Matthias King of Hungary In his Reign PRINTING was first found out the League of Schwaben confirm'd and Constantinople taken by the Turks His Empress was Eleanor Daughter to Edward King of Portugal who bore him five Children whereof Christopher John and Helena died in their Infancy The two that surviv'd were Cunigunda given in Marriage to Albert the Fourth Duke of Bavaria and Maximilian the First in whom the House of Austria was preserv'd was born at Naples in the Year 1459. From his Infancy he pronounc'd his Words with so much difficulty that he was judged by most little better than dumb which Imperfection he so far master'd in the end that he became famous for his Eloquence He was of a generous Disposition and a great Lover of learned Men. He was often under very dangerous Circumstances but always surmounted 'em happily in the end In 1486. he was elected King of the Romans his Father Frederick being yet alive He refus'd to be Crown'd by the Pope but pretended to the Papal Dignity himself In short he magnified Justice loved Humility exercised Clemency and took much pains in searching out the Original of his Family In his Reign the Reformation was set on foot by Luther the Imperial Chamber instituted the Empire divided into Circles Vienna restor'd to the House of Austria and Burgundy and the Provinces of the Low Countries annexed to the same Family The Consorts of his Bed and Fortunes were Mary Daughter and sole Heiress of Charles Duke of Burgundy and after her Blanche Mary Daughter of Galeazzo Duke of Milan By the first he had Issue Margaret who after many turns of Fortune was in the end made Governess of the Netherlands and died 1530. And Philip a Prince worthy the noblest Character of whom more immediately in the next Section As for Maximilian being full of Days and Content he piously and peaceably departed this Life on the Twelfth of Jan. 1519. § VII Philip the First styled The Delight of Mankind first saw the Light in 1478. At three Years old he was installed Knight of the Golden Fleece At seventeen his Father gave him the Government of the Low Countries and Burgundy In 1496. he married the Princess Johanna eldest Daughter and Heiress of his Catholick Majesty Ferdinand King of Spain in whose Right he became immediately possess'd of the Kingdoms of Arragon and Castile But he was not long to preside over so many and so great Provinces being taken off by an untimely death in the Year 1506. and the 28th of his Age nevertheless having first seen himself Father of a fair Issue by his most beloved Consort Queen Joan. The Daughters were 1. Eleanor married first to Emanuel King of Portugal and after his decease to Francis the First King of France 2. Isabella married to Christianus the Second King of Denmark which prov'd a very unhappy Match She died in the Low-Countries An. 1525. 3. Margaret married to Lewis the Infant King of Hungary and after his unhappy death made Governess of the Netherlands 4. Catharine born after her Father's decease betrothed to John Frederick Elector of Saxony but afterwards married to John the Third King of Portugal His Sons were Charles the Fifth and Ferdinand the First betwixt which two Princes there was a Division of the Provinces whence the House of Austria became likewise divided into the Spanish and German Lines And first for the Spanish Of the Spanish Line § VIII THe Author whereof was Charles the Fifth born at Gaunt in Flanders in 1500. At fourteen Years old he had the Government of the Netherlands given him at sixteen he was Crown'd King of Spain at nineteen elected Emperour and Crown'd the Year following at Aix la Chapelle In 1521. he held his first Dyet at Wormes He had very great Wars with Francis the First King of France whom he defeated and made Prisoner in the Year 1525. He likewife seized Rome and besieged the Pope in his Castle there and annexed the Dutchy of Milan for ever to his House In 1532. at a Dyet then held at Ratisbonne the Protestaut Confession of Faith was exhibited and publickly read before him Some Years after he had Wars with the Protestants wherein he took John Frederick Elector of Saxony Prisoner in 1545. and thereupon transferred the Electoral Dignity from him to Maurice Duke of Saxony He likewise caused Philip Landtgrave of Hesse to be put in custody yet in the end concluded the Peace of Passaw with those of that Religion in 1552. Three Years after he abdicated the Government leaving the Empire to his Brother Ferdinand and the Kingdom of Spain with the Low-Countries and its other Dependencies to his Son Philip. After his Abdication he retired to a Cloyster in St. Justus's Monastery in Spain where having spent about two or three Years he piously and peaceably ended his days 1558. leaving Issue by Isabel Daughter of Emanuel King of Portugal one Son and two Daughters viz. Mary married to the Emperour Maximilian the Second Joanna to John Infant of Portugal and Philip the Second of whom more in the next Section Besides these he had one natural Daughter named Margaret begotten on Madamoiselle de Plumbes and married to Alexander de Medices Duke of Urbin and after his decease to Octavio Farnesse Duke of Parma As also a Son by Madamoselle de Blomberg namely the most Valiant and Renowned Hero Don John of Austria § IX But to return into our way The only Heir of Charles the Fifth was Philip the Second born 1527. made King of Sicily and Naples 1543. King of England and Ireland in right of his Wife 1554. Lord of the Low-Countries and Duke of Milan 1555. and last of all King of Spain 1556. He obtain'd the famous Victory of St. Quintin over the French but soon after lost Calice to them He was Author of the Spanish Inquisition Moreover he lost seven of the Low-Country Provinces as also the famour Armada sent against the English In 1580. he overcame the Kingdom of Portugal and by force of Arms caused himself to be Crown'd King thereof His first Queen was Mary Daughter to John the Third King of Portugal his second another Mary Daughter to Henry the Eighth King of England and then Queen of that Kingdom his third Isabella or Elizabeth a Daughter of Henry the Second's King of France and his fourth Anne Daughter of the Emperour Maximilian the Second By the first he had Prince Charles born 1565. deceased in Prison 1568. By the third Isabella Clara Eugenia born 1566. married to Albert the Seventh of Austria deceased 1633. and Catharine born 1567. and married to Charles Emanuel Duke of Savoy on the Eleventh of March 1585. By the last a Son of his own Name viz. Philip the Third born 1578. in whose Issue the Spanish Line was continued He succeeded his Father in his Kingdoms in 1598. And in 1610. expelled nine hundred thousand Moors and Jews out of Spain His death bears date 1621. His Queen was Margaret Daughter
to Charles Archduke of Austria who bore him eight Children whereof three died in their Infancy The rest were 1. Anna Maria Mauritia married to Lewis the Thirteenth King of France 1615. deceased July 3. 1640. 2. Mary Anne married to the Emperour Ferdinand the Third 1631. deceased May 13. 1646. 3. Charles a Prince of the Noblest Vertues but taken off by a too untimely Fate 4. Ferdinand Cardinal and Governour of the Netherlands deceased 1641. And 5. Philip the Fourth surnamed Dominicus Victor succeeded his Father in 1621. and took on him the Government at the Age of sixteen He lost the American Plate-Fleet He enter'd into a perpetual Alliance with the States of Holland He concluded the Pyrenaean Peace with the French And in short was an unfortunate Prince during the whole course of his Reign He had two Wives Elizabeth Daughter to Henry the Fourth King of France who bore him seven Children but all of 'em either died young or in their Infancy except Maria Theresia married to Lewis the Fourteenth the present French King in 1660. since deceased July 30. 1683. His second Match was with Mary Anne Daughter to the Emperour Ferdinand the Third by whom he had Issue 1. Margaret Theresia married to Leopold the present Emperour in 1666. deceased March 20. 1673. And 2. Charles the Second the present King of Spain born Nov. 6. 1661. who succeeded in that Kingdom at the death of his Father Philip in the Year 1665. In 1679. he took to Wife Mary Louise Daughter of Philip Duke of Orleans who dying without Issue in 1689. he the same Year married Mariae Anna Daughter of Philip William Elector Palatine the present Queen All which being thus fully explain'd we now come to the German Line Of the German Line § X. PRoceed we therefore to speak of the other Son of Philip the First as Authose of the German Line His Name was Ferdinand born in Spain 1503. Crown'd King of Hungary and Bohemia in right of his Wife 1527. Elected King of the Romans 1531. and Emperour in 1556. He had great Wars with the Turks as also with the Protestants He permitted the Bohemians to Communicate under both kinds His Empress was Anne Daughter to Uladislaus King of Hungary Sister to Lewis the Infant The day of his death happen'd in the Year 1653. and sixtieth of his Age after he had had this following Issue 1. Elizabeth born 1526. married to Sigismund King of Poland 1545. 2. maximilian born Aug. 1. 1527. 3. Anne born 1528. married to Albert the Fifth Duke of Bavaria deceased Octob. 18. 1587. 4. Mary born May 15. 1530. married to William Duke of Juliers 1546. deceased 1584 5. Magdalen profess'd a Nun. 6. Catharine born Sept. 25. 1533. and married to Francis Duke of Mantua and after his decease to Sigismund Augustus King of Poland She died 1572. 7. Ferdinand II. Archduke of Austria born 1534. 8. Eleanor born Nov. 2. 1534. She was married to William Duke of Mantua and died 1604. 9. Margaret another Nun deceased 1566. 