Holy Roman Empire

MASTER REFERENCE LIST

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Walsh, R. J. (2005). Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477): politics and personnel. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books

Imperial Cities

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ROTHENBURG

Territorial Development

1274: Rothenburg ob der Tauber secured its status as an imperial city.

1383-1387: The city bought the stronghold, estates, and appurtenances of Nordenberg from its eponymous lords for 7000 fl.

1385: The city bought the fortress of Landsberg and its dependent villages from Hohenlohe for 5000 fl.

1387: The city bought the administrative district of Hohenlohe-Endsee, together with villages in the Aischgrund, from Hohenlohe

1387: Acquired the mortgaged imperial territorial court, which sat outside its walls, for 8000 fl.

1388: Teh city bought the Amter of Gammelsfeld and Eibelstadt from the burgraves of Buremberg for 3000 fl.

1399-1406: Rothenburg acquired the castle and Amt of Lichtel from the bishops of Wurzburg from 2300 fl.

1400: The city bought the stewardshiop of Gebsattel from the abbey of Comburg

1404: The city acquired the fortress of Seldeneck from the burgraves of Nuremberf for 8000 fl.

1404: Rothenburg finally acquired the most significant purchase of all, the fortress of Gailnau with extensive dependencies bordering the county of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst int he south-east from Count Johann of Hohenlohe for 9000 fl.

1500's: Rothenburg's territory still amounded to around 400 sq. kms.. At that time, its rural subjects numbered betwenn 10,000 and 11,000, a figure at least double the urban population. (Ocker, et. al., pp. 31-32)

References:

Ocker, C., Printy, M., Starenko, P., and Wallace, P. (Eds.) (2007). Politics and reformations: Communities, polities, nations, and empires. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV.

Italian States of the Holy Roman Empire

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ADRIA
(County)
1221: Azzo Novello was invested at Brindisi with the County of Rovigo, of Adria and of Ariano.

ALBA

Alessandria

Del Pozzo

AMALFI
(Duchy)

ANCONA

(Margraviate)
1300: Gaetani family acquired the rank of margrave of the March of Ancona

ANCONA
(Republic)

AOSTA
Duchy

ARBOREA

AREZZO
(Commune)

ARIANO
(County)

1221: Azzo Novello was invested at Brindisi with the County of Rovigo, of Adria and of Ariano.

ARONA
County
1743: Gained by Savoy by the Treaty of Worms

ASTI
(Commune)

ASTI

County
1531: Emperor Karl V ceded Asti to Carlo IV of Savoy

AURIATE
[Ref1]

AVERSA
[Rul1]

AVIGNON

BELLINZONA

BENEVENTO

(Duchy)
[Ref1]

BERGAMO

(Lordship)

"At the beginning of the same century John Roger Suardo was Lord of Bergamo and almost all of its province. In 1421 Duke Philip Maria Visconti took possession of it by means of Philip Carmagnola." (Rome College of Arms)

BOLOGNA

Pepoli

"The Bentivoglio originated from the castle of the same name near Bologna and were Sovereigns of that city in the 15th Century. This family sprang from a natural son of Enzo King of Sardinia, the bastard son of Frederick II. In 1400 John, head of the fraction of the Chequers, supplanted Mark Gozzadini35 of that illustrious Bolognese family and had himself proclaimed Lord of Bologna. The Lordship of that family ended in 1511. 1503 was the year in which Julius II took Bologna from the Bentivoglio. In the 14th Century the Bentivoglio were inscribed in the Corporation of the Butchers. From this family descend the Bentivoglio Visconti." (Rome College of Arms)

BORGO SAN DONNINO
(Lordship)
?: Held by Oberto Palavicino
1145: Oberto donated the lordship to the Vicentini

BORMIO

BRESCIA
Maggi

BRESSANONE

(BRIXEN)

(Prince-Bishopric)

CAGLIARI

CALABRIA

(Duchy)

CAMERINO

Fogliani

da Varano

?: Cesare Borgia took over from the da Varano
1515: Duchy of Camerino
1539: Incorporated with the Papal States

CAPUA
[Rul1]
Principality
800's: Became autonomous of Salerno.

CARIGNANO

Principality
1248: Emperor Friedrich II ceded Carignano to Savoy
1313: Emperor Heinrich VII ceded Carignano to Savoy

CARPI

(Pio di Savoia)

CASENTINO
(Lordship)
(Guidi)

CASTAGNETO

CASTIGLIONE DELLE STIVIERE
(County)
Gonzaga
1691: Confsicated by the Emperor

CATEPANATE OF ITALY

CEVA

1125: Marquisate was created for Anselmo, son of Bonifacio del Vasto.

Guglielmo succeeded his father Anselmo.

Gorgio Nano succeeded as margrave

1313: Ceva submited to Amedeo V of Savoy

1352-1356: Conquered by the Visconti of Milan

1427: Acquired by Savoy from Milan.

CHIAVENNA

CHIUSI
(Duchy)

CITTA DI CASTELLO
?: Cesare Borgia expelled the Vitelli from the Citta di Castello
Vitelli

CESENA
1400s: Riario family rule Cesena.

COMMACHI

CONZA

(County)

CORSICA

CORREGGIO
(County)
da Corregio

COSPAIA
(Republic)

CESENA

(Vicariate)
1377-1466: the Malatesta held Cesena from Pope Urban VI

COCCONATO

(County)

CREMA

Benzoni

CREMONA

(Commune)

DONORATICO

DUOMO D'OSSOLA
Province
1743: Obtained by Savoy by the Treaty of Worm

ELBA

ESTE
Marchesato
1150: Azzo III was the first to establish his own dominion in the city of Este
?: Taken by Padua
1258: Taken by Ezzelinoa
1259: Reconquered by Azzo VII of Este
1296: Este submitted to Ferrara
1397: Taken by Can della Scala
1318: Conquered by the Carraresi
?: Conquered by the Scaligeri
?: Conquered by the Visconti
?-1405: Conquered again by the Carraresi
1405: Surrendered to the Republic of Venice

FAENZA

Manfredi
1501: Pope Alexander VI occupied Faenza

FERRARA
Este
1598: Duchy of Ferrara was returned to the Holy See as an ecclesiastical fief.

FINALE
(Margraviate)

FIUME

FLORENCE
(Commune)

FOCCA

1307: Andrew was prince and absolute Lord of Focca

FOLIGNO

"In the same century the Trinci are Lords of Foligno from 1305 to 1356 with the title of Gonfalonier and Captain of the People and then until 1439 with the title of Pontifical Vicar. The family was extinguished in 1452 with Ronald but in Milan passed into the House of Sforza." (Rome College of Arms)

FORLI

(Lordship)
?: Ordelaffi were lords of Forli
1310-1422: To Bologna

1400s: Riario family rule Forli

FOSDINOVO
(Marquisate)

FRIULI

(Margraviate)

PATRIARCHAL STATE OF FRIULI

GAETA
(Duchy)

GALLURA

GENOA

(Commune)
(Republic)

GENOVA

(March)

GHERARDESCA

GORIZIA
(County)

GOVONE

GUASTALLA

GUBBIO
(Lordship)
1100s: Gabrielli family

IMOLA

1400s: Riario family ruled over Imola

1499: Pope Alexander VI occupied Imola
Alidosi
Pagano

INCISA

(Margraviate)
(Carmelli di Clavesana)

IVREA
Marchesatto
1000's: Olderic Manfred (d.1035) was invested with the March of Ivrea
1313: Submitted to Savoy

LA LOMELLINA

STATE OF LANDI

?-1679: Landi

1679-1682: Doria

1682: To Parma

LAVAGNA

(County)

[Celesia, pp. 1-22]

"The Fieschi, counts of Lavagna, held the fief of Lavagna from the Holy Roman Emperors from the 11th century; males of the Fieschi— all of them styled conte di Lavagna— played major roles as Guelf partisans in the governance and military history of medieval Genoa, ever in conflict with the Republic and always retaining their connection with their holdings here. In 1138, in an agreement between the Fieschi and the commune of Genoa, the Fieschi agreed to spend part of the year in the city. Sinibaldo de' Fieschi, count of Lavagna, became pope as Innocent IV in 1243, and his nephew Ottobuono was elected pope to succeed Innocent V on July 12, 1276, but died at Viterbo on August 18, without ever having been ordained to the priesthood, as Pope Adrian V. In the Fieschi conspiracy of 1547, Giovanni Luigi Fieschi and the nobles unsuccessfully attempted to recapture the dogate from Andrea Doria, and the power of the Fieschi was broken." (Lavagna @ search.com)

LECCE

County
1055-1463: Semi-independent entity in Puglia
1149-1194: Tancredi d'Altavilla, Duke of Lecce
: Elvira Maria Albina married Walter III of Brienne
1384: Maria d'Enghien succeeded as countess
Raimondo Orsini del Balzo
1406: Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo
1463: County annexed by Ferdinando I of Naples as heir of Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo

LERINO

(Abbey)

LIGURIA

LOCARNO

LODI

Fisiraga
Rusca

LODI

(Commune)

LOMBARDY

712: Aliprandi ascended the throne of Lombardy

LORITELLO

LUCCA

LUGANO

MACERATO

(Lordship)
1266: Gentile da Varano, who came from Camerino, founded Macerato.
1266-1502: Da Varano
1502: Mecerato raised to a duchy and pased to Giovanni Borgia

MALTA

MANTOVA
(Mantua)

1279-1328: Bonacolsi family
1328-1708: Gonzaga family
?: Pinamonte, 1st Lord of Mantua
?: Rinaldo, called the Little Sparrow, was the last Lord of Mantua
1530: Emperor Karl V raised Mantua to a duchy
1561: Duke of Mantua also became Duke of Nevers
1627: Mantua inherited by the Dukes of Nevers, contested by the Gonzaga of Guastalla

MARCHE

MARSCIANO

MASSA

Cybo-Malaspina

1664: Duchy

1731: In personal union with Modena

"We first hear of the lands of Massa in the 10th Century : in the following century it belonged to thepeople of Este, inherited from Countess Matilda. It than passed to the Lordship of the Malaspina who held it as a fief directly from the Emperor; la Lunigiana passed then to the Fieschi who originated in Lavagna. The latter ceded it to Castruccio Castracane, who had already deprived the Malaspina of their fiefs in Lunigiana. At the death of Castracane in 1328 it came into the possession of Pisa and after other events into the possession of Galeazzo Visconti. On the death of the latter in 1402 the Malaspina regained possession of their domain and in 1434 Massa and Territory to avoid the depredations of the Pisans, Florentines and people of Fieschi

surrendered to Marquis Anthony Alberic Malaspina, who promised to respect the Statutes and Privileges of Massa and Carrara and to protect them against enemy invasion. Until 1520 the region of Apuana remained under this Lord, then it passed to the Cybo by the marriage of Richard, son of Alberic Malaspina. The male line of the Cybo ended in 1731 with Alderano and the succession passed to Maria Theresa who was married to Hercules Ronald III d’Este Duke of Modena who added the region of Apuana to his crown." (Rome College of Arms)

MASSA AND CARRARA

MASSERANO

(Principality)

Ferrero-Fieschi

1767: Sold to Savoy

MATELICA

Ottoni

MILANO

1200: Torriani dominated Milan

?: Pagano (d. 1241), became 1st Lord of Milan

?: Guido (d.1312) last Torriani Lord of Milan

1277-1447: Visconti family
1395: "...In 1395, for example, Gian Galezzo Visconti received the title of duca for the Duchy of Lombardy directly from the emperor Venceslao. Though the family had been the feudal lords over most of the same territory since 1277, it previously had no noble title." (Cole, p. 36)

1447-1515: Sforza family

1515-1525: Francois I of France was duke of Milan

MILAN

(Commune)

MIRANDOLA

(Lordship, Duchy)

"The Pico were from the beginning of the 15th Century (1414) and for another two centuries Lords and then Dukes of Mirandola which was sold to the Duke of Modena in 1710." (Rome College of Arms)

MODENA

MODENA AND REGGIO

MODICA

(County)

MONDOVI

MONTECHIARUGOLO

(County)

Torelli

MONTESCUDARO

MONTFERRAT

Margraviate

Duchy

1306-1533: To Palaiologi

1574-1713: Gonzaga

1574: Duchy of Montferrato

1630: Acquired by Dukes of Savoy

1665: Given to the Duke of Savoy

NAPLES

(Duchy)

NICE

County
1388: Savoy gained County of Nice.

