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May 14, 2024 · Rupert (born May 5, 1352, Amberg, Rhenish Palatinate [Germany]—died May 18, 1410, near Oppenheim, Rhenish Palatinate) was a German king from 1400 and, as Rupert III, elector Palatine of the Rhine from 1398. A member of the Wittelsbach dynasty, he was chosen king by the German ecclesiastical electors on Aug. 22, 1400, to succeed Wenceslas, who ...
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5 days ago · Throughout history, members of the royal house have reigned as Dukes of Merania (1153–1180/82); Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Bavaria (1180–1918); Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214–1803 and 1816–1918); Margraves of Brandenburg (1323–1373); Counts of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland (1345–1433); Elector-Archbishops of Cologne (1583 ...
May 13, 2024 · Rhine River, river and waterway of western Europe, culturally and historically one of the great rivers of the continent and among the most important arteries of industrial transport in the world. It flows from two small headways in the Alps of east-central Switzerland north and west to the North Sea, into which it drains through the Netherlands.
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May 9, 2024 · Christian entered the service of the Lutheran elector of Saxony and in 1591 led a force of German Protestant troops to support the Calvinist Henry IV in the French Wars of Religion. The following year he converted to Calvinism, and in 1595 Frederick IV, elector Palatine of the Rhine
May 8, 2024 · Ordinance to settle 8,000l. per annum on the Prince Elector, out of the King's Revenue and Delinquents Estates. The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, taking into their Consideration the present Condition of His Highness the Prince Elector Palatine of The Rhine, and the Provision for a convenient Support for his Person and Retinue, do ...
May 16, 2024 · Martinsburg Castle was built at the end of the 13th century as a base for exercising the customs rights of Mainz. Since 1292, the Elector and Archbishopric of Mainz had secured shares in the Boppard imperial customs with the permission of King Adolf of Nassau. Since the Electorate of Mainz's Lahneck Castle rose on a hill some distance from the Rhine, a permanent building was erected directly ...
2 days ago · 13,000 m 3 /s (460,000 cu ft/s) [2] The Rhine [note 2] ( / raɪn / RYNE) [3] is one of the major European rivers. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, and Swiss-German borders. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border ...
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