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66 relations: Absolute monarchy, Anna Maria of Anhalt, August of Legnica, Battle of White Mountain, Bishop of Wrocław, Bohemia, Brzeg, Byczyna, Calvinism, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Christian, Duke of Brieg, Counter-Reformation, Dresden, Duchy of Silesia, Eucharist, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frankfurt (Oder), Frederick V of the Palatinate, Gabriel Bethlen, George III of Brieg, George Rudolf of Liegnitz, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Grodziec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Guilder, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, House of Habsburg, House of Hohenzollern, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, Joachim Frederick of Brieg, John George I, Elector of Saxony, John George of Ohlau, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, Karl Friedrich I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Karl II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Kluczbork, Krosno Odrzańskie, Legnica, Leszno, Louis IV of Legnica, Lubin, Lutheranism, Morganatic marriage, Niemcza, Oława, Oleśnica, Ostróda, Piast dynasty, Prochowice, Regensburg, ..., Rudna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Ryczeń, Silesia, Strzelin, Thaler, Thirty Years' War, Toruń, Transylvania, Wąsosz, Władysław IV Vasa, Wińsko, Wołów, Wrocław, Złotoryja, Ziębice. Expand index (16 more) »
Absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs.
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Anna Maria of Anhalt
Anna Maria of Anhalt (Anna Maria Anhalcka; Zerbst, 13 June 1561 – Brzeg, 14 November 1605), was by birth a member of the House of Ascania and a princess of Anhalt.
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August of Legnica
Count August of Legnica (August hrabia legnicki; Graf August von Liegnitz; Brzeg, 21 August 1627 – Siebenhufen near Przeworno, 14 May 1679), was a member of the House of Piast.
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Battle of White Mountain
The Battle of White Mountain (Czech: Bitva na Bílé hoře, German: Schlacht am Weißen Berg) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.
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Bishop of Wrocław
Bishops of Wrocław/Breslau Bishopric, Prince-Bishopric (1290–1918), and Archdiocese (since 1930; see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław/Breslau for details).
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Bohemia
Bohemia (Čechy;; Czechy; Bohême; Bohemia; Boemia) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present-day Czech Republic.
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Brzeg
Brzeg (Latin: Alta Ripa, former German name: Brieg) is a town in southwestern Poland with 36,381 inhabitants (2016) and the capital of Brzeg County.
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Byczyna
Byczyna (Latin: Bicina, Bicinium, Pitschen) is a town in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,708 inhabitants (2004).
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Calvinism
Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians.
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Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, also known as Christian of Anhalt, (11 May 1568 – 17 April 1630) was a German prince of the House of Ascania.
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Christian, Duke of Brieg
Christian of Brieg also known as of Legnica (Chrystian Brzeski or Legnicki; Oława, 9 April 1618 – Oława, 28 February 1672) was a Duke of Legnica (during 1653-1654 and 1663-1664 with his brothers), Brzeg (during 1639-1654 with his brothers), Wołów (during 1653-1654 with his brothers, then alone) and Oława (during 1639-1654 with his brothers, then alone).
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Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War (1648).
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Dresden
Dresden (Upper and Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany, Drážďany, Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.
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Duchy of Silesia
The Duchy of Silesia (Księstwo śląskie, Herzogtum Schlesien) with its capital at Wrocław was a medieval duchy located in the historic Silesian region of Poland.
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Eucharist
The Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper, among other names) is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others.
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor (1619–1637), King of Bohemia (1617–1619, 1620–1637), and King of Hungary (1618–1637).
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Frankfurt (Oder)
Frankfurt (Oder) (also Frankfurt an der Oder, abbreviated Frankfurt a. d. Oder, Frankfurt a. d. O., Frankf., 'Frankfurt on the Oder') is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the town of Słubice, which was part of Frankfurt until 1945.
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Frederick V of the Palatinate
Frederick V (Friedrich V.; 26 August 1596 – 29 November 1632) was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and served as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620.
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Gabriel Bethlen
Gabriel Bethlen (Bethlen Gábor; 15 November 1580 – 25 November 1629) was Prince of Transylvania from 1613 to 1629 and Duke of Opole from 1622 to 1625.
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George III of Brieg
George III of Brieg (Jerzy III Brzeski; Brzeg, 4 September 1611 – Brzeg, 4 July 1664), was a Duke of Brzeg since 1633 (as administrator; in 1639 he took formally the title, together with his brothers until 1654) and Legnica-Wołów during 1653-1654 (with his brothers).
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George Rudolf of Liegnitz
George Rudolf of Liegnitz (Georg Rudolf von Liegnitz; Jerzy Rudolf Legnicki) (22 January 1595 – 14 January 1653) was duke of Liegnitz-Wohlau (present-day Legnica-Wołów) from 1602 to 1653.
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George William, Elector of Brandenburg
George William (Georg Wilhelm; 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death.
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Grodziec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Grodziec (Gröditz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagrodno, within Złotoryja County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Guilder
Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German gulden, originally shortened from Middle High German guldin pfenninc "gold penny".