NOCERA

(County)

NOLI

(Republic)

NOVARA

Province

Brusati

Tornielli
1736: Obtained by Savoy from Milan

NOVELLARA

(County)

?-1728: Gonzaga

1737-?: To Modena

ONEGLIA

1814: Obtained by Savoy by the Treaty of Vienna

ORVIETO

Porcari

PADUA

1314-1406: Carreresi were Lords of Padua

STATE OF PALLAVICINO

PAPAL STATES

PARMA

da Correggio

Terzi

1512: Reclaimed by the pope as part of the States of the Countess Matilda

1546: Pope Paul III raised Parma and Piacenza into a duchy for the Farnese

PAVIA

Langoschi

PERUGIA

1502: Cesare Borgia expelled the Baglioni from Perugia.

PERUGIA

(Commune)

PESARO

Sforza

1500: Pope Alexander VI occupied Pesaro

PESCARA

(Republic)

PIACENZA

Scotti

Terzi

1512: Reclaimed by the pope as part of the States of the Countess Matilda

1546: Pope Paul III raised Parma and Piacenza into a duchy for the Farnese

PIACENZA

(Commune)

PICENO

Alberici

PIEDMONT

Principality

1220: Pier of Savoy gained Piedmont from the Counts of Provence.

PIOMBINO

(Principality)

Appiani

?-1733: Ludovisi

Boncompagni-Ludovisi

PISA

(Commune)

PITIGLIANO

(County)

Orsini

POLESINE

(Abbey)

"The Abbey of Polesine passed into the possession of the Este in the year 970 by a cession of Otto I. In 1293 it was occupied by the Paduans who obliged the Abbot to remove a chain that crossed the Adige to prevent the passage of boats which had not paid a tax to the Monastery. In 1355 it fell oncemore into the hands of the Este who erected three high towers there, called the Marquis’s fortresses, but notwithstanding the Paduans re-took it." (Rome College of Arms)

"...In 1310 the people of Este lost their dominion over Polesine which they recovered in 1452 and which passed to the Venetian Republic in 1482." (Rome College of Arms)

PONTECORVO

STATE OF PRESIDI

RAGUSA

(Commune)

RAVENNA
1310-1441: da Polenta family acquired Ravenna through Ostasio II da Polento

EXARCHATE OF RAVENNA

RIMINI:
Malatesta
1500: Pope Alexander VI occupied Rimini

ROVIGO

(County)

1221: Azzo Novello was invested at Brindisi with the County of Rovigo, of Adria and of Ariano.

SABBIONETA
[Ref1] [Rul2]
1444: Lordship of Sabbioneta
1564: "...On the accession of Maximilian II he (Vespasiano Gonzaga) obtains that Sabbioneta become a marquisate, that it be held by him directly from the Holy Empire, and that he himself should have for his armorial bearings those of Austria...." (Jusserand, p. 124)
1565: Marquisate of Sabbioneta
1576:"On Rudolph II's coming to the throne, Sabbioneta is made a duchy; Vespasiano receives later the Golden Fleece...." (Jusserand, p. 125)
1577: Duchy of Sabbioneta
?: Luigi Gonzaga
1577: Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna
1684-1702: Spanish occupation
1702: Annexed to Duchy of Mantua
1707: Ceded to Duchy of Guastalla
1747: Annexed to Duchy of Milan

SALERNO

[Rul1]
Principality
851: Principality of Salerno formed out of Principality of Benevento

SALUZZO

Marquisate

1588: Acquired by Savoy

SAN MARINO

SANTA FIORA

(County)

Sforza

SARDINIA

SASSUOLO

(Pio di Savoia)

SAVONA

?: Giovanni Ruggiero Suardo was Lord of Bergamo

1421: Filippo Maria Visconti took possession of Bergamo

SAVOY
1050's: Umberto of Savoy took possession of the County of Aosta and Moriana, part of Tarantasia, il Ciablese, part of Vallese
?: Umberto of Savoy held the County of Belley

SEBORGA

SENARICA

(Republic)

SENIGALLIA

SETTIMO

SICILY

SIENNA

(Commune)

SORA

(Duchy)

SORANO

(County)

SORRENTO

(Duchy)

SOVANA

SPOLETO

(Duchy)

SUSA

Marquisate

TARANTO

TERNI

Castelli

TICINO

TORRES

TORRIGLIA

(Lordship, Marquisate, Principality)

Doria

Pamphilii

TRANI

TRENTO

(Prince-Bishopric)

TREVISO

(Lordship, March)

1180-1259: Da Camino

TRIESTE

TURIN

Marchesato

1035-1038: Hermann of Swabia invested with March of Turin on his marriage to Adelaide, daughter of Olderic Manfred.

1038-1045: Guido of Monferrato became margrave of Turin by his marriage to Adelaide

TUSCANY

(March)

828: Tuscany formed

c1028: Bonifacio united his trans-Appennine domains into the Marquisate of Tuscany

?: Matilda, Lady of Tuscany, part of the Romagna. of Piacenza, Parma, Modena, Regiio and Mantua.

UMBRIA

URBINO

(Duchy)
Montefeltro
1212: Count Guido da Montefeltro, a descendant of the counts of Carpegna, received investiture from Pope Boniface VIII
1474: Federigo da Montefelto became Duke of Urbino
1444-1574: Della Rovere family acquired Urbino through the marriage of Giovanni, son of Rafaele and nephew of Pope Sixtus UV, to Giovanna, daughter of Federigo da Montefeltro.
1460-1482: "...Save for the year 1473-74, from 1460 until his death in 1482 Federigo da Montefeltro, count and then duke of Urbino, was general of the king of Naples and the Italian League, which included the pope, whose authority gave him priority claim. In mid-1473 Federigo's contract expired and was not renewed... At the very time he was elected to the Garter, and as yet unbeknown in England, Federico's contract as general was renewed. On 20 August he was appointed Gonfaloniere of the Church and the following day invested as papal duke, receiving the golden rose. He had already been elected to the Order of the Ermine...." (Walsh, 2005, p. xxv)

VAL SESIA
1703: Obtained by Dukes of Savoy from Emperor Leopold

VALTELLINE

VENICE
(Republic)

VENTIMIGLIA

(County)
1100s-1200s: Ventimiglia family

VERCELLI

Lordship

Avvocati

1427: Ceded by Milan to Savoy

VERONA

(Lordship)
1259-1387: Della Scala held the lordship of Verona

VERONA

(Commune)

VERONA AND AQUILEIA

(Margraviate)

VESCOVATO

(Lordship, Marquisate, Principality)

VIGEVANO

(Commune)

1200s: the Visconti ruled over Vigevano
1311: Emperor Heinrich VII made Vigevano a free and independent commune
1329: Imperial privilege re-granted by Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian.

VITERBO

Giovanni di Vico

VITERBO

(Commune)

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REFERENCES

Once Sovereign Houses of the States of Italy
Walsh, R. J. (2005). Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477): politics and personnel. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books

Silesia

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Territorial Development and Dynastic History

1289: Casimir of Opole granted his lands to Vaclav II of Bohemia. (Abulafia, p. 764)
1290: "...Emperor Rudolfconfirmed that after the death of Henry IV, Silesia should escheat to Vaclav of Bohemia. Henry died, Vaclav inherited...." (Abulafia, p. 764)
1291: "...Further Polish territories fell to Vaclav in 1291 when the dowager duchess of Cracow, Gryfina, Vaclav's sister-in-law, bequeathed Cracow and Sandomierz to him and promptly died." (Abulafia, p. 764)

Hohenlohe

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HOHENLOHE

Territories of House of Hohenlohe: Bartenstein, Brauneck, Entsee, Haltenbergstetten, Ingelfingen, Jagstberg, Kirchberg, Langenburg , Möckmühl, Neuenstein, Öhringen, Pfedelbach, Pfitzingen, Röttingen, Schillingsfürst, Uffenheim, Waldenburg, Weikersheim, Wernsberg

"Hohenlohe

"Hohenlohe is the name of a German princely family.

"At first rulers of a county, its two branches were raised to the rank of principalities of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and 1764 respectively; in 1806 they lost their independence and their lands formed part of the Kingdoms of Bavaria and of Württemberg. At the time of the mediatization the area of Hohenlohe was 680 mi² and its estimated population was 108,000.

"Hohenlohe Island (Остров гогенлоэ), an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia, was named after this dynasty by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

"History

"The family is first mentioned in the 12th century as possessing the castle of Burg Hohlach (Hohenloch or Hohenlohe), near Uffenheim, and its influence was soon perceptible in several of the Franconian valleys, including those of the Kocher, the Jagst and the Tauber.

"Heinrich I (d. 1183) was the first to take the title of count of Hohenlohe, and in 1230 his grandsons, Gottfried and Conrad, supporters of Emperor Frederick II, founded the lines of Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and Hohenlohe-Brauneck, names taken from their respective castles. The latter became extinct in 1390, its lands passing later to Brandenburg, while the former was divided into several branches, only two of which, however, Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Hohenlohe-Uffenheim-Speckfeld, need be mentioned here. Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, descended from Count Kraft I (d. 1313), also underwent several divisions, that which took place after the deaths of Counts Albert and George in 1551 being specially important. At this time the lines of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg were founded by the sons of Count George. Meanwhile, in 1412, the family of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim-Speckfeld had become extinct, and its lands had passed through the marriages of its heiresses into other families.

"The existing branches of the Hohenlohe family are descended from the lines of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, established in 1551. The former of these became Protestant, while the latter remained Roman Catholic. Of the family of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, which underwent several partitions and inherited Gleichen in 1631, the senior line became extinct in 1805, while in 1701 the junior line divided itself into three branches, those of Langenburg, Ingelfingen and Kirchberg. Kirchberg died out in 1861, but members of the families of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen are still alive, the latter being represented by the branches of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Öhringen. The Roman Catholic family of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg was soon divided into three branches, but two of these had died out by 1729. The surviving branch, that of Schillingsfürst, was divided into the lines of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst and Hohenlohe-Bartenstein; other divisions followed, and the four existing lines of this branch of the family are those of Waldenburg, Schillingsfürst, Jagstberg, and Bartenstein. The family of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst possesses the Duchies of Ratibor and of Corvey, inherited in 1834." (Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)

"HOHENLOHE, a German princely family, who took their name from the territory of Hohenlohe in Franconia, which, originally a countship and afterwards a principality, lost its independence in 1806, and is now Included partly in Wurtemberg and partly in Bavaria. They are first mentioned as possessing in the 12th century the castle of Holloch near Uffenheim. At an early period they extended their influence into several of the Franconian valleys, including those of the Kocher, the Jagst, the Tauber, and the Gotlach. The first count of the name was Qottfried, who was on terms of intimacy with the emperor Henry VI., and whose sons founded the lines of Hohenlohe-Bruneck and Hohenlohe-Holloch. The former became extinct in the fourth generation, and the latter in 1340 divided into the lines of Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and HohenloheSpeckfeld. Of these the former became extinct in 1412, after the most of the possessions had been alienated through the marriage of the female heir; and the latter in 1551 divided into the present lines of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Hohenlohe-Woldenhurg, which were elevated, the former in 1764 and the latter in 1744, to principalities of the empire. Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, which adopted Protestantism, became divided into the lines Hohenlohe-Neuenstein Ochringen> and Hohenlohe -Neuenstein-Langenburg, the former of which separated into the branches of HohenloheWeickersheim and Hohenlohe-Oehringen, the one becoming extiact in 1756 and the other in 1805, after which their possessions were inherited by the Hohenlohe-NeuensteinLaugenburg line, which latter became divided into three branches—the Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the HohenloheLangenburg-Oehringen, and the Hohenlohe-LongenburgKirchberg, the last becoming extinct in 1861. The line of Hohenlohe-Woldenburg, which remained Catholic, and in which was established in 1754 the order of the Phoenix, divided itself into two branches, the Hohenlohe-WaldenburgBartenstein and the Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, the former subdividing into the branches of HohenloheBartenstein and Hohenlohe-Jagstberg. Of the Hohenlohe family the following members are noted as having attained individual eminence.

