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unusual facts about County of Henneberg



Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (nicknamed the Wise, born: 1272 in Schleusingen; died: 13 April 1340, ibid.) was Count of Henneberg- Schleusingen from 1284 to 1340.

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Calenberg

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Calenberg (8 April 1526 in Nienover – 19 August 1566 in Schleusingen) was a princess of Brunswick-Calenberg by birth and by marriage a Countess of Henneberg.

Province of Saxony

territory gained from the Kingdom of Saxony after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813: the towns and surrounding territories of Wittenberg, Merseburg, Naumburg, Mansfeld, Querfurt, and Henneberg;


see also

Saxe-Zeitz

He also received the city of Schleusingen in 1660, which had until then been the residence of the County of Henneberg.