10. John born 1538. deceased the Year after 11. Barbara born 1539. married to Alphonso II. Duke of Ferrara 1565. deceased 1572. 12. Charles born June 3. 1540. 13. Ursula deceased an Infant 14. Helena who went into a Nunnery And 15. Joanna born 1547. married to Francis Duke of Florence 1565. deceased 1578. As for the three Sons Maximilian Ferdinand and Charles they had their Father's Territories divided amongst 'em by which division Maximilian obtain'd Hungary Bohemia and Austria Ferdinand had Tyrol and Alsace and Charles Stiria and Carinthia Of these we shall speak a-part in their proper places § XI Maximilian II. was crown'd King of Bohemia Sept. 20. 1562. and of Hungary on Sept. 8. in the following Year He was likewise elected King of the Romans in the aforesaid Year 1562. and Emperour in 64. He was a pious just peaceable Prince and no great Enemy to the Protestants He had Wars with Solyman Emperour of the Turks brought Gunbrachius and his Complices to condign punishment and did by no means approve of the Massacre at Paris He departed this Life at Ratisbonne having had fifteen Children by his Empress Mary Daughter to Charles V. whereof six died young The rest were 1. Anne born 1549. married to Philip II. King of Spain 1570. deceased 1580. 2. Rudolph II. born June 18. 1552. who succeeded his Father in the Empire Octob. 12 1576. and carried on the War with the Port. In 1595. he lost Raab but it was recover'd three Years after by Rudolph Count Swartzburg In 1569. he lost Erla also Kanisa in 1600. and Gran in 1605. He died a Batchellor at Prague Jan. 10. 1612 and left a vast Treasure behind him 3. Ernestus II. born June 15. 1553. And made Governour of the Low-Countries by the King of Spain 1594. which Dignity he scarce enjoy'd a full Year by reason of his death which fell out soon after 4. Elizabeth born 1554 married to Charles IX King of France 1570. deceased June 2 1592. 5. Matthias born 1557. who succeeded his Brother Rudolph in the Empire being elected at Francfort June 13. 1612. On Decemb 4. 1611. he married Anne Daughter to his Uncle Ferdinand Archduke of Austria nevertheless died without Issue 1619. 6. Maximilian III born Octob. 12. 1558. In 1587. he was Crown'd King of Poland but being afterwards defeated and imprisoned by the contrary Faction was forced to quit his Pretensions to that Crown to obtain his Liberty In 1596. he fought a Battel with the Turks not far from Erla where he was routed with his whole Army He was also Grand Master of the Teutonick Order and died in 1620. 7. Albert VII born Nov. 13. 1559. and created Cardinal of the Holy Cross but quitting his Orders was afterwards made Governour of the Netherlands by the King of Spain and married Isabella Clara Eugenia Daughter of Philip II. nevertheless died without Issue July 13. 1621. 8. Wenceslaus Knight of Malta born 1561. deceased Nov. 7. 1578. 9. Margaret a profess'd Nun deceased 1633. aged sixty six § XII The second Son of Ferdinand I. Emperour was Ferdinand II. as was already observ'd a Prince eminent for his Courage who notwithstanding he had many advantageous Matches offer'd him refus'd 'em all and married the Lady Philippina Welseriana Daughter of Free Baron of Xinnenberg by whom he had Issue 1. Andrew Bishop of Brescia and Cardinal deceased Nov. 11. 1600. 2. Charles Marquess of Burgovia deceased without Issue 1618. notwithstanding he had married the Princess Sibilla of Juliers 3. Anne married to the Emperour Matthias at Vienna Decemb. 4. 1611. deceased Decemb. 14. 1618. 4. Anne Catharine a Nun. He had three Children more but they died in their Infancy § XIII Matters thus clear'd we now proceed to speak of Charles third Son of the Emperour Ferdinand I. in whose Issue the Austrian Family in Germany was preserv'd In the division of the Hereditary Provinces aforesaid he had Stiria Carinthia and Carniola for his Patrimony and took to
his End in the Flower of his Age by a very odd Accident in the Year 1498. for going out of a Door at Amboise where he then was to see 'em run at Tilts he struck his Forehead with that violence against the top of it as he was presently after seiz'd by an Apoplexy and fell down dead in the place § X. Wherefore we must look back to Lewis Duke of Orleans mention'd already by us in Sect. VIII Numb 2. This Prince took to Wife Valentine Daughter of Galeazzo Duke of Milan who bare him this following Issue 1. Charles Duke of Orleans and Milan born 1391. 2. Philip deceased without Issue 1420. 3. Margaret born 1406. She married Richard of Bretagne Count d'Estampes and died 1464. 4. John Count d'Angouleme born 1404. of whom more in the next Section as being him in whose Issue the Descent of this Line was continu'd Charles the eldest of these three was taken Prisoner at the Battel of Agin Court and detain'd so in England for the space of five and twenty Years but in the end ransom'd and set at liberty by Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy His death which happened in 1465. was hastned by the Indignation he conceiv'd at having his Counsels despised and laugh'd at by King Lewis XI He was thrice married his first Wife being Isabel Daughter of Charles VI. King of France the Relict of Richard II. King of England his second Bona Daughter of Bernhard Count d'Armanac and his third Mary Daughter of Adolph Duke of Cleves By these he had four Children 1. Joan married to John Duke of Alençon 2. Lewis XII King of France 3. Mary married to John de Foix Viscount Narbon deceased 1493. 4. Anne Lady Abbess of Tonteurault Lewis XII was advanc'd to the Throne on the death of Charles VIII without Issue and Crown'd 1498. A merciful and gracious Prince sparing of the Money and Blood of his Subjects and therefore very dear to his People and styled by 'em The Father of his Country Yet was he unfortunate through the whole course of his Life witness Thuanus's History lib. 1. His first Wife was Joan Daughter of King Lewis XI a crooked and deform'd Person forced on him notwithstanding his aversion to her and all the Protestations imaginable against the injury done him by the King her Father in hopes of her proving barren Wherefore having obtain'd the Crown he divorc'd her See Im. Hoff. Geneal Gal. in Vitâ Ludov. XII and substituted in her room Anne the Relict of his Predecessor Charles VIII After whose decease he married a third time viz. Mary Daughter of Henry VII King of England nevertheless all his Male Issue died young so that he had only two Daughters namely 1. Claudia born 1499. married to Francis I. King of France And 2. Renata born 1509. married to Hercules Duke of Ferrara § XI Wherefore John Count d'Angoulesme must again appear brought already on the Stage in the last Section Numb 4. He was left in England by his Brother Charles with King Henry V. as a Pledge for an Hundred thousand Crowns and not dismissed 'till thirty Years after During which stay in England he wholly applied himself to the study of Learning and true Piety in which he made so good progress as to be held worthy by the Council of Constance of the Papal Chair which Dignity he nevertheless refused that he might not incense his Prince King Charles VII who was a great Stickler for the deposed Pope Eugenius IV. He married Margaret Daughter of Alan IX Viscount Roban who bore him a Son named Charles Count d'Angoulesme who took to Wife Aloisia Daughter of Philip Count de Bresse afterwards Duke of Savoy by whom he had a Son called Francis born Sept. 12. 1494. This Francis succeeded Lewis XII upon his dying without Issue Male and was Crown'd King of France 1515. He was very prone to Venery and Lewdness which brought him into many and great Inconveniencies He lost the Dutchy of Milan In 1515. the first Year he came to the Crown he overthrew the Swiss at the Battel of Marignan He had great Wars with the Emperour Charles V. by whom he was beaten at the Battel of Pavie in the Year 1525. and being taken Prisoner therein was sent to Madrid Being again set at liberty he began the War afresh but with no better success for in this second War he was wholly beaten out of Italy He had likewise War with Henry VIII King of England which ended in the Year 1546. He was a great Lover of Learning and learned Men whom he advanc'd and had in great esteem He was the first that brought the Custom of selling Offices and Preferments into France He finally abolish'd the Pragmatick Sanction and agreed to the Concordat Moreover he granted Annats to the Pope of Rome His Queens were Claudia Daughter to his Predecessor Lewis XII and Eleanor Daughter of Philip I. King of Spain which last died in the Year 1558. he himself in 1547. leaving Issue a Son and two Daughters The Son was Henry II. of whom in the next Section The Daughters 1. Magdalen married to James V. King of Scotland And 2. Margaret married to Charles Duke of Alençon and after his decease to Henry II King of Navarre § XII Henry II. succeeded his Father and was Crown'd King of France in 1547 8. He was of a generous Disposition a courageous and warlike Prince He took Metz Toul and Verdun from the Germans and overthrew the Emperour Charles V. in a Field Battel He likewise beat the English out of all their footing in France by taking Calice yet was defeated by the Spaniard with a vast slaughter of his Men at the Battel of St. Quintin Designing to Honour his Sister Margaret's Birth-Day with Festivals and a Tournament in which he would run himself he commanded the Count de Montgomery to run against him as he did but in the Course the Count's Spear shiver'd in pieces and an unlucky Splinter thereof wounded the King so grievously in the Eye that he died within a few Days after July 10. 1559. His Queen was Catharine de Medices Daughter of Laurence Duke of Urbin who bore him Issue as followeth 1. Francis II. who indeed succeeded him but did not long survive him for he was Crown'd King Sept. 8. O.S. 1559. and died Decemb. 5. the Year following He was married to Mary Stuart Daughter of James V. King of Scotland but left no Issue by her 2. Elizabeth or Isabella born 1545. married to Philip II. King of Spain 1559. deceased 1568. 3. Claudia married Feb. 5. 1559. to Charles II. Duke of Lorrain deceased 1575. 4. Lewis deceased an Infant 5. Charles IX born 1550. his Brother's Successor Crown'd King May 15. 1561. His Reign is infamous for the many bloody Battels for the daily Sieges and Sackings of Towns and Cities for the Devastations of Provinces and Slanghters of the Inhabitants occasion'd by the Civil War that then rag'd in France but above all for the barbarous
