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May 2, 2024 · The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire. The margravines of Meissen were the consorts of the margraves of Meissen. Contents. Margravine of Meissen; Non-dynastic, 963–985; Ekkehardingian dynasty, 985–1046; Weimar-Orlamünde dynasty, 1046–1062; Brunonen dynasty, 1067–1089; Wettin dynasty ...
May 3, 2024 · Rastatt Favorite Palace (Schloss Favorite Rastatt) is the oldest German “porcelain palace” and the only one to survive almost unchanged to this day. The enchanting Baroque summer residence and hunting palace was built from 1710 to 1727 for Margravine Sibyl Augusta of Baden-Baden. Favorite Palace was just a short carriage ride from Rastatt ...
2 days ago · of Meissen 1310–1349: Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen 1318–1377: Henry II the Child 1308–1319–1320: Frederick I of Celje c. 1300 – 1359: HOHENZOLLERN : Anna of Świdnica 1339–1362: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316–1378: Elizabeth of Pomerania c. 1347 – 1393: Albert III of Austria 1349–1395: Frederick of Bavaria 1339 ...
May 8, 2024 · The jury in the trial of aristocrat Constance Marten has retired to consider their verdicts following three months of evidence at the Old Bailey. Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, have ...
3 days ago · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
- 11th century
- Ludwig III
May 2, 2024 · The husband of the latter, Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary (great-grandfather of Marie-Christine) was beautified in 2004 by Pope John Paul II. Her maternal grandparents are TRH Grand Duke Jean (87) – who will attend the wedding – and Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte, sister of the late King Baudouin of Belgium and of King Albert II.
5 days ago · The unfailing vitality of the Abbey of Heiligenkreuz, the largest Cistercian monastery in Europe, fascinates as much as it sparks questions. In a Western context of advanced de-Christianization, how does this community, with its hundred or so members at any given time, manage to rise above the challenges of the times like very few others in the Western world to establish itself as a true hub ...