"I. Feiedrich Ludwio (1746-1818), prince of HohcnloheIngelfingen, a Prussian general, was born 31st January 1746. Entering the Prussian service at an early age he became colonel in 1788, and in the campaigns of 1792 and 1793, where he was commander of a division, he distinguished himself in several engagements. In 1794 he gained a brilliant victory at Kuiserslautern, and in 1796 he was promoted lieutenant-general and appointed to the command of the army of the Ems. In the same year he succeeded to the principality of his father. Having been appointed general of infantry in 1800, he in 1805 commanded a Prussian corps between the Saale and the Thuringian Forest. He was severely defeated at Jena in 1806, and after the duke of Brunswick was mortally wounded at Auerstadt, hs succeeded to the chief command, and led to the Oder the fragments of the Prussian army which capitulated at Prenzlau on the 28th October. On account of the blame to which this disaster exposed him, he had to retire from the army. He died at Slawentzitz, Silesia, 15th February 1818.

"II LudwIG AloysiUs (1765-11>29), prince of HohenloheWaldenburg-Bartenstein, marshal and peer of France, was born 18th August 1765. In 1784 he entered the service of the palatinate, which he quitted in 1792 in order to take the command of a regiment raised by his father for the service of the emigrant princes of France. He greatly distinguished himself under Prince Conde in the campaigns of 1792-1793, especially at the storming of the lines of Weissenburg. Subsequently he entered the service of Holland, and, when almost surrounded by the army of General Picbegru* conducted a masterly retreat from the island of BommneL From 1794 to 1799 he served as colonel in the Austrian campaigns; in 1799 he was named major-general by the archduke Charles; and after obtaining the rank of lieutenant-general he was appointed by the emperor of Austria governor of the two Galicias. Napoleon offered to restore to him his principality on condition that he adhered to the confederation of the Rhine, but as he refused, it was united to Wurtemberg. After Napoleon's fall in 1814 he entered the French service, and in 1815 he held the command of a regiment raised by himself, with which he took part in the Spanish campaign of 1823. In 1827 he was created marshal and peer of France. He died at LuneviUe, May 30, 1829.

"III. Alexander Leopold Franz Emmerich (1794-1849), prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, priest and reputed miracle-worker, was born at Kupferzell near Waldenburg, 17th August 1794. By his mother,'the daughter of an Hungarian nobleman, he was from infancy destined for the church; and she entrusted the care of his early education to the ex-Jesuit Kiel In 1804 he entered . »e "Thereaianum" at Vienna, in 1808 the academy at Bern, in 1810 the archiepiscopal seminary at Vienna, and afterwards he studied at Tyrnau and Ellwangen. He was ordained priest in 1815, and in the following year he went to Rome, where he entered the society of the " Fathers of the Sacred Heart." Subsequently, at Munich and Bamberg, he was blamed for Jesuit and obscurantist tendencies, but obtained considerable reputation as a preacher. His first so-called miraculous cure was effected, in conjunction with a peasant Martin Michel, on a princess of Schwarzenberg who had been for some years paralytic Immediately he acquired such fame as a performer of miraculous cures that multitudes from various countries flocked to partake of the beneficial influence of his supposed supernatural gifts. Ultimately, on account of the interference of the authorities with his operations, he went in 1821 to Vienna and then to Hungary, where he became canon at Grosswardein, and in 1841 titular bishop of Sardica. He died at Voslau near Vienna, 17th November 1849. He was the author of a number of ascetic and controversial writings, which were collected and published in one edition by Brunner at Ratisbon in 1851." (Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 12, p. 51) (See also "The Wonder Working Prince Alexander," Gentleman's Magazine, pp. 536-547)

"HOHENLOHE, the name of a German princely family, claiming its descent from the dukes of Franconia, named from the territory of Hohenlohe, originally a county, afterward a principality, mediatized in 1806, and now belonging partly to Bavaria and partly to Wurttemberg. It was early divided into the lines of Hohenlohe-Brauneck and Hohenlohe-Holloch. The former became extinct in the fourth generation, and the latter in 1840 formed the two branches of Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe and Hohenlohe-Speckfeld. This last alone has been perpetuated. Georg, count of Hohenlohe-Speckfeld, who died in 1551, left two sons: 1, Ludwig Casimir, the ancestor of the branch of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, which became extinct in 1805, as well as of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Langenburg, now subdivided into Hohenlohe-Oehringen or Ingelfingen and Hohenlohe-Langenburg; and 2, Eberhard, the ancestor of the branch of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, divided into Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst. — Of the descendants of Ludwig Casimir, the best known is Friedricii Ludwig, prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, a Prussian general (born in 1746, died in 1818). He became a colonel in 1788, and in the war against France distinguished himself as lieutenant general in storming the defensive lines near Weissenburg. In 1794 he gained a brilliant victory at Kaiserslautern; in 1800 became a general of infantry, and in 1804 governor of Franconia and general military inspector of Silesia. After holding subsequently several important commands, he was defeated at Jena, Oct. 14, 1806, capitulated at Prenzlau on Oct. 28, and thenceforward withdrew from public life.—Of the Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst branch the most distinguished are: I. Alexander Leopold Franz Emmerich, born at Kupferzell, Wurtemberg, Aug. 17, 1794, died in the castle of Voslau, near Vienna, Nov. 14, 1849. He was ordained priest in 1815, distinguished himself at Stuttgart by his charity during an epidemic, and subsequently at Munich by his preaching. In 1816 he went to Brrne, where he is said to have entered the society of " Fathers of the Sacred Heart." In 1824 he became canon of Grosswardein, and was made grand provost in 1829. In 1844 he was appointed bishop of Sardica in partibus infldelium. He is chiefly known for the miraculous cures attributed to his prayers in continental Europe and the British isles; the first person thus reported healed by him being the princess Schwarzenberg, who had been for several years a paralytic. Much discussion was also occasioned in the United States by the sudden cure of Mrs. Ann Mattingly in Washington, D. C, March 10, 1824. The pope had been urged in 1821 to give his sanction to the method employed by Prince Hohenlohe, but declined; nor has any approval of these cures been since obtained in Rome. His works are made up of ascetic and controversial treatises, together with several volumes of sermons. His posthumous works were published by Brunner (Ratisbon, 1851). II. CHlodwig Karl Victor, a Bavarian statesman, born March 81, 1819. He was first known as prince of Ratibor and Korvei, and succeeded to his brother's title Feb. 12, 1846. In 1867 he became high chamberlain to the king of Bavaria, and minister of foreign affairs. During his administration he labored to promote German unity, while opposing the Prussian policy, which aimed at absorbing the minor states. He introduced the Prussian military system into Bavaria; but as vice president of the customs parliament, he seemed to favor the formation of a South German confederation. He also endeavored to prevent the meeting of the council of the Vatican, and entered for that purpose into negotiations with other European governments. The Bavarian chambers of 1869 being almost equally divided between the friends and opponents of the clerical party, he advised the king to dissolve them. In the new chambers he advocated a policy adverse to Prussia; but failing to make it prevail, he resigned in 1870. After having taken a conspicuous part in making Bavaria join the new German empire, he became a member of the German Reichstag, and on March 28,1871, was elected its first vice president. He strenuously supports the policy of Bismarck, particularly in the complications with the holy see. In March, 1874, he was appointed German ambassador in Paris." (Ripley & Anderson, p. 761)

"HOHENLOHE, a mediatized Principality of Germany, or, more properly, a series of Principalities, with an united extent of about 700 square miles, and a population of 90,000 souls. This territory, which is among the most fertile portions of Germany, is divided at present between the Kingdoms of Wirtemberg and Bavaria; the greater portion of it is comprised in the Circle of the Jaxt in the latter State. The name of Hohenlohe as a territorial designation ceased with the independent sovereignty of the Princes who bore that title.

"The family of Hohenlohe is descended from Eberhard, Duke of Franconia, and brother of the German King, Conrad I., who died in 918. Antiquaries pretend to trace the original stock to Italy, where Alta Jiamma, a name derived from the Flaminii, and of which Hohenlohe is the translation, is said to have been the family cognomen. Crato, a descendant of Eberhard, received, in the division of Franconia, an extensive district on the Tauber, the Jaxt, and Kocher. The Counts of Hohenlohe held the first rank among the Nobility of Franconia, and had the law of primogeniture been adopted by the House at an early period, so as to prevent the subdivision and dispersion of the patrimonial estates, they might have been reckoned among the most powerful petty Sovereigns of the Empire. It was in 1764 that the title of Prince was first conferred on all the lines of this numerous House, which is at present divided into two principal branches; these are Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, all the members of which, including the collateral branches, H. Langenburg, H. Langenburg-Ohringen, or Ingelfingen, and H. Langenburg-Kirchberg, are attached to the Protestant Religion ; and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, the Roman Catholic branch, to which belong the Princes of Waldenburg-Bartenstein, H. Bartenslein-Jaxtberg, and H. Faldenburg-Schillingsfiirst.

"The Prince who bears this last title acquired not a little celebrity a few years back, during his residence at Bamberg, by his pretension to the power of working miracles; he is at present Bishop of Grosswardein in Hungary. The great grandfather of this Prince, Louis, Count of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst, after having devoted a large portion of his life to Alchemy, Astrology, and superstitious follies, embraced the Roman Catholic Religion in 1667, and thus gave rise by his example to the Religious schism of the family. The ruins of the ancient town of Hohenlohe are still to be seen near Uffenheirn." (Encyclopedia Metropolitana, p. 305)

"The house of Hohenlohe is divided into two principal branches, each of which has several collateral branches, which occasioned a confusion in the division of territory.

"The eldest branch of Nevenstein, which is attached to the Lutheran religion, includes two branches; that of Neustein, and that of Langenburg, which has now two more branches; that of Ingelfingen, and that of Kirchberg. All these Lutheran branches possess the cities Oehringen, Ernspacb, Kunsetzen, Kirchberg, Ingelfingen, and Wikersheim.

"The catholic and younger branch, in general bears the name of Waldenburg; it is divided into two collateral branches of Bartenstein and Schillingfurst; they possess the cities of Bartenstein, Farnkenaw, Pledelbach, Kupperzell, and some boroughs. The prince, in the service of Prussia, is of the Lutheran branch of Langenburg-Ingelfingen." (Peuchet, p. 239)

Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe

(1192-1209)

Heinrich

Lord of Hohenlohe, 1192-1209
(1206/1209: Division into Hohenlohe-Holenlohe and Hohenlohe-Brauneck)

Hohenlohe-Hohenlohe
(1206-1266)

Gottfried I

(d.1254)
Lord of Hohenlohe, 1209-1254
(1266: Division into Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and Hohenlohe-Uffenheim)

Hohenlohe-Brauneck

(1209-1249)

Konrad I
Lord of Hohenlohe-Brauneck, 1209-1249
Count of Molise and the Romagna
(1249: Division into Hohenlohe-Haltenbergstetten and Hohenlohe-Brauneck)

Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
(1266-1551)

Kraft I

(d. 1312)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, 1266-1312

Kraft II
(1290-1344)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, 1313-1344

Kraft III
(1315-1371)
Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, 1344-1371

Albrecht I
(1371-1429)
the Old
Lord of Hohenlohe-Wikersheim, 1371-1429

Kraft I
(d.1472)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (Kraft V), 1429-1450
Count of Hohenlohe & Ziegenhain (Kraft I), 1450-1472

Kraft II
(1440-1503)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Neuenstein (Kraft VI)
Count of Hohenlohe, 1473-1503

Georg V
(1488-1551)
Count of Hohenlohe-waldenburg (Georg I), 1503-1551

Hohenlohe-Uffenheim
(1266-1412)

Albrecht I
(d.1269/71)

Lord of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim, 1266-1271

Gottfried II
(1256-1290)
Gottfried II of Hohenlohe
Lord of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim (Gottfried I), 1271-1290

Albrecht II
(1288-1312/14)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim, 1290-1314

Ludwig
(d.1356)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim, 1314-1356/59

Gottfried II
(d.1392)
Gottfried III of Hohenlohe
Lord of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim, 1359-1387

Johann
(1370-1412)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Uffenheim, 1387-1412

Hohenlohe-Haltenbergstetten
(1249-1381)

