Tag Archives: Holy Roman Empire

Confederation of the Rhine

Posted on August 2, 2014 by davidseurope

CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE    Or, Rhenish Confederation; RHEINBUND;  la Confédération du Rhin. In July 1806 a group of German principalities with the foreknowledge and approval of France joined together to form a new Confederation.   From the south of Germany came … Continue reading →

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Comtat Venaissin

Posted on June 27, 2014 by davidseurope

COMTAT VENAISSIN District in Provence, now in southeastern France but once in the Holy Roman Empire, lying between the Rivers Rhône (to the west) and Durance (to the south), though not including Avignon, the place of their confluence.   Its chief … Continue reading →

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Como

Posted on June 26, 2014 by davidseurope

COMO City of northern Italy, on the southern shore of the lake that bears its name, NNW of Milan; A province of modern Italy The Bishop of Como had committal powers in the early years of the Holy Roman Empire.   … Continue reading →

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Cologne ~ Archbishopric

Posted on June 3, 2014 by davidseurope

COLOGNE ~ Archbishopric.   KÖLN. The most northerly of the three Electoral Archbishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire. The Archbishop’s province occupied the northwest of the Empire. It extended northwards along the middle and lower Meuse (from about the present frontier between … Continue reading →

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City States of Italy

Posted on March 22, 2014 by davidseurope

CITY-STATES of Italy Of all the regions of Europe the Italian peninsula was the one where city-states most flourished and abounded.   Many of the cities of the Roman era survived;  they had a proud history and a tradition of self-government. … Continue reading →

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Cilli

Posted on March 12, 2014 by davidseurope

CILLI   Or, Cilly. County in the Windisch Mark on the southeastern borders of the Holy Roman Empire.   It was named after its capital, now the town of CELJE in Slovenia, ENE of Ljubljana, northwest of Zagreb, and southwest of Maribor. … Continue reading →

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Chiny

Posted on February 27, 2014 by davidseurope

CHINY County in the Holy Roman Empire from the late 10th century.   It was in the western Ardennes, Chiny itself standing on the River Semois, ESE of Bouillon (in southeastern Belgium).  The County was sold in two stages in 1345 … Continue reading →

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Cham

Posted on November 3, 2013 by davidseurope

CHAM   Margraviate in the Holy Roman Empire, in Bavaria. The town, which is now the administrative centre of the Bavarian Landkreis of Cham, is northeast of Regensburg and stands just below the confluence of the River Cham with the Regen, … Continue reading →

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Carniola

Posted on September 23, 2013 by davidseurope

CARNIOLA    KRAIN  (Ger); KRANJSKA (Slovene). A Mark on the southeastern borders of the Holy Roman Empire; An Austrian Crownland; Briefly a province of the French Empire. Most of it lay in the upper basin of the River Sava, which rose … Continue reading →

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Carinthia

Posted on September 18, 2013 by davidseurope

CARINTHIA   KÄRNTEN;  Koruska (Slovene). Duchy in the Holy Roman Empire; Crownland in the Austrian Empire; Briefly a province in the French Empire Land in modern Austria. It is an Alpine region, on the southern side of the range, and is … Continue reading →

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Calw

Posted on September 4, 2013 by davidseurope

CALW    County in the Holy Roman Empire, in Swabia.   The town of Calw is WSW of Stuttgart and SSE of Pforzheim and is today the administrative centre of the Landkreis of Calw in Baden-Württemberg. The County was powerful and important … Continue reading →

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Burgundy ~ Kingdom

Posted on July 21, 2013 by davidseurope

BURGUNDY ~ Kingdom    La BOURGOGNE (Fr); BURGUND (Ger). There were several Kingdoms of Burgundy, of which the original Germanic Kingdom is called la Burgundie in French;  the Kingdom from 888 until 933, when it absorbed Provence, is called Transjurane or Upper … Continue reading →

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Büdingen

Posted on July 16, 2013 by davidseurope

BÜDINGEN Lordship in the Holy Roman Empire.   The town of Büdingen is in central Germany, northwest of Gelnhausen, southeast of Nidda, and northeast of Frankfurt.  The lords were also keepers of an Imperial forest (now in Hessen) that lay south … Continue reading →

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Brunswick

Posted on July 9, 2013 by davidseurope

BRUNSWICK, Duchy and Land.   BRAUNSCHWEIG. A County in early medieval Germany and a Duchy from 1235;  the city of Brunswick is north of the Harz Mountains, ESE of Hanover, and stands on the River Oker, a tributary of the Aller … Continue reading →

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Bruchhausen

Posted on July 9, 2013 by davidseurope

BRUCHHAUSEN County in the Holy Roman Empire, in northern Germany.   The towns of Bruchhausen (now part of Bruchhausen-Vilsen) and Neubruchhausen (to the west) lie south of Bremen in the Landkreis of Diepholz in the Land of Niedersachsen. The district belonged … Continue reading →

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