Thursday, June 11, 2009

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EBERSTEIN

History of Eberstein
"1085: First mention of the Lords of Eberstein.  They are originally from the Ortenau to Ottersweier. Their intention is to build up in the still undeveloped valleys of Alb and Murg a new center of power. Their headquarters is the castle built around 1050 Eberstein (now ruins Alteberstein of Eberstein castle district of Baden-Baden). "After 1102: The Diocese of Speyer property is its extensive in the Murg Valley to the Counts of Eberstein fief.

"1148: Graf Berthold III. inducted based on his return from the crusade monastery Herrenalb.

"1190: III., Son of Graf Berthold III. Eberhard, founded monastery Frauenalb

"1195: The Eberstein lie down with the approval of the Staufen emperors to the title of count. You have possession of Alsace, in Ortenau, in the valleys of Murg, Alb and Pfinz and Kraichgau (Bretten and Gochsheim). Important surpass it in 1200 even the Margrave of Baden. In her arms the Eberstein lead since 12 Century, a five-petal rose, in the 17th Century came to the boar.

"1219: Otto I and Eberhard IV von Eberstein share after the death of the father's possession. Otto begins soon after the construction of a new castle near Gernsbach that is already in 1243 as a town.

"1272: Castle Neu-Eberstein is first mentioned (in novo castro Eberstein). The old family seat (via Eberstein castle) is now called Alteberstein.

"1283: Alteberstein comes to Rudolf von Baden, the von Eberstein is married to Gwendolyn.
 
"Until 1300: After prolonged inheritances and political power dwindling chances and possession of Eberstein. The Margrave of Baden and the Count of Württemberg to be powerful competitors.

"1367: Castle Neu-Eberstein is besieged by Count Eberhard von Württemberg.Count Wolf (or tungsten) Count Eberhard von Eberstein had in Wildbad (today Bad Wildbad) attack to weaken the dangerous opponent Württemberg crucial.The siege was due to political disagreements but broke off soon. Count Wolf then led for 15 years in vain war against Württemberg.

"1387: Wolf Graf Eberstein sold because of huge debts due to him half of the county Eberstein and half of New Castle to the Margrave of Baden.

"1556: William IV Count of Eberstein out the Reformation. Es kommt mehrfach zu Streitigkeiten um die Religion. It depends on several occasions to disputes over religion. Eine Linie der Grafen bleibt katholisch. A line of the counts is Catholic.

"1587: Neu-Eberstein is the evangelical Eberstein occupied by a coup. Die Besatzer müssen allerdings aufgeben. The occupiers must give up though. The Protestant party gets for years behind.
 
"1580: The previous line of Eberstein has no male offspring more. The daughters of the reformer William IV married the Catholic Earl of Gronsfeld and Selva. The government will pass to the younger, evangelical line. Other hand, complain Gronsfeld and Selva. In the Thirty Years War, losing many areas of Eberstein Gronsfeld and Selva.

"1660: The Eberstein die from the male line. Through the female line, there are still direct descendants (Barons of the Ropp).

SOURCE: A Brief History of Schloss Eberstein 
 

Counts of Eberstein
Eberhard von Eberstein
  
Gebhard von Eberstein

Adalbert von Eberstein
 
Bertoldus de Eberstein
(born about 1010)

 Bertold II von Eberstein
(born around 1045)
married to Adelheid

 Berthold III von Eberstein
(c1073-?)
=Uta von Calw (c1104-?)

Eberhard III
the Elder
(c1123-?)
Count of Eberstein, 1144-1219
=Kunigunde von Andechs (1146-?)

