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Royal Family of Europe - pafg162 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Hedwig, Princess Of HOLSTEIN GOTTORP was born on 23 Dec 1603 in Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. Friedrich III, Duke Of HOLSTEIN GOTTORP was born on 22 Dec 1597. Christian August, Duke Of HOLSTEIN GOTTORP [Parents] was born on 11 Jan 1673 in Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg162.htm   (1923 words)

Holstein-Gottorp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From 1544, when it was ceded to Adolf, the brother of King Christian III of Denmark, the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp shared the rule of Schleswig and Holstein with the Kings of Denmark. Although Peter's successors abandoned his policy of backing the pretensions of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, from this marriage was born Karl Peter Ulrich, who succeeded to Holstein-Gottorp in 1739, and became heir to the Russian throne upon the accession of his aunt Elisabeth in 1741. Holstein-Gottorp or Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp was a duchy consisting of areas within Schleswig and Holstein, in present-day Denmark and Germany. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holstein-Gottorp   (571 words)

Royal Family of Europe - pafg32 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Friedrich III, Duke Of HOLSTEIN GOTTORP [Parents] was born on 22 Dec 1597 in Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. Sofie Auguste Princess Of HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP was born on 5 Dec 1630 in, Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. Elisabeth Sofie, Princess Of HOLSTEIN was born on 24 Aug 1647 in Of Gottorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg32.htm   (1520 words)

flag of Historical Flags (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) flags The Gottorp part of the Duchy was abolished in 1720, taken over by the King and the Danish flag became the appropriate one for the entire Duchy [of Schleswig-Holstein]. Holstein used to be a German fief whereas Schleswig was a Danish fief. The union of the Duchy of Schleswig with the County of Holstein was unusual since they were fiefs of different states (Schleswig of Denmark, Holstein of the Empire). flagsflagsflags.net /flags/de-sh_hi.php   (1447 words)

Holstein-Gottorp - Open Encyclopedia sv:Holstein-Gottorp Holstein-Gottorp was a duchy consisting of areas within Schleswig and Holstein, in present-day Denmark and Germany. It was extant from 1544, when it was ceded to Adolf, the brother of King Christian III of Denmark, to 1773, from when on it was held again in personal union with the Danish crown. open-encyclopedia.com /Holstein-Gottorp   (111 words)

House of Holstein-Gottorp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Holstein-Gottorp originally was a ducal family that ruled certain areas within Schleswig and Holstein, in present-day Denmark and Germany. The Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp shared the rule of Schleswig and Holstein with the Kings of Denmark. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Holstein-Gottorp   (498 words)

Schleswig-Holstein The nobility in Schleswig and Holstein however elected the Danish king Christian I as duke and count after he promised that Schleswig and Holstein would for all eternity be undivided and united. But Schleswig and Holstein were divided again 1544 in the same manner as in 1490. Abel and his heirs caused Denmark considerable problems because of their disloyalty to the crown, and they made alliances with the German counts of Holstein (house of Schauenburg) at an early stage. home.student.uu.se /o/orma1967/Kartor/Danmark/schleswig-holstein.htm   (669 words)

House Laws of Oldenburg In 1713 king Frederik IV occupied the Gottorp share of both duchies and in 1721 gave back only the portion in the duchy of Holstein, uniting the portion in Schleswig (the most important possession of the Gottorp line) with his own, with the approval of Sweden, France and Great Britain. At the peace negotiations of Aboer, under the pressure of Czarin Elisabeth, the head of the junior line of Holstein-Gottorp, Adolf Friedrich bishop of Lübeck, was chosen by the estates of Sweden as heir to the Swedish throne, to which he succeeded in 1743, leaving the bishopric to his younger brother Friedrich August in 1750. When he died in 1444, his sons were under age and were raised by their maternal uncle the duke of Holstein, who arranged for the eldest Christian to be elected king of Denmark in 1448, and for the youngest Gerhard to receive Oldenburg and Delmenhorst. www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/HGOldenburg.htm   (10875 words)

