Rhenish Franconia (German: Rheinfranken) or Western Franconia (German: Westfranken) denotes the western half of the central German stem duchy of Franconia...

Würzburg in Eastern Franconia, Rhenish Franconia was divided and extinguished. Its territories became part of the Imperial Upper Rhenish Circle in 1500. As...

territory of the former Duchy of Upper Lorraine and large parts of Rhenish Franconia including the Swabian Alsace region and the Burgundian duchy of Savoy...

these branches, the Lambertines. The Salians' forefathers remained in Rhenish Franconia. Wipo of Burgundy, the biographer of the first Salian monarch, Emperor...

Middle and Lower Franconia—while western Rhenish Franconia belonged to the Upper Rhenish Circle. The title of a "Duke of Franconia" was claimed by the...

area belonged to the eastern part of Frankish Austrasia, which—as Rhenish Franconia—became part of East Francia according to the 843 Treaty of Verdun...

The Western natural border of Franconia is formed by the Spessart and Rhön Mountains, separating it from the former Rhenish Franconian lands around Aschaffenburg...

Spanheim was a medieval German noble family, which originated in Rhenish Franconia. They were immediate Counts of Sponheim until 1437 and Dukes of Carinthia...

refer to: Rhenish Franconia, a region of Germany Rhenish Hesse, a region of Germany Rhenish Massif, a geologic massif in western Europe Rhenish Palatinate...

and rivalled with Archbishop Frederick of Mainz for supremacy in Rhenish Franconia. The Salian counts had been able to strengthen their position in the...

843 Treaty of Verdun. The region was part of the core territory of Rhenish Franconia. It comprised the Imperial Cathedrals of Worms and Mainz which were...

of Saarbrücken. These backgrounds explain the composition of Upper and Rhenish Palatinate in the inheritance centuries onwards. About 1182, Conrad moved...

duchy. Until the 10th century, Franconia also comprised Rhenish or West Franconia. This part covered present-day Hesse, Rhenish Hesse, the Palatinate region...

the Elder, a member of the Conradine dynasty from the Lahngau in Rhenish Franconia and relative of Arnulf's consort Ota. The leaders of the Babenbergs...

Austria Austrian Littoral (Primorska) Bačka Banat Baranya Bavaria Franconia Rhenish Franconia Bavarian Swabia Bohemia Klodzko Land Egerland Brandenburg Altmark...

from 1048 until his death. Siegfried was born at Sponheim Castle in Rhenish Franconia. Likewise Siegfried had a family relationship of unknown degree with...

coronation by Pope Paschal II. In turn, the emperor appointed Conrad Duke of Franconia and both brothers German regents when he left for his second Italian campaign...

Vogt (reeve) of Weissenburg Abbey and the Bishopric of Speyer in Rhenish Franconia. About 1086/87, Frederick married Agnes, daughter of Emperor Henry...

destinations in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle in Rhenish Franconia was first mentioned in a 1081 deed of donation, when it was held by...

wormatiensis) was a medieval county in the East Frankish (German) stem duchy of Franconia, comprising the surroundings of the city of Worms and further territories...

Roman Empress, dying three weeks into her marriage. Born at Worms in Rhenish Franconia in April or June 1198, Beatrice was the eldest daughter and first...

running between Hochspeyer and Bad Münster am Stein. The settlement in Rhenish Franconia was first mentioned in an 891 deed, from the 12th century onwards...

Carinthia (d. 1004), who at the time of his birth ruled the Wormsgau in Rhenish Franconia. Conrad thereby was the younger brother of Count Henry of Speyer (d...

In the 17th century, the town was part of what was then known as Rhenish Franconia, a strategic area fought over by France and the Holy Roman Empire...

Archbishop Born c. 940 Schöningen, Saxony Died February 23, 1011 Mainz, Rhenish Franconia Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church Feast February...

had sent the teachers of Fulda to apprentice under notable scholars in Franconia, Bavaria, and Thuringia, who would return with knowledge and texts of...

explains the composition of the inheritance that comprised the Upper and Rhenish Palatinate in the following centuries. Conrad of Hohenstaufen 1156–95 In...

March of Turin Died 27 December 1087(1087-12-27) (aged 36) Mainz, Rhenish Franconia Burial Speyer Cathedral Spouse Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ​ ​ (m...

Romans (as Conrad II) at an assembly at Kamba (near Oppenheim) in Rhenish Franconia on 4 September 1024. Conrad the Younger refused to accept the new...

southern Germany, as well as in Austria, the carnival is called Fasching. In Franconia and Baden-Württemberg as well as some other parts of Germany, the carnival...