 Otto I
(d. 1279)
Count of Eberstein 
1219 Count of Neu-Eberstein, 1219
=1252 Beatrix of Crutheim / Krautheim (c1210-after 1262)

 Heinrich I Graf von Eberstein (1240-14.3.1322)
married 1270 with: Clara von Frundsberg (before 1322 - before 1327)

Heinrich II Graf von Eberstein
(1294-1367)
married 1335 with: Margaret of Oettingen (before 1360 - after 1393)

Wilhelm II, Count of Eberstein in Neu-Eberstein (1350 - 03/09/1385)
married with: Margareta of Erbach-Erbach (1348-1395)

Bernard I Count of Eberstein in Neu-Eberstein (1381-1440)
1412-1420 Palatine Under Governor in Alsace
1420 Vogt of Ortenberg
co-founder of Herrenalb to bury Herrenalb
=1420: Agnes of Vinstingen head-Brack (1398-after 1420)

Johann/Hans III. Graf von Eberstein in Neu-Eberstein (1421-1479), 1459 Duke of Bavarian Council, 1474 Austrian Archduke Council
=1434 Merge (Maria) of Eppenstein / Eppstein (1422-1461/1463)

Bernhard III Graf von Eberstein in Neu-Eberstein (1459-1526), 1505 investiture with a quarter of the rule Eberstein by the Margrave of Baden, Palatine Council, Supreme Court President from 1510 to 1520
=1494 Kunigunde of Waldburg-Sonnenberg (1482-1538)
 
Jakob Johann I
(1517-1574)
Count of Neu-Eberstein
=1542 Barbara of Dhaun-Oberstein (1512-1546)
 
Johann Bernhard
 (1545-1574)
Count of Neu-Eberstein
=1567 Margarethe of Dietz (1544-1608)

Philip III. von Eberstein in Wertenstein, Frauenburg (ca. 1570-1609), von Wertenstein-Frauenburg, 1593 zu Neu-Eberstein, 1597 Verkauf von 1/4 Rechicourt-Oberstein an Leiningen-Westerburg, verheiratet mit: Philippa Barbara von Fleckenstein (geb. 1572, gest. vor 1637) 
 

 
Titles: HRE Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krummau, Princely Count of Gradisca, Count of Adelsberg, Lord of Aquilej




"The Eggenbergs were originally bankers like the Medicis, the Fuggers, and our own Rothschilds. Ulric and Balthazar Eggenberg were masters of the mint under the Emperor Frederic III., and used to negotiate his loans for him. But when Balthazar, after many unpaid old loans, refused further credit, Frederic sent him in chains to the keep of the castle of Gratz, and there extorted a new loan from him, for the easier repayment of which Eggenberg disappeared in his dungeon in 1493, and was never heard of again. One century later (in 1598), the family was ennobled by Rodolph II." (Vehse & Demmler, p.291)


Territorial and Dynastic History

1598: Johann Ulrich (1568-1634) made Baron of Eggenberg by Emperor Rudolf II

1622: Emperor Ferdinand II bestowed on Johann Ulrich of Eggenberg the vast lordship of Krummau in southern Bohemia which consisted of 311 towns and villages
1623: Johann Ulrich of Eggenberg made a prince of the Empire
1628: Johann Ulrich made Duke of Krummau (Cesky Krumlov)

?: Emperor Ferdinand III sold Gradisca to Johann Anton of Eggenberg

1647: Gradisca d'Isonzo made its own county under the counts of Eggenberg

1647: Principality of Gradisca for the Princes of Eggenberg as a loan of Austria

1647: Acquired the Princely County of Gradisca
1653: In the HRE Council of Princes

1717: Princes of Eggenberg became extinct and Principality reverted to Austria

1717: Princely line extinct when the Duchy of Krummau passed to the Princes of Schwarzenberg

Princes of Eggenberg

1623-1634: Johann Ulrich (1568-1634)


1634-1649: Johann Anton I (1610-1649)


  Johann Christian I
(1641-1710)
Prince of Eggenberg, 1649
Duke of Krumau
Count of Gradisca


