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  Joachim II - LoveToKnow 1911
(1505-1571), surnamed Hector, elector of Brandenburg, the elder son of Joachim I., elector of Brandenburg, was born on the 13th of January 1505.
Joachim took a prominent part in imperial politics as an advocate of peace, though with a due regard for the interests of the house of Habsburg.
Joachim, who was a prince of generous and cultured tastes, died at KOpenick on the 3rd of January 1571, and was succeeded by his son, John George.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Joachim_II   (619 words)

  
 Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) and his first wife Princess Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921), which made him the eldest child of the eldest child of the eldest child of Queen Victoria.
He was the last crown prince of Prussia and the German Empire.
In 1951, the former Crown Prince suffered a heart attack and died.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crown_Prince_Wilhelm_of_Germany   (377 words)

  
 William II, German Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William was born in Berlin to Prince Frederick William of Prussia and his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.
As the son of the Crown Prince of Prussia, William was (from 1861) the second in the line of succession to Prussia, and also, after 1871, to the German Empire, which according to the constitution of the German Empire was ruled by the Prussian King.
William's wishes of never returning to Germany until the restoration of the monarchy were respected, and the Nazi occupation authorities granted a small military funeral, the mourners at which included the hero of the First World War August von Mackensen and Rupprecht of Bavaria, along with a few other military advisors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilhelm_II_of_Germany   (7038 words)

  
 Royal Family of Europe - pafg06 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Sigismund OF GERMANY was born in 1864 in Prussia.
Waldemar OF GERMANY was born in 1868 in Potsdam, Germany.
Joachim OF GERMANY was born in 1890 in Prussia.
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 Joachim Murat - LoveToKnow 1911
JOACHIM MURAT (1767-1815), king of Naples, younger son of an innkeeper at La Bastide-Fortuniere in the department of Lot, France, was born on the 25th of March 1767.
Almost his first act as king was to attack Capri, which he wrested from the British; but, this done, he returned to Naples and devoted himself to establishing his kingship according to his ideas, a characteristic blend of the vulgarity of a parvenu with the essential principles of the Revolution.
The second SOn, Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat (1803-1878), who was created prince of Ponte Corvo in 1813, lived with his mother in Austria after 1815, and in 1824 started to join his brother in America, but was shipwrecked on the coast of Spain and held for a while a prisoner.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Joachim_Murat   (3380 words)

  
 Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
All these tribes in Germany were eventually subjugated by the Franks, the Alemanni in 496 and 505, the Thuringians in 531, the Bavarians at some point after 553, and then finally the Saxons, in a protracted campaign by Charlemagne himself, by 804.
This small state was far from Germany, a fief of Burgundy, surrounded by the Papal enclave of Avignon, whose Princes recently derived from the Free Counts of Burgundy.
A younger son of Christian IX of Denmark became King of Greece as George I. King George's grandson is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of the Queen Elizabeth II of England.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg88 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Friedrich Moritz Prince Of ANHALT was born on 18 Feb 1600 in Of, Dessau, Anhalt, Germany.
Heinrich Waldemar Prince Of ANHALT was born on 7 Nov 1604 in Of, Dessau, Anhalt, Germany.
Gustaf Karlsson (Vasa) Prince Of SWEDEN was born on 12 Jun 1587 in Nykhoping, Shodermanland, Sweden.
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 Joachim, Otto
Joachim subsequently decided to settle in Montreal, where he became a member and later principal viola of the MSO and of the McGill Chamber Orchestra.
Though he was trained in Germany, Joachim the composer developed almost entirely in Canada (the works composed in Germany - the symphonic poem Asia and the Trois Bagatelles for piano - were not completed there), and the convergence of two cultures in his work lends it a marked singularity.
Joachim's long and significant association with aleatoric music began with Nonet (1960) for strings, winds, and piano, perhaps the first piece of chance music to be written in Canada.
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 Wilhelm II of Germany - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859–June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia, ruling from 1888 to 1918.
He was born in Berlin to Crown Prince Friedrich and his wife, Britain's Princess Royal, Victoria.
He was followed by Prince Bernhard von Bülow in 1900 and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg in 1909.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Wilhelm_II   (1162 words)

  
 Franz Mehring: Absolutism and Revolution in Germany (Part 2a)
That was a historical necessity, for the princes represented the centralization of the modern state as far as that was at all possible given economic conditions in Germany.
Germany, however, never achieved a unified nation state, but only a great number of partial states, and, as Lassalle makes his Franz von Sickingen say [11], the wind of history could not blow through such little parcels of land.
A class of princes whose economic basis is the continual betrayal of all their ideal princely duties must naturally become a breeding ground for all the human vices.
www.marxists.org /archive/mehring/1910/absrev/ch02a.htm   (11342 words)

