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Daily Archives: May 21, 2013
Bavaria
BAVARIA BAYERN. Land in south eastern Germany, and former Duchy, Electorate and Kingdom, and one of the longest lasting political units in European history, though its borders have changed. The present Land of Bavaria (Bayern) stretches northwards from the Allgäuer, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy
Tagged Alps, Bavaria, Bayern, Bohemian Forest, Danube, River Main
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Bautzen
BAUTZEN Earlier Budissen, German form of Budyšin (Sorb). Town on the upper River Spree, now in eastern Sachsen in eastern Germany. The district around it was held by the Prince of Poland when he acquired the Mark of Lusatia as … Continue reading
Baugé
BAUGÉ A lordship in Imperial Bresse, taking its name from what is now called Bagé-le-Châtel, a small town east of Mâcon and in the west of the Department of the Ain in eastern France. In 1272 the heiress of Baugé … Continue reading
Battenberg
BATTENBERG Town near the River Eder, NNW of Marburg, in Hessen in central Germany. It belonged to the County of Wittgenstein, and was held by the Wittgenstein-Battenberg branch of the family, which died out in the early 13th century. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom
Tagged Battenberg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Mountbatten, Royal Navy, Victoria
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Batavian Republic
BATAVIAN REPUBLIC One of the sister Republics of revolutionary France, it replaced the UNITED PROVINCES (Dutch Republic) in 1795, French troops having occupied the entire Republic in 1794-5. A provisional government had been formed in February 1795 and in May … Continue reading
Basso Po
BASSO PO Bas-Po. A Department in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, in the region of the delta of the Po, combining a former part of the Papal States (principal town, Ferrara), which had been in the Cisalpine Republic from 1797, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, France, Italy
Tagged Cisalpine Republic, Ferrara, Napoleon, Papal States, Rovigo
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Basses-Pyrénées
BASSES-PYRÉNÉES (64). The southwesternmost département in France, formed in 1790, but which changed its name to PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES in 1970.
Posted in France
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Basse-Alpes
BASSES-ALPES Inland département (04) in southeastern France, formed from Provence in 1790 but which changed its name to ALPES-DE-HAUTE-PROVENCE in 1970. With the growth of tourism, a name that meant Low Alps could perhaps be off-putting, as those who want … Continue reading
Posted in France
Tagged Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Alps, Basses-Alpes, Bouches-du-Rhône, high, low, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
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Basse-Normandie
BASSE-NORMANDIE Lower Normandy. A region in northern France, formed in 1960 and comprising the departments (clockwise from the west) of the Manche, Calvados, and Orne. Lower Normandy had been a traditional division of the old Duchy, with its capital at … Continue reading
Basse-Navarre
BASSE-NAVARRE Lower Navarre; BENAPAROA (Basque). The part of the Kingdom of Navarre that lay north of the Pyrenees; in the united Kingdom it formed the district of Ultrapuentos, beyond the passes. After 1512, when Ferdinand II conquered Spanish Navarre, Basse-Navarre … Continue reading
Posted in France, Spain
Tagged Albret, Ancien Régime, BÉARN, Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre, Pyrenees
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Basse-Lorraine
BASSE-LORRAINE French for Lower Lorraine or LOWER LOTHARINGIA. link_reqd
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Bas-Rhin
BAS-RHIN The Département du Bas-Rhin (67) is in northern Alsace in eastern France, bordering on Germany, both north and east. In 1790 the department was formed from Alsace, a region which had come largely under French control in the 17th … Continue reading
Posted in France, Germany
Tagged Alsace, Alsace-Lorraine, Bas-Rhin, Erstein, German Empire, Haut-Rhin
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