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Bavaria part 2

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 12, 2019
Post category:States

Bavaria part twoAs with many royal figures, Ludwig had a string of lovers. Perhaps the most famous was his Irish-born mistress, Eliza Gilbert, known by her stage name Lola Montez.…

Bavaria part one

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 12, 2019
Post category:States

Bavaria part oneThe Kingdom of Bavaria, a German state since the tenth century, became a member state of the German Confederation between 1815 and 1866 and was considered the second…

Saxony part two

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 12, 2019
Post category:States

Saxony part two-- the scandal Saxony’s royal scandal involved the Crown Princess Louise’s (the wife of Friedrich August) flight in December 1902 with André Giron, who had been the French…

Saxony part one

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 12, 2019
Post category:States

Saxony part oneThe Kingdom of Saxony, a German state since 1180, was a member of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866. Prior to that, the Wettin dynasty had split…

Prussia part two

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 12, 2019
Post category:States

Prussia part twoPrussia had two houses of parliament. The king alone exercised the executive power, had the supreme command of the army, and was head of the protestant church; however,…

Prussia part one

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 12, 2019
Post category:States

Prussia part oneWhen Germany unified there were four kingdoms, Prussia being the most powerful. The other kingdoms were Bavaria, Saxony, and Württemberg. Napoleon had elevated these three to kingdoms as…

Imperial Germany

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 10, 2019
Post category:Formation of Germany

Imperial Germany consisted of the following: Prussia (incl. Lauenburg) Bavaria Württemberg Saxony Baden Mecklenburg-Schwerin Saxe-Weimar Mecklenburg-Strelitz Oldenburg Brunswick Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Anhalt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Waldeck Reuss (Elder Line) Reuss (Younger…

The North German Confederation

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 8, 2019
Post category:Formation of Germany

The North German ConfederationThe North German Confederation was created in 1867 and primarily centered north of the Main River. Prussia led the 22 member states.Prussia (incl. Lauenburg)SaxonyMecklenburg-SchwerinSaxe-WeimarMecklenburg-StrelitzOldenburgBrunswickSaxe-MeiningenSaxe-AltenburgSaxe-Coburg-GothaAnhaltSchwarzburg-RudolstadtSchwarzburg-SondershausenWaldeckReuss (Elder Line)Reuss (Younger…

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 7, 2019
Post category:Formation of Germany

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871France felt it had lost its primacy over central Europe during the 1866 war. Tensions between France and the North German Confederation mounted steadily, causing France to embark…

Hesse

Post author:joerookery
Post published:September 6, 2019
Post category:States

HesseThis blog clarifies a lot of confusion. I am probably causing more. I need to set a few things straight about this state. It came into triangle shaped halves one…