  
 Germany, Hitler and the Twenties
Germany's defeat, claimed Hindenburg, was due primarily to revolution on the homefront and the establishment of a republic.
Germany was to train Russian army officers in the military matters, and, in Russia, German officers and scientists were to do research and development in weaponry - forbidden by the Paris peace treaty.
Germany's President, Ebert, was shocked by what his diplomats had done, while representatives of Germany industry were delighted at the opportunity that the agreements with the Soviet Union presented.
www.fsmitha.com /h2/ch13.htm   (10192 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Denmark's Prince Joachim completes divorce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra have finalized their divorce, the first in Europe's oldest monarchy in nearly 160 years, the royal court said Friday.
Joachim, second in line to the throne after older brother Crown Prince Frederik, is staying in the couple's home, the Schackenborg Castle, north of the German border, while Hong Kong-born Alexandra and the boys have moved to a 2,895-square-foot villa in a residential district in northern Copenhagen.
By marrying Joachim, second in line to the throne, Alexandra Manley became the first person of Asian heritage to marry into a sitting royal family in Europe.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-04-08-denmark-royal-divorce_x.htm?csp=34   (592 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Denmark's Prince Joachim to divorce wife   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Prince Joachim, Queen Margrethe's second son, will seek a divorce from his Hong Kong-born wife, Princess Alexandra, a spokesman for Denmark's royal family said Thursday.
Queen Margrethe and her husband Prince Henrik "deeply regretted" the couple's decision, but added they would give their full support to their son and daughter-in-law, according to a statement read by the royal family lord chamberlain, Ove Ullerup.
Joachim is the younger brother to the heir to Denmark's throne, Crown Prince Frederik, who in May married Australian-born Crown Princess Mary.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/09/16/denmarks_prince_joachim_to_divorce_wife?mode=PF   (522 words)

  
 boys clothing: European royalty--Germany
The creartion of Germany began with the accesion of William I to the throne of Prussia in 1861.
Prince Wilhelm reportedly called through the window at the Marmorpalais in Potsdam when he saw his father "He is here, Papa, he is here, a son." Three living generations of the German royal family, the Hohenzollerns, seemed to have secured a happy future.
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia died in battle in 1940.
histclo.com /royal/ger/royal-ger.htm   (3080 words)

  
 Heraldry in Germany
The duchy of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel was abolished on 23 Oct 1806, the Electorate of Hesse-Cassel on 4 Nov 1806, both incorporated into the kingdom of Westphalia along with the territories of the prince of Nassau-Orange, the prince of Kaunitz and the count of Stolberg-Wernigerode.
The map of Germany was redrawn by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
The states making up Germany varied greatly in size and importance, although their numbers had been radically cut down when compared to the pre-1806 Holy Roman Empire (see the table of size and population).
www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/germany19.htm   (1863 words)

  
 History of the Order - The Founding Noble House of Saxe-Coburg
Prince Christian Franz (1730-1797) was the older brother of the famous fieldmarshal Prince Friedrich Josias (1737-1815), also referred to in Levett Hanson's book about knightly orders.
This was the true last name of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria and their descendants until the "House and Family" name of Wettin was changed to Windsor by King Edward VII of Great Britain in 1917.
He is the grandson of Prince Charles Edward (the Duke of Albany), himself a grandson of Queen Victoria, who succeeded to the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1900.
www.stjoachimorder.org /saxecoburgs.htm   (669 words)

  
 Cello Playing in 19th Century Germany, Part Two
Kraft was himself occupied, however, until 1795, in the band of Prince Grassalkowitz, and later on in that of the Prince Lobkowitz.
The prince, who took a great interest in the youth, and cherished the wish that he should cultivate still further his art, granted him the means of going through a course with Louis Duport at Berlin.
Prince Esterhazy meantime desired his speedy return, so that he could not pursue farther the journey he had begun.
www.cello.org /heaven/wasiel/19germ2.htm   (9869 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The History of Germany - German Royalty
Royals and the Reich: The Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany by Jonathan Petropoulos.
The princes made the Nazis socially acceptable to high-society patrons, but they were betrayed by Hitler and later prosecuted by the Allies.
Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany by Benjamin Arnold.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/Germany.html   (1357 words)

  
 Christian Singers of Germany (all)
The hymns of Germany are so steadily becoming naturalized in England that English readers may be glad to know something of the men who wrote them, and the times in which they had their origin.
The tribute of Germany is pre-eminently that of sacred song, of verse and music in combination and adapted for use in the Church and among the people.
Germany's preeminence is in her hymns; but in sacred poetry not of this class, she has had no names of equal rank with those of Milton or Herbert of old, or Keble, Coleridge, and Wordsworth in the present day.
www.ccel.org /ccel/winkworth/singers.all.html   (4404 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 30
Joachim was a visionary and prophet who, early in life, adopted an ascetic life.
After the Anschluss, when Austria was united to Germany, Sister Restituta was vocal in her opposition to Nazism and Hitler, whom she called a "madman." Her first personal encounter with the Nazis occurred when she hung a crucifix in every room of a new hospital wing.
At times he may be shown (1) with a lamb and hog at his feet; (2) with a horse and hawk near him; (3) with his tongue cut out and thrown to a hawk; or (4) hacked to pieces, his limbs being thrown to the dogs.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0330.htm   (3396 words)