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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf (9 December 1594 – 6 November 1632, O.S.), widely known in English by his Latinised name Gustavus Adolphus or as Gustav II Adolph, was the King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632 who is credited for the founding of Sweden as a great power (Stormaktstiden).
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House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (traditionally spelled Hapsburg in English), also called House of Austria was one of the most influential and distinguished royal houses of Europe.
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House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a dynasty of former princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.
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Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
Joachim Ernest of Anhalt (21 October 1536 – 6 December 1586), was a German prince of the House of Ascania, ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1551, and from 1570 sole ruler of all the Anhalt lands.
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Joachim Frederick of Brieg
Joachim Frederick of (Legnica-)Brieg (Joachim Friedrich von Liegnitz-Brieg; Joachim Fryderyk legnicko-brzeski; 29 September 1550 – Brzeg, 25 March 1602), was a Duke of Oława and Wołów (since 1586 with his brother as a co-ruler until 1592) and Brzeg (since 1595) and Legnica (since 1596).
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John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I (German: Johann Georg I.) (5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.
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John George of Ohlau
John George of Ohlau (Polish: Jan Jerzy oławski) (17 June 1552 – Ohlau (Oława), 6 July 1592), was a Duke of Ohlau and Wohlau Wołów (since 1586 with his brother as a co-ruler until 1592).
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John George, Elector of Brandenburg
John George of Brandenburg (Johann Georg) (11 September 1525 – 8 January 1598) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571–1598) and a Duke of Prussia.
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John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg
John Sigismund (Johann Sigismund; 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern.
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Karl Friedrich I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Karl Friedrich I of Münsterberg-Oels (also: Karl Friedrich I of Poděbrady; Karl Friedrich I. von Oels und Münsterberg. or Karl Friedrich I. von Podiebrad; Karel Bedřich z Minstrberka.; 18 October 1593, Oleśnica – 31 May 1647, Oleśnica) was Duke of Oels from 1617 to 1647 and Duke of Bernstadt from 1639 to 1647.
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Karl II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Charles II of Münsterberg-Oels (also: Charles II of Poděbrady; Karel II.; 15 April 1545, Oleśnica – 28 January 1617, Oleśnica) was Duke of Oels from 1565 to 1617 and Duke of Bernstadt from 1604 to 1617.
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Kluczbork
Kluczbork (Kreuzburg O.S.) is a town in southwestern Poland with 24,962 inhabitants (2011), situated in the Opole Voivodeship.
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Krosno Odrzańskie
Krosno Odrzańskie (Crossen an der Oder) is a city on the east bank of Oder River, at the confluence with the Bóbr.
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Legnica
Legnica (archaic Polish: Lignica, Liegnitz, Lehnice, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda.
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Leszno
Leszno (Lissa, between 1800 and 1918 also called Polnisch Lissa or Lissa in Posen) is a town in western Poland with 64,612 inhabitants (2014).
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Louis IV of Legnica
Louis IV of Legnica (Ludwik IV legnicki; Brzeg, 19 April 1616 – Legnica, 24 November 1663) was a Duke of Brzeg from 1633 (together with his brothers until 1654), of Wołów (during 1653-1654 with his brothers) and of Legnica from 1653 (until 1654 with his brothers, after this alone).
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Lubin
Lubin, (Lüben) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.
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Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.
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Morganatic marriage
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage.
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Niemcza
Niemcza (Nimptsch) is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Oława
Oława is a town in south-western Poland with 32,674 inhabitants (2016).
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Oleśnica
Oleśnica (Oels) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Ostróda
Ostróda (Old Prussian: Austrāti) is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,191 inhabitants as of December 31, 2009.
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Piast dynasty
The Piast dynasty was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.
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Prochowice
Prochowice (Parchwitz) is a town in Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Regensburg
Regensburg (Castra-Regina;; Řezno; Ratisbonne; older English: Ratisbon; Bavarian: Rengschburg or Rengschburch) is a city in south-east Germany, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers.
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Rudna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Rudna (Raudten) is a village in Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608).
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Ryczeń
Ryczeń is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Góra, within Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Silesia
Silesia (Śląsk; Slezsko;; Silesian German: Schläsing; Silesian: Ślůnsk; Šlazyńska; Šleska; Silesia) is a region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.
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Strzelin
Strzelin (Strehlen, Střelín) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.
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Thaler
The thaler was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years.
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was a war fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648.
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Toruń
Toruń (Thorn) is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River.
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Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in today's central Romania.
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Wąsosz
Wąsosz is a town in Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa (Władysław IV Waza; Vladislovas Vaza; r; Vladislaus IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV Vasa; 9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was a Polish prince from the Royal House of Vasa.
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Wińsko
Wińsko (Winzig) is a village in Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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Wołów
Wołów (Wohlau, Volov) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.
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Wrocław
Wrocław (Breslau; Vratislav; Vratislavia) is the largest city in western Poland.
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Złotoryja
Złotoryja (Goldberg, Latin: Aureus Mons, Aurum) is a historic town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Złotoryja County, and of the smaller Gmina Złotoryja.
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Ziębice
Ziębice (Münsterberg) is a town in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christian_of_Brieg
