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Discover life events, stories and photos about Reichsgraf Albrecht I. von Hohenstaufen-Weikersheim (1379–1429) of Weikersheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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- Elisabeth Von Hanau Munzenberg
When Kraft V. von Hohenstaufen-Waldenburg was born about 1412, in Weikersheim, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, Reichsgraf Albrecht I. von Hohenstaufen-Weikersheim, was 42 and his mother, Elisabeth von Hanau Munzenberg Countess von Hanau Munzenberg, was 23. He married Margaretha Countess von Oettingen in 1431, in ...
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- Margaretha Countess Von Oettingen
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Brief Life History of Margaret. When Margaret Hohenstaufen was born on 1 December 1241, in Foggia, Puglia, Italy, her father, Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor, was 46 and her mother, Isabella of England, was 27. She married Albrecht II. Markgraf von Meißen in June 1255, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Albrecht II. Markgraf Von Meißen
Albrecht Wettin & Margaretha von Hohenstaufen were married on ...1255 in .... See the full Family Tree with Dates, Places, Notes, and all the Children.
The name Hohenstaufen was first used in the 14th century to distinguish the 'high' ( hohen) conical hill named Staufen in the Swabian Jura (in the district of Göppingen) from the village of the same name in the valley below. The new name was applied to the hill castle of Staufen by historians only in the 19th century to distinguish it from ...
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- Conradin
The Hohenstaufen (/ˈhoʊənʃtaʊfən/ HOH-ən-shtow-fən, US also /ˌhoʊənˈʃtaʊfən, -staʊ-/ -S(H)TOW-fən, German: [ˌhoːənˈʃtaʊfn̩]), also called Staufer, was a noble dynasty of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079 and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254.
Unlike other political histories which derive their focus from the rule of a single dynasty, this chapter has to deal with the demise of the Hohenstaufen, the so-called ‘interregnum’, and the following attempts at reconstruction. It has also to render intelligible the complex impact on kingship of the territorial principalities of Germany.
