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Hace 4 días · Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records – Part 3. Yesterday, I found a word in a Polish birth record from 1814 that I didn’t understand. The entire phrase was “… i okazał nam dziecie płci niewieśący …” and the word in question was “niewieśący”. I had no idea what “niewieśący” meant.
Hace 4 días · On April 30, 1884, in the chapel of the Old Palace in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in Hesse, Germany, Victoria married her father’s first cousin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Princess Julia of Battenberg (born Countess Julia Hauke).
Hace 4 días · Das Großherzogtum Hessen bestand von 1806 bis 1918. Es ging aus dem Reichsfürstentum der Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt hervor.
Hace 3 días · Former German nobility in the Nazi Party. Wilhelm, German Crown Prince and son of Wilhelm II, with Adolf Hitler in March 1933. Beginning in 1925, some members of higher levels of the German nobility joined the Nazi Party, registered by their title, date of birth, NSDAP Party registration number, and date of joining the Nazi Party ...
Hace 3 días · In the years following Waterloo, one government in the south after another promulgated a constitution: Bavaria and Baden in 1818, Württemberg in 1819, and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1820. These constitutions established representative assemblies, elected by the propertied citizens, whose assent was required for the enactment of legislation.
Hace 3 días · The Germany that emerged in 1815 from the Congress of Vienna included 39 states ranging in size from the two Great Powers, Austria and Prussia, through the minor kingdoms of Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, and Hanover; through smaller duchies such as Baden, Nassau, Oldenburg, and Hesse-Darmstadt; through tiny principalities such as ...
Hace 5 días · Amerada Hess has invested heavily in oil and natural-gas exploration and production projects around the world, including the North Sea, Algeria, Brazil, Indonesia, and the United States. It is co-owner of HOVENSA, one of the world’s largest oil refineries, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands .
