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3 days ago · History Origin. The family stems from the Lords of Seinsheim, who had established themselves in Franconia during the Middle Ages. A branch of the Seinsheim family (the non-Schwarzenberg portion died out in 1958) was created when Erkinger of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian territory of Schwarzenberg and the castle of Schwarzenberg in Scheinfeld during the early part of the 15th century.
May 17, 2024 · With the acquiescence of Britain and France, Hitler annexed the German-speaking Sudeten areas of Czechoslovakia in 1938. By 1939 Germany had occupied all of Bohemia and Moravia and turned the two regions into a German protectorate. Slovakia received nominal autonomy, though it was dominated by Germany.
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May 20, 2024 · King of Germany r. 1198–1209 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1209–1215: Beatrice of Swabia 1198–1212: Kunigunde of Swabia 1202–1248: Wenceslaus I c. 1205 –1253 King of Bohemia: Renaud 1173: Henry VI 1165–1197 King of Germany r. 1169–1197 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1191–1197: Constance 1154–1198 Queen of Sicily: William 1176: Agnes 1181 ...
May 17, 2024 · Duke of Bohemia r. c. 870 – c. 889: Ludmila of Sorbia c. 860 –921: Spytihněv I 875–894 Duke of Bohemia r. 875–915: Vratislaus I 888–921 Duke of Bohemia r. 915–921: Drahomíra of Stodor c. 877 –934: Wenceslaus I (Václav the Good) 911–935 Duke of Bohemia r. 921–935: Boleslaus I the Cruel c. 915 –972 Duke of Bohemia r. 935 ...
May 4, 2024 · February 26, 1361. Birthplace: Nürnberg, Bayern, Deutschland (HRR) Death: August 16, 1419 (58) Nový Hrad, Kunratice, Prague, Bohemia. Immediate Family: Son of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna von Schweidnitz. Husband of Johanna von Bayern and Sophie von Bayern Euphemia.
May 9, 2024 · Thirty Years’ War, (1618–48), in European history, a series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of Europe, and, when it ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, the map of Europe had been ...
May 7, 2024 · 1198 (34-43) Immediate Family: Daughter of Graf Heinrich II von Katzenelnbogen and Hildegard von Henneberg, Count of Katzenelenbogen. Wife of Heinrich II, Graf von Diez Weilnau. Mother of Gerhard I, Graf von Dietz. Sister of Graf, Berthold von Katzenelnbogen, I.; Dieter of Katzenelnbogen, Count; Bishop Hermann of Munster and Kungiund Von ...