Heinrich

Lord of Brauneck-Neuhaus, 1249-1268

Gebhard
Lord of Brauneck in Haltenbergstetten, 1268-1300

Ulrich I
Lord of Brauneck in Haltenbergstetten, 1300-1332

Ulrich II
Lord of Brauneck in Haltenbergstetten, 1332-1347

Ulrich III
Lord of Brauneck in Haltenbergstetten, 1347-1367

Ulrich IV
Lord of Brauneck in Haltenbergstetten, 1367-1381

Hohenlohe-Brauneck

(1249-1390)

Gottfried I
Lord of Hohenlohe-Brauneck, 1249-1273

Godfried II
(d.1312)
Lord of Hohenlohe-Brauneck and Büdinger Gütern, 1273-1306

Gottfried III
Lord of Hohenlohe-Brauneck, 1306-1354

Godfried IV
Lord of Hohenlohe-Brauneck, 1354-1368

Konrad IV
Lord of Hohenlohe-Brauneck in Creglingen, 1368-1390

Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

(1551-1610)
Ludwig Kasimir

(1517-1568)
Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Neuenstein, 1551-1568

Wolfgang II
(1546-1610)
Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim
Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, 1568-1610

"He received a portion of the land in 1595 following the partitioning of estates and changes in holdings, and then moved his residence from Langenburg to Weikersheim. The existing water palace no longer met the requirements of the renaissance prince. He demanded a representative residence and commissioned the Dutch architect Georg Robin with the planning of the new palace building and also had the garden complex laid out on the southern side of the palace. With Wolfgang II the heyday of Weikersheim palace began, however the original palace draft remained a torso and the Count continued to live in rooms in the old castle." (Famous Persons in Schloss Weikersheim)

Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen

(1610-1805)

Kraft III

Kraft VII of Hohenlohe
(1582-1641)
Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, 1610-1641

Johann Friedrich I
(1617-1702)
Count of Hohenlohe-Oettingen, 1641-1702

Johann Friedrich II
(1682-1765)
Johann Friedrich II of Hohenlohe
Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, 1702-1764
Prince of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, 1764-1765

Ludwig Friedrich Carl
Prince of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Oehringen, 1765-1805

Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(1610-1699)
Philipp Ernst

(1584-1628)
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1610-1628

Ludwig Kraft
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1632-1650

Joachim Albrecht
(1619-1675)
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1632-1650
Count of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg

Heinrich Friedrich
(1625-1699)
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Gleichen, 1650-1699

Christian Kraft
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1699-1701
Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

Friedrich Eberhard
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1699-1701
Count of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg

Albrecht Wolfgang
(1659-1715)

Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1701-1715

Ludwig
(1696-1765)
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1715-1764
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1764-1765

Christian Albrecht

(1726-1789)

2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1765–1789

Karl Ludwig

(1762-1825)

Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1789-1825

Heads of the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Ernst I

(1794–1860)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1825-1860

Karl Ludwig
(1829–1907)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1860

Hermann
(1832–1913)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1860–1913

Ernst II
(1863-1950)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1913–1950

Gottfried

(1897-1960)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1950–1960

Kraft
(1935-2004)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 1960–2004

Philipp
(1970-Present)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 2004-Present

Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

(1699-Present)
Duke of Ujest
(1861)Christian Kraft

Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1699-1743

Philipp
Count of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1743-1764
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1764-1781

Heinrich August
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1781-1796

Friedrich Ludwig

(1746-1818)

Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1796-1806

Prince of Hohenlohe-Ohringen, 1805-1806

"Through his marriage in 1782 to Amalie of Hoym (1763-1840), Lady of Slaventzitz, he came in the possession of Slaventzitz in Upper Silesia... In 1804 he purchased the Lordships of Landsberg and Koschentin."

Adolf
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1818-1873

Kraft Karl August
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1873-1892

Princes of Hohenlohe-Ohringen (since 1805)

Friedrich Ludwig
(1746-1818)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, 1805-1806

August

(1784-1853)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ohringen, 1806-1849

Princes of Hohenlohe-Ohringen and Dukes of Ujest

Hugo
(1816-1897)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ohringen, 1849-1897
(1817-1897)
1st Duke of Ujest, 1861-1897

Christian Kraft

(1848-1926)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Ohringen & 2nd Duke of Ujest, 1897-1918

Heads of the House of Hohenlohe-Oehringen

Christian Kraft
(1848–1926)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen, 1918-1926

Johann
(1858–1955)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, 1926-1955

August
(1890–1962)

Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen, 1955-1962

1962- Kraft Hans Konrad
(1933-Present)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, 1962-Present

Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
(1699-1861)

Friedrich Eberhard

Count of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1699–1737

Karl August
Count of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1737-1764
Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1764-1767

Karl August
Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1764–1767

Christian
Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1767–1819

Ludwig
Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1819–1836

Karl
Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, 1836–1861

Hohenlohe-Waldenburg

Eberhard

(1535-1570)
Count of Hohenlohe in Waldenburg, 1558–1570
(with Adolzfurt, Bartenstein, Kupferzell, Mainhardt, Pfedelbach, Sindringen and Schillingsfurst)

Georg Friedrich I
(1562-1600)
Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, 1570-1600

Georg Friedrich II
(1595-1635)
Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Schillingsfurst, 1600-1635

1615: Division into
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg und Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach

Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach
(1615-1728)

Ludwig Eberhard

(1590-1650)
Count of Hohenlohe-Wladenburg in Pfedelbach, 1600–1650

Friedrich Kraft
(1623-1681)
Count of Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach, 1650–1681

Hiskias
(1631-1685)
Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg in Pfedelbach, 1681-1685

Ludwig Gottfried
(1668-1728)
Count of Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach, 1685–1728

Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst
(1688-1840)

Ludwig Gustav

Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, 1635–1697

1688: Division into Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein and Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst

Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst

Philipp Ernst
Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, 1697–1744
Prince of henlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, 1744-1759

Karl Albrecht I

(1719-1793)
HRE Prince of Hohenlohe; Count of Waldenburg; Lord of Schillingsfürst & Langenburg, 1759–1793

Karl Albrecht II
(1742-1796)

HRE Prince of Hohenlohe; Count of Waldenburg; Lord of Schillingsfürst & Langenburg, 1793-1796

Karl Albrecht III
(1776-1843)
HRE Prince of Hohenlohe; Count of Waldenburg; Lord of Schillingsfurst & Langenburg, 1796-1839

Friedrich Karl I Joseph
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, 1839-1848

Nikolaus
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, 1884-1886

Friedrich Karl II
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, 1886-1918

Heads of the House of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst

Friedrich Karl
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, 1918–1924

Friedrich Karl
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, 1924–1982

Friedrich Karl
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, 1982–Present

Hohenlohe-Bartenstein
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagstberg
(1688)

Philipp Karl

Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, 1688–1729

Karl Philipp
Count of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, 1729-1744
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, 1744-1763

Ludwig Leopold
(d.1799)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, 1763-1798
(1798: Division into Hohenlohe-Bartenstein und Hohenlohe-Jagstberg)

Hohenlohe-Bartenstein

(1798)

Ludwig Aloys
(d.1829)
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, 1798–1806

Karl August
Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein, 1806–1844

Hohenlohe-Jagstberg
(1798)
Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg
(1844)

Karl Joseph

Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg, 1798–1833

Ludwig
Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg, 1833-1844
Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg, 1844-1850

Karl Ludwig
Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, 1850–1877

Johann Friedrich
Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, 1877-1898
Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg, 1898-1918

Heads of the House of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg
(after 1918)

Johann Friedrich

Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein and Jagstberg, 1918–1921

Heads of the House of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein

Karl

Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, 1921–1950

Ferdinand Michael
Prince of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein, 1950-Present

Heads of the House of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg

Albrecht

Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg, 1921–1996

Alexander
Prince of Hohenlohe-Jagstberg, 1996-Present

Ludwig Leopold
(1731-1799)
1763-1798

Ludwig Aloys
(1786-1827)

1798-1806

References
Genealogy of Hohenlohe (German)

Hohenlohe (German)

Hohenlohe Pictures in Royalty Guide

Hohenlohe Family Genealogy in FMG

Hohenlohe Family Genealogy in Marek

House of Hohenlohe in European Heraldry
Lords of Hohenlohe

Patrimonial Dominion and the House of Hohenlohe, pp. 28-40.

Schloss Weikersheim

Wappen de Hauses Hohenlohe

Brabant

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DUCHY OF BRABANT

Brabant, 1477

Territorial Dynastic History

870: The Treaty of Meersen mentions the gau (district) of Brabant. (Jeep, p. 72)
?: "...The war of the succession of Brabant was the conlfict that most affected the territorial integrity of the duchy. It brought with it the loss of the seigniory of Malines, and despite the efforts of Brabancons, this region would never return to Brabant. The town of Antwerp and some other villages were held in fief from the duke by the count of Flanders...." (Boffa, p. 49)
?: Gerberga (d.1008), daughter of Charles of Lower Lorraine (who obtained the title of duke of Lower Lorraine in 977) married Lambert I (d. 1015), count of Louvain and of Brabant, the founding father of the dukes of Brabant. (Jeep, p. 72)
1066: Godfrey (Godfried) I the Bearded (1095-1139), count of Louvain, received the ducal title of Lower Lorraine from King Henry V of Germany. He was also enfeoffed with the margravate of Antwerp. (Jeep, p. 72)
1106: Emperor Henry V granted Counts of Louvain the Margraviate of Antwerp
1158: Elevated to Duchy of Brabant
1180: Dukes of Brabant elevated to Imperial Prince
?: Conquered County of Toxandrie doubling Louvain's territory
1190: Duke Henry I abandoned title of "Duke of Lower Lorraine" and assumed that of "Duke of Brabant"; "The German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa created the title Duke of Brabant for Henry I the Warrior. (Jeep. p. 22)1204: Brabant acquired 1/2 of the Imperial Margraviate of Maastricht
1244: Brabant conquered the County of Dalheim
1261-1267: Regency of Aleidis of Burgundy, widow of Henry III, for their son Henry IV who was underage and weak minded.
1267: Henry IV resigned his right to the duchy in favor of his younger brother John (1267-1294).
1283: John I of Brabant bought Duchy of Limburg from Adolf of Berg
1288: After the Battle of Worringen, Brabant acquired the Duchy of Limburg, the Lordship of Herzogenrath and the Castles of Wassenberg and Kerpen
1294-1312: John II of Brabant issued the "Charter of Cortenberg" bestowing liberties to his subjects
1314-1320: Brabant was governed by a municipal regency during the minority of John III.
1289: Duchy of Limburg was annexed by Brababt after the battle of Woeringen in 1288
1347: John III ceded Margraviate of Antwerp to his 2nd daughter, Margaret of Brabant, wife of Louis II of Flanders1356: "...The seigniory of Turnhout had been mortgaged by John III to Mary of Brabant and Renaud III, duke of Guelders. In order to keep Mary of Brabant and her husband from an alliance with hter sister Margaret of Brabant, on 25 July 1356 this mortgage was changed into a fief. Eventually, on 1 March 1399, as Mary of Brabant died without issue the territory rejoined the duchy...." (Boffa, p. 49)
1390: Johanna, Duchess of Brabant, revoked her will granting succession to Brabant to House of Luxemburg and named her niece, Margaret of Flanders, as her heir
1404: Duchess "...Joan officially ceded the governance of the duchy to her niece, Margaret of Male. A few days later, the latter granted the governance to her son, Anthony. He became governor (ruward) of Brabant in the name of his great-aunt. He was thus charged, among other things, to protect and defend the duchy and to muster the Brabancons in the event of a 'common war',..." (Boffa, p. 89)
1405: ",,,On the death of Margaret of Male, Anthony of Burgundy became lord of Antwerp (27 April 1405). Once he had become duke of Brabant (d.1406), the seigniory of Antwerp would be gradually reintergrated into the duchy...." (Boffa, p. 49)
1430: Dukes of Burgundy inherited Brabant

Rulers of Brabant

Counts of Louvain

Lambert
(d.1015)
Count of Louvain and Brabant

"...In 977 the West Frankish Carolingian Charles of Lower Lorraine obtained the title of duke of Lower Lorraine. His daughter Gerberga (d. 1008) married Lambert I (d.1015), count of Louvain and Brabant... Lambert was the founding father of the dukes of Brabant, who, referring to Lambert's marriage, rightfully claimed to descend from Charlemagne...." (Jeep, p. 72)

