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Conflict in Thuringia
The Thuringian Counts' War (German: Thüringer Grafenkrieg), or Thuringian Counts' Feud (Thüringer Grafenfehde) was a conflict between several ancient aristocratic
Thuringian_Counts'_War
1247–1264 local civil war in Germany
The War of the Thuringian Succession (German: Thüringisch-hessischer Erbfolgekrieg; 1247–1264) was a military conflict over a successor to the last Landgrave
War of the Thuringian Succession
War_of_the_Thuringian_Succession
Historical periods with no emperor
feuding among the lesser nobility, leading to conflicts such as the Thuringian Counts' War, leading to a general state of near-anarchy in Germany where robber
Interregnum (Holy Roman Empire)
Interregnum_(Holy_Roman_Empire)
civil war of 1352–1357, resumption of the 1341–1347 war after the compromise peace of three emperors ruling simultaneously broke down Thuringian Counts' War
List of wars of succession in Europe
List_of_wars_of_succession_in_Europe
Historical territorial fragmentation in Germany
fief from the territorial princes, led to conflicts such as the Thuringian Counts' War and further territorial fragmentation. The Free imperial cities
Kleinstaaterei
list of wars that began between 1000 and 1499 (last war ended in 1519). Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended
List_of_wars:_1000–1499
Town in Thuringia, Germany
existed until the Thuringian Counts' War in 1346. It fell to the Wettins afterwards. The Weimar settlement emerged around the count's wooden castle and
Weimar
1866 war in Europe
allied to Austria played little role in the main campaign. Stuck in the Thuringian Basin, Hanover's army defeated chaotic Prussians at the Second Battle
Austro-Prussian_War
Margrave of Meissen
(southwest of Erfurt), a confrontation that became known as the Thuringian Count's War. The conflict continued until 1346. After the death of Emperor Louis
Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Frederick_II,_Margrave_of_Meissen
the counts of Kevernburg. The castle was besieged and destroyed around 1350 after the Rabenswaldes became robber knights during the Thuringian Counts' War
Wetzelshain
State in Germany
extinction of the reigning Ludowingian line of counts and landgraves in 1247 and the War of the Thuringian Succession (1247–1264), the western half became
Thuringia
1249 treaty in Thuringia
Thuringian inheritance, thus formed an important point of contention in the war of succession. With this treaty the majority of the Thuringian counts
Treaty_of_Weißenfels
the counts of Flanders and the Counts of Holland over Flemish wars with Holland over Zeeland and Friesland 1166–1167 – Wars between the two counts first
List of feudal wars 12th–14th century
List_of_feudal_wars_12th–14th_century
Archbishop of Mainz
1338, but the attempt at mediation failed. During the Thuringian Counts' War, he supported the Counts fighting against the Wettins. On 7 April 1346, Henry
Heinrich_von_Virneburg
Eastern Frontier, Merovingian Austrasia
a duchy, and then a landgraviate. It was centered in the homeland of Thuringians, encompassing territories previously ruled by independent Kings of Thuringia
Duchy_of_Thuringia
840–843 European succession crisis
been injured. In the words of the Annales Fuldenses, he cajoled the Thuringians, Alemans and Saxons into supporting him "partly through terror tactics
Carolingian_civil_war
German noble family
towns of Schmalkalden, Suhl and Coburg. In 1343 the Counts of Hennberg also purchased the Thuringian town of Ilmenau. The Coburg lands passed to the Saxon
House_of_Henneberg
State in Germany
Thuringia formed in the aftermath of World War I and the German revolution of 1918–1919. The eight small Thuringian states that had been part of the German
State of Thuringia (1920–1952)
State_of_Thuringia_(1920–1952)
Noble family
in 1247, leading to the War of the Thuringian Succession. Around 1040 Louis the Bearded received a fief north of the Thuringian Forest and had the (now
Ludovingians
Combatants at the start of the war in 1870
Brigade : Generalmajor Friedrich von Kessler 1st Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 31 3rd Thüringian Infantry Regiment, No. 71 16th Brigade : Oberst Karl
Franco-Prussian War order of battle
Franco-Prussian_War_order_of_battle
German duchy 1826–1918