House of Holstein-Gottorp Die Auseinandersetzung zwischen königlicher und gottorfischer Linie in den Herzogtümern Schleswig und Holstein in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Whether recording under his own name, collaborating with wife Julie, or contributing guitar work for a range of other artists, Buddy Miller has always put forth a resonant, earthy, even spiritual bearing. www.freeglossary.com /House_of_Holstein-Gottorp   (447 words)

Paradox Interactive Forums - View Single Post - Wars, Treaties & Alliances The Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp shall give a right of passage to the all military forces of the Swedish Kingdom, both army and navy, in their land (province of Holstein) to protect the Duchy in case of special necessity. If Sweden spent over 100,000 ducats on Canal then her merchants shall be exempted from any taxes, including these placed on Gottorp merchants. That if any injury be done to the subjects of one state by those of the other, the immediate remedy shall be by the common course of law; but that being denied, the party injured may have letters of marquee and reprisal three month after refusal. www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showpost.php?p=2477863&postcount=8   (461 words)

Frederick Iii Friedrich Duke Holstein Gottorp / Marie Elisabeth Princess Saxony Name: Princess Sofie Auguste Of Holstein Gottorp Born: December 05, 1630 at Gottorf, Schleswig Holste, Prussia Died: December 12, 1680 at Coswig, Anhalt, Germany Husband: Prince Johann Of Anhalt-zerbst Name: Marie Elisabeth Princess Holstein Gottorp Born: June 06, 1634 at Gottorf, Schleswig Holste, Prussia Died: June 17, 1665 at Darmstadt, Strknb, Hesse Darmstadt, Germant Husband: Landgrave Ludwig Vi Of Hesse Darmstadt Name: August Friedrich Prince Holstein Gottorp Born: May 06, 1646 at Gottorf, Schleswig Holste, Prussia Died: Oct 1705 at Eutin, Schleswig Holste, Prussia Wife: Princess Of Saxony Weissenfe Christine www.e-familytree.net /F6/F6221.htm   (677 words)

Swedish history, Swedish queens (Kristina of Holstein Gottorp)... Kristina was the daughter of duke Adolf of Holstein Gottorp and Kristina av Hessen. Swedish history, Swedish queens (Kristina of Holstein Gottorp)... Please send any comments/suggestions or bug reports to: www.luth.se /luth/present/sweden/history/queens/kristinaofholstein   (198 words)

Encyclopedia: Nicholas II of Russia In the suffering borne by the Royal Family in prison with humility, patience, and meekness, and in their martyrs deaths in Ekaterinburg in the night of 4/17 July 1918 was revealed the light of the faith of Christ that conquers evil. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevich Romanov (6 November 1856 - 5 January 1929) was a Russian general in World War I. A grandson of the Tsar Nicholas I, he was commander in chief of the Russian armies on the main front in the first year of the war, and was later a... Tsarevich Alexei (1904-1918) Tsesarevich (Tsarevich) Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia (In Russian Царевич Алексей Николаевич) (August 12, 1904 - July 17, 1918), of the House of Romanov, was a Tsarevich of Russia and was the youngest child of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Alexandra of Hesse. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nicholas-II-of-Russia   (6122 words)

AllRefer.com - Romanov (Russian, Soviet, And CIS History, Biography) - Encyclopedia Peter II was the last of the direct male Romanov line, and on his death Anna, duchess of Courland, a daughter of Ivan V, ascended the throne. See D. Lieven, Russian Rulers before the Revolution (1989); R. Masie, The Romanovs (1995), M. Steinberg and V. KhrustaEv, The Fall of the Romanovs (1995); J. Van der Kiste, The Romanovs, 1818–1959 (1998), and J. Perry and C. Pleshakov, The Flight of the Romanovs (1999). The name Romanov was adopted in the 16th cent. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Romanov.html   (667 words)

