Thursday, June 11, 2009

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GAVERE
"GAVERE is a town in South-East-Flanders (Belgium) containing six villages (since 1976) : Gavere, Asper, Baaigem, Dikkelvenne, Semmerzake and Vurste...."
"Historically, the Lords of Gavere, during nine consecutive generations wearing the Christian name of Raas, belonged to the most important nobility of the County of Flanders since mid 11th century. They held the official function of cellarer of the Count of Flanders, and resided in a fortress on an island in the river Schelde (Scheldt).
"Their original territory was the Land of Gavere, containing the villages of Baaigem, Dikkelvenne, Gavere, Hermelgem, Meilegem, Paulatem, Semmerzake, Sint-Maria-Latem, Vurste and Wassene. Through the ages, the Lords of Gavere succeeded in expanding their territory with Chievres, Liedekerke, Eksaarde, Breda, the Land of Boelare and the Land of Schorisse. Under Jacob III of Luxembourg, the Land of Gavere became a county, and under Lamoraal Count of Egmont, it was raised to a principality (2).
"Gavere had a strategic position as a crossroad (north-south ax and east-west ax) and a tollage and crossing place on the river Schelde (Scheldt), equipped with a wooden turnbridge from 1812 on. Despite its favourable position, the economic development of Gavere lacked behind that of other Schelde cities like Gent (Ghent) and Oudenaarde. In 1658, the fortress of the Lords of Gavere was even dismantled, as the later Lords (the families Egmont and Pignatelli) preferred to reside in other places...." (Gavere)
"The Barons of Gavere, known since the middle of the Xth century, were considered as "one of the oldest, most powerful and most famous lineages of the County of Flanders". They tried every possible means to increase their domain, which more or less matched the today's municipality of Gavere. The Gavere lineage ended in 1325 with the violent death of its last male heir." (Gavere in FOTW)

Territorial Development and Dynastic History.
1518: Emperor Karl V made of Gavere a County granted to Jacob, Count van Egmont, who had married Francoise van Lusemburg and incorporated Zottegem to the domain of Gavere.
1540: Francoise van Luxemburg obtained the elevation of the County to a Principality.
1541: Domain of Gavere was transferred to Lamoraal van Egmont (1522-1568) after the death of his elder brother Karel.
1717: Gavere was inherited from the Egmont family by the Italian prince Nicolaas Pignatelli who had married Maria-Clara van Egmont.
This ancient immediate free Imperial seigniory is wholly rounded by the Munster amt of Ahausz, being at present of less extent than formerly. It had ancient Lords of its own who were not simple Knights by birth, but by the state of Lords, and were stiled noble. They were also tribunal-lords of the jurisdiction of Vem, in Latin domini judicii Vemici. In the year 1280 Godfrey and Goswin Lords of Gehmen, for their greater security, received their seigniories in fief of Count Theodorick VIII. of Cleve, they having been at first a fief of Liege, but afterwards made fiefs according to the Zutphen right, by which means the estates also were to descend to the females. Cordula, heiress and daughter to Henry the last Lord of Gehmen, brought the seigniory to her consort John Count of Schauenburg, in whose house it continued till the year 1640; when Otto the last Count of Schauenburg dying, Jodocus Count of Limburg and Bronkhorst, by virtue of his consort Maria, Countess of Schauenburg arrived to the possession of the seigniory of Gehmen. It still belongs to a line of the house of Limburg-Styrum. In the seventeenth century the bishopric of Munster wanted to obtain the superiority over this seigniory but was refused it by the Emperor, and the seigniory maintained it its immediacy or independency. The Count of Limburg-Styrum of Gehmen, on account of this seigniory enjoys both seat and voice in the Westphalian college of Counts of the Empire, and also at the Diets of the circle of Westphalia, at which he is called over after Blankenheim and Gerolstein...." (Busching, p. 501)

Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1282: Gemen a fief of the Counts of Cleves
1492: Lords of Gemen extinct; passed to Counts of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg through the heiress Cordula of Gemen
Combined with Schaumburg to form County of Schaumburg and Gemen
1640: Passed to the Counts of Limburg-Styrum
1644: In a partition, Gemen passed to the line of Limburg-Styrum-Gemen
1782: With extinction of Gemen branch, Gemen inherited by the line of Limburg-Styrum-Iller-Aicheheim
1800: Passed to the Barons of Bomelberg
1806: Mediatized to the Princes of Salm-Kyrburg
1810: To France
1814: To Prussia
 
Rulers of Gemen

Count of Limburg and Bronckhorst
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, 1640-1644
Count of Limburg Stirum, 1644-1657
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen
1649-1745
Founder of Manayunk and Roxborough, Philadelphia Pa.

