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	Swabia — FactMonster.com
		The easternmost section of Swabia is part of the Danubian plateau of Bavaria and is a Bavarian province (c.3,940 sq mi/10,205 sq km), with Augsburg as capital.
		Philip of Swabia - Philip of Swabia Philip of Swabia, 1176?–1208, German king (1198–1208), son of Holy...
		Swabia: History - History Swabia is rich in history and is a treasury of German architecture.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0847367.html (229 words)

	Swabia - LoveToKnow 1911
		The duchy was ripe for dissolution and, after Conradin's death, in 1268, the chief authority in Swabia fell to the counts of Wurttemberg, the margraves of Baden, the counts palatine of Tubingen, the counts of Hohenzollern and others.
		The area, which was formerly Swabia, is now covered by the kingdom of WUrttemberg, the grand-duchy of Hesse and the western part of the kingdom of Bavaria.
		Although the name Swabia is occasionally used in a general way to denote the district formerly occupied by the duchy, the exact use of the name is now confined to a Bavarian province, with its capital at Augsburg.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Swabia (988 words)

	Swabia - Encyclopedia.com
		The main physical features of Swabia are the Black Forest ; the valley of the upper Danube River, which rises there; the Swabian Jura, a mountain range that extends parallel to and N of the Danube; and the valley of the upper Neckar River.
		Swabia is rich in history and is a treasury of German architecture.
		The rest of Swabia was held in large part by the counts (later dukes) of Württemberg, by the margraves of Baden-Durlach, by the landgraves of Fürstenberg, by the princes of Hohenzollern, by the bishops of Strasbourg, Konstanz (Constance), and Augsburg, by several powerful abbeys, and by a multitude of petty princes, counts, and knights.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Swabia.html (1397 words)

	Antique Maps of Swabia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		27621 Swabia, Heirs of Johann Baptist Homann, c.1760.
		A good engraved 17th century map of Swabia embellished with three decorative cartouches displaying the title, two scales and explanation.
		Small hole in the map, just touching some mountains and no place names.
	www.earlymaps.com /europe/germany/swabia.htm (130 words)

	Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
		The first marriage of Henry III of Lower Lorraine and Brabant was to Marie of Hohenstauften, daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina, daughter of the Emperor Isaac II Angelus.
		The Dukes of Swabia went on to become the last great house of German Emperors, the Hohenstaufen, before the possibility of a strong, united German state disappeared.
		The rest of Swabia would largely be taken up by what would become the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Kingdom of Württemberg.
	www.friesian.com /germany.htm (10308 words)

	Swabia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The main physical features of Swabia are the Black Forest; the valley of the upper Danube River, which rises there; the Swabian Jura, a mountain range that extends parallel to and N of the Danube; and the valley of the upper Neckar River.
		Swabia is rich in history and is a treasury of German architecture.
		The rest of Swabia was held in large part by the counts (later dukes) of Württemberg, by the margraves of Baden-Durlach, by the landgraves of Fürstenberg, by the princes of Hohenzollern, by the bishops of Strasbourg, Konstanz (Constance), and Augsburg, by several powerful abbeys, and by a multitude of petty princes, counts, and knights.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sw/Swabia.html (607 words)

	Kastler.net - What is Swabia? (German: Schwaben)
		Swabia is the historic region of southwestern Germany, including what is now the southern portion of Baden-Württemberg Land (state) and the southwestern part of Bavaria Land in Germany, as well as eastern Switzerland and Alsace.
		Swabia's name is derived from that of the Suebi, a Germanic people who, with the Alemanni, occupied the upper Rhine and upper Danube region in the 3rd century AD and spread south to Lake Constance and east to the Lech River.
		The name of Swabia was perpetuated in that of the Swabian Kreis (“circle,” or administrative district), one of the zones into which Germany was divided, from the 16th century onward, for purposes of imperial administration.
	kastler.net /swabia.php (696 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Swabia (German Schwaben, Latin Suevia), with its capital at Augsburg, was a medieval duchy in the lands now forming southwestern Germany.
		The idea of Swabia was not lost, however, and in 1376, 14 cities, for their own protection, organized themselves into the Swabian League of Cities.
		The term Swabia is still used to refer to the areas once encompassed by the medieval duchy (except for the parts now located in Switzerland and in Baden).
	web.quipo.it /minola/swabian/history.htm (1686 words)

