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unusual facts about Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels



Albert Gaspard Grimod

In 1792 Albert married Eleanore, Baroness de Franquemont, (1771-1833) an illegitimate daughter of the reigning Duke of Württemberg by the Italian adventuress Anne Franchi.

Bundesstraße 6

The former Reichsstraße 6 ran from Görlitz via Hirschberg and Schweidnitz to Breslau and from there via Oelsas far as the old Polish border near Groß Wartenberg.

Charles II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In Trzebnica he was able to establish the evangelical church, even though the abbess of the Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica fought fiercely against it and was supported by the bishop in Wroclaw as well as by the Emperor.

Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

#Sibylle Maria (b. Merseburg, 28 October 1667 - d. Bernstadt, 9 October 1693), married on 27 October 1683 to Duke Christian Ulrich of Württemberg-Bernstadt.

Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

In 1685, he purchased the town of Neudorf from Balthasar Wilhelm von Prittwitz, Lord of Rastelwitz.

George II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra, which belonged to Münsterberg (Ziębice, Minstrberk), the status of free mining town.

Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra (Silberberg), which belonged to Münsterberg, the status of free mining town.

Jan II the Mad

#Hedwig (b. October 1476 – d. Ziębice, 15 February 1524), married firstly on July 1489 to George I of Poděbrady, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica (Münsterberg-Oels), and secondly on 23 October 1503 to Sigismund, Baron of Wartenberg.

Joachim of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra/Silberberg, which belonged to Münsterberg, the status of free mining town.

John, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra, which belonged to Münsterberg, the status of free mining town.

Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels

Afterwards, she had trouble journeying back to Merseburg and thence to Lauchstädt.

Ludwig Scholz

Ludwig Scholz (30 June 1937 in Juliusberg, Landkreis Oels, Lower Silesia, now Dobroszyce, Oleśnica County, Poland, – 20 September 2005 in Nuremberg, Bavaria) was a German politician of the CSU and the mayor of Nuremberg.

Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt

In Bernstadt on 17 August 1688 and eighteen months after the death of his first wife, Philipp married secondly with Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels.

Rudolf von Scheliha

Scheliha was born in Zessel, Oels, Silesia (now Cieśle, Gmina Oleśnica, Poland), as the son of a Prussian squire.

Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sabina was the daughter of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) from his second marriage to Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531), daughter of the Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels.

Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Silvius was the son of Duke Julius Frederick of Württemberg-Weiltingen and Anna Sabina of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.

Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels (2 May 1622, Weiltingen – 24 April 1664, Brzezinka in Silesia) was the first Oels-Wuerttemberg.

Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg

At Wachau, during the Battle of Leipzig, his corps along with François Étienne de Kellermann's IV Cavalry Corps and the dragoons of the Guard charged the center of Duke of Württemberg.


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