(Maria) Isabella
Countess von Vehlen und Meggen zu Raesfeld
Regent of Gemen, 1657-1675 
Count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, 1675-1704
Count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen and Raesfeld, 1704-1743
Count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, 1743-1771
Prince-Bishop of Speyer
Count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, 1771-1776
Count of Limburg Stirum
Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, 1776-1798
Count of Limburg Stirum zu Illereichen
Last Sovereign Lord zu Gemen, 1798-1800

GELDERLAND, GUELDRES, GUELDERS
Rulers of Gelderland.
House of Wassenberg Counts of Gelderland
1096–1129: Gerhard I (1060-1129) (Gerhard III. von Wassenberg)
1129–1131: Gerhard II (der Lange) (1090/95-1131)
1131–1182: Heinrich I (1117-1182)
1182–1207: Otto I (1150-1207)
1207–1229: Gerhard IV (1185-1229)
1229–1271: Otto II (der Lahme) (1215-1271)
1271–(1288) 1318: Rainald I (der Streitbare) (1255-1326)
1318/39–1343: Rainald II (der Rote / der Schwarze) (1295-1343)

Dukes of Gelderland & Counts of Zutphen (House of Wassenberg)
1339–1343: Rainald II (der Rote) (1295-1343)
1343–1361: Rainald III (der Dicke) (1333-1371)
1361–1371: Eduard (1336-1371)
1371–1371: Rainald III (der Dicke)
1371–1379 – (Erbfolgekrieg)

House of Julich-Hengenbach
1371-1402: Wilhelm I (1363-1402)
1402-1423: Rainald IV (1365-1423)

House of Egmond
1423–1465: Arnold of Egmond (1410-1473)
1465–1471: Adolf of Egmond (1439-1477)
1471–1473: Arnold of Egmond (1410-1473)


House of Valois (Burgundy)
1473–1477: Karl der Kühne (1433-1477)


House of Egmond
1477–1477: Adolf of Egmond (1439-1477)


House of Habsburg

1477–1482: Maria of Burgundy (1457–1482)
1482–1492: Philipp I the Handsome (1478–1506)


House of Egmond
1492–1538: Karl of Egmond (1467-1538)


House of Cleves-Mark

1538–1543: Wilhelm (II) the Rich (1516–1592)



House of Habsburg

1543–1555: Karl V (1500–1558)
1555–1581/98: Philipp II of Spain (1527–1598)


Genealogy (House of Egmond)

Maps

GIECH


Title: HRE Count & Lord of Giech



Territorial Development and Dynastic History.
?: Lordship
1680: HRE Barons
1695: HRE Counts
1720-1723: immediate Lords of Wittem
1726: Imperial Estate
1791: Under ovelordship of Prussia


Rulers of Giech.

Giech

Emerged out of Wiesentfels.

1680-1695: Christian Karl I (Imp. Baron 1680, Imp. Count 1695)

1695-1697: Christian Karl II (in Buchau)

1695-1729: Karl Gottfried II (in Thurnau)

1697-1748: Karl Maximilian
1697-1752: Christian Karl III
1748-1797: Christian Friedrich (1729-1797)
1797-1806: Karl Christian Ernst (1763-1818)
Giech mediatized
Wiesentfels

fl. c1450: Nicholas

fl. c1485: Otto I

1459-1516: Dietrich II

1516-1552: Achatius I

1552-1603: Achatius II

1603-1634: Wilhelm (in Reineck and Prügel)

1603-1635: Joachim (in Grünwehr)
1603-1614: Nikolas Christoph (in Krottendorf)
1635-1652: Karl Gottfried
1652-1680: Christian Karl I (Imp. Baron 1680, Imp. Count 1695)
Superceded by Giech

Source: Regnal Chronologies

References.

GIMBORN


Territorial Development & Dynastic History.