any thing The King of Denmark to whom the King had sent born Men and Monies for the recovery of the Polatinate was routed by Tilly the Emperour's General and without a present Supply the Sound was in danger to be lost and the English East-land Trade and Staple at Hamburgh almost given up for gone And now what wonder if the King 's extraordinary Wants put him upon extraordinary Courses He borrows 120000 l. of the City of London for which they had Lands of 21000 l. yearly value assur'd to them and 30000 l. of the East-India Company And for the rest made use of Privy-Seals Loans as such other ways as might enforce a less necessitated Prince to However that a last Extremity might not run him beyond his Natural Inclination he calls a Parliament which open'd March 17. 1627. where he so pathetically laid before them the cause of their meeting which was The Common Danger a Supply proportionable to it The Exigence of Time the just Desence of Friends and Allies And lastly clos'd all with his Hopes of their following that Advice of maintaining the Unity of the Spirit in the Band of Peace that the Commons unanimously voted him Five Subsidies On which the King by his Secretary let them know He would deny them nothing of their Liberties which any of his Predecessors had granted But while the Bill for these Subsidies was preparing the old Leven fermented anew Loans Privy Seals Billeting of Soldiers even in cases of Necessity and Martial Law for keeping them in order was question'd as contrary to Magna Charta which terminated in this That the King gave his Royal Assent to that so-much-talk'd of Petition of Right wherein yet he granted no New Liberties but confirmed the Old with this Declaration concerning the true Intent thereof That the Profession of both Houses in the hammering of the Petition was no ways to entrench upon his Prerogative saying They had neither Intention nor Power to hurt it Of which Intent and Meaning of his in granting the said Petition he commanded all to take notice Especially said the King you my Lords the Judges for to you only under Me belongs the Interpretation of the Laws For none of the Houses of Parlement joint or separate whatever New Doctrine may be rais'd have any Power to make or declare a Law without My Consent And yet this did not so quiet some turbulent Heads of the Commons who would be satisfed with nothing but the Kingdom also bet that they yet remonstrated against several late Miscarriages in Government and concluded with the Duke of Buckingham as the Common Grievance of the Kingdom and tack'd it to the Bill of Subsidies which the King took notice of and withal hearing they were preparing another against Tonnage and Poundage prorogu'd them from June 26. to Octob. 20. 1628. Between which and the said next Meeting the Duke was slain at Portsmouth in the Thirty sixth Year of his Age as he was fetting fail for the Relief of Rochel by one John Felton a discontented Officer of the last Year's Army and the Parliament put of to the 20th of January At what time the Debates running so high against the pretended encrease of Popery and Arminianism and the levying Tonnage and Poundage not yet granted by Parliament The King by Warrant of the Privy-Council sent for several of the Principal Authors of those Disorders Four of which appearing and refusing to answer out of Parliament what they had said and done in Parliament they were committed to the Tower the Parliament dissolv'd March to and such as had not appear'd were apprehended and committed to several other Priâ—â—ns and an Information preferr'd against â—hem in the Star-Chamber to which they deâ—urr'd And in Michaelmas 1629. brought their Habeas Corpus's in the King's Bench and â—â—ov'd to be Bail'd which the Judges allow'd with this That they ought to find Sureties for â—â—e Good Behaviour in that it is a prevention of Damages to the Commonwealth and an Act of Government and Jurisdiction not â—f Law Which being refus'd by them they were remanded And the King waving his Proceedings in the Star-Chamber an Information was exhibited in the King's Bench against Three of them for Words spoken by them in â—he foregoing Parliament falsly maliciously â—nd seditiously as well against the King the Peers of the Realm c. as to raise a Tumult and Sedition subvert the Government and to the intent all the King 's Loving Subjects â—hould withdraw their Affections from Him To this the Defendants pleaded That forasmuch as the Offences are supposed to have been done in Parliament they ought not to be punish'd in any other Court but in Parliament and demurr'd to the Jurisdiction of the Court Which after full Argument on both sides was over-rul'd by the Court and a Day given them to plead further which they not doing Judgment was given against them upon a Nihil dicit That they should be imprison'd during the King's Pleasure not to be deâ—iver'd 'till Security given in Court for the Good-Behaviour and acknowledgment of the Offence and each of them respectively final according to his Condition it being further said by the Judges That Plowden in Queen Mary's time was fined for Words spoken in Parliament against the Dignity of the Queen And it was the Opinion of the Justices iâ— 8. Eliz. That Offences committed in Parliament are punishable out of Parliament The Scots during this time were not idle at home but blew those Coals of Discontent among the People which afterwards fired the three Kingdoms nor wanted there an opportunity at present The Lands of Cathedrals and Religious Houses with the Superiorities and Tithes belonging to them had been by Act of Parliament setled on the Crown but by the Contrivance of Murray and other Regents during the Minority of King James parcell'd among the Lords and Great Men of the Kingdom thereby to make a Party to themseves And King Charles coming to the Crown engag'd in a War and having no Aid from them took a legal course to resume them On which those Occupants that well knew they had no other Title than the Usurpation of their Ancestors combine together to oppose the King in every thing that should be offer'd in Parliament relating to Church-Affairs and because Religion was the best Bait to hook in the People and conceal themselves they centre on that and only wait the Occasion which fell thus King James from his first coming to the Crown of England though he fail'd in his Design of making the English and them into one People had proceeded so far 〈◊〉 bringing the Kirk of Scotland to an Uniformity to the Church of England that he not only setled Episcopacy among them but in the General Assembly of Aberdeen 1616. procured â—n Act for composing a Liturgy or Common-Prayer to be first presented to the King and after his Approbation universally receiv'd through the Kingdom And a Book of Canons which also was further improv'd by that other
that other of Rotelen by the disposition of his Father liv'd at Durlach was a Lutheran and in great request for his Prudence with the Emperor Maximilian the First He dy'd Feb. 6. 1553. and besides Seven Daughters left Three Sons 1. Bernhard the Fifth born 1517. dy'd the same Year with his Father 2. Charles the Third born July 24. 1529. 3. Albert the Second a Valiant Warrior but dy'd without Children 1642. Of these Charles the Third succeeded his Father and dy'd March 23. 1577. His first Wife was Cunigund Daughter of Casimire Marquess of Brandenburg who dying 1558. He married Anne Daughter of Rupert Palatine of Veldentz who dy'd March 30. 1586. and left him 1. Dorothy Ursula born 1559. married to Lewis the Fifth of Wirtenburg and dy'd 1583. 2. Ernest Frederick his Successor born 1560. who as has been said Section 5. had a Dispute with his Kinsmen the Sons of Edward the Fortunate touching the Upper Marquisate or Baden of Baden He was a smart Defender of Lutheranism Founded a famous School at Durlach and dy'd April 14. 1604. but left no Issue tho' married to Anne Daughter of Etzhard Earl of Ostfrise Son of Frederick the Fourth Elector Palatine 3. James the Third born May 26. 1562. dy'd Aug. 15. 1590. And by Elizabeth Daughter of Florence Earl of Cullenburg left Anne born 1587. who was married to Wolrad of Waldeck and brought him the Earldom of Cullenburg and dy'd 1648. And one Posthumous Son James Ernestus who liv'd not long 4. George Frederick born Jan. 10. 1573. § VII This George succeeded his Brothers and suffer'd much by means of the Palatine Frederick the Fifth whose Party he adher'd to He dy'd at Geneva Sept 14. 1638. and had to Wife Juliana Ursula of Raugrave who dy'd 1614. and after that Agatha of the House of Erpace by whom he had Seventeen Children of which Eleven dy'd untimely The rest were 1. Catharine Ursula born Jan. 19. 1593. married to Otto of Hesse-Cassel 1613. dy'd Dec. 21. 1616. 2. Frederick the Second of whom presently 3. Anna Amalia born 1595. marry'd to William of Nassau in Saarbrucken 1615. dy'd 1652. 4. Charles the Fifth born 1598. dy'd in his Travel through France July 27. 1625. 5. Christopher the Fourth born March 16. 