Hendrik III
Landgrave of Brabant, 1085/86–1095

Count of Leuven and Brussels, 1078

Godfried I
(c1060-1139)
the Bearded
the Courageous
the Great
Duke of Lower Lorraine (Godfried V/VI), 1106-1129
Landgrave of Brabant, 1095
Count of Brussels & Leuven, 1095

"...In 1066 Godfrey (Godfried) I the Bearded (1095-1139), count of Louvain, received the ducal title of Lower Lorraine from King Henry V of Germany. In that same year Godfrey I was enfeoffed with the margravate of Antwerp. In general his reign is considered to mark the beginning of the history of the duchy of Brabant. The ducal title of Lower Lorraine would remain in the possession of the Brabantine dynasty." (Jeep, p. 72)

Godfried II
(1110-1142)
Duke of Lower Lorraine (Godfried VII), 1139
Margrave of Antwerp, 1139
Landgrave of Brabant, 1139
Count of Leuven, 1139

Godfried III
(c1140-1190)
Duke of Lower Lorraind (Godfried VIII), 1142
Margrave of Antwerp, 1142
Landgrave of Brabant, 1142
Count of Leuven, 1142
(1142–1190)

Dukes of Brabant

Hendrik I
1190–1235
Duke of Brabant, 1183/84

Hendrik II
1235–1248

Hendrik III
(1230-1261)
Duke of Brabant & Lothier, 1248–1261

Hendrik IV
(1252-1273)
Duke of Brabant and Lothier, 1261–1267

"...[Henry IV]...was the oldest son of Henry III, but he was underage and weak minded. A regency was established and exercised by the widowed duchess Aleidis of Burgundy until Henry IV resigned his right to the duchy in 1267 in Kortenberg in favor of his younger brother John I (1267-1294)...." (Jeep, p. 72)

Dukes of Brabant & Limburg

Jan I
the Victorious
1267–1294

Jan II
the Peaceful
1294–1312

Jan III
the Triumphant
1312–1355

Johanna
1355–1406

Dukes of Brabant, Dukes of Lothier and Dukes of Limburg:

Anton of Brabant
1406–1415

Jan IV of Brabant
1415–1427

Filips I
Filips of Saint-Pol
1427–1430

Filips II
the Good
1430–1467

Karel I
the Bold
1467–1477

Maria
the Rich
1477–1482

Maximilian
Regent, 1482–1494

Filips III
Felipe I of Castile
the Handsome
the Fair
(1494–1506)

Karel II
Emperor Karl V
(1506–1555)

Filips IV
Felipe II of Spain
(1555–1598)

usurpation by François, Duke of Anjou (Valois)

(1582–1584)^[1]

Albrecht of Austria
Albrecht VII of Austria
and

Isabella of Spain
(1598-1621)

Filips V
Felipe IV of Spain
(1621-1665)

Karel III
Carlos II of Spain
(1665-1700)

Filips VI
Felof Spain
(1700-1706)

Karel IV
Emperor Karl VI
(1706-1740)

Maria Theresia of Austria
(1740-1780)

Josef I
Emperor Joseph II
(1780-1789)

Leopold I
Emperor Leopold II
(1790-1792)

Frans I
Emperor Franz II
(1792-1794)

REFERENCES
Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia.
Boffa, Sergio. Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406. Woodbrige: The Boydell Press, 2004.

Austria

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AUSTRIA

Territorial Acquisitons and Losses of the House of Habsburg of Austria. (Louis, pp. 644-646)

1282: Austria, Styria and Carniola by German King Rudolf I's investiture of his sons Albrecht I and Rudolf

1291: Albrecht I unites to Austria, Styria and Carniola the hereditary domains of Outer Austria (the Vorlande)

1301: Albrecht I acquires the Margraviate of Burgau in Swabia

1324: Acquisition of the County of Pfirt or Ferrette

1324: Acquisition of the Domains of Kyburg

1330: Acquisition by Leopold of Breisach, Schaffhausen, Rheinfelden, Neuburg, and Rappenchwyl

1335: Acquisition of Carinthia

1363: Acquisition of Tyrol

1365: Acquisition of the County of Feldkirch

1367: Acquisition of Breisgau

1374: Acquisition of the property of the Counts of Gorica in Carniola

1376: Acquisition of the County of Bludenz

1379: Acquisition of the Bailliwick of Suabia

1381: Acquisition of Hohenberg

1382: Trieste places itself under the protection of the Habsburgs

1401: Friedrich IV of Tyrol inherits the County of Seckingen

1451: Acquisition of part of Bregenz

1456: Acquisition of the County of Cilly

1461: Acquisition of Thurgovia

1465: Acquisition of the Landgraviate of Nellenburg

1482: Maximilian occupies the Burgundian States in the name of his son, Philip the Handsome
1500: Acquisition of the Counties of Gorica, Mitterburg and the Pesterthal
1504: Tyrol enlarged in consequence of a treaty with Bavaria
1516: Enlarged in consequence of a treaty with Venice
1519: Ferdinand I buys the County of Wurttemberg
1523: Acquisition of the rest Bregenz
1526: Acquisition of the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margraviate of Moravia, the greater part of Silesia, and the two Lusatias, Hungary and its dependencies
1687: Annexation of the Principalities of Liegnitz, Brieg and Wohlau
1699: Restoration to Austria of Eastern Hungary and Transylvania by the Treaty of Carlowitz
1708: Joseph I takes possession of the Duchy of Mantua, a fief of the Empire left without heirs.
1714: Acquisition of, and possession by, Karl VI of the Low Countries, Milan, Naples, Sardinia and Brisach through the Treaty of Rastadt
1718: Restoration of the Banats of Temes and of Krajova, and acquisition of part of Serbia and Bosnia by the Treaty of Passaorowitz.
1720: Austria exchanges Sardinia for Sicily
1735: Acquisition of Parma and Piacenza by the Treaty of Vienna
1736: Francis I exchanges his Duchy of Lorraine for Tuscany
1759-80: Austria acquires Hohenems, Falkenstein, the Ortenau, etc. in Germany
1759: "In 1759 the county of Hohenembs, in Tyrol, was redered a vacant fief by the death of Count Francis William Maximilian, and, by the conclusion of the imperial court council in 1765, bestowed upon the house of Austria, to which it remained, even after the dissolution of the German empire." (Stiles, p. 23)
1765: Tuscany becomes an inheritance of the second son of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
1772: Acquisition of the County of Zips (Sczpes) and Galicia
1775: Acquisition of the Bukovina
1779: Acquisition of the district of the Inn
1782: Further acquisitions on the Inn
1784: Acquisition of the Principalities of Castiglione and Solferino, and the Lordship of Asch in Bohemia
1791: Acquisition by Leopold of Old Orsova and the district of the Unna by the Treaty of Sistova
1796: Acquisition of Western Galicia in the Third Partition of Poland
1797: Acquisition of the Venetian territory, Istria, Dalmatia, and the Gulf of Cattaro via the Treaty of Campo-Formio

RULERS OF AUSTRIA

Leopold I
(d.994)
der Erlauchte

Magrave of Austria, 976-994

Heinrich I
(d.1018)
the Strong
(Ger. der Starke)
Margrave of Austria, 994-1018

Adalbert
the Victorious
(Ger. der Siegreiche)
(c985-1055)
Margrave of Austria, 1018-1055

"...Adalbert the Victorious (1018-1056) had a hard struggle against them (Hungarians), and owes his name of the Victorious to the successes he gained. He extended the march of Austria as far as the banks of the Leitha. He also helped the emperor considerably against Hungary, and received in return fresh grants to himself and his heirs of estates within the march. the Ostmark was almost doubled in size during the rule of Adalbert, who chose the town of Tullin, on the Danube, between Vienna and Moelk, as his place of residence...." (Leger & Hill, p. 129)

Ernst
(1027-1075)
the Brave
(Ger. der Tapfere)

Margrave of Austria, 1055-1075

"...Ernest the Valiant (1056-1075) gave fresh proof of the loyalty of the Babenbergs to the emperor and empire by his death in battle against the Saxons at Unstrut...." (Leger & Hill, p. 129)

Leopold II
(1050-1095)
the Fair
(Ger. der Schöne)
Margrave of Austria, 1075-1095

Married 1065
Ida of Cham
a.k.a.
Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg
(1060-1101)
1 Son, 6 Daughters

Leopold III
(1073-1136)
Leopold the Saint
the Patron Saint of Austria
Margrave of Austria, 1095-1136

Married (1)
From the Perg Family
Adalbert I (d.1138)
Married (2)
Agnes of Germany
Children
Leopold IV
Heinrich II
Berta
Agnes
Ernst
Otto of Freising
Elisabeth
Jutta
Gertrude

Leopold IV
(c11108-1141)
the Generous
(Ger. der Freigiebige)
Margrave of Austria, 1136-1141
Duke of Bavaria, 1139-1141

Heinrich II
(1107-1177)
Henry Jasomirgott
1st Duke of Austria, 1156-1177
Margrave of Austria (Heinrich II), 1141-1156
Duke of Bavaria (Heinrich XI), 1141-1156
Count Palatine of the Rhine, 1140-1141

[Gertrud & Theodora]

Married (1) 1142
Gertrud of Supplinburg
(1115-1143)
a.k.a. Gertrud of Saxony
widow of Heinrich the Proud of Bavaria

Married (2) 1156
Theodora Komnena of Byzantine Empire
(d.1184)
1 Daughter, 2 Sons
Agnes, Queen of Hungary
Leopold V of Austria
Heinrich of Modling

Leopold V

(1157-1194)
the Virtuous
(Ger. der Tugendhafte)
Duke of Austria, 1177-1194
Duke of Styria, 1192-1194

Married 1174
I lona of Hungary
(c1158-1199)

Children
Friedrich (d.1198)
Leopold (d.1230)

Friedrich I
(c1175-1198)
der Christliche
the Catholic
(Ger. der Katholische)
Duke of Austria, 1195-1198

Leopold VI

(1176-1230)
the Glorious
(Ger. der Glorreiche)

Duke fo Austria, 1198-1230
Duke of Styria, 1194-1230

Married 120o3
Theodora Angelina of Byzantine Emopire
(d.1246)
4 Daughters, 3 Sons
Margarethe, Duchess of Austria
Agnes, Duchess of Saxony
Leopold
Heinrich
Gertrud, Landgravine of Thuringia
Friedrich II
Konstanz, Margravine of Meissen

Friedrich II
(1211-1246)
the Quarrelsome
the Warlike
(Ger. der Streitbare)
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1230-1246

Premysl Otakar II of Bohemia
a.k.a. Ottokar II
(c1233-1278)
King of Bohemia, 1253-1278
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1252-1278
Duke of Carinthia & Carniola, 1269-1276

Rudolf I
(1218-1291)
King of Germany, 1273-1291
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1278-1282
Duke of Carinthia & Carniola, 1278-1282

Albrecht I
(1255-1308)
"Albert, by the grace of God king of the Romans, duke of Austria and Styria, lord of Carniola, over the Wendish Mark and of Port Naon, count of Habsburg and Kyburg, landgrave of Alsace"
King of Germany, 1298-1308
Margrave of Meissen, 1298-1307
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1282-1308

Married 1274

Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol
Elisabeth of Carinthia
Elisabeth of Tyrol
(c1262-1312)

Children
Anna (1280-1327), Margravine of Brandenburg; Duchess of Breslau

Agnes (1281–1364), Queen of Hungary

Rudolf III
Elisabeth (d.1353), Duchess of Lorraine

Friedrich I
Leopold I
Katharina (1295–1323), Duchess of Calabria
Albrecht II
Heinrich (1299–1327)

Otto

Jutta (d. 1329), Countess of Oettingen

Rudolf II

(1270-1290)
the Debonair
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1282-1283
Duke of Swabia, 1273-1290

Rudolf III
(1282-1307)
Duke of Austria, 1298-1307
King of Bohemia (Rudolf I), 1306-1307
der Gute

Married (1) 1299
Blanche of France
(1284-1305)
No children
Married (2) 1306
Elisabeth of Poland
(1288-1335)
Queen of Poland & Bohemia, 1300-1305
No children

Leopold I
(1290-1326)
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1308-1326
the Glorious
(Ger. der Glorwurdige)
Married 1315
Catherine of Savoy
(c1298-1336)
Children
Katharina (1320-1349), Lady of Coucy
Agnes (1321/26-1392), Duchess of Silesia-Swidnica