	Kingdoms of Germany - Swabia
		The area of Swabia was settled during the collapse of the Roman Empire by the Alemanni, who were part of the Suebian confederation of tribes.
		Swabia emerged as a stem duchy from the fragmentation of the Frankish Empire.
		It was situated in the western centre of modern Germany in the Baden-Württemberg region.
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/GermanySwabia.htm (133 words)

	surname history
		Swabia's name is derived from that of the Suibi, Germanic tribes people who, with the Alemanni, occupied the upper Rhine River Valley and the Upper Danube River Region.
		Swabia was one of the five great Duchies (territory of a Duke or Duchess - a Dukedom) of earlier medieval Germany - the other four being Franconia, Saxony, Bavaria, and Lotharingia (Lorraine).
		After a long succession of Dukes, Swabia was given by Henry IV to count Frederick of Hohenstaufen (1079), and it remained under Hohenstaufen control until the extinction of the line in 1268.
	www.stoverancestry.com /surnamehistory.html (1275 words)

	The Bailey Family (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Friedrich II Duke Of SWABIA was born in 1090 in Hohenstaufen, Swaben, Bavaria.
		Gerberga Countess Of SWABIA was born in 972 in Schwaben, Bavaria.
		Hermann I Duke Of SWABIA was born in 896 in Schwaben, Bavaria.
	bailey.aros.net /jsbailey/d192.htm (1436 words)

	Swabia, Bavaria, tourism
		Whenever you visit Bavaria, you will find out that the Sawbones form an essential part of the Bavarian population and that they live in a blessed area which is rich in natural beauty.
		Swabia is also the home of the famous "Spätzle".
		Whenever a building is older than 50 years, we taxpayers spend money to accommodate all the administrators in modern new building and I am still waiting to see improved services in return.
	www.itcwebdesigns.com /tour_germany/index_swabia.htm (326 words)

	Oded Heilbronner \| "Long Live Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Dynamite" The German Bourgeoisie and the Constructing ...
		In Greater Swabia, local Liberals (mostly members of the National-Liberal Party and peasant organisations) were proudly conscious of their radical identity and strongly determined to survive as an electoral and social force.
		The character of Greater Swabia as a tourist centre contributed to the secular, anticlerical tendencies which were so prevalent there, so that it was generally the Catholic priests who opposed the penetration of the tourist culture into the towns and villages of the area, thereby arousing the anger of the local bourgeoisie.
		In Bavarian Swabia however the leftist and rightist revolutions in Munich and Bavaria at the end of 1918 and the beginning of 1919 were effective in the process of radicalization of local society.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/jsh/39.1/heilbronner.html (13281 words)

	Swabia - defined - Knowledge Base, HouseofNames.com
		Swabia, which was a medieval dukedom, was located in southwestern Germany.
		In the 1st century, Swabia was settled by the tribe of the Sueben who came from central Germany and drove the Celts to Gaul (France).
		The dukedom of Swabia was formed in the 10th century.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/kbId.228/Source.emailFriendReferrel/qx/knowledgebase.htm (156 words)

	SWABIA Articles Swabia (German: Schwaben or Schwabe
		Swabia (German: Schwaben or Schwabenland) is both a historic and linguistic (see Swabian German) region in Germany.
		Swabia consists of much of the present-day state of Baden-Württemberg (specifically, historical Württemberg and the Hohenzollerische Lande), as well as the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia.
		Swabia was one of the original stem duchies of East Francia, the later Holy Roman Empire, as it developed in the 9th and 10th centuries.
	www.amazines.com /Swabia_related.html (611 words)

	SWABIA : Encyclopedia Entry
		Swabia consists of most of the present-day state of Baden-Württemberg (specifically, historical Württemberg and the Hohenzollerische Lande), as well as the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia.
		Swabia became a duchy under the Frankish Empire in 496, following the Battle of Tolbiac.
		Fearing the power of the greater princes, the cities and smaller secular rulers of Swabia joined together to form the Swabian League in the 15th century.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Swabia (821 words)