Since the 1200s, Gimborn belonged to the Lords of Sankt Gereon in Cologne, Berg, Mark, Kruwell, Burtscheid, Nesselrode and Harff
1273: Pawned by Count Adolf of Berg to Count Engelbert of Mark
1400s: Gimborn is mentioned as a fief of Sankt Gereon in Cologne
1610: Gimborn elevated to the "Unterherrschaft" of Brandenburg
1631: Imperial Lordship
1682: County
1782/1783: Sold to the Counts of Wallmoden
1806: To the Grand Duchy of Berg
1815: To Prussia


References

GLATZ
Territorial Development & Dynastic History
981: To Bohemian Prince Slavnik
995-1305: To Premyslid dynasty
1459: Counts of Glatz elevated to HRE Prince
1477: Granted Lordship of Hummel by Bohemian King
1526: Passed to Austrian Habsburgs together with Bohemia
1763: To Prussia

GLEICHEN
Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1124 and 1137: Passed to Archbishopric of Mainz
To Counts of Tonna (extinct 1631)
1162: County
1345: Partitioned
1631: When the line became extinct, the territories of the Counts of Gleichen passed to the Counts of Hohenlohe
1631: Territory divided among Hohenlohe, Mainz, Schwarzburg and Trautenburg
1639: To Hatzfeld
1803: To Prussia
References.
Genealogy of Counts of Gleichen


GORIZIA, GORZ

Princely County of Gorizia
Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1365: HRE Princely County
1031: To Counts of Eppenstein
1090: To Counts of Lurn
?: Acquired Tyrol by marriage
1258: Division into Gorz and Tyrol (extinct 1335)
1500: Inherited by Austria
1754: Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca
1747: United to form Gorizia and Gradisca
1809: French occupation


GOTTSCHEE
Early History of Gottschee–Kočevje




GRADISCA

Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1176: Gradisca mentioned for the first time
1473: Annexed by the Republic of Venice
1511: Captured by Emperor Maximilian I and became a possession of the House of Habsburg
1615: County of Gradisca
?: 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
1717: Princes of Eggenberg became extinct and Principality reverted to Austria
1754: Gradisca reunited with Gorizia creating the County of Gorizia and Gradisca
1861: Gained autonomy as the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca as a crown land within Austria-Hungary



GRADISCA
"The Principality of Gradisca (now Italy) was a county until 1647 and was part of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1647 it was made a principality for the Princes of Eggenberg as a loan of Austria. When the dynasty became extinct in 1717 the principality became fully part of Austria. The arms were newly devised in 1647, their meaning is not known."  (Istrianet)

GRAVENECK

GRAVENITZ
Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1707: HRE Counts
1718-1731: Immediate Lords of Welzheim
1726: Imperial Estate


Rulers of Gravenitz.
Karl Wilhelm (1741-1792)
Victor Ernst (1744-1795)
Ludwig Wilhelm (1791-1841)



GRONAU


Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1365: Balduin of Steinfurt received Gronau as a fief of the bishopric of Munster
1421: Everwin I of Bentheim-Steinfurt inherited Gronau through his second wife Gisberta of Bronckhorst


Rulers of Gronau.

1365-1394: Balduin of Steinfurt
1394-1421: Ludolf of Steinfurt
1421-1454: Eberwin I of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1454-1460: Arnold I of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1460-1462: Gerhard von Keppel
1462-1466: Arnold I of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1466-1498: Eberwin II of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1498-1553: Arnold II of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1553-1556: Arnold III of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1556-1606: Arnold IV of Bentheim-Steinfurt
1606-1609: Adolf, Arnold Jost, Heinrich Wilhelm
1609-1632: Wilhelm Heinrich
1632-1638: Arnold Jost of Bentheim-Steinfurt and Moritz Friedrich Ludwig of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (in dispute)
1638-1643: Moritz Friedrich Ludwig of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1643-1674: Moritz of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1674-1681: Johann Adolf, Friedrich Moritz of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1681-1710: Friedrich Moritz of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1710-1768: Moritz Kazimir I of Bentheim-Tecklenburg
1768-1802: Moritz Kasimir II of Bentheim-Tecklenburg

References

Lords of Gronau
Lordship of Gronau


GRONINGEN (City)


GRONINGEN (Lordship)
Lordship of Groningen
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GUNDELFINGEN
Territorial Development & Dynastic History.
1008: 1st mention of Gundelfingen
1647-1768: To Furstenberg

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