Free State of Gotha; culturally and linguistically Thuringian) was merged with six other Thuringian free states to form the Free State of Thuringia: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
Polish-Saxon statesman (1700–1763)
Heinrich, Count von Brühl (Polish: Henryk Brühl, 13 August 1700 – 28 October 1763), was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian
Heinrich_von_Brühl
Causes of 1870–1871 war
were annexed outright while Hesse-Darmstadt, Mecklenburg, Saxony, the Thuringian duchies, as well as the cities of Bremen, Hamburg, and Lübeck were combined
Causes of the Franco-Prussian War
Causes_of_the_Franco-Prussian_War
Coat of arms of the German state of Thuringia
(today northern Hesse). They also became the counts palatine of Saxony. In 1137, Ludovingians became Thuringian landgraves, a position comparable to that
Coat_of_arms_of_Thuringia
Frederick II. In 1236, he succeeded his father as Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg. During the War of the Thuringian Succession, he was taken prisoner in 1248/1249
Günther VII, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Günther_VII,_Count_of_Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Medieval margraviate (965–1423)
able to deprive the margraves of their power. In 1264, during the War of the Thuringian Succession, Margrave Henry III asserted himself in the Landgraviate
Margravate_of_Meissen
1500–1557 war of succession between nobles of the Holy Roman Empire
finances. War of the Thuringian Succession or Thuringian-Hessian Succession (1247–1264) Hessian Fratricidal War [de] (1469–1470) Hessian War (1567–1648)
War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession
War_of_the_Katzenelnbogen_Succession
German prince (1638-1704)
family belonged to the ancient Thuringian nobility they lacked the status of Imperial immediacy enjoyed by the Counts Palatine. Esther Maria was daughter
John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen
John_Charles,_Count_Palatine_of_Gelnhausen
City in Thuringia, Germany
Franconian counts of Henneberg since the 11th century. Suhl was located on an important trade route from Gotha, Erfurt and Arnstadt passing the Thuringian Forest
Suhl
German state (1918–1920)
(DDP) and the conservative Thuringian Agricultural League (Landbund). In late March 1919, representatives of the eight Thuringian states had met in Weimar
Free_State_of_Saxe-Gotha
[citation needed] 1709 he became lord of the manor in Lichte (Wallendorf), Thuringian Highlands. Albert Broedel: From the charcoal hovel to an industrial area
Alexander Hermann, Count of Wartensleben
Alexander_Hermann,_Count_of_Wartensleben
Town in Bavaria, Germany
the Loquitz River, a tributary of the Saale, in the Thuringian-Franconian Highlands of the Thuringian Slate Mountains and the Franconian Forest mountain
Ludwigsstadt
German prince
related to the Landgraves of Thuringia; in 1247 he intervened in the War of the Thuringian Succession and spoke out in support of an alliance with Albert I
Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben
Henry_II,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Aschersleben
Town in Thuringia, Germany
of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is on the southern slope of the Thuringian Forest at the Schmalkalde river, a tributary to the Werra. As of
Schmalkalden
Group of horse breeds
warmbloods, and are typically bred by preservation groups to fit the pre-World War I model of the all-purpose utility horse. Unlike the registries of the sport
Heavy_warmblood
Ruler of Italy (c. 433 – 493)
half-Scirian and half-Thuringian. Macbain notes that "whatever the Skirians may have been [...] no one doubts that the Thuringians were Germans", and that
Odoacer
9th century Thuringian ruler
a daughter of Arnulf of Carinthia, or else a relative of the earlier Thuringian dukes (perhaps a daughter of Thachulf), thus giving her husband a hereditary
Conrad,_Duke_of_Thuringia
Strategically important area in the Cold War
57th GMRD The Fulda Gap (German: Fulda-Lücke), an area between the Hesse-Thuringian border, the former Inner German border, and Frankfurt am Main, contains
Fulda_Gap
Historical German state from 1809 to 1920
Museum was founded in Weimar. Ernestine duchies Thuringian states Wilson, Peter (1998). German Armies: War and German Society, 1648–1806. London: UCL Press