?-1713: Johann Seyfried


1710-1716: Johann Anton II

1716-1717: Johann Christian II


Family Tree




References


EPPSTEIN


Territorial Development & Dynastic History
c1100: Eppstein built as an imperial castle
1114: 1st mention of Eppstein
1200s: Inherited 1/2 of County of Wied and Lordship of Kleeberg
1300s: Acquired 1/2 of Lordship of Breuberg and Trimberg
1400s: Acquired 1/2 of Lordship of Falkenstein and 1/2 of County of Diez
1425: Sold Steinheim for 38,000 guldens to Mainz
1433: Partitioned into Eppstein-Königstein (extinct 1535) and Eppstein-Münzenberg (extinct 1522)
1505: HRE County


ERBACH


Titles: HRE Count of Erbach, Lord of Breuberg & Wildenstein


Area: 523 sq.km.



Territorial Development & Dynastic History
?: Lordship
1146: 1st mention of Erbach
1532: HRE County
1532: Imperial estate
1647: Division of Erbach between George Louis I (d.1693) of the Erbach-Erbach (ext. 1731) and Geore Albert II (d.1717) of the Erbach-Furstenau line
1717: Division into Erbach-Furstenau, Erbach-Erbach and Erbach-Schonberg
1500: Franconian Circle
1532: Emperor Charles V elevated Eberhard XV d.1559) to HRE Count because of his services in the Peasants' War or [German War of Farmers[]]
1804: Count of Erbach-Erbach was adopted by the last Count of Wartenberg and received its estates and te name Wartenberg-Roth, the Lordship of Roth's estates of Erbach and Reichenbach in Hesse, the Lordships of Wildenstein & Steinbach in Bavaria; the Erbach-Schonerg line received the estate of Schonberg & Konig and 1/2 of the Lordship of Breuberg in Hesse.
1806: Mediatised


Possesions of Counts of Erbach

Erbach-Erbach Line
Erbach-Furstenau Line
Lordship of Rothenberg (in Grand Duchy of Hesse)
Estate of Furstenau
Estate of Michelstadt
Estate of Freienstein


References

Rulers of Erbach
Erbach
Georg I......................................1213-1230
Philipp I....................................1230-1245
Johann I.....................................1245-1272
Philip II....................................1272-1299
Eberhard VI..................................1299-1339
Konrad V.....................................1339-1393
Johann V.....................................1393-1417
Konrad IX....................................1417-1423
Philipp IV Schenk............................1423-1461
Georg III....................................1461-1481
Eberhard XV (Count 1532).....................1481-1539
Georg V......................................1539-1569 with...
Eberhard XVI.................................1539-1564 and...
Valentin II..................................1539-1563 and then...
Georg VI.....................................1564-1605
Friedrich Magnus.............................1605-1618 with...
Johann Casimir...............................1605-1627
Ludwig.......................................1618-1643 with...
Georg Albrecht I.............................1618-1647


Erbach-Breuburg
Georg Frederick..............................1647-1653

Erbach-Erbach
Georg Ludwig I...............................1647-1693
Philipp Ludwig...............................1693-1720
Friedrich Karl...............................1720-1731
Georg Wilhelm........................(1717-) 1731-1757
Franz........................................1757-1806 d. 1823

Erbach-Fürstenau
Georg Albrecht II Posthumous.................1647-1717
Philipp Karl.................................1717-1736
Johann Wilhelm...............................1736-1742 with...
Friedrich Ludwig Karl Eginhard...............1736-1794 and...
Georg Albrecht III...........................1736-1778 and then...
Friedrich August.............................1778-1784 and also...
Christian Karl...............................1778-1803
Albrecht.....................................1803-1806

Erbach-Schönberg
Georg August.................................1717-1758 with...
Gustav Ernst (in Zwingenberg)................1757-1806 d. 1812: with...
Georg Ludwig II..............................1758-1777 and then...
Franz Karl...................................1777-1788 and then...
Christian....................................1788-1799 and then...
Karl.........................................1799-1806 d. 1816