1603. Slain at the Siege of Ingolstadt Apr. 30. 1632. 6. Sibilla Magdalena born July 21. 1605. married June 7. 1629. to John of Nassau in Saarbrucken Frederick the Second born July 6. 1594. succeeded his Father He was a Prince of a general Learning took part with the King of Sweden which occasion'd him divers Troubles which he in a manner got out of by the Treaty of Osenburg dy'd Sept. 8. 1659. and had by Five Wives Eleven Children Six of which dy'd Infants The rest were 1. Frederick the Third born Nov. 6. 1617. of whom in the next Section 2. Sibilla born Feb. 5. 1620. dy'd unmarried Aug. 20. 1679. 3. Charles Magnus born March 17. 1621. he did the King of Sweden good Services and by that means came to be Lieutenant General of his Army dy'd Nov. 19. 1658. and left one Son Charles Frederick born 1651. He was a Knight of Malta and dy'd without Issue 1677. 4. Johanna born 1623. married to John Barnim Camp-Marshal of Sweden and after his Death to Henry Count of Thun 1648. and has been dead some Years 5. Gustavus Adolphus Abbot of Fulda in Germany and Cardinal He dy'd Dâ—â— 24. 1677. § VIII Frederick the Third succeeded his Father He was a Prince so great a Master of all the Arts of Peace and War that he wâ—â— General to the Emperor in the last War against the French and discharg'd it with Honour but having recover'd Philipsburg to the Empire dy'd 1677. in the Sixty Sixth Year of his Age His Wife was Christiana Magdalena Daughter of John Casimier Palatine of Bipont whom he married at Stockboim 1642. and had by her 1. Frederick Casimier born 1643. dy'd 1644. 2. Christiana born 1645. married 1665. to Albert Marquess of Brandenburg Ansbach and after his death to John Frederick Duke of Saxon-Gotham 1681. 3. Eleanora Catharina born and dy'd 1646. 4. Fredericus Magnus born Sept. 27. 1646. the now Reigning Prince He married Augusta Maria Daughter of Frederick Duke of Sleswick May 15. 1670. by whom he had Ten Children of which Four dy'd Infants The rest now living are 1. Catharine born Oct. 10. 1676. 2. Carolus Wilhelmus born Jan. 17. 1679. 3. Johanna Elizabetha born Oct. 3. 1680. 4. Alberta Frederica born July 3. 1682. 5. Christopher born Sept. 28. 1684. 6. Charlotte Sophia born March 1. 1686. 5. Carolus Gustavus born Sept. 27. 1648. a Warlike Prince and had to Wife Anna Sophia Daughter of Anthony Ulrick Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg married to him 1677. who brought him 1. Christiana Juliana born Sept. 12. 1678. 2. Charles born and dy'd 1680. 3. Frederick Rodolph born 1681. dy'd 1682. 4. Charles Anthony born Jan. 29. 1683. 6. Catharina Barbara born 1650. yet unmarried 7 Johanna Elizabetha born 1651. married to John Frederick Marquess of Brandendurg Ansbach dy'd Sept. 8. 1680. 8. Eleanora Frederica born and dy'd 1658. But the aforesaid Frederick's Wife dying he had Two natural Sons by a Private Gentlewoman her Father tho' a Colonel of Horse to wit Frederick and Bernhard call'd the Barons of Muntzenheim which Fief being possest by the Baron Hoffart and Escheated to him he conferr'd on them Of the Augmentations of this Family § IX HOw this Family got the Marquisate of Baden we have already shown After that Herman the Fourth had Durlach Heildesheim and Etlingen with his Wife the Daughter of Henry Count Palatine of Guelffe In the Year 1246. Herman the Fifth obtained the Dutchy of Austria and Stiria in right of his Wife In 1415. the County of Hochberg was further added A great part of Sponheim in 1437. and at the same time Mahlberg and Lobra in Ortenaw In 1444. Christopher hook'd in Baden-Weiler and Welschberg and after that Rodemachern Herspringen and Ufeldingen And upon the death of his Kinsman Philip the Landtgraviate of Sansenberg and the Seigniory of Rotelen fell in to the rest And lastly the Family of the Earls of Eberstein being extinct the greatest part of that County was added to that Family Of its Decreasings § X. THis Family suffer'd a loss about the middle of the Thirteenth Century at what time Ottocar King of Bohemia took Austria and Stiria from Frederick the rightful Heir But in the Last and this present French War both the Lines of this Family have suffer'd and do yet suffer And moreover has a pretence to the Principality of Geroltzeck CHAP. XV. Of the Family of Anhalt and Saxon-Lawenburg § I. THo' this Family be for Antiquity past all Memory yet it was known in the Year 524. by the Name of the Counts of Ascania and Ballenstedt After which Albert the Sixth of that House was by the Emperor Henry the Second created Marquess of Soltquel and died 1005. But when under Conrade the
Mary Daughter of Stephen King of Hungary Lewis his Son became King of Poland by a Marriage with Elizabeth Daughter of Ladislaus King of that Country And Philip Charles Martel's Brother took upon him the Title of Emperour of Constantinople in his Wife 's Right Lewis IX obtain'd Clermont Tholouse and Provence by the same Right Beaumont by Gift and Mascon for Money Philip the Fair bought the County of Canny and joyn'd the Kingdom of Navarre to that of France by a Marriage with Joan last Heiress thereof with whom he had Champagne also and the Territory of Bruges Philip VI. surnamed de Valois had Dauphine given him but bought the Lordship of Mompellier in Languedoc of Sanchius King of Majorca Charles V. did the same by Auxerre Picena part of Dreux Creil and Mouzon all which Places he annexed to the Crown In 1345. Philip Duke of Burgundy third Son of King John added the Counties of Artois Burgundy and Flanders as also the Dutchy of Brabant to this Family partly as his Mother's Inheritance and partly as his Wife 's After this Charles the Bold succeeded to the Dutchy of Burgundy as next Heir and so became Lord of all the Netherlands In 1389. Lewis II. Son of Charles V. became possessed of the Dutchy of Milan in right of his Wife Valentina Daughter and Heiress of John Galeazo Duke thereof In 1535. Francis I. annexed the Dutchy of Bretagne to the Crown Henry IV. gave the Kingdom of Navarre once more to the Crown together with the Principality of Bern the Dutchies of Vendôme Beaumont and Albret the Counties of Foix and Armanac Perigord and Bresse with many other Places So that all France became incorporated in the Crown Last of all Lewis XIV the present King has made himself Master of the Bishopricks of Metz Tulles and Verdun Pignerol Brisac all Alsace and Brisgow By the Pyrenaean Treaty he had the County of Rousillon with part of that of Cerdagne made over to him See Artic. 42. and 43. Moreover he has bought Casal the Capital City of Montferrat By the Treaty of Peace at Nimeguen he was put in possession of Freiburg Two Years after he made himself Master of Strasburg by force of Arms viz. Septemb. 29. 1681. as he had done seven Years before of the Dutchies of Barre and Lorrain which two last he has united to the Crown for ever He has likewise taken the Palatinate of Deux Pents from its Natural Prince under pretence of its being an Appendant of Alsace Nor have the Dukes of Wirtenberg escaped him from whom he forced Mompelgart as also Orange from the Prince of that Name In short the Fronch of late years have extended their Power as far as America where they stand possess'd of New-France and Isles of St. Christopher and Martinique as also that of St. Laurence near Africk Moreover they seem of late to have gotten footing in Siam in the East-India's Of its Decrease § XVIII THe greatest Diminution suffered by the Family of Capet has been from the English who beginning a War with the Line of Valois under the Conduct of King Edward III. about the Year 1338. subdued in a manner all France Nevertheless in process of time all was regain'd by the French so that now the English have not so much as a Foot of Land in France In 1477. Mary the only Daughter and Heiress of Charles the Bold last Duke of Burgundy of this Family being married to Maximilian I transferred the Franche Comté together with all the Netherlands and indeed all other her Possessions except the Dutchy of Burgundy to the House of Austria Nevertheless the French by degrees have recovered many of these Places and still are gaining more as namely Artois with great part of Haynault and Flanders by the Pyrenaean Treaty of Peace See the 35th and following Articles By the Peace of Nimeguen the Franche Comté and since that the Dutchy of Luxenburg They have also made themselves Masters of some Cities belonging to the United Provinces and bought Dunkirk of the English But then again for its Decrease In 1281. this Family lost the Kingdom of Sicily witness the famous Sicilian Vespers at which time it lost Malta also Joan the last Queen of Naples of the Family of Capet transferred that Kingdom to Alphonso King of Arragon Hedewig descended of the same Race last Heiress of the Kingdom of Poland brought in Marriage that Kingdom to Jagello Duke of Lithuania In 1512. the Kingdom of Navarre was torn from it by the Spaniard and the Dutchy of Milan lost about ten Years after to Charles V. who invested his Son Philip therein Last of all the present French King has again freely surrendred the County of Avignon to his Holiness Pope Alexander VIII alias Ottoboni By all which it appears what Regions and Provinces are at present subject to the French King yet consult at leisure the famous John Christ Beckman's Hist Civ c. 3. § 2. Of its Pretensions § XIX THe House of France seems in the first place to have a just Title to the Upper Kingdom of Navarre as taken from King John of Albret by Ferdinand the Catholick King of Spain at the Instigation of Pope Julius II. whereas the Right and Title thereunto was by Joan of Albret's being married to Anthony of Bourbon Father of King Henry the Great transferred into that Family and the Claim suspended 'till this day 