Friedrich I
(1289-1330)
the Fair
the Handsome
(Ger. der Schone)
King of Germany (Friedrich III), 1314-1330
Duke of Austria (Freidrich I) & Styria (Friedrich III), 1308-1330
Marrie 1315
Isabel of Aragon
(1305-1330)
Children
Friedrich (1316-1322)
Elisabeth (1317-1336)
Anna (1318-1343), Duchess of Lower Bavaria; Countess of Gorizia

Albrecht II
(1298-1358)
the Lame
the Wise
Duke of Austria & Styria, 1330-1358
Duke of Carinthia, 1335-1358
Married 1324

Johanna of Pfirt
(1300-1351)
Children
Rudolf IV
Katharina (1342-1381), Abbess of St. Klara in Vienna
Margarethe (1346-1366), (1) Countess of Gorizia-Tyrol; (2) Margravine of Moravia
Friedrich III
Albrecht III
Leopold III

Rudolf IV
(1339-1365)
the Founder
(Ger. der Stifter)
the Magnanimous
1st Archduke of Austria, 1358-1365
Duke of Styria & Carinthia, 1358-1365

Married 1350

Katharina of Bohemia
Catherine of Luxemburg
(1342-1395)
No children

Albrecht III
(1349-1395)

With the Pigtail

(Ger. mit dem Zopf; mit dem Copfe)

Duke of Austria, 1365-1395
Duke of Styria & Carinthia, 1365-1379
Count of Tyrol, 1365-1379
Married (1) 1366

Elisabeth of Bohemia
(1358-1373)
No children
Married (2)
Beatrix of Nuremberg
Beatrix of Zollern
(1362-1414)
Child
Albrecht IV

Albrecht IV
(1377-1404)
der Geduldige
Duke of Austria, 1395-1404
Married 1390

Johanna Sophia of Bavaria
(c1373-1410)
Children
Albrecht V
Margarethe (1395-1447)

Duchess of Bavaria

Albrecht V
(1397-1439)
King of Germany (Albrecht II), 1438-1439
King of Hungary, 1437-1438
King of Bohemia (Albrecht I), 1437-1438
Duke of Austria (Albrecht V), 1404-1411

der Grossmutige
Married 1421

Elisabeth of Bohemia
(1409-1442)

Childred
Ladislas V Posthumus of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Bohemia
Anna of Austria (1432-1462), Duchess of Saxony

Elisabeth (1438-1505), Queen of Poland

Friedrich III

1440-1493

Maximilian I

1493-1519

Karl V

1519-1521

Ferdinand I

1521-1564
Maximilian II

1564-1576

Rudolf II

1576-1612

Matthias

1612-1619

Ferdinand II

1619-1637

Ferdinand III

1637-1657

Leopold I

1658-1705

Joseph I

1705-1711

Karl VI

1711-1740

Maria Theresia

1740-1780

Joseph II

1765-1790

Leopold II

1790-1792

Franz II

1792-1806

Franz I of Austria

Franz II of the Holy Roman Empire

1806-1835

Ferdinand I

1835-1848

Franz Josef I

1848-1916

Karl I

1916-1918

References
aeiou

Coxe, William. History of the House of Austria from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh to the Death of Leopold II: 1218 to 1792.
List of Dukes of Austria @roglo.eu

Savoy

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SAVOY

Territorial Development and Dynastic History
413: Savoy is annexed to Burgundy
561: Savoy becomes a province of France
888: Savoy forms part of Arles
1027: Death of Berthold, Count of Maurienne, and founder of the house of Savoy
1034: Humbert I receives large accessions of territory from the Emperor Conrad II
1111: Amadeus III receive from Heinrich V of Germany the investiture of all Savoy as an Imperial county. His predecessors were merely counts of Maurienne, although they had extended their authority over the greater part of Savoy.
1207: Count Thomas receives large grants of land in Piedmont from Philip of Germany
1266: Peter of Savoy acquired the city of Berne
1285: Geneva enters into alliance with Savoy
1316: Amadeus V receives Maulevrier in Normandy from Philip V of France
1416: Savoy is erected into a duchy under Amadeus VIII. Geneva is brought under the dominion of the counts of Savoy
1418: The territory of Piedmont is added to Savoy
1419: NIce and other territories are ceded to Savoy by the treaty of Chambery
1487: Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, confers that island upon the dukes of Savoy, who assume the title of King of Cyprus though they never take possession of their kingdom
1537: Francis I of France claims Piedmont as part of his hereditary kingdom
1559: the French conquests in Savoy are restored by the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
1564: The Genevois passes to the house of Savoy
1601: The marquisate of Saluzzo is ceded to Savoy by the treaty of Lyons
1656: Death of Thomas Francis, founder of the house of Savoy-Carignano
1659: The Genevois is incorporated with Savoy
1713: Savoy is recognized as an independent state by the treaty of Utrecht, and Sicily is annexed
1720: The Duke of Savoy exchanges Sicily for Sardinia, and assumes the title of King of Sardinia, yby the Quadruple Alliance
1860: Savoy and Nice are ceded to France.

Rulers of Savoy

Humbert I
(c980-c1048)

Humbert aux Blanches Mains

Count of Savoy, c1027-c1047

"A powerful feudal lord of Arles, Count Humbert the White-Handed, consolidated his small holdings in Savoy and gained control of the various fiefs in Piedmont by marriage. In 1232 Humbert acquired Chambery, which he made the capital of his expanding domain...." (Minahan, p. 594)

Amedee I
Count of Savoy, c1047-c1051

Othon I

Count of Savoy, c1051-c1060

"...The grandson of Berthold espoused Adelaide of Susa, daughter and heiress of Manfred, marquis of Italy, and lord of Susa, by which marriage the house of Savoy acquired considerable domains in Italy, viz. the marquisate of Susa, the dutchy (sic) of Turin, Piedmont, and the vale of Aoste...." (Leckie, p. 215)

Pierre I

Count of Savoy, c1060-c1078

Amedee II
(c1048-1094)

Count of Savoy, c1078-1094

Humbert II
(d.1103)

Count of Savoy, 1094-1103

"...Humbert the 2d, count of Savoy, conquered the Tarantaise, in the year 1082...." (Leckie, p. 215)

Amedee III
(c1095-1149)

Count of Savoy, 1103-1149

"Amadeus III, who has been sometimes styled Amadeus II, received from Henry V of Germany the investiture of all Savoy as an Imperial county. His predecessors were merely counts of Maurienne, although they had extended their authority over the greater part of Savoy. Amadeus recovered also in part his ancestorial Italian dominions, and, above all, the city of Turin, of which he was acknowledged lord in the year 1131. In his diplomas Amadeus styles himself Count of Savoy, Count of Turin, and Marquis of Italy... About the year 1147 Count Amadeus III. proceeded with j the crusade to Syria, and died of disease at Nicosia in the island of Cyprus, in the year 1148. He was the founder of the magnificent abbey of Hautecombe in Savoy, which was for ages after the burial-place of the princes of the reigning dynasty, whose monuments remained to the end of the last century, when they were plundered and destroyed by the French revolutionists...." (Penny Cyclopedia, Vol. 20, p. 439)

Humbert III
(1136-1189)

Count of Savoy, 1149-1189
the Saint

"...This prince was an able ruler, as brave as he was pious, and valiantly defended his domains against Guy IV. of Dauphine. He also distinguished himself at the siege of Milan, and was always the ally and ardent defender of the rights of the Holy See. The religious education he had received from St. Amedee gave him a proper estimate of earthly things, and he would have gladly renounced the world and become a monk at Hautecombe, had it not been for the remonstrances of his people. He often retired here for a season, as well as at Notre Dame des Alpes, and when he felt his life was drawing to a close he took the holy habit and died a few days after with a reputation for sanctity which time has not dimmed. Pope Geogory XVI. authorized public honors to be paid him, and Savoy celebrates his festival on the 4th of March, believed to be the day of his death... Two brothers of Humbert the Saint, as he is called, Peter and John, and a sister named Margaret, embraced the monastic life and died in the odor of sanctity....." (Paulist Fathers, p. )

Thomas I
(c1177-1233)

Count of Savoy, 1189-1233

"Thomas I succeeded his father Humbert III. Having acknowledged Philip of Suabia as king of Germany..., Philip restored Thomas to all the titles and prerogatives of which his father had been deprived by Frederic I. Thomas purchased of the Viscount Berlion the seignory of Chambery for 32,000 sols of Susa, equal to 84,200 francs, and enlarged the town and built the castle... Thomas enjoyed the friendship of the emperor Frederic II., who appointed him his vicar in Lombardy. The citizens of Turin...refused allegiance to the count of Savoy. Thomas crossed the Alps and laid siege to Turin, but the people of Asti and other parts of Montferrato coming to its assistance, the count was obliged to raise the siege and return to Savoy. In the following year he came again with more force by the Val d'Aosta, but he fell ill and died, in January, 1233. He left a numerous family: three of his sons reigned in succession after him; another, Boniface, became archbishop of Canterbury; and another, Thomas, became count of Flanders by marrying Joan, the daughter and heiress of Baldwin, count of Flanders and emperor of Constantinople." (Penny Cyclopedia, Vol. 20, p. 439)

Amedee IV
(1197-1253)

Count of Savoy, 1233-1253

He was appointed by the Emperor Friedrich II as his vicar in Piedmont and Lombardy.

For being faithful in the war against the Lombard cities, Emperor Friedrich II gave him the title of Duke of Chablais.

Boniface
(1244-1263)

Count of Savoy, 1253-1263
le Roland

Pierre II
(c1203-1268)
Son of Thomas I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva
Married in 1234 Agnes (d.1268), Countess of Faucigny

12th Count of Savoy, Aosta & Maurienne, 1263-1268
Earl of Richmond, 1241-1266
Lord of Vaud, 1233-1268
the Little Charlemagne

""This Peter, Earl of Richmond, who gave the name to the Savoy, was called the Petit Charlemagne on account of his valor and other eminent qualities. He acquired great influence over Henry III, but returned to his native land at the death of his brother, to whom he succeeded in the government, being then sixty years of age. The abbot of St. Maurice, in gratitude for his services in behalf of the Valaisans against their suzerain, who oppressed them with his tyranny, gave him the celebrated ring of St. Maurice, that was henceforth used as the symbol of investitute by the counts of the house of Savoy. Count Peter died at the castle of Chillon in 1268...." (Paulist Fathers, p. 771)" (Paulist Fathers, p. 771)

Philippe I
(1207-1285)

Count of Savoy, 1268-1285

"This (that is, the acquisition of Bresse by the future Amedee V) happened during the reign of Amadeus's uncle Philip, who, upon quitting the See of Lyons for the throne of Savoy in 1268, had also married an heiress, Alice de Meranie, Countess of Burgundy (Franche-Comte), and who consequently governed that county for a few years. Alice however had no issue from her union with Philip of Savoy, and as she had, on the contrary, a large family from her first marriage with Hugh of Chalons, the sons of this latter, upon coming of age, succeeded as Counts of Burgundy." (Gallenga, pp. 277-278)

Amedee V
(c1249-1323)

Count of Savoy, 1285-1323
Prince of the Ampire, 1311

le Grand

"...Amedeus the 5th, was invested, in 1313, by the emperor Henry the 7th, with the town and county of Asti...." (Leckie, p. 215)
"Amadeus V (1285-1323), who inherited Savoy, obtained in 1290 the secular governorship of the city of Geneva. He accompanied Henry VII on his expedition to Italy, and was, as a reward, made a prince of the empire (1311)." (Catholic Encyclopedia: Savoy)

"...It was her son, Amedee V, surnamed the Great, whose large tomb, inscribed Belli Fulmen, stands on one side as you enter the nave. His is the most glorious name of the house of Savoy. He was famed for his deeds of valor, which read like a chapter from the old romances of chivalry. He is said to have taken part in twenty-two pitched battles and thirty-two sieges. His most famous exploit was his expedition to Rhodes to aid the Knights of St. John in defending the island against the Turks. At the request of the grand master he took the white cross on a red shield instead of the eagle, the original cognizance of the house of Savoy. He likewise assumed the famous device, F. E. R. T., which is generally interpreted, Fortitudo, ejus Rhodum tenuit---His valor saved Rhodes. He was on intimate terms with his royal kinsmand of England, was present at the marriage of Edward II with Isabella of Valois and at Edwards' coronation, and was employed in negotiations between England and France...." (Paulist Fathers, p. 771)
"The best part of Bresse came in as a dowry of Sibyl of Bauge, heiress of that province, who was wedded to Amadeus V at Chillon in 1272." (Gallenga, p. 277)