The Game of Kings. Chaining the times Catherine II (1729-1796), empress of Russia from 1762, princess von Anhalt-Zerbst (German noblesse family) and Pavel I (1754-1801), emperor from 1796, son of Peter III (Peter III was son of Anna, one of Peter I the Great's daughters, and Charles Frederick, duke of Holstein-Gottorp) and Catherine II could also play chess. The Boyars Romanovs intermarried with the Rurik dynasty through Anastasiya Romanovna, who was the wife of Ivan IV the Terrible and mother of the tsar Fyodor Ivanovich. It should be noted that my great-grandfather Georgy Romanov, who was a judge in Siberia in the beginning of the XX century, could well be a distant relative of the boyars and tsars of Romanov dynasty. www.chessib.com /gokings.html   (914 words)

Catherine II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A German Princess, Sophie Augusta Fredericka (nicknamed Figchen) was born in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), to Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Elizabeth of Holstein. A cousin to Gustav III of Sweden and Charles XIII of Sweden, Catherine exemplified an "enlightened monarch" (also referred to as an "enlightened despot"). In 1744, Tsarina Elizabeth selected Sophie as the wife for her nephew, Peter, her chosen successor. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine_II_the_Great   (2133 words)

ROMANOV - Online Information article about ROMANOV His son Feodor, surnamed Koschka, was the ancestor of the families of Suchovo-Kobylin, Kalytschev and Scheremetjev, as well as of the Romanovs. The Romanovs descended from Andrei, surnamed Kobyla, who is said to have come to See also: Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal) encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/ROMANOV.html   (526 words)

ipedia.com: Michael I of Russia Article Michael I, Mikhail Feodorovitch Romanov (Михаи́л Фёдорович Рома́нов) (July 12, 1596 - July 13, 1645), was son of Filaret Romanov and of Xenia Ivanova Chestova. Michael I, Mikhail Feodorovitch Romanov, was son of Filaret Romanov and of Xenia Ivanova Chestova. Following the Time of Troubles, he was elected tsar by Russian boyars on February 7, 1613, and became the first Romanov tsar. www.ipedia.com /michael_i_of_russia.html   (187 words)

House of Holstein-Gottorp The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, rose to the Swedish throne with King Adolf Frederick in 1751. A descendant of the dukes of Holstein-Gottorp, Adolf Frederick was closely related to several members of the Russian Imperial Family, and later his niece Catherine the Great would even become Empress and founder of the House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov. This music is best played when you are up at night, decorating your haunted house, or settin up a stage play. www.freeglossary.com /House_of_Holstein-Gottorp   (187 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lubeck With the eleven-year-old Johann Adolf, who was the first bishop to marry (1596), began the succession of bishops from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, in whose possession this bishopric--the only Lutheran bishopric of Germany--remained, even after the Peace of Westphalia, until the secularization of 1803. This prosperity by no means diminished with the advent of the Danes, who, under Cnut VI, brought Holstein and Lübeck into subjection in 1201. The priests of the parish of Lübeck (1 pastor and 3 assistants minister to all the Catholics of the free state, the Catholics of the Principality of Lübeck, who live nearer Lübeck than to Eutin, and a portion of the Catholics of Ratzeburg, Lauenberg, Holstein, and Mecklenburg-Schwerin. www.newadvent.org /cathen/09401a.htm   (187 words)

Schleswig-Holstein The nobility in Schleswig and Holstein however elected the Danish king Christian I as duke and count after he promised that Schleswig and Holstein would for all eternity be undivided and united. The conflict over the two duchies Schleswig and Holstein is a central part of Denmark’s history. Abel and his heirs caused Denmark considerable problems because of their disloyalty to the crown, and they made alliances with the German counts of Holstein (house of Schauenburg) at an early stage. www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/scandinavia/schleswig-holstein.htm   (187 words)

The world's top house of holstein gottorp websites The world's top house of holstein gottorp websites dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/house_of_holstein_gottorp   (232 words)