2. To the Commonwealth of Genoua by reason of a voluntary and formal Surrender of its Soveraignty in 1396. to Charles VI. King of France which has been since often claim'd 3. To the Kingdom of Naples which nevertheless seems to be but weak and is wholly rejected by the Spaniards 4. To the Dutchy of Milan Valentina the Heiress of that Dutchy being married by Lewis Duke of Orleans second Son of Charles V. And Lastly The present King in name of his Brother Philip Duke of Orleans lays claim to great part of the Palatinate of the Rhine And this has been the occasion of the present bloody and expensive War CHAP. III. Of the Lineage of the Kings of England § I. WHat the first State or Form of England was how conquer'd by the Romans and afterwards by the Saxons makes so little to the present Undertaking that we purposely leave it it being as much as we shall have occasion for That about the Year 1016. Canutus or Knute King of Denmark invaded this Kingdom and having treacherously slain the Saxon King Edmond Ironside 1018. married Emma the Widow of King Ethelred Father of the said Edmond and was the first Danish King of England and died 1038. His Issue were 1. Harold surnamed Harefoot by a former Wife 2. Hardicanute by the said Emma Harold succeeded his Father and died without Issue 1041. and left the Succession to his said Brother by the Father's side Hardicanute who by means of his Luxury became odious to the People and in the midst of a Debauch died suddenly 1042. lest no Issue and with him
ended the Government of the Danes in England To him succeeded his Brother by the Mother's side Edward surnamed The Confessor the Son of Ethelred by Emma the Mother of Hardicanute as before He had been preserv'd from Canute by Richard II. Duke of Normandy his Uncle and upon the death of Hardicanute was recall'd from Normandy and Crown'd King in the Year 1042 and Fortieth of his Age. He first brought into the Royal Family the Gift of curing The King 's Evil Reigned Twenty four Years and died without Issue 1065. Upon this Harold II. Son of Earl Godwin by Guitha Sifter of Swaine King of Denmark by the assistance of Edwin and Morcar Earls of York and Chester was preferred to the Crown but enjoy'd it not long for he was slain in Battel Octob. 14. 1066. by § II. William I. Duke of Normandy surnamed The Conquerour first of the Normans that was King of England Natural Son of Robert II. Duke of Normandy by Arletta an obscure Woman who under pretence that Edward the Confessor had by his last Will and Testament transferred the Kingdom to him made a Descent into England and having slain Harold as before was by the unanimous Consent of the Peerage of England Crown'd King 1067. He had a sharp War with Philip I. King of France and after Twenty one Years Reign died at Roan in Normandy Septemb. 9. 1087. He had to Wife Maud Daughter of Baldwin V. Earl of Flanders by whom he had six Daughters and four Sons 1. Cecilie Abbess of Caen in Normandy 2. Constance married to the Earl of Britain 3. Adela to Stephen Earl of Blois Father of King Stephen of whom in his turn 4. Gundred to William Warren first Earl of Surry 5. Ela both died young 6. Margaret both died young His Sons were 1. Robert to whom he bequeathed the Dutchy of Normandy 2. Richard kill'd by a Stagg in New Forest in his Father's Life-time 3. William surnamed Rufus who succeeded his Father in the Kingdom 4. Henry I. surnamed Beauclerk to whom he left his Treasure and a yearly Pension of whom more in the next Section II. William II. born in Normandy 1057. his Brother Robert being in Normandy at the time of his Father's death what by pretext of his Father's Will and the contrivance of Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury was Crown'd Octob. 5. following He had War with the Scots brought Wales under his Obedience but what with that and to secure his Possession against the Claim and Arms of his elder Brother Robert he was necessitated to many a dishonourable Shift whereby to get Money and at last strook dead with an Arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrel a Norman his Bow-Bearer as they were Hunting in New Forest but whether by accident or otherwise is uncertain Aug. 2. 1100. being the Eleventh Year of his Reign and Forty third of his Age but never married III. Henry I. youngest Son of the Conqueror born in England 1070. his eldest Brother Robert still living but in favour of Henry given out to be chosen King of Jerusalem succeeded his Brother William and was Crown'd in four Days after his death He had long Wars with his Brother Robert upon his return from the Holy War 'till at last having taken him Prisoner he put out his Eyes and threw him in Prison where he died but left no Issue He call'd the first Parliament after the Conquest at Salisbury in 1115. and died of a Surfeit in Normandy Decemb. 2. 1136. in the Sixty seventh Year of his Age and Thirty fifth of his Reign His first Wife was Matilda or Maud Daughter of Malcolm III. King of Scotland by Margaret the Sister of Edgar Atheling right Heir of Edward the Confessor as being descended from Edmond Ironside of whom before by which means the Saxon Line was restor'd in her Issue 1. William born 1102. he married Matilda or Maud Daughter of Foulk Earl of Anjon who with several others were cast away Nov. 26. 1119. 2. Maud the only legitimate Issue that surviv'd him born 1104. she was first married to the Emper our Henry IV. 1110. and after his death to Jeoffry Plantaganet Earl of Anjou 1124. so called from a Sprig of Broom which he wore in his Cap or Bonnet by whom she had King Henry II. His second Wife was Adeliza Daughter of Jeoffry Duke of Lorrain by whom he had no Issue He had seven Natural Sons 1. Robert Earl of Gloucester a Person of great Direction and indefatigable Industry as appear'd by the valiant Assistance he gave his said Sister Maud against King Stephen 2. Richard drown'd with his Brother William 1117. 3. Reinald Earl of Cornwal and Baron of Castle-Combe Nor is there any particular mention of the other Four And as many Natural Daughters Of whom it is only said they were all of them honourably bestowed in Marriage § III. William only Son of Henry I. being lost as before and himself not having Issue by his second Wife he now began to think of setling the Succession and to that purpose call'd another Paaliament 1133. in which all the Lords of the Land took an Oath to be true to his Daughter Maud the Empress and her Heirs and acknowledge them as right Inheritors of the Crown And amongst them IV. Stephen born 1107. Earl of Belogne and Montague Son of Stephen Earl of Blois by Adela third Daughter of the Conquerour was one yet by the working of Henry his Brother Bishop of Winchester the Pope's Legate a Man acceptable to the Nobility at that time altogether govern'd by the Clergy he was set up to the Crown against the undoubted Right of the said Empress and Crown'd on St. Stephen's Day 1135. His first War was with the Scots but during most of his Reign under various Fortune with the said Empress 'till his Children being dead he secur'd the Succession to her Son Henry He died Octob. 25. 1154. in the Forty ninth Year of his Age and Nineteenth of his Reign and had to Wife Maud Daughter and Heir of Eustace Earl of Bologne by whom he had 1. Eustace who died in the Eighteenth Year of his Age. 2. William who died younger His Natural Issue 1. William Earl of Norfolk 2. Gervais Abbot of Westminster who died 1160. V. § IV. To him succeeded Henry II. surnamed Fitz Empress first of the Line of Plantagenet born at Mentz in Normandy 1131. Crown'd King Decemb. 7. 1155. He sought to abate the Power of the Clergy the Effects of which he had felt in the Exclusion of his Mother and advancement of King Stephen but it wrought him great Troubles particularly with Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury touching the Exemption of Clerks from the Secular Power and the Consequence of it stuck to his Family for Sixty Years after He Crown'd his Son Henry King June 14. 1170. in the Seventeenth Year of his Age Sent Strongbow Earl of Chcapstow into Ireland in the same Year who planted the first Colony of English in Wexford went over thither in 1172. Conquer'd
his Astronomical Observations He had great Wars with the Swede till the Year 1570. In 1574. he began to build Cromenburg and two Years after open'd an University at Sora. He likewise highly adorned and advanc'd the Order of the Elephant His Queen was the Princess Sophia of Meckeburg By whom he had these following Sons and Daughters 1. Elizabeth born 1573. Married to Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick 1590. Deceased 1627. 2. Anne born 1574. given in Marriage to James King of Scotland and afterwards of Great Britain on the 20th of Aug. 1590. Deceased March the 2d 1618. 3. Augusta born 1580. Married to Adolph Duke of Holstein Gottorp Deceased 1629. 4. Hedewig born 1581. and Married Christianus the Second Elector of Saxony she departed this Life 1602. The Sons were 1. Christian the Fourth born 1577. 2. Ulrick Bishop of Sleswick Deceased 1624. And 3. John born 1583. who went into Muscovy where in hopes of succeeding to that Crown he Married the Princess Alexia but being seiz'd by an Apoplexy dyed without Issue An. 1602. Christian the Fourth was elected King at the Age of Thirteen his Father being yet living who having his thoughts on War tho' in time of Peace gave Orders for the raising several Fine Fortifications namely Christianstadt in Schonen Christiania in Norway Christianople in Bleking Gluckstadt upon the Elbe and Christian-Presk in Holstein He was engaged in several great Wars as first with the Swede then with Count Schaumburg a second time with the Swede in 1611. followed by a Peace in 1613. Then with the Emperour in 1625. on behalf of the Circle of the Lower-Saxony by whose Forces he was defeated in a Battel fought not far from Lutheram Bohrenburg then again with the Swede in 1643 at which time he had various Success till at length a Peace was concluded with 'em at the Town of Bremsbroe in the Year 1648. In 1618. he set out a Fleet for the Isle of Zeilan in the East-Indies the first that ever sailed from Denmark for those Parts which returned Freighted with Spice The Partner of his Bed and Fortunes was Anne Catharine Daughter of Joachim Frederick Elector of Brandenburg by whom he had Issue 1. Christian born 1603. elected to succeed him but dyed in the Prime of his Age An. 1647. 