  
 Germany A-E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Anhalt Principalities (raised to Duchies in 1807) were established as a County in 1212 by a grandson Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg and conqueror of the Wends.
Several adjacent districts in northwestern Germany, sandwiched between Overijssel in the Netherlands to the west, and lands of the Bishops of Münster to the east.
Margraves of North Mark 936, Margraves of Brandenburg 1136, Electors from 1355, inherited the Duchy of Prussia 1618, Kings of Prussia 1701, Kings of the German Confederation from 1867 aand Emperors of Germany from 1871.
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 Germany I-M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In northern Germany, southeast of the Jutland peninsula and west of Pomerania.
Princes of the Empire from 1170, Dukes from 1348, and Grand Dukes from 1815.
It was raised to the dignity of an Imperial Principality and awarded to John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, for his military achievements during the War of the Spanish Suxxession.
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 The Napoleonic Germany
The title of Grand Prince was used in the Western Europe by the Austrian monarchs in Transylvania and by the kings of Sweden in Finland.
When the family of Esterházy acquired Edelstetten, it was implied the family would be accepted in the Council of Princes, where Prince of Ligne, the former owner of Edelstetten, got an individual voice by the provision of the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation.
In 1808 Joachim Murat became King of Naples and returned the Grand Duchy of Berg to Napoleon I. In 1809 Napoleon I gave the Grand Duchy to his nephew, Napoleon-Ludwig Bonapartee, Prince of Holland.
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 Joachim von Ribbentrop
At the visit of Prince Regent Paul he [the Fuehrer] suggested, 'particularly in consideration of Italy, that Prince Paul clarify his political attitude towards the Axis by a gesture.
Where Germany was concerned, she was interested in the northern German districts (Norway, etc.), and this was acknowledged by the Duce." (1842-PS).
However, suppose that Germany is faced with the situation of having not only Great Britain as an actual enemy, but also having all of those areas in which Britain has influence and those countries which have been aiding Britain as actual enemies as well.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/Ribbentrop.html   (8861 words)

  
 Joachim Schulz's Glen Miller Band   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Their music was a really a "wonder-weapon" against the Germans and is still admired in Germany today.
The figures are Prince August moulds exept the singer.
The sitting musicians are animated heyde-copies, (the lady is a conversion of an empire-princess luise) the mike is solderd together from wire.
www.princeaugust.ie /schulz   (156 words)

  
 Brandenburg, state, Germany
It became (1949) one of the states of the German Democratic Republic, was abolished as an administrative unit in 1952, and was reestablished as a state in 1990 shortly before the reunification of East and West Germany.
Germany tries to attract investments to the east: states in Eastern Germany offer distinct incentive packages to expanding companies....
Aliens, immigrants, and citizens: the politics of inclusion in the Federal Republic of Germany.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0808738.html   (653 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Denmark | Danes enjoy royal approval
Prince Joachim of Denmark says World Cup progress is doing wonders for business at home and abroad.
The football-mad prince, who has been in Korea watching the national team, told Berlingske Tidende that the World Cup was an excellent means of forging business and cultural links, particularly when there were no hooligan problems.
The Danish triumph over the French favourites particularly delighted the prince, who had predicted the holders would retain their crown before the tournament began.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/denmark/newsid_2041000/2041505.stm   (332 words)

  
 Germany, the German Confederation
In modern Germany, the flag of the State of Baden-Württemberg combines the upper fl stripe of Württemberg and the lower yellow stripe of Baden.
The Principality of Hohenzollern was in the south of Germany.
The last Sonderhausen Prince died in 1909 and the whole of Schwarzburg was reunified, but this was just in time for the princely states to end in 1918.
www.friesian.com /deutsch.htm   (3730 words)

  
 The World Wars
June 28, 1914 Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdianad, crown prince, was assassinated in Serajevo, the capital of Bosnia.
Germany demands that France give assurances that it will not go to war against Germany if Germany and Russia go to war.
No enemy soldier of Germany has yet stepped on German soil when the armistice is signed.
faculty.ucc.edu /egh-damerow/gov207world_wars.htm   (1200 words)

  
 Co-Opting Nazi Germany: Neutrality in Europe During World War II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Because the Swiss feared that the appearance of "softness" with respect to its borders adjoining Nazi Germany would be an incentive for Hitler to attack (to undertake "Operation Tannenbaum"), they were highly vigilant in guarding against those attempting to cross those borders into Switzerland without the appropriate visas.
The Swedes believed, at least for the first years of the war, that cooperation with Germany was necessary to preserve a precarious neutrality.
Portugal is geographically farther from Germany than are Switzerland and Sweden, but the country and its colonies were still very vulnerable to pressure from the Reich.
www.adl.org /Braun/dim_14_1_neutrality_europe.asp   (4652 words)

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