	Swabian History compiled by Harald Pleiner
		Swabia (German Schwaben, Latin Suevia), with its (former) capital at Augsburg, was a medieval duchy in the lands now forming southwestern Germany.
		The term Swabia nowadays is used in a more restricted way and does not refer to the whole area once encompassed by the medieval duchy.
		The modern center of Swabia is thought to lie at Stuttgart and there one can often hear spoken the Swabian dialect, Schwäbisch, with its customary friendly greeting of "Grüss Gott" (sounds like 'Gree's Godd').
	www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de /~pleiner/schwabhist.html (1891 words)

	Origins of the Name (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Erchanger of Swabia is elected Duke of Swabia by the Swabians.
		Luitpold (-907), Margrave of Bavaria = Kunigunde of Swabia 1.
		Subject: Relatives of Cunegunde of Swabia M Borgolte Die Grafen Alemanniens in merowingischer und karolingischer Zeit: Eine Prosopographie (Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, 1986) Kunegund's brothers are counts Erchanger (II) (pp.110-11) and Bertold (V) (pp.81-82).
	www.bartold.com /genealogy/origins.html (5888 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - View Single Post - Swabia
		This path can lead to increased liking of swabia in the north of germany and some interesting alliance opitions with all the minors that are left wanting to get into an alliance with swabia.
		Swabia coula already have a poland part in the beginning but that puts it into dirreect conflict with TO Branderburg and Bohemia.
		And this event should disregard whether it is milan or swabia since the royal huoses were married not the countries.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showpost.php?p=4244147&postcount=16 (275 words)

	Swabia - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Swabia (German, Schwaben; Latin, Suevia), medieval duchy in south-western Germany, covering the area now occupied by Baden-Württemberg and parts of...
		Conrad's chief enemy was Lothair's son-in-law, Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, who refused to submit to Conrad's authority.
		They were formed in the duchy of Swabia and contiguous principalities at...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Swabia.html (87 words)

	SUABIA SWABIA - Online Information article about SUABIA SWABIA
		Rudolph, count of Rheinfelden, was the next duke, and in 1077 he was chosen German king in opposition to the emperor Henry IV., but found little support in Swabia, which was given by Henry to his faithful adherent, See also:
		The earlier Hohenstaufen increased the imperial domain in Swabia, where they received steady support, although ecclesiastical influences were very strong.
		In 1152 Frederick I. gave the duchy to his kinsman, Frederick, count of Rothenburg and duke of Franconia, after whose death in 1167 it was held successively by three sons of the emperor, the youngest of whom, See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/SWABIA_SUABIA.html (1320 words)

	Search Results for "Swabia"
		...Peasants War, 1524-26, rising of the German peasants and the poorer classes of the towns, particularly in Franconia, Swabia, and Thuringia.
		...German king (1138-52), son of Frederick, duke of Swabia, and Agnes, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV; first of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
		...Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV against Pope Gregory VII and against Rudolf of Swabia and was rewarded (c.1082) with the duchy of Lower Lorraine, which he claimed through...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Swabia (286 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New Swabia (German: Neuschwabenland or Neu-Schwabenland) was a section of the continent Antarctica between 20Â°E and 10Â°W (overlapping a portion of Norway's claim zone Queen Maud Land), which was claimed by Germany between 19 January 1939 and 8 May 1945.
		On December 17 1938 the New Swabia Expedition departed Hamburg for Antarctica aboard the Schwabenland, a freighter capable of carrying and catapulting aircraft.
		An esoteric Hitlerist legend recounts that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in 1945, but fled to Argentina, then to an SS base under the ice in New Swabia during the early 1950s where he resumed his career as a painter.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=New_Swabia (872 words)

	SWABIA
		During the succeeding years, the territory was never united under a single ruler: the Etichonid family ruled in Alsace, while the Alaholfing dynasty ruled in the valleys of the upper Danube and Neckar rivers. This presumably explains why Alemannia failed to retain its national identity after the Frankish takeover, in contrast to Bavaria
		[4]. A further difficulty for Swabia was the transfer of parts of its territory, particularly in Alsace, to neighbouring jurisdictions such as the kingdom of Burgundy and the duchy of Upper Lotharingia (Lorraine).
		[198]. He succeeded his father in 1015 as ERNST II Duke of Swabia. Wipo, in his description of the election of Konrad II King of Germany in 1024, specifies that he was the son of Duke Ernst and that he was at that time under the guardianship of his paternal uncle Poppo Archbishop of Trier
	fmg.ac /Projects/MedLands/SWABIA.htm (4755 words)

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