2. Frederick of whom more in the next Sect. And 3. Ulrick born 1611. deceased in Silesia of a Wound receiv'd by a Musquet-shot An. 1631. Besides these he had many natural Children namely John Ulrick of Guldenlow by a certain Lady named Catharina Andraea As also Christian Woldemar Earl of Hilstein Deceased at Lublin in the Swedish Service against the Poles An. 1656. Frederica Sophia Married to Christian Earl of Penzen Councellor of State Frederica Eleanora Married to Cornifitz Count d' Ulfeldt the King 's chief Taster deceased 1684. Frederica Elizabeth given in Marriage to John de Lindenau Councellor of State Christina to Hannibal a Geestadt Governour of Norway Frederica Hedewig espous'd to Ebbo d' Uhlefeldt And Dorothy who changed her Religion and took the Habit of a Nun Which Seven were born him by Madam Catharine Munkin Last of all by Madam de Wibiken he was Father of Ulrick Christianus de Guldenlow deceased 1661. And Elizabeth Married to Nicholas Count d' Ahlefeldt 9. VI. Frederick the Third Bishop of Bremen being beaten out of his Bishoprick by the Swede was after his Father and Brother Christian's Decease elected King of Denmark and Norway in the Year 1648. He discover'd Count Uhlefeldt's Conspiracy And had War with the English as also with the Swede till a Peace was made at Roschild 1654. But the War breaking out a fresh the next Year Copenhagen was besieged by the Swedes and Tuyen recovered by the Danes When a Peace was again concluded in 1666. In his Reign the constitution of the Government was altered and of an elective Monarchy made Hereditary His Queen was Sophia Amalia Daughter of George Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg by whom he had Issue as followeth 1. Christian the Fifth the present King of Denmark 2. Anna Sophia born 1647. and married in 1666. to John George the Third Elector of Saxony 3. Frederica Amalia born 1648. and married in 1667. to Christian Albert Duke of Sleswick 4. Wilhelmina Ernestina born 1650. the now Relict of Charles late Elector Palatine 5. George who crossing the Seas went for England where he married the Princess Anne Daughter of James Duke of York since King of England on the 28th of July 1683. by whom he has had many Children but all Daughters and short lived However in Aug. last this present Year 1689. she was at length brought to Bed of a Prince the Joy and Hopes of the English Nation 6. Ulrica Eleanora born 1656 and married to Charles the Eleventh the present King of Sweden May the 16th 1680. Besides these he left a natural Son Ulrick Frederick Count de Guldenlow the now Governour of Norway who by a certain noble Lady is Father of Woldemar Baron of Lowenthal a Colonel in the Danish Forces Afterwards he took to Wife Antonia Augusta Daughter of Anthony Count Oldenburg in the Year 1677. by whom he has many Children and amongst the rest Frederick Christianus As for the Good King he departed this life Feb. the 9th 1670. § VII And now for Christian the present King his Son and Sucessor born 1645. who in short has had sharp Wars with Sweden Has Imprisoned his Chancellor Greiffenfield for life Sat down before Hamburgh but was forced to raise his Siege Has restored the Danobrogick Order of Knighthood Has surrendred the Dutchy of Sleswick to the Duke of Holstein and is married to Charlotte Daughter of William Landtgrave of Hesse by whom he has Issue a fair Race of Princes viz. 1. Frederick born Oct. the 21st 1671. 2. Christianus Oct. the 18th 1675. 3. Sophia Hedewig Aug. the 28th 1677. 4. Christiana Charlotte Jan. the 18th 1679. 5. Charles Oct. the 25th 1680. And 6. William 1687. Of the Augmentation of the Regal Family § VIII AFter it had been enacted in the Reign of Queen Margaret that for the future Denmark Sweden and Norway should be Governed by the same Prince Christianus the First Earl of Oldenburg became possessed of these Three Kingdoms by Right of Election that is to say first of Denmark to which appertained Jutlandt Zelandt Tuyen Schonen Halland Bleking Temeren Bornholm Alsen Lang-Landt Lalandt Hyen c. secondly â—f Norway and its Dependencies to which â—â—so belonged the Isles of Orkney and Iseland â—â—irdly of Sweden together with both the Sothlands Lapland Finland and other its appurtenances In the Year 1459. Christianus he First bought the Earldom or County of Holstein for three and thirty Thousand Florins 〈◊〉 1474. the County of Holstein was erected into a Dutchy of the sacred Roman Empire Upon the Death of Adolph Duke of Sleswick that Dutchy as held in Fee fell to the Crown Christian the Third bought the Isle of Oesel and Lordship of Auron in Livonia where
Country in which War Rupert himself was taken Prisoner by Rudolph Elector of Saxony but ransomed by the Emperor Charles the Fourth The day of his death hapned in 1390. and notwithstanding he were twice Married his first Wife being Elizabeth Countess of Namur his second Beatrix Dutchess of Bruges yet left he no Issue except a natural Son named Anselm Knight and Lord of Hemsbach § IV. Wherefore we must look back to Adolph the First surnamed The Simple who begat 1. Rupert the Second which Rupert had Wars with the Cities of Weteraw and Alsace in which he defeated their Forces He likewise severely punished several notorious Incendiaries of those Times In 1387. he repaired the University of Heidelberg and departed this Life 1398. His Princess was Beatrix Daughter of Frederick King of Arragon by whom he had Issue 1. Rupert the Third 2. Anne married to William Duke of Juliers And 3. Elizabeth to Procopius Marquess of Moravia Wenceslaus King of Bohemia being deposed from the Imperial Dignity Sept. 1. 1400. Rupert the Third was elected Emperor He gave Orders for Founding the Cathedral of the Holy Ghost at Heidelberg in which his Tomb and Epitaph are to be seen to this day He likewise made an Expedition into Italy but with bad Success His Empress was Elizabeth Daughter of Frederick the Sixth Burgrave of Norimberg who bore him this following Issue 1. Rupert the Fourth who by a Marriage with Elizabeth Daughter of John Earl of Sponheim was the first that Intituled his Family to that County Nevertheless he deceased before his Father and without Issue at Amberg An. 1395. 2. Lewis surnamed Barbatus or Long-beard 3. John the First who had Sultzbach in the Upper Palatinate for his Patrimony but of all his Sons only Prince Christopher liv'd to be of Age who in 1439. was Crowned King of Denmark Sweden and Norway partly by Election and partly in Right of his Mother who was Sister of King Erick descended of the Dukes of Meckleburg as we have already taken notice of in the first Paragraph of the Danish Family Nevertheless this Christopher died without Issue An. 1448. notwithstanding he had taken to Wife Dorothy Daughter of John the Alchymist Marquess of Brandenburg 4. Frederick who liv'd a Batchelor at Amberg in the Upper Palatinate 5. Stephen the First born 1385. of whom we shall make farther mention in the seventh Section 6. John Canon of Augsburg 7. Margaret married to Charles the Bold Duke of Lorrain 8. Agnes to Adolph Duke of Cleves She died 1404. 9. Elizabeth married to Frederick the Third of Austria deceased 1409. And. 10. Otho who obtained Mosbach and Newmark in the Upper Palatinate for his Portion where he had four Sons that out-liv'd him Otho who lead a single Life Rupert the Eighth Bishop of Ratisbonne John President of the Chapter of Ausburg And Albert Bishop of Strasburg § V. Lewis surnamed Barbatus who succeeded his Father in the Electoral Dignity had great Wars with the Turks in Palaestine as also with the Bishop of Mentz and Marquess of Baden in Germany He was President of the Council of Constance and in the Emperor's name commanded the Sentence there passed upon John Husse and Jerom of Prague to be put in Execution He likewise Imprison'd Pope John the Two and Twentieth deposed by the said Council In his old Age he began to learn the Latin-Tongue and departed this Life An. 1439. being merely worn out with Years and having first lost his Eye-sight His first Wife was Blanche Daughter of Henry the Fourth King of England And his second Maud Daughter of Amadeus Duke of Savoy By the English Lady he had Issue an only Son named 1. Rupert surnamed Anglicanus deceased before his Father An. 1426. But by the other 1. Lewis the Fourth surnamed The Mild his Father's Successor born 1424. In 1444. he had a War with Lewis Dauphin of France and died five Years after leaving Issue by Margaret Daughter of Amadeus Duke of Savoy Maud married to Lewis Earl of Wirtemburg and after his decease to Albert of Austria and Philip who succeeded his Uncle Frederick in the Electorate of whom more in the next Section 2. Frederick the First born 1425. who by reason of his Nephew Philip's Infancy obtain'd the Electoral Dignity for Life provided he should never Marry but adopt his said Nephew This Prince had many Wars during his Regency in which he generally got the better The Counts of Lutzelstein in Lorrain were beat out of their Country by him and his Cousin-Germain Prince Lewis of Deux-Ponts together with the Counts of Leiningen Bishop of Spire and some others suppressed Moreover he got the Victory in a Battel Fought against the united Forces of the Marquess of Baden Bishop of Metz and Earl of Wurtenburg He had also many Disputes with the Emperor Frederick the Third and would often refuse him Homage He lived with Clara à Tettingen as with a Wife from whom the Counts of Lowenstein have their descent And at last ended his days at Heidelberg Dec. 12. 