..................................1572-1611
Johann III......................................1611-1616 d. 1617
Vaduz sold to Hohenems 1613, Blumeneck to the Abbey of Weingarten 1616
ReferencesThe Counts of Sulz - A Century of Peace
Liechtenstein: A Modern History
Regnal Chronologies
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