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unusual facts about Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg



Agnes of Holstein

On 22 March 1327 in Trittau, Agnes was engaged to marry Duke Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1368 or 1369).

Alexander von Dassel

Alexander von Dassel was born in Lemförde as a son of Alexander von Dassel sen. (12 February 1817 in Lüneburg - 18 Juli 1911 Lüchow

Altmünster Abbey

The destruction of the Abbey was probably ordered by the French King Francis I, who occupied the city on 11 September 1543 during the Italian War of 1542–46, and probably wanted to prevent troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, from occupying the abbey during the next siege.

Antonio de Zúñiga

In 1519, Antonio took part in the diplomatic meetings headed by Mercurino Gattinara at Montpellier, France, with king Francis I of France representatives.

August Engelhardt

Kabakon was a Duke of York island, close to Neu-Lauenburg, in the Bismarck Archipelago, (now Papua New Guinea) and 28 miles from Herbertshöhe (today Kokopo), where the German New Guinea imperial administration was based at that time.

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

On his ascension Augustus moved Saxe-Lauenburg's capital from Neuhaus, whereto Francis II had moved it after the residential castle in Lauenburg upon Elbe (started in 1180–1182 by Bernhard, Count of Anhalt) had burnt down in 1616, towards Ratzeburg, where it remained since.

Berlin–Hamburg Railway

It was extended to Lüneburg by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways in 1863 and 1864, which used the Lauenburg–Hohnstorf train ferry to cross the Elbe for 14 years from 15 March 1864.

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (1488–1563), daughter of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1488 – 29 June 1563, Neuhaus upon Elbe) was a member of the house of Welf and a Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg

She married Duke Francis of Brunswick-Gifhorn (1508–1549) on 29 September 1547 in the Saxe-Lauenburgian castle at Neuhaus in Darzing.

Conseil du Roi

Certain kings were unable to reduce their importance (Louis X, Philip VI, John II, Charles VI), while others were more successful (Charles V, Louis XI, Francis I).

Counts and Dukes of Châteauroux

Fearing disunity in the Bourbon line, it became one of the estates confiscated by Constable de Bourbon, and was given by Francis I and Louise of Savoy to Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife, Renée of Bourbon, sister of the Constable.

Destruction of the Oberstift

Salentin von Isenburg and his son in law, Count Arenberg, and the Duke Frederick of Saxe-Lauenburg stood against the supporters of Gebhard Truchsess.

Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg

He was also known as Türkenlouis (Turk Louis) due to his famous efforts again Louis XIV in the field and as part of the Imperial Army.

Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg

When his brother Augustus died, Francis Henry received Wangelau and Rothenbeck (a part of today's Grande) in addition.

Elmenhorst

Elmenhorst, Lauenburg, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Ensemble Claude-Gervaise

Two years later, at the 1990 Festival international de Lanaudière, they performed music from the court of Francis I of France.

Eric V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Armies of both cities opened a second front and conquered Bergedorf, Riepenburg castle and the Esslingen river toll station (today's Zollenspieker Ferry) within weeks.

Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Fettiplace

During the latter's reign, Sir Thomas Fettiplace of Compton Beauchamp in Berkshire accompanied the King to the Field of the Cloth of Gold to meet the French King, Francis I in 1520.

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

If something were to go wrong, Francis would become governor of the Austrian Netherlands.

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

In 1575, he married Anna von Broich in Hagen im Bremischen, the daughter of a city councillor of Cologne, and died in 1585 in an equestrian accident in Vörde.

Free City of Lübeck

In the same year Eric IV, supported by his sons Eric (later reigning as Eric V) and John (later John IV), captured the pawned lands without making the agreed repayment and before Lübeck could take possession of them.

Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff

Emperor Francis I reaffirmed all of Seckendorff's honors, and the diplomat retired to his estate at Meuselwitz in Thuringia.

Généralité

On December 7, 1542, by edict of Francis I, France was divided into sixteen généralités.

George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Amongst her children was Charles Edward, last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Göran Hälsinges Gränd

When King Eric XIV's (1533–1577) was still two years old, his mother, the first consort of King Gustav Vasa Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535), died unexpectedly, and as Appolonia assisted the royal family as wet nurse she was rewarded a house in the alley, later named after her son.

Hamburg Parliament

Brandes had claims due against John IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from a credit which Brandes had granted earlier.

Île d'Orléans

Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans in honour of the second son of King Francis I, Henri II, the Duke of Orléans.

Jacques Philippe de Choiseul-Stainville

As a young man he served in the army of empress Maria Theresa and after becoming captain in a dragoon regiment he was made a commander of the Order of Saint Stephen, chamberlain to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, colonel of a regiment of light cavalry, major general and lieutenant field marshal in 1759.

Juste de Juste

In 1529 he was still living in Tours when Francis I commissioned him to make marble sculptures of Hercules and Leda, now lost, and in 1533 he was appointed Sculpteur du Roi (a non-exclusive appointment) as his father and uncles had been before him.

Louis, Prince of Brionne

His paternal family, the Guise's were a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine, the sovereign Dukes of Lorraine; as such Louis could count the future Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor and a Queen of Sardinia as cousins.

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Since prince-archiepiscopal forces secured Vörde the Guard circumvented them southerly, not sparing Zeven nunnery.

Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Magnus fled to his estates in Uppland in 1574, there displaying violence, wantoness and brutality.

Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophia Hedwig of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia (Lauenburg upon Elbe, 24 May 1601 – 21 February 1660, Glücksburg); ∞ on 23 May 1624 in Neuhaus Philipp of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (15 March 1584 – 27 September 1663), son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

Museo Correr

When Venice moved under Austrian dominion in 1814, the palace served as the House of Habsburg and emperor Francis I would stay there until 1815.

Nayemont-les-Fosses

The 1550s found the powerful regent Christina, Danish born widow of the former Duke of Lorraine, residing at Spitzemberg Castle.

Nuss

Nusse, a village in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Old Salt Route

Horse-drawn carts brought the salt from Lüneburg to a crossing of the Elbe river at Artlenburg (near Lauenburg) and from there, via Mölln, to Lübeck.

Order of the Ladies of the Cord

This rope with knots had been added by her step-grandfather Francis I, Duke of Brittany to his arms in honor of St. Francis its patron saint and her father Francis II, Duke of Brittany had continued the emblem.

Ottavio Piccolomini

On 4 June 1651 he had married Maria Benigna Francisca of Saxe-Lauenburg, daughter of Duke Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Principality of Lüneburg

When Duke Henry went against a gentleman's agreement with his brother William and married Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg in 1569, he had forsake sharing the government of the principality and was compensated instead with the Amt of Dannenberg and the Klosteramt of Scharnebeck.

Putyla

In 1817, the local villagers complained to Holy Roman Emperor Francis I that they have had their taxes increased the past 10 years.

Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

After Rudolf I died on 12 March 1356, Rudolf II asked the imperial court in Metz on 27 December 1356 to reaffirm the rights of the Saxe-Wittenberg line of the House of Ascania, against opposing claims from the Saxe-Lauenburg line.

Steinhorst

Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Tramm

Tramm, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wentorf

Wentorf bei Hamburg, in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Ziethen

Ziethen, Schleswig-Holstein, in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein


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