Genealogy Data VON HOLSTEIN, Henry II Back to Main Page Father: VON HOLSTEIN, Henry II Mother: VON MECKLENBURG, Ingeburg VON HOLSTEIN, Gerhard VI Death : 4 AUG 1404 Killed www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk /html/dat587.html   (104 words)

Ancestors and Family of Frederick von Holstein-Gottorp Frederick married Hedwig Sophie of Sweden von Simmern, daughter of Charles XI of Sweden von Simmern and Ulrica Eleanor of Denmark Oldenburg, on 12 Jun 1698. nygaard.howards.net /files/3/24908.htm   (55 words)

The Moscow Weiss Lute Manuscript The Royal court, inspired by Holstein’s example and the rise in demand throughout Europe for opera seria, became formally involved in recruiting foreign musicians in the early 1730s. The Holstein Kapelle won acclaim for its performances with the Ducal choir during the three days of celebrations which followed the treaty with Sweden in 1721. The Russian throne was allied by marriage to several German noble families and much of the bitterness in the struggles for power in the Romanov family was due to the preference granted by various rulers to foreign influence, notably to the large number of Germans who dominated the administrative system. www.orphee.com /tim/weismain.htm   (7918 words)

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SUCCESSION, by BRIEN HORAN An instruction was issued at the same time from the Grand Duke's Office, stating that the Head of the Imperial House would continue to use the title of Grand Duke, thus extending to all the 'incognito' which the Grand Duke Kirill had limited to his relations with foreigners. From 1797 until 1889, with only two only two exceptions, every single equal marriage entered into by a Russian dynast was contracted with a member of one of the Protestant sovereign houses of northern Europe. But they were similar to the Montenegrins in that both were or had been Orthodox sovereigns in remote parts of Europe and in that, until the 20th century, the Bagrations were unrelated by blood or marriage to other dynasties descended from the ancient ruling houses of Germany. www.chivalricorders.org /royalty/gotha/russuclw.htm   (7918 words)

Definition of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden In exile Gustav used several titles, Count Gottorp, Duke of Austria, but would never father a son of his own. Sofia Wilhelmina would marry Leopold of Baden, whose ancestor Victoria of Baden would marry into the House of www.wordiq.com /definition/Gustav_IV_Adolf_of_Sweden   (7918 words)

Holstein-Gottorp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From 1544, when it was ceded to Adolf, the brother of King Christian III of Denmark, the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp shared the rule of Schleswig and Holstein with the Kings of Denmark. Although Peter's successors abandoned his policy of backing the pretensions of the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, from this marriage was born Karl Peter Ulrich, who succeeded to Holstein-Gottorp in 1739, and became heir to the Russian throne upon the accession of his aunt Elisabeth in 1741. Duke Karl Friedrich, however, fled to the court of Peter the Great of Russia, and for some time the Russians intrigued to restore Karl Friedrich to his lands in Schleswig. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Holstein-Gottorp   (7918 words)

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION - LoveToKnow Article on SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN QUESTION On Schleswig the Schauenburg counts had no claim; their election in Holstein would have separated the countries; and it was easy therefore for Christian to secure his election both as duke of Schleswig and count of Holstein (5 March 1460). Peter as duke of Gottorp, Adolphus Frederick, bishop ~ of Lbeck, son of Christian Augustus, acted as regent ~ In Holstein an agitation in his favor had begun from the first, and this was extended to Schleswig on the terms of the new Danish constitution becoming known. www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SC/SCHLESWIG_HOLSTEIN_QUESTION.htm   (7918 words)

Schleswig. Who is Schleswig? What is Schleswig? Where is Schleswig? Definition of Schleswig. Meaning of Schleswig. Schleswig was together with Holstein the cause for several disputes between Germany and Denmark in the 19th century. From 1864 Schleswig-Holstein was part of Prussia until a referendum in 1920 resulted in Northern Schleswig joining Denmark, whereas Southern Schleswig voted for staying to be a part of Germany. The Duchy of Schleswig was a fief under the Danish Crown until 1864, from 1460 in personal union with Denmark. www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Schleswig   (7918 words)

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