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The House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, better known as the House of Glücksburg, is a collateral branch of the German [1] House of Oldenburg. Its members have reigned at various times in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greece, and several northern German states. Current monarchs King Harald V of Norway and King Charles III of ...
Roman Catholicism. Maria Amalia of Saxony (24 November 1724 – 27 September 1760) was a Duchess of Saxony of the House of Wettin and wife of Charles III of Spain. Married to the then King of Naples, at the death of her brother in law Ferdinand VI of Spain, she became the queen of Spain. A cultured woman, she left a considerable architectural ...
SMS Wettin in 1907 History German Empire Name Wettin Namesake House of Wettin Builder Schichau, Danzig Laid down 10 October 1899 Launched 6 June 1901 Commissioned 1 October 1902 Stricken 11 March 1920 Fate Sold for scrap, 21 November 1921 General characteristics Class and type Wittelsbach -class pre-dreadnought battleship Displacement Normal: 11,774 t (11,588 long tons) Full load: 12,798 t ...
Since 23 May 2013, the head of the house has been Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse. He descends from the Hesse-Kassel branch of the family, which has been the genealogically senior male line since the house's major partition in 1567. He is married to Countess Floria-Franziska of Faber-Castell. They have three children together. Links. Rulers of Hesse
Before the Ernestine branch [ edit] Count Bernhard of Anhalt, youngest son of Albert "the Bear" (1106–1170), inherited parts of the old Saxon duchy, primarily around Lauenburg and Wittenberg, in 1180. He had two sons, Albert and Henry. Albert inherited the Duchy of Saxony. In 1260 Albert bequeathed the duchy to his sons John I and Albert II ...
Conrad I ( c. 1097 – 5 February 1157), called the Great ( German: Konrad der Große ), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156. Initially a Saxon count, he became the ruler over large Imperial estates in the Eastern March and progenitor of the Saxon ...
Dedo I. Dedo I, Count of Wettin (c. 940 – 13 November 1009), also known as Dedo I of Wettin, was a son of Theodoric I of Wettin and Jutta of Merseburg. As a young man, Dedo spent his childhood with his relative Rikdag, Margrave of Meissen, Zeitz and Merseburg, and was thus closely related to one of the most influential men of East Saxony.