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
of the Rhine, where he succeeded in subduing the Thuringians around 439. The willingness to wage war against invaders in northern Gaul shows that the
Frankish_War_(431–432)
German castle ruins
Sangerhausen, a relative of the legendary Thuringian count, Louis the Springer. The Counts of Hohnstein, together with the Counts of Ilefeld who had married into
Hohnstein_Castle
Cultural region in Southern Germany
South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian—and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia
Franconia
Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197
who had also died on the Third Crusade. He had planned to seize the Thuringian landgraviate as a reverted fief, but Louis' brother Hermann was able to
Henry_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
Castle in Eisenach, Germany
laid about 1067 by the Thuringian count of Schauenburg, Louis the Springer ( Ludwig der Springer ), a relative of the Counts of Rieneck in Franconia
Wartburg
City in Thuringia, Germany
Städtekette, an almost straight string of cities consisting of the six largest Thuringian cities from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena to
Gera
Dynasty of Lotharingian stock
ancestors, although some historians prefer to link him to the former Thuringian kings. The political ascent of the Ezzonid dynasty becomes historically
Ezzonids
Military conflict
assembled at Regensburg together with Saxons, Frisians, Ripuarian Franks, Thuringians, Alamanni and Bavarians. Charlemagne's younger son Louis came from Aquitania
Avar_Wars
Town in Thuringia, Germany
The town is nicknamed Das Tor zum Thüringer Wald ("The Gateway to the Thuringian Forest") because of its location on the northern edge of that forest.
Arnstadt
by Landgrave Louis I of Thuringia and his successors. After the War of the Thuringian Succession upon the death of Landgrave Henry Raspe in 1247, his
List_of_Hessian_monarchs
Count of Nassau (c. 1180 – before 1251)
had already begun, involving Hesse as well in the context of the War of the Thuringian Succession, because of a feud started by Henry with Sophia of Thuringia
Henry_II,_Count_of_Nassau
in den Niederlanden (1550) 1551–1559 (1583), published jointly by the Thuringian State Archive in Rudolstadt and the Historical Society for Schwarzburg
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
Günther_XLI,_Count_of_Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
King of the Franks (r. 511–558) of the Merovingian dynasty
Godomar resumed his rule until 534. In 531, Hermanafrid, king of the Thuringians, promised to give Chlothar's half-brother, Theuderic, part of the Kingdom
Chlothar_I
German nobleman (c. 900 – 965)
towards the lands of Polabian Slavs, that lied to the east of Saxon and Thuringian lands, traditional historiography regarded Gero as margrave over the subdued
Gero
1200s–1669 trade confederation in Northern Europe
"Wendish": Wendish and Pomeranian (or just Wendish) quarter "Saxon": Saxon, Thuringian and Brandenburg (or just Saxon) quarter "Baltic": Prussian, Livonian and
Hanseatic_League
Town in Thuringia, Germany
Wettin. The town is situated in the valley of the Saale River north of the Thuringian Highland, 48 km (30 mi) south of the German cultural centre Weimar. Saalfeld
Saalfeld
European noble house originating from Hesse, Germany
retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession, in which she was one of the belligerents. Originally
House_of_Hesse
Town in Thuringia, Germany
Principality became a member (successively) of the German Confederation the Thuringian Trade Association, the Central German Trade Association and (from 1833)
Saalburg-Ebersdorf
German police official and politician (1896–1944)
with the 12th Thuringian Hussars headquartered in Torgau. He served on both the western front and the eastern front in the First World War, attaining the
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff
Wolf-Heinrich_Graf_von_Helldorff
Town in Thuringia, Germany
ten kilometres east of the district town of Sömmerda on the edge of the Thuringian Basin. It is the third largest municipality in the district with about
Kölleda
Town in Bavaria, Germany
the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920
Coburg