Erbach-Wildenstein
Georg Ernst..................................1647-1669

Map

Erbach


References
ESENS

References
Hero von Esens


EYSS

References
The Noble Knights and Family of Eyss



ESSEN


ESTERHAZY


Titles: Princes Esterházy von Galántha, Princely Counts of Edelstetten, Count of Forchtenstein

Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1238: House of Esterhazy was first mentioned when the sons of Salamon of Estoras, Peter and Illyes, divided their inheritance into the Zerhazy line and the Illyeshazy line (extinct in the matle line in 1838)
1527: Esterhazy family acquired Galantha in Slovakia
1550: Benedict Esterhas died around this time. He married in 1526 Helen Bessesyey de Galantha, an important heiress
?: Ferenc Zerhazy (1563-1594), vice lord-lieutenant of the county of Pressburg, took the name of Esterhazy when he was created Baron of Galantha, an estate his family has held since 1421.
1595: Three sons of Ferenc Esterhazy split into three lines: the Frakno or Forchtenstein (founded by Miklos), the Csesznek (founded by Daniel, died 1654) and Zolyom (founded by Pal, died 1641) lines.
Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha became Barom Pozsony
1611: Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha (1582-1645) married Orsolya, the widow of the wealthy Ferencz Magocsy, thus coming into possession of her large estates.
1612: Nikolaus Esterházy (1583-1645) petitioned Emperor Matthias II for ownership of the castle of Munkács (now: Munkachevo, Ukraine) and its estates which was granted shortly thereafter.
1613: Emperor Matthias II made Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha a baron
1617: Emperor Matthias II made Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha Count of Beregh
1618: Emperor Matthias II made Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha lord-lieutenant of the county of Zolyom and magister curiae regiae.
1622: Emperor Ferdinand II pledged the estates of Forchtenstein and Esenstadt to Count Nikolaus Esterhazy who was asked to give up the Munkacs Estate to Gabriel Bethlen
?: Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha created a Hungarian count
1625: Nikolaus Esterhazy was elected Palatine of Hungary
1626: Emperoro Ferdinand II by deed of gift enabled the Esterházy to legally gain title to two properties in western Hungary: the castles of Fraknó (or Forchtenstein) and Kismarton (now: Eisenstadt, Austria) along with their estates.
1626: Nikolaus Esterhazy de Galantha gained the title of hereditary Count of Forchtenstein (Frakno)
1626: Count Nikolaus Esterhazy became a Hungarian Count
1649: Count Ladislaus Esterhazy acquired the castle and estate of Forchtenstein (but without Eisenstadt which had become a free city in 1648) by paying off the lien
1687: Pal Esterhazy, Baron Esterhazy de Galantha, Count of Forchtenstein and head of the Frakno (Forchtenstein) line, was made an HRE Prince (ad personam) as the 1st Prince Esterhazy de Galantha
1695: Prince Pál Esterházy (1635-1713) created a fee tail, thereby ensuring the family's extensive properties and personal effects would pass on undivided to only direct heirs.
1712: Mihaly Esterhazy (1671-1721), head of the older Forchtenstein line, was granted by Emperor Karl VI the title of hereditary HRE Prince which was extended to sons on a primogeniture basis
1783: Emperor Joseph II granted the title of HRE Prince to all Esterhazy main line descendants (male and female)
1804: Purchased Edelstetten from Ligne (College of Princes) and gained the title of Princely Count of Edelstetten

Possessions:
End of 1700's: The Esterhazys owned 10 million acres of Hungary, including over 100 villages, 40 towns and 30 castles.
Princely County of Edelstetten in Bavaria
Lordship of Gallingen in Baden
Several lordships in Lower Austria and Hungary

References
Austrian and German Mediatized Houses 1871-1919
Esterhazy: Magnate Family
Esterhazy de Galantha
Esterhazy Profiles (GeneAll)
Esterhazy von Galantha
The Landed Estates of the Esterhazy Princes
The Princes Esterházy: Magnates, Diplomatists, Patrons of Art
Schloss Esterhazy
Treasures of the Esterhazy Princes
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