Ancestral Trails 2016 » George von LEUCHTENBERG III (1502-1555)

Personal data George von LEUCHTENBERG III 


Household of George von LEUCHTENBERG III

He is married to Barbara von BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH.

They got married on September 29, 1527 at Plassenburg, Kulmbach, Bayern, Germany, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Barbara von LEUCHTENBERG  ± 1541-????
  3. George von LEUCHTENBERG  ± 1539-1553


Notes about George von LEUCHTENBERG III

George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg (13 December 1502 - 21 May 1555) was Landgrave of Leuchtenberg from 1531 to 1555.

George succeeded John IV as Landgrave.

After completing his studies, he became and advisor and treasurer to Emperor Charles V and fought in the Battle of Pavia. His post required that he provide horses and knights to Duke Louis X of Bavaria and to the Emperor to fight the war against the Ottoman Empire. He borrowed the knights and horses, as well as 14000guilders from Elector Palatine Otto Henry.

In 1546, George III and Elector Palatine Frederick III signed the Treaty of Heidelberg, which defined the boundary between Leuchtenberg and the Palatinate and the privileges of Leuchtenberg. George's brother, Christopher of Leuchtenberg (d. 1554) commanded the cavalry in the army of Albert II Alcibiades. Christopher and Albert took several loans from George and the latter was cited before the Reichskammergericht for breach of the peace. He had to temporarily hand over the Lordship of Grünsfeld and compensate the victims of the looting and pillaging. His brother Christopher died impoverished in a guest house in Regensburg. His second brother Hans was mentally ill and lived most of his life with their sister in Wallerstein.

Marriage and issue
George III married on 29 September 1527 at the Plassenburg with Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, daughter of Margrave Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach. With her he had four children

George IV (d. 1553)
Louis Henry (1529-1567), Landgrave of Leuchtenberg, married in 1549 with Countess Mathilda of the Marck-Arenberg (1530-1603)
Elizabeth (1537-1579), married in 1559 with Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536-1606)
Barbara
SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III,_Landgrave_of_Leuchtenberg

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Birthday December 13, 1502

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1502: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 10 » Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
    • February 12 » Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
    • June 15 » Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
    • July 30 » Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.

Day of marriage September 29, 1527

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1527: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
    • May 16 » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    • June 22 » Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
    • July 12 » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
    • August 3 » The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Day of death May 21, 1555

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1555: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 22 » The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar.
    • February 4 » John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.
    • March 25 » The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.
    • July 2 » Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
    • July 18 » The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.
    • September 25 » The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.


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