the land of the Thuringians. He apparently obtained this information from older sources, which makes the periodic expansion of Thuringian influence in the
History_of_Franconia
9th-century Carolingian military commander
is described in the sources as a Saxon, Frank or Thuringian. His title is given variously as count (Latin comes), margrave (marchensis) or duke (dux)
Henry,_Margrave_of_the_Franks
German noble family
historians prefer to link him to former Thuringian kings. The Ezzonian dynasty (named after Count Palatine Ezzo) were the Counts Palatine of Lotharingia during
House_of_Limburg-Stirum
Ruling family of the Franks (c. 481–751)
Clothilde, queen of the Franks (died 545) Monegund (died 544) Radegund, Thuringian princess who founded a monastery at Poitiers (died 587) Rusticula, abbess
Merovingian_dynasty
Town in Thuringia, Germany
district. It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra River. The town centre is located about
Hildburghausen
Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ptolemy specifically for a mountain range farther east: the Harz, or the Thuringian Forest or both. Melibokon, in a Latinised form, would then be Melibocus
Katzenelnbogen
Russian military engineer and general (1818–1884)
born at Mitau in Courland (now Jelgava, Latvia). His parents were of Thuringian descent and originated in Tottleben, belonging to the Baltic German noble
Eduard_Totleben
Duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar
Verlag, 1995, p. 159 ff. Association for Thuringian history and archeology, Jena: Journal of the Society for Thuringian History and Archaeology, Volume 6–7
Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg
Countess_Palatine_Anna_Maria_of_Neuburg
Town in Thuringia, Germany
north of Nuremberg within the Ilm valley at the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest at an elevation of 500 metres (1,640 feet). The most important
Ilmenau
abandoned Arianism for Nicene Christianity and the pagan Anglo-Saxons, Thuringians, and Bavarians converted to Christianity between the late 6th and mid-8th
History_of_Europe
Corps level command of the Prussian and Imperial German Armies
Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I. It was established on 3 October 1815 as the General Command in the Duchy
IV_Corps_(German_Empire)
District in Bavaria, Germany
lands were the counts of Andechs (1135–1248, from 1135 to 1180 Dießen-Andechs, from 1180 to 1248 Andechs-Meranien) and the Thuringian counts of Orlamünde
Kulmbach_(district)
Margrave of Meissen
1247, he enforced his rights in Thuringia by military means in the War of the Thuringian Succession against the claims raised by Sophie of Thuringia, daughter
Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
Henry_III,_Margrave_of_Meissen
Part of the German Peasants' War
from Mühlhausen on May 11, several thousand peasants of the surrounding Thuringian and Saxon estates camped in the fields and pastures. Philip of Hesse and
Battle_of_Frankenhausen
election 2004 Thuringian state election 2009 Thuringian state election 2014 Thuringian state election 2019 Thuringian state election 2024 Thuringian state election
Elections_in_Germany
Town in Brandenburg, Germany
Hohenzollern margrave Frederick I in 1434, but to no avail. In 1481 the Thuringian counts of Hohnstein acquired the estates; they granted town privileges to
Schwedt
Town in Thuringia, Germany
mid-19th-century Prussia, were born in Mühlhausen. Mühlhausen is within the Thuringian Basin, a flat and fertile area, on the Unstrut river on the eastern edge
Mühlhausen
Medieval cultural group from what is now Northern Germany
them, speakers of West Germanic dialects, including both the Franks and Thuringians to the south, and the coastal Frisians, Angles and Danes to the north
Saxons
Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1236–1279)
V of Denmark. In 1263 the duke quite luckless interfered in the War of the Thuringian Succession to support the claims raised by his mother-in-law Sophie
Albert_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick
Political party in Germany
participating of the Thuringian state government with the CDU and SPD. Ultimately, Wolf would be challenged for leadership of the Thuringian BSW by Anke Wirsing
Sahra_Wagenknecht_Alliance
Place in Thuringia, Germany
Hohnstein Counts were gigantic: they owed 86 citizens of Nordhausen 5744 Mark silver in 1370. In 1306, Nordhausen allied with the two other major Thuringian cities
