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| Duke Ernst Günther, of Schleswig-Holstein, | Brother of Empress Auguste Viktoria, Member of the ruling Prussian House, married Princess Dorothea von S.-Coburg-Gotha. 1898 | born 11. Aug. 1863, | Schleswig-Holstein |
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| Count Carl Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | | Nov 6, 1576 - Sept 24, 1630 | |
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| Count Günther XL | "The Rich"; Combined most of the Schwarzburgian territories. | 1499 - 1552 | |
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| Count Günther XLI (41st) | "bellicosus" (the agressive/bellicose) ; Brother in Law of William of Orange (Dutch Independence); married to Bill's sister Katerina von Nassau-Dillenburg. Served William in military capacity several times. | died May 23, 1583 | |
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| Count Günther XXI | Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (Thüringia) in 1326. See King Günther below. | 1304 - Jun 14, 1349 | Thuringia, Frankfurt |
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| Count Günther XXVIII | Hofrichter (Court Magistrate) to Kaiser Sigismund in in the Konzil zu Konstanz (Conference of Constance, 1414). | 1414 to 1417 | Constance |
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| Prince Friedrich Günther | Prince 1814-1867 | 1793 - 1867 | |
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| Prince Viktor Günter von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Last reigning Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (as of Jun 20, 1890) and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (as of Mar 28, 1909), until 1918, when the Principality was converted to a Republic. He and his wife, Anna Luise, Princess von Schönburg-Waldenburg, died childless in the mid 1900s. | Aug 21, 1852 - Apr 16, 1925 | Rudolstadt |
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| Friedrich Günther | Direct descendant of Prince Friedrich Günther's second marriage, died without an heir, Nov 9, 1971. He was the last known survivor of the Schwarzburg clan. | ?? - Nov 9, 1971 | |
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| Günther I .. XX | Precede the better know Count Günther XXI, who became King (sort of) of the Holy Roman Empire | 1100's ? -- 1326 ? | Thuringia |
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| Albrecht Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | | ?? - Jan 20, 1634) | |
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| Count Johann Günther I | Brother of Carl Günther, Count of Sonderhausen from 1570 | ?? - Oct 28, 1583 | |
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| Prince Ludwig Günther II of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Prince 1767-1790 | ?? - 1790 | |
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| Heinrich Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | | | |
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| Ludwig Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | | Jun 27, 1581 - ?? | |
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| Friedrich Guenther | Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | 1814-1867 | |
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| Guenther Viktor | Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | 1890-1918 | Last reigning Prince (Pricipality replaced by a republic) |
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| Gundhareus (or Gundar or Gunther) | It is likely, that this is the earliest known ancestor of the Schwarzburg clan, whose predominant name was Guenther. He was mentioned in a letter found in Bonifacius' collection, penned by Pope Gregor II, who had said that Gundhareus, a property owner, had recently converted to Chritianity. | 722 (when Gregor wrote the letter) | Near Abbey Ohrdruf |
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| Markgrave Günther of Meißen, son of Ekkehart (Ekkehardinger) | Ruled the Mark Meißen (in the Kingdom of Saxony) from 978 to 982 .
Markgraf (markgrave) originally was the title of a military governor of a Grenzmark (a border region of newly acquired territory. Grenz = border, mark = border region). A Markgraf had the powers of a count or a Duke. The Margraves of Meissen were later elevated to Fürst, which is something like a reigning Price.
Günther was reported to have died 982 fighting the Saracens in the service to Otto I (King 963-973), ten years after Otto's reign? Lots of these little inconsistencies exist in the historical books I have researched. |
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| Gundahar, or Gunther (Gunnar in Nordic legends) | Burgundian king in the Germanic "Heldensagen" (literally "heroic lengends"), which tells of the demise of the Burgundians through a family feud (Nibelungenlied). Gundahar (or Gundikar), conquered and killed by Aetius' Hun mercenaries. | ca 413 | around Worms |
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Count Günther XXI
King of the day | Musical Thrones, a la Hollywood!
In a hillarious battle for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire (covering a large part of modern Europe), at the time held by Ludwig IV of Bavaria, contested by Karl IV, elected as opposition King by four of the electors (Kings of the HRE were elected by 8 Bishops and Kurfursten -- the Electors). Ludwig still had support from the other four electors, had earned a reputation of military skills and refused to step down. When he died, his sons and supporters caused Count Günther XXI elected King of the Holy Roman Empire, to oppose Karl IV. Karl had substantial political skills, and the support of Pope Clemens IV, one of the electors. He also put aside his skruples to use the support of Markgrave Waldemar (reported dead for the past 30 years). Conflicting reports have him bribing Günther with 20,000 Silver Marks to step down, and Günther stepping down because he was seriously ill, and combinations of the above. Günther certainly must have been ill, as he died a short time later. He abdicated on May 26, just 4 months after his election, and died June 14 of the same year at age 45. He is in the royal crypt (the "Wahlkirche" of German Kings) of Bartholomaeus Cathedral in Frankfurt a Main.
The entire Schwarzburg seemed doomed to die at an early age. The oldest Schwarzburg Guenther only made it to age 68. Type 2 diabetics? |
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