Edouard
(1284-1329)

Count of Savoy, 1323-1329

le Libéral

Aimon
(1291-1343)
the Peaceful
(Fr. le Pacifique)

Count of Savoy, 1329-1343

"...[Aymon] was the second son of Amedee V, and destined at first to the ecclesiastical state, but, his elder brother having died, he succeeded to the title and displayed great military ability on the side of the French in their wars with England and the Netherlands. He protected the poor, loved justice, established courts of assizes, and founded hospitals and churches. Pope Benedict XII. had a special esteem for him, and gave him and his successors the first place after crowned heads at the coronation of the Sovereign Pontiffs...." (Paulist Fathers, p. 772)
"Aymon devoted much of his strength to fight against the Dauphin Guigues VII (who died in the siege of La Ferriere in 1339), deaths that brought a long peace negotiation (hence its nickname of "peaceful" given to Count Aymon) especially since the new dolphin was in debt and highly threatened by the King of France." (La Maison Savoiee: Aymon)
"He represented the king of France in negotiating the Peace of Esplechin 23 Sep 1339, receiving 2,000 livres annually and the fiefdom of Maulévrier in return." (FMG: Savoy)

Wife (married 1330)

Violanta of Montferrat

(1318-1342)

Lady of Casella Ciria and Lanze

daughter of Teodoro I Paleologo of Montferrat and Argentina Spinola

"...She is spoken of by the chroniclers as a most ex cellent princess and the ornament of her age. Her husband raised a handsome monument to her memory, in the abbey of Hautecombe...." (SDUK, Vol. IV, Part 1, p. 360)

Aymon married, about 1331, Yolande, or Violante, daughter of Theodore Palœologus, Marquis of Monferrato. Theodore was a younger son of Andronicus Palaeologus the elder, Emperor of Constantinople, and he had inherited the marquisate in right of his mother Yolande, called Irene by the Greeks, who was sister of John, the last Marquis of Monferrato, of the dynasty of Aleramus, who died in 1305, without issue. By the marriage contract between Count Aymou and the younger Yolande, it was stipulated, that in ease of the extinction of the male line of the Marquis Theodore, the descendants of Yolande should succeed to the marquisate, and it was in virtue of this stipulation that, about two centuries later, the House of Savoy laid claim to Monferrato, which it eventually succeeded in annexing to its dominions. (SDUK, Vol. IV, p. 359)

Children

Amedee VI (1334-1383)

Bianca (1336-1388)

Amedee VI
(1334-1383)

Count of Savoy, 1343-1383
the Green Count (Fr. le Comte vert)

"Amedee VI...called the Comte Vert, or Green Count, was one of the most chivalric knights of the fourteenth century. His whole life was spent on the battle-field, and he rendered his name immortal by his courage and gallant deeds. He gained the battle of Abrets against France, aided Pope Gregory IX. and the Emperor Charles IV in crushing the Visconti, and rescued the Greek Emperor John Paleologus from the hands of the Bulgarians, who held him prisoner at Gallipolis, and replaced him on the throne of Constantinople. The tournament he gave at Chambery in 1348, on the Place de Verney, was celebrated by the poets and romancers of the day. The colors he wore on this occasion, as well as his followers, and even his steed, procured for him the name of the Comte Vert. He founded the supreme order of the Annonciade, one of the most ancient known, in honor of Our Lady..." (Paulist Fathers, p. 772)

Amedee VII
(1360-1391)

Count of Savoy, 1383-1391
the Red Count (Fr. le Comte rouge)

"...In the year 1388, Amedeus the 7th, received the voluntary submission of the inhabitants of the county of Nice, which were thus dismembered from Provence; and the counties of Tende and Beuil; which acquisition was the consequence of the intestine divisions which followed the contest of the factions of Durazzo and Anjou for the succession to the throne of Naples, and the county of Provence...." (Leckie, pp. 215-216)
"Amedee VII, styled the Comte Rouge, or the Red Count, from the color of his hair, was the son of the Comte Vert... He added Nice and Ventimiglia, and the valley of Barcelonette, to the domains of his ancestors, thus extending them to the sea... The Conte Rosso was remarkable for personal address and valor, which he loved to display at jousts and tournaments. He made his first essay at arms against the sire of Beaujeu, and at a tournament at Bruckberg defeated the earl of Huntingdon with the lance, and the earls, of Arundel and Pembroke with sword and battle-axe. His judgment and prudence caused him to be repeatedly chosen mediator by the sovereigns of Europe. He was a patron of letters and founder of the University of Turin. He died in his thirtieth year at Ripaille, some say of a fall from his horse; others, that he fell a victim to poison or the medicaments of a Bohemian quack, who promised him a luxuriant head of hair and an improved complexion...." (Paulist Fathers, p. 772-773)

Amedee VIII
(1383-1451)
le Pacifique

Count of Savoy, 1391-1416

Duke of Savoy, 1416-1451

1402: Odo of Villars, the last Count of Genevois, ceded his lands to Amedee VIII of Savoy.
"...Amedeus the 8th, in the year 1401, bought of Otho of Villars, the Genevese territory, and was created duke of Savoy by the emperor Sigismund." (Leckie, p. 216)

Louis I
(1402-1465)

Duke of Savoy, 1451-1565

Amedee IX
(1435-1472)

Duke of Savoy, 1465-1472
the Blessed
(Fr. le Bienheureux)

"Amadeus IX, duke of Savoy, succeeded Lewis 1465, and was a brave, as well as a

popular and charitable prince. His subjects, who knew the goodness of his heart, gave him the surname of the blessed. He had married Yolande, of France, and he died, 1472, universally lamented." (Lempriere & Lord, p. 76)

Philibert I
(1465-1482)

Duke of Savoy, 1472-1482
le Chasseur

Charles I
(1468-1490)

Duke of Savoy, 1482-1490

le Guerrier

Charles II
Charles-Jean-Amédée
(1489-1496)
Duke of Savoy, 1490-1496

Philippe II
(1438-1497)
Duke of Savoy, 1496-1497
sans Terre

Philibert II
(1480-1504)

Duke of Savoy, 1497-1504
the Handsome (Fr. le Beau)

"...Margaret's second real marriage was her happiest and most satisfying. Duke Philibert of Savoy (like her brother, he also earned the sobriquet 'the Handsome') was a fun-loving young man who had great resources of joie de vivre. He was not interested in governing his duchy; in fact, he had delegated this responsibility to his half-brother, Rene, Grand Bastard of Savoy... Once Margaret and Philibert were setlled in the chateau Pont d'Ain...Margaret began to take stock of her new situation. She quickly found that while her husband devoted himself to a life of pleasure and sensuality,...the rather too amiable Grand Bastard Rene had complete control over the government of Savoy... [S]he swiftly deposed him from his position of power by accusing him of conspiracy with the Swiss. Branded as a traitor, Rene fled to France, and Margaret took the reins of Savoy into her own hands... [O]ne September day in 1504...Philibert became bored. Against Margaret's advice he decided to organize a boar bunt... [H]e worked himself into a hot and cold sweat, which soon developed into pneumonia. Hastily summoned physicians had no remedy, and to Margaret's horror her beloved husband was dead before she could absorb what had happened. (Bell, pp. 81-82)

Charles III
(1486-1553)

Duke of Savoy, 1504-1553

Emmanuel Philibert
(1528-1580)
Tête de Fer

Duke of Savoy, 1553-1580

Charles Emmanuel I
(1562-1630)
le Grand

Duke of Savoy, 1580-1630

Victor Amedee I
(1587-1637)

Duke of Savoy, 1630-1637

Francois Hyacinthe
(1627-1638)
Duke of Savoy, 1637-1638

Charles Emmanuel II
(1634-1675)
Duke of Savoy, 1638-1675

Victor Amedee II
(1666-1732)

Duke of Savoy, 1675-1730

King of Sicily, 1713-1720

King of Sardinia, 1720-1730 (Abd)

Charles Emmanuel III
(1701-1773)

Duke of Savoy, 1730-1773

Victor Amedee III
(1726-1796)

Duke of Savoy, 1773-1796

Charles Emmanuel IV
(1751-1819)
Duke of Savoy, 1796-1802

Victor Emmanuel I
(1759-1824)
Duke of Savoy, 1802-1824

Charles Felix
(1765-1831)

Duke of Savoy, 1824-1831

Charles Albert
(1798-1849)

Duke of Savoy, 1831-1849

Victor Emmanuel II
(1820-1878)

Duke of Savoy, 1849-1860

References
Osborne, Toby. Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy: Political Culture and the Thirty Years' War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, c2002.

La Maison de Savoie
Orton, C.W. Previe. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233). Cambridge: Cambirdge University Press, 1912.
Rulers of Savoy at euweb.cz
Savoy in Catholic Encyclopedia
Savoy Genealogy at FMG

Thurn und Taxis

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THURN UND TAXIS

Rulers of Thurn und Taxis

Tassi del Cornello
fl. c. 1290: Omodeo
fl. c. 1312: Ruggiero
?-?: Benedetto
?-?: Palazzo
fl. c. 1380: Pasino
fl. c. 1460: Ruggiano I
fl. c. 1475: Simone
d. 1514: Ruggiano II
Partition between Elder and Younger branches of Taxis.
Elder Taxis

1518-1541: Jeannetto (Johann Baptist)

1541-1612: Leonhard I (Imp. Baron 1608)

1612-1624: Lamoral (Imp. Count 1624)

1624-1628: Leonhard II

1628-1676: Lamoral Claudius Franz

1676-1714: Eugen Alexander Franz

1714-1739: Anselm Franz

1739-1773: Alexander Ferdinand

1773-1805: Karl Anselm

1805-1827: Karl Alexander

1827-1871: Maximilian Karl

1871-1885: Maximilian Maria

1885-1952: Albert I

1952-1971: Franz Josef

1971-1982: Karl August

1982-1990: Johannes

1990-P: Albrecht II

Younger Taxis
d. 1565: Simon I
1614-1619: Anton (Margrave of San Paolo 1614)
Partition between Younger Taxis - Line 1 and Younger Taxis - Line 2
Younger Taxis - Line 1
1619-1644: Simon II
1644-1658: Anton II
Younger Taxis - Line 2
1619-1646: Pompeius
1646-1660: Karl I
1660-1711: Michael I (Prince of San Paolo 1686)
1711-1729: Karl II
1729-1789: Michael II
1789-1800: Anton III

References
About Thurn und Taxis
Genealogy at euweb.cz
Regensburg Portrait Gallery

Taxis Surname Y-DNA Project
Thurn und Taxis Website

Burgundy (Franche-Comte)

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Counts of Burgundy

This is a list of the counts of Burgundy from 867 to 1678.