Nordhausen,_Thuringia
sealed by the 1033 Treaty of Merseburg. Herman also fought against the Thuringian count William III of Weimar, and quarrelled with Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg
Herman_I,_Margrave_of_Meissen
State in Germany
town Ludwigsstadt in the north, district Kronach in Upper Franconia, Thuringian dialect is spoken. During the 20th century an increasing part of the population
Bavaria
Victory of Henry IV over Saxon nobles
against the Thuringians in order to gain funds to finance the insurrection. Unfortunately, Henry and his army ravaged the Saxon and Thuringian countryside
Battle_of_Langensalza_(1075)
and can be used in almost all social circumstances. The Saxonian and Thuringian dialects have less prestige and are subject to derision. While Bavarian
Demographics_of_Germany
is a list of Imperial German infantry regiments before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry
List of Imperial German infantry regiments
List_of_Imperial_German_infantry_regiments
German nobleman and Duke of Thuringia from 880 to 892
limitis (duke of the Sorbian March) or dux Thuringorum (duke of the Thuringians) in contemporary sources. Reuter, AF, 55 n4. Reuter, AF, 73 n3. Poppo
Poppo,_Duke_of_Thuringia
Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia
titles and lands to King Henry, who bestowed the margraviate on the Thuringian count William IV of Weimar. He and his wife Uta von Ballenstedt were immortalized
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen
Eckard_II,_Margrave_of_Meissen
dominates the little town of Heldburg on the Thuringian border with Bavaria. From it can be seen across the Thuringian border the sister-castle Veste Coburg
Heldburg_Fortress
1866–1871 consolidation of German states
Germany... Germanic peoples such as the eastern Franks, Frisians, Saxons, Thuringians, Alemanni, and Bavarians—all speaking West Germanic dialects—had merged
Unification_of_Germany
Mountain in Ilmenau, Germany
Kickelhahn is a mountain in the northern edge of the Central Thuringian Forest in the municipal area of Ilmenau, Germany. Its summit has an altitude of
Kickelhahn
Frankish empire in Europe (800–887)
inhabited by major ethnic groups such as Franks, Alemanni, Bavarians, Thuringians, Frisians, Lombards, Goths, Romans, Celts, Basques and Slavs. Ethnicity
Carolingian_Empire
Marshal of The First French Empire (1769–1809)
During the War of the Fourth Coalition, Lannes was at his best, commanding his corps with the greatest credit in the march through the Thuringian Forest,
Jean_Lannes
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1844 to 1893
according to his memoirs. He agreed to a smaller command, coming to lead a Thuringian contingent; he commented in a letter to his brother that "I should have
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
Former principality
to replace the now-defunct Holy Roman Empire), which the surrounding Thuringian states had joined. On 27 September 1808, Napoleon was ceremonially presented
Principality_of_Erfurt
Ortsteil of Römhild in Thuringia, Germany
located in the southwest of Römhild at the Thuringian-Frankish border on a higher plateau of the Thuringian Rhön. “In the morning this attractive village
Mendhausen
Austrian noble dynasty from c. 962 to 1246
progenitor Count Poppo of Grapfeld (d. 839–41). They were related to the Frankish Robertian dynasty and ancestors of the Franconian Counts of Henneberg
House_of_Babenberg
Constituent duchy of the Kingdom of Germany during the 10th century
historiography counts six Altstämme or "ancient stems", viz. Bavarians, Swabians (Alemanni), Franks, Saxons, Frisians and Thuringians. All of these were
Stem_duchy
Benedictine abbey in Germany
Peter and Saint George in the Black Forest in Swabia, as well as the Thuringian monastery of Reinhardsbrunn, Franconian Comburg and St. Paul's Abbey in
Hirsau_Abbey
Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
received his military training at the 8th Thuringian Infantry Regiment N°153. After Germany lost World War I, Duke Ernest II was forced to abdicate the
Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
Georg_Moritz,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Altenburg
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