1476. 3. Rupert the Sixth born 1427. elected Arch-Bishop of Cologne 1436. deceased 1479. § VI. Return we therefore to Philip the First surnamed The Sincere who grew up under the Tuition and Regency of his Uncle Frederick after whose decease he took the Government upon himself He created himself much mischief by supporting his Son Rupert's Title to the Lower Bavaria insomuch as he had like to have lost all his own Dominions on that Account Nevertheless was at length reconciled to the Emperor yet died of Grief Feb. 28. 1508. having seen himself the Father â—f Thirteen Children by his Wife Margaret Daughter of Lewis surnam'd The Rich Duke â—f Bavaria whose Names were as follow 1. Lewis the Fifth born July 2. 1478. who succeeded his Father in the Electorate and was a great Lover of Peace and Concord At the Dyet of Worms he publickly opposed the Papists who looked upon themselves as not obliged to observe the safe Conduct granted to such as should come hither on Luther's behalf Moreover he suppressed the Seditious Insurrections of the Country Boors by force of Arms. In 1532. he obtained the Peace of Religion which was the first that was ever granted those of the Reformation When the Imperial Crown was offered him he refused it and was highly esteem'd and belov'd by the Emperor Charles the Fifth Whilst he was yet a Papist he permitted a free Toleration of Religion to the Protestants He departed this Life March 16. 1544. having had to Wife Sibilla Daughter of Albert the Fourth Duke of Bavaria but by her no Issue 2. Philip the Second born May 7. 1480. Consecrated Bishop of Treising 1496. of Naumburg 1512. deceased 1541. 3. Rupert the Tenth surnamed The Vertuous born May 14. 1581. and Elected Bishop of Freising which Bishoprick he afterwards surrendred to his Brother Philip and married the sole Daughter and Heiress of George the Rich Duke of Bavaria which Match gave rise to a most bloody War 'twixt the
he had Issue as followeth 1. Elizabeth Lovise Lady Abbess of Hervorden born 1613. 2. Frederick born Ap. 5. 1614. deceased 1661. His Princess was Anne Juliana of Nassan by whom he had Issue only Daughters namely 1. Elizabeth born 1642. married to Victor Amadeus Prince of Anhult 1667. deceased Ap. 17. 1677. 2. Sophia Amalia born 1646. and married in 1678. to Sigfrid Count de Hobenlâ—â— 3. Charlotte Frederica born 1653. and espoused to William Lewis Count Wherefore Frederick dying without Issue Male the Succession to the Dutchy of Deux-Ponts fell to his Consin-Germain Frederick of Landsberg mentioned by us a little above 3. Catharine Charlotte born 1615. married to Wolfgang William Duke of Newburg 1631. deceased March 20. or 21. 1651. 4. Anne Sibilla born 1617. deceased 1641. 5. John Lewis born 1619. deceased 1647. 6. Juliana Magdalen born 1621. affianced to Frederick Lewis Count Palatine in Landsbery in 1644. deceased Marchs 5. 1672 7. Mary Aemilia born 1622. deceased 1641. Now follows John Casimire youngest Son of Duke John the First who Travelled into Sweden where he performed many notable Services for Charles the Ninth King of that Country both against the Poles and Denes In 1615. he married the Princess Catharine Daughter of the said King and died 1652. leaving Issue 1. Christina Magdalen born 1616. married to Frederick the Third Marquess of Baden Durlach deceased 1662. 2. Charles Gustavus born Nov. 8. 1622. to whom Queen Christina gave up the whole Kingdom of Sweden with all its Claims and Dependencies His Queen was Hedewig Eleanor Daughter of Frederick Duke of Sleswick now a Widow by whom he had Issue Charles the Eleventh the present King of whom and his Issue see more above in the Swedish Family 3. Mary Euphrosyna born Feb. 4. 1625. espoused by Magnus Gabriel Count de la Gardie Arch-Drozet of Sweden deceased in Decemb. 1687. 4. Eleanor Catharine the late Relict of Frederick Landtgrave of Hesse in Eschwegen born May 17. 1626. deceased 16 5. Adolph John born Oct. 11. 1629. deceased Oct. 14. 1689. possessed of a very large Estate in Sweden where he married two Wives the first being Elizabeth Beata Daughter of Peter Brahe Earl of Wisenburg deceased 1653. The other Elizabeth Daughter of Nicholas Brahe Erick Count Oxenstern late Lord Chancellor of Sweden's Widow deceased also last March 1689. His Children now living are two Sons and as many Daughters namely Adolph John born Aug. 13. 1666. Gustavus Samuel born Ap. 2. 1670. Catharine An. 1661. And Mary Elizabeth 1663. Of the Branch of Birckenfeld § XVII WE are now come to mention Charles youngest Son of Wolfgang Duke of Newburg and Deux-Ponts who propagated the Branch of Birckenfeld by a Marriage with the Princess Dorothy of Lunenburg of the Line of Zell who bore him a Daughter named Sophia married to Crato Earl of Hohenloh deceased Nov. 6. 1676. And Three Sons 1. George William 2. Christian And 3. Frederick born 1594. deceased a Bachellor 1626. In the Issue of the Two first the Branch of Birckenfeld subdivided it self into two lesser Branches that of Birckenfeld properly so called and that of Bischweiler The first began in George William born 1593. who had the Territory of Birckenfeld for his Portion and took the Lady Dorothy of Solms to his first Wife who dying in the Year 1625. he was re-married to the Rhinegrave Juliana from whom he was afterwards divorced and thereupon espoused the Lady Anne Elizabeth of Ettingen his third and last Wife His Death bears date 1669. And his Children by the first Venture were 1. Anne Sophia born Ap. 2. 1619. deceased 1680. she was Lady Abbess of Quedlingburg 2. Juliana and deceased both in their Infancy 3. Elizabeth deceased both in their Infancy 4. Charles Otho a Valiant Champion of the Gospels deceased 1672. whose Wife was Hedewig Crato Count Holenloh's Daughter by whom he had Issue Charles William deceased an Infant 1660. Charlotte Sophia Elizabeth born 1661. And Hedewig Eleanor Dorothy in 1663. 5. Mary Magdalen born 1622. and married to Anthony Gunther Count Swartzburg An. 1644. Return we now to Christian of Bischweiler born 1598. deceased Aug. 10. 1654. whos 's two Wives were Magdalen Catharine Daughter of John the Second Duke of Deux Ponts and Mary Joan of Helfenstein By the first of which he had Issue 1. Dorothy Catharine born July 3. 1634. and married to John Lewis Count Nassau in Otweiler 2. Lovise Sophia born 1635. as yet unmarried 3. Christian the Second born June 22. 1637. In 1667. he married the Lady Catharine Agatha Daughter of John James the last Earl of Rappolstein deceased 1683. by whom he has Issue now living Magdalen Claudia born 1668. Charlotte Wilhelmina 1672. And Christian the Third Nov. 7. 1674. 4. John Charles born Oct. 17. 1638. a Prince of great Experience in Military Affairs In 1685. he took to Wife Sophia Amalia Daughter of Frederick Duke of Deux-Ponts Sigfrid Count Hohenloh's Widow brought to Bed of a Daughter Feb. 1. 1686. 5. Anne Magdalen born 1640. and married to John Rheinhard Earl of Hanâ—â—lt Oct. 18. 1659. Of the Bavarian Line § XVIII IT has already been observed in the second Section of this Chapter that Lewis the Third was third Son of Elector Lewis the First He was Born 1277. carefully brought up by his Mother at Vienna in Austria had the Upper Bavaria for his Patrimony and was elected Emperor 1314. After the decease of his Cousin John Duke of the Lower Bavaria who had married his Daughter he entered on the Possession of the greatest part of his Inheritance He likewise seized on the Electorate of Brandenburg upon the death of Woldemar Marquess thereof bestowing the same on his own Son Lewis Moreover he had War with Frederick the Fair Arch-Duke of Austria whom he took Prisoner in the end An. 1324. and was likewise at variance with the Pope who plagued him very much In 1347. he died of an Apoplexy occasioned by his Bodies being grievously bruised by a fall from his Horse as he was hunting the Bear having had to his first Wife the Lady Beatrix of Glogaâ—â— and William Earl of Holland and Zealand's Daughter to his Second His Issue by the first were 1. Lewis the Fourth who had the Marquisate of Brandenburg given him by his Father An. 1319. which he defended against the pretended Woldemar and his adherents He deceased in the Year 1361. having had to Wife Margaret Maultaschen Daughter of Henry Duke of Carinthia and Stiria Earl of Tirole c. And by her an only Son named 1. Mainhard who followed his Father by a too hasty Fate An. 1363. 2. Mechtildis or Maud married to Frederick Landtgrave of Thuringe and Marquess of Misnia deceased 1346. 3. Beatrix affianced to Charles Martel King of Hangary deceased 1315. 4. Stephen surnamed Fibularus of whom in the next Section as Preserver of the Line 5. Anne or as others Agnes deceased 1353. Children of the Emperor Lewis by his second Wife 1. Lewis surnamed The Roman who had the