Odo

Count of Mâcon, Dijon, Autun, and Burgundy, 867-870

Rodfried

870-895

Hugh the Black

921-952

Otto William

986-1026

Renaud I

1026-1057

William I the Great

1057-1087

Count of Mâcon, 1078-1085

Renaud II

1087-1097

Count of Mâcon, 1085

Stephen I

Titular Count, 1097-1102

Renaud III
Titular Count of Burgundy, 1102-1127
Count of Mâcon, 1127-1148
Count of Burgundy, 1127-1148

"...On the death of Heinric V without issue male, the Duke of Saxony, as Lother II, was raised to the imperial dignity, in opposition to the views of a considerable party, and a civil was was the result. Among the rebels was Raynald, Count of Burgundy, who contended that, as the House of Franconia was now extinct, the rights of the empire over Burgundy were extinct also, and that the States of all the regions which had belong to the kingdom of that name, were now at liberty to choose the form of government most agreeable to themselves. What form he wished them to choose was evident from the boldness with which he aspired to the throne. By a Diet of the empire he was proclaimed a rebel and placed under the ban; and by the imperial forces he was taken and condemned to death. A subsequent Diet, however, spared his life, but took from him all that he possessed east of the Jura chain, confining his possessions to Franche-Comte. Transjurane Burgundy was added to the domains of the Duke of Zoeringen, who, as rector or regent, now ruled over the greater part of modern Switzerland. On the death of Lother II (1137) the chief of that house fell into the same error as Count Raynald; he threw himself into the party of the Guelfs, in opposition to the Ghibeline, or adherents of the Subian emperors...." (Colerige, p. 192)

William II
the German
De facto Count, 1097-1125
Count of Mâcon, 1097

William III
(1110-1127)
the Child
Count of Burgundy, 1125-1127
Count of Mâcon, 1125

"Burgundy had been slowly falling away from the empire during its internal dissensions and conflicts with the Papacy. But on the death of Count William IV, who was assassinated by his own people in 1127, the Emperor Lothair drew that province more closely to his realm, by bestowing the regency of it on his adherent, Conrad of Zaeringen. Conrad's position was, however, violently contested by Rainald III, a relative of the murdered count. The Burgundian nobles rallied round him, and made a desperate stand against German interference, and he maintained his independence in the Franche Comte, as the district was subsequently called. When Frederick Barbarossa married Beatrix, the daughter and heiress of Rainald, he claimed the Burgundian territory, and came into conflict with the Zaeringer...." (Hug and Stead, pp. 95-96)

Beatrix I
1148-1184
Frederick Barbarossa
1156-1190
Holy Roman Emperor, 1155-1190

Otto I
1190-1200

Jeanne I
1200-1205
Beatrice II
1205-1231

Otto II
1208-1231
Duke of Méranie, 1204-1231

Otto III
1231-1248
Duke of Méranie, 1234-1248

Adelaide I
1248-1279

Hugh of Chalon
1248-1266

Philip of Savoy
1267-1279

Otto IV
Titular Count, 1279-1295
Count of Burgundy, 1295-1302
Count of Chalon, 1267

Robert
Titular Count, 1302-1315

Jeanne II
(1315-1330; countess of Artois, 1329-1330)

Philip
(1315-1322
count of Poitiers, 1311
king of France and king of Navarre, 1316-1322)

Jeanne III
countess of Artois and Burgundy, 1330-1347
duchess of Burgundy, 1318-1347)

Eudes IV
(count of Artois and Burgundy
, duke of Burgundy 1330-1347

Philip of Rouvre
(count of Artois and Burgundy, 1347-1361
Duke of Burgundy, 1349-1361
count of Auvergne and Boulogne, 1360-1361

Margaret
countess of Artois and Burgundy, 1361-1382)

Louis de Mâle
count of Flanders, Nevers, Rethel, and Burgundy
duke of Brabant, 1382-1383

Margaret of Dampierre
countess of Burgundy and Artois, and duchess of Burgundy
with
Philip of Rouvre, 1357-1361
countess of Auvergne and Boulogne
with Philip of Rouvre, 1360-1361
countess of Burgundy, Artois, Flanders, Nevers, and Rethel, 1383-1405; duchess of Burgundy
with Philip the Bold, 1369-1404)

Philip the Bold
(duke of Burgundy, 1364-1404
Count of Burgundy, 1383-1404)

John the Fearless
Count of Burgundy and Artois
duke of Burgundy, 1405-1419

Philip the Good
count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1419-1467

Charles the Bold
(count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1467-1477)

Mary
(countess of Burgundy and Artois, duchess of Burgundy, 1477-1482)

Maximilian I
(count of Burgundy and Artois, duke of Burgundy, 1477-1482
Holy Roman Emperor, 1493-1519)

Philip the Fair
(count and duke of Burgundy, 1482-1506
king of Castile, 1506)

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
(count of Burgundy and Artois, 1506-1558
king of Spain, 1516-1558
Holy Roman Emperor, 1519-1558)

Philip II of Spain
(king of Spain, count of Burgundy and Artois, 1558-1598

Philip III of Spain
(king of Spain, count of Burgundy and Artois, 1598-1621)

Philip IV of Spain
(king of Spain, count of Burgundy, 1621-1665; count of Artois, 1621-1659)

Charles II of Spain
(king of Spain, 1665-1700
count of Burgundy, 1665-1678)

In 1678 the County of Burgundy passes to Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV of France under the Treaty of Nijmegen; in 1715, Louis XV inherits Burgundy directly.

Reuss

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REUSS

REUSS-GERA

Area: 149 sq. mi.

REUSS-GREIZ

Area: 149 sq. mi.

REUSS-LOBESTEIN-EBERSDORF

Area: 160 sq. mi.

REUSS-SCHLEIZ

Area: 447 sq. mi.

Reuss is the name of several historical states in today's Thuringia, Germany. Its rulers, the Reuss family, named every male born within it "Heinrich" for centuries.

The Elder Line, the Grafen Reuss zu Greiz, Untergreiz, und Obergreiz, were elevated to princely status in 1778. Its members bore the title Prince Reuss, ältere Linie, or Prince Reuss zu Greiz. The members of this line were numbered sequentially, the last series beginning with Heinrich I (born 1693) and ending with Heinrich XXIV (1878-1927). Reuss Elder Line had an area of 317 km² and a population of 71,000 (1905). Its capital was Greiz.

The Younger Line, the Grafen Reuss zu Gera, zu Schleiz, zu Lobenstein, zu Köstriz und zu Ebersdorf, shared a numbering sequence which began and ended roughly as centuries began and ended. A consequence of this naming system is that the male children within a single nuclear family are not numbered sequentially: The sons of Heinrich LXVII Reuss zu Schleiz were, in order, Heinrich V , Heinrich VIII , Heinrich XI , Heinrich XIV , and Heinrich XVI . This line became princes in 1806, and its members bore the title Prince Reuss, jüngere Linie, though they are also referred to by their branch names (e.g. Prince Reuss zu Koestritz). The designation jüngere Linie was dropped in 1930; the ältere Linie had become extinct as its last member Heinrich XXIV renounced his rights in 1918 and died in 1927 unmarried. Reuss Younger Line had an area of 827 km² and a population of 145,000 (1905). Its capital was Gera.

The two principalities of Reuss "Elder Line" and "Younger Line" were members of the German Confederation, of the North German Confederation, and of the German Empire. In 1919, they were unified as the Republic of Reuss, which was incorporated into the new state of Thuringia in 1920.

"THE PRINCIPALITY OF REUSS OF THE ELDER LINE.

"The principality of Reuss has its name from its rulers, the princes Reuss of Plauen, in whose family the singular custom prevails that all male individuals are called Henry; a number is added to their name to distinguish them from one another. The principality consists of two large districts: the northern, or the principality of Gera, is bounded on the N. by the Prussian dominions ; on the E. and W. by Gotha; and on the S. by Weimar. The southern is bounded on the N. by the Prussian dominions, and by Weimar; on the E. by the kingdom of Saxony; on the S. by Bavaria; and on the W. by Coburg-Saalfeld, and by Schwarzburg. The superficial extent of the whole principality is nearly 620 square miles, with a population now amounting to 79,000. The reigning house is divided into four lines: viz. that of Greiz, Schleiz, Ebersdorf, and Lobenstein; of whom Greiz forms the elder, and the three others the younger line. The prince of Reuss-Greiz possesses a mountainous and woody territory of about 150 square miles, with a population, as given in the act of confederacy, of 22,255 inhabitants, chiefly Lutherans, and a revenue of about 130,000 florins. The contingent is fixed at 222 men. Greiz is the capital, with 6,195 inhabitants. The Burgkhammer is one of the finest iron smelting works in Germany.

"THE PRINCIPALITY OF REUSS OF THE YOUNGER LINE.

"The younger line of the princes Reuss of Plauen is divided into two branches, which form one State of the confederacy, namely, that of Schleiz and that of Lobenstein ; which latter is again divided into two branches, viz. Lobenstein and Ebersdorf. The surface of their united possessions is about 450 square miles. There are extensive woods, and good mines of iron, and the rearing of cattle is carried on to a considerable extent. Manufactures are likewise conducted in a very animated manner. The population, as given in the act of confederacy, was 52,205, all of whom were Lutherans, except one community of Moravians. The revenue is about 350,000 florins. The contingent is fixed at 522 men. Schleiz, capital of Reuss Schleiz, and residence of the prince of Reuss Schleiz, is elevated about 1,521 feet above the sea, and contains a population of 4,620 inhabitants. Lobenstein, with 2,716 inhabitants, is the residence of the prince of that name. Gera, on the Elster, with 7,373 inhabitants, is a very industrious town." (Bell, p. 415)

Fürsten Reuss, Elder Line, 1778-1918

Heinrich XI 1778-1800

Heinrich XIII 1800-1817

Heinrich XIX 1817-1836

Heinrich XX 1836-1859

Heinrich XXII 1859-1902

Heinrich XXIV 1902-1918 (d.1927)

Fürsten Reuss, Younger Line, 1806-1918

Heinrich XLII 1806-1818

Heinrich LXII 1818-1854

Heinrich LXVII 1854-1867

Heinrich XIV 1867-1913

Heinrich XXVII 1913-1918 (d.1928)

Wurttemberg

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Counts of Württemberg

Conrad I 1089-1122
Conrad II 1100-1130
John d.1138
Louis I 1136-1158
Emich 1139-1154
Louis II 1166-1181
Hartmann 1194-1240
Louis III 1194-1226
Eberhard 1228-1241
Ulrich I 1241-1265
Ulrich II 1265-1279
Eberhard I 1279-1325
Ulrich III 1325-1344
Eberhard II 1344-1392
Ulrich IV 1344-1366
Eberhard III 1392-1417
Eberhard IV 1417-1419
Louis I 1419-1450
Ulrich V 1419-1480
Eberhard V 1482-1496
Eberhard VI 1482-1485

Dukes of Württemberg

Eberhard I 1457-1496
Eberhard II 1496-1498
Ulrich I 1498-1519
Württemberg annexed by Austria 1519-1534
Ulrich I (restored) 1534-1550
Christopher 1550-1568
Louis III 1568-1593
Frederick I 1593-1608

Dukes of Württemberg-Stuttgart

John Frederick 1608-1628
Eberhard III 1628-1674
Wilhelm Ludwig 1674-1677
Eberhard IV Ludwig 1677-1733
Karl I Alexander 1733-1737
Karl II Eugen 1737-1793
Ludwig Eugen 1793-1795
Friedrich II Eugen 1795-1797
Friedrich III 1797-1803

Electors of Württemberg

Frederick II 1803-1806

Kings of Württemberg

Frederick I 1806-1816
William I 1816-1864
Charles 1864-1891
William II 1891-1918

Heads of the House of Württemberg since 1918

King William II 1918-1921
Duke Albrecht 1921-1939
Duke Philip Albrecht 1939-1975
Duke Karl 1975-present

Luxemburg

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963-998: Siegfried I "is mentioned for the first time in a document issued by German King, Otto I, in 949 (950) when he transferred to Sigefrid as advocatus altaris ( or monasterii) the cloister of Echternach as a fief of the tmpire. He owned scattered properties in Feulen, Hosingen, Monnerich, in the Pagus Wabrensis, in Sarreburg, at Berncastel and Roussy in the Pagus Mosellanus.
998–1026: Heinrich I
1026–1047: Heinrich II
1047–1059: Giselbert
1059–1086: Konrad I
1086–1096: Heinrich III
1096–1131: Wilhelm I
1130–1136: Konrad II

1197-1247: Ermesinde I

1214–1226: Walram IV of Limburg
1247–1281: Heinrich V the Blonde

1281–1288: Heinrich VI

1288–1313: Heinrich VII
1313–1346: Johann the Blind
1353–1383: Wenzel I
1383–1388: Wenzel II der Faule
1388–1411: Jobst of Moravia
1411-1441: Elisabeth of Gorlitz
1411–1415: Anton of Brabant & Limburg
1418–1425: Johann III of Straubing-Holland
1443-1467: Philipp the Good
1477-1482: Maria
1457-1482: Wilhelm III of Saxony
1482-1516: Maximilian I
1516-1555: Karl V
1556-1598: Philipp II
1598-1621: Philipp III
1621-1665: Philipp IV
1665-1684: Karl II
1697-1700: Karl II
1700-1712: Philipp V
1712–1714: Maximilian Emanuel von Bayern, Fürst der Niederlande
1714-1740: Karl VI
1740-1780: Maria Theresia
?-?: Joseph II
?-?: Leopold II
1792-1795: Franz II

References
Gade, John A. Luxemburg in the Middle Ages.