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unusual facts about George I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels



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.

Captain Pugwash

In this book, the King of Great Britain strongly resembles George I and the King of France resembles Louis XIV, suggesting that this story took place in 1714–15.

Capture of Eilean Donan Castle

The Spanish had sent troops after Cardinal Giulio Alberoni set up the Alberoni Plan a decision to support the Jacobite claims and its Highland allies both to depose George I and enthrone James Stuart.

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.

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Diana, Princess of Wales was his descendant as well as every reigning British monarch from George I to the current Queen Elizabeth II.

Ernest I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

He was the second son of George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, but the first born by his fourth wife Anna, daughter of Albert VIII, Count of Lindow-Ruppin.

Explanatory Charter

The Explanatory Charter was a supplement to the royal charter of the Province of Massachusetts Bay issued by King George I on August 26, 1725.

Franz Karl of Auersperg

Prince Franz Karl of Auersperg (born: 22 November 1660 in Vienna; died: 6 November 1713 in Pischelsdorf am Engelbach), was the third since 1705 Prince of Auersperg and an Imperial General and from 1705 until his death Duke of Münsterberg.

George Cannon

George I. Cannon (1920–2009), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

#Agnes (b. 1445 – d. Kaufungen, 15 August 1504), Abbess of Gandersheim (1485), of Neuenheerse (1486–1492) and of Kaufungen (1495)

George I. Fujimoto

During his studies at Harvard his family was imprisoned in an American internment camp Minidoka in Idaho.

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.

Leymus arenarius

Under the 18th century reign of George I, the British Parliament expanded the law to protect the plant on English coasts.

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.

Mary Cowper

In May 1707 Queen Anne in Council named William Cowper the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and he was later appointed one of the Lords Justices responsible for governing the country until George I arrived in England after Queen Anne's death.

Mechlin lace

George I had a Mechlin cravat, and it was a favorite of Queen Charlotte and Princess Amelia.

Philip Bragg

The English records of this period contain no reference to Bragg, but in a set of Irish military entry-books, commencing in 1713, which are preserved in the Four Courts, Dublin, his name appears as captain in Primrose's regiment, lately returned from Holland to Ireland; his commission is here dated 1 June 1715, on which day new commissions were issued to all officers in the regiment in consequence of the accession of George I.

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.

Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt

On the accession of George I however, he was deprived of office and retired to Cokethorpe, where he enjoyed the society of men of letters, Swift, Pope, Prior and other famous writers being among his frequent guests.

Singlestick

Under Kings George I and George II, backsword play with sticks was immensely popular under the names cudgel-play and singlesticking, not only in the cities but in the countryside as well, wrestling being its only rival.

Thomas P. Barnett

Barnett trained under his father, St. Louis architect George I. Barnett, who was known for designing public landmarks such as the renovation of the Old Courthouse, the Missouri Governor's Mansion, and the structures of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

William Law

He resided at Cambridge, teaching and taking occasional duty until the accession of George I, when his conscience forbade him to take the oaths of allegiance to the new government and of abjuration of the Stuarts.


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