was Sophia Daughter of Christopher Duke of Wurtenburg who dying in 1592. he took to his Second Wife the Lady Anne Mary Daughter of Philip Lewis Prince Palatine of Newburg deceased 1643. By these he had a numerous Off-spring whereof we shall mention only Seven the other Five dying Young Their names were 1. Dorothy Sophia Lady Abbess of Quedelinburg born 1587. deceased 1645. 2. John Philip born 1597. deceased 1639. leaving Issue by Elizabeth Daughter of Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick an only Daughter Elizabeth Sophia born Oct. 10. 1619. married to Ernestus Duke of Sax Gotha deceased 1680. 3. Anne Sophia born 1598. married to Charles Frederick Duke of Munsterberg deceased 1641. 4. Frederick born 1599. and Slain in 1215. at a Battel fought not far from Nyenburg on the Weser 5. John William the Second born 1600. deceased 1632. 6. Dorothy born June 16. 1601. married to her Cousin-Germain Albert Duke of Sax-Eysenach deceased 1675. 7. Frederick William the Second born Feb. 12. 1603. deceased 1669. having had Sophia Elizabeth Daughter of Christian William of Brandenburg who departed this Life An. 1650. to his first Wife and Magdalen Sibil Daughter of John George the First Elector of Saxony deceased 1668. to his Second By the last he had Issue 1. Christianus born 1654. deceased 1663. 2. Joan Magdalen born 1656. married to John Adolph Duke of Saxon-Weissenfeld 1671. deceased 1686. And 3. Frederick William the Third born 1657. who indeed succeeded his Father but did not long survive him for he died in 1672. and the fifteenth of his Age. 2. John born 1570. of whom more in the next Section as Propagator of the Branch of Weimar 3. Mary Lady Abbess of Quedelinburg born 1571. deceased 1610. § VI. John the Second had the Principality of Weimar assigned him for his Inheritance and died Oct. 31. 1605. His Wife was Dorothy Mary Daughter of Joachim Erneste Prince of Anhalt who departed this Life 1617. having born him this following Issue 1. John Erneste the Fourth born Feb. 21. 1594. an excellent Prince and perfectly skill'd in Martial Affairs He died in Hungary Dec. 4. 1626. having given signal proofs of his Courage on all occasions 2. John William deceased an Insant 3. Frederick the Seventh born March 1. 1596. and Slain at the Battel fought in Brabant 'twixt Don Gonsalvo de Corduba the Austrian General and Christian Duke of Brunswick and his Ally the Count de Mansfeldt An. 1622. 4. John born 1597. deceased 1604. 5. William the Second born Ap. 2. 1598. of whom in the next 6. Anonymus the time of whose Nativity is uncertain 7. Albert the Third born July 27. 1599. whose Residence was at Eysenach after the decease of his Kinsman the Duke of that Place where himself also died on the 20th of Sept. 1644. leaving no Issue by his Wife Dorothy of Altemburg 8. John Frederick the Fourth born Sept. 19. 1600. deceased Oct. 17. 1628. 9. Ernestus the Third born Dec. 25. 1601. of whom more in the Eighth Section as Propagator of the Branch of Gotha 10. Frederick William the Fourth born Feb. 7. 1602. deceased Aug. 16. 1619. 11. Bernhard born Aug. 6. 1604. This Prince filled the whole Earth with his Fame and for Courage and Conduct was looked upon as one of the greatest Generals of the Age. By his sole Bravery the Victory was obtained in the Battel of Lutz after the King of Sweden fell The same Year viz. 1632. he possessed himself of Bamberg Cronach and Hochstadt Moreover he was created Duke of Franconia in the name of his Swedish Majesty Raised the Siege of Mentz took Brisac in 1638. and last of all departed this Life at Newburg July 8. 1639. His Body was kept at Brisac till 1655. when it was remov'd from thence by his Brethren and reposed in the Monument of his Ancestor with great Solemnity Of the Branch of Weimar § VII REturn we now to William the Second Author and Propagator of the Branch of Weimar a Prince no less acquainted with the Arts of War than Peace He took upon him the Government of this Principality upon the decease of his Elder Brother John Erneste and departed this Life on the 20th of May 1662. His Wife was Eleanor Dorothy Daughter of John George Prince of Anhalt who died in the Year 1664. having born him this following Issue 1. William born and dead the same Year viz. 1626. 2. John Erneste the Fifth born Sept. 11. 1627. of whom a little below 3. John William the Third born Aug. 16. 1630. deceased May 16. 1639. 4. Adolph William born May 15. 1632. who had Eysenach assigned him for his Appennage where he died without Issue Nov. 21. 1668. notwithstanding he had had Five Sons who all died Young by Mary Elizabeth Daughter of Augustus Duke of Brunswick 5. John George born July 11. 1634. at first he kept his Court at Marckful but after the death of his Brother John Adolph of Eysenach succeeding to that Principality remov'd it thither In 1661. he married the Lady Johannetta Daughter of Ernestus Count de Seyne by whom he had 1. Eleanor Erdmuth Lovise born Ap. 13. 1662. married to John Frederick Marquess of Brandenburg Ansbach Nov. 4 1681. now a Widow 2. Frederick August born Oct. 29. 1663. deceased at Presburg Sept. 31. 1684 of a Wound received at the Siege of Buda 3. John George born July 25. 1665. 4. Maximilian Henry Twins born Oct. 17. 1666. the first of which died July 22. 1668. the other is still living And 5. John William Twins born Oct. 17. 1666. the first of which died July 22. 1668. the other is still living 6. Lovise born Ap. 18. 1668. deceased 1669. 7. Frederica Elizabeth born May 5. 1669. 8. Ernestus Gustavus born and dead the same Year viz. 1672. 6. Wilhelmina Eleanor born June 7. 1636. deceased Ap. 1. 1653. 7. Bernhard the Second born Feb. 21. 1638. who kept his Court at Jena where he departed this Life May 3. 1678. leaving Issue by Mary de Tremouville 1. Charlotte Mary born 1669. and married in 1683. to William Erneste Duke of Saxon Weimar And 2. John William born March 28. 1675. 8. Frederick the Eighth born 1640. deceased 1656. 9. Dorothy Mary born 1641. married to Maurice Duke of Saxony and Administrator of Naumburg 1656. deceased July 11. 1675. Of these John Erneste succeeded his Father in the Dutchy of Saxon-Weimar and kept his Court in the Castle of Wilbelmsburg so called from his Father William On the 14th of Aug. 1656. he took to Wife the Lady Christina Elizabeth Daughter of John Christian Duke of Holstein in Sunderburg who departed this Life June 7. 1679. as did himself on the 25th of May four Years after His Issue were 1. Anne Dorothy born Nov. 12. 1657. made Lady Abbess of Quedelinburg 1685. 2. VVilhelmina Christina born Nov. 26. 1658. and married to Christian VVilliam Count Schwartzburg 1684. 3. Eleanor Sophia born March 22. 1660. married July 9. 1684. to Philip Prince of Mersburg 4. VVilliam Erneste the present
his Father He had War with Frederick the Palatine but unsuccessfully for he was taken Prisoner and came off on very hard Terms He died 1475. and by Catharine Daughter of Ernestus of Austria besides three Daughters left three Sons 1. Christopher I. born Novemb. 13. 1453. of whom in the next Section 2. Albert I. born 1456. kill'd with a Great-shot at the Siege of The Dam in Flanders July 23. 1486. 3. Frederick born July 8. 1458. He was Bishop of Utrecht and died Septemb. 24. 1517. § III. This Christopher I. was a wise and fortunate Prince and died April 19. 1527. His Wife was Ottilia Daughter of Philip Earl of Catzenelbogen in Germany by whom he had 1. James II. born June 6. 1471. elected Archbishop of Triers 1505. died unfortunately at Cologne upon the Rhine 1511. 2. Mary Abbess of Lichtenthal died 1519. 3. Bernhand IV. born 1474. of whom in the next Section of the Line of Baden of Baden 4. Charles II. born May 21. but uncertain whether in 1475. or 1476. He was Canon of Triers and Strasburg died 1510. 5. Christopher II. born July 21. 1477. Canon of Strasburg and died March 29. 1508. 6. Philip I. born 1478. His Wife was Elizabeth Daughter of Philip the Palatine by whom he had one only Daughter that surviv'd him viz. Maria Jacobea born 1507. married to William IV. Duke of Bavaria died Nov. 15. 1580. 7. Ottilia born 1480. was Abbess of Pfortzheimen 8. Rodolphus XII Canon of Cologne and Strasburg died Sept. 21 1533. 9. Ernestus born Octob. 7. 1482. the Founder and Enlarger of the now Line of Durlach in Germany of whom in the Line of Durlach 10. Wolfgangus born 1484 died 1522. 11. Sybilla born 1485. married to Philip III. Earl of Hanouer 1503. died 1527. 12. Rosina born March 5. 1487. married to Wolfgangus Count Hohen-Zollern and after his death to John of Aven died 1554. 13. John born and died 1554. 14. Beatrice born June 22. 1492. married to John III. Palatine of Simeren died April 15. 1535. 15. George born 1493. died 1494. Of the Line of Baden of Baden § IV. ANd here we go back to the before-mentioned Bernhard IV. the Father of the now Line of Baden of Baden He took up the Doctrine of Luther planted it throughout his Dominions and died June 29. 1566. His Wife was Frances of Lutzelberg by whom he had 1. Philibert born Jan. 22. 1536. slain in Battel at Momonturne Octob. 3. 1565. and left his Son and Successor Philip II. born Feb. 19. 1559. but died without Issue June 17. 1588. 2. Christopher III. he dwelt in the Castle of Rodemachem and died 1575. His Wife was Caecilia Daughter of Gustavus King of Sweden who brought him 1. Edward surnamed The Fortunate born Septemb. 16. 1565. of whom hereafter 2. Gustavus Christopherus born Aug. 13. 1566. died 1609. 3. Philip III. born 1567. died 1620. 4. Charles IV. born March 7. 1569. died in the City of Genoua 1590. 5 Bernhard born 1570. died 1571. 6. John Charles born 1572. a Knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem before that time transferr'd to Malta died in the Low-Country Wars 1599. Of these Edward the Fortunate born in England his Cousin-Germain Philip the Second being dead came to the Government He embrac'd the Catholick Religion and being press'd with Debt went into the Low-Countries where he serv'd under Albert Arch-Duke of Austria He was married at Bruxels to Mary the Daughter of Jodochus of Eicken free Baron of Riviere and was Slain at his Secretaries Wedding June 18. 1600. and left Three Sons 1. William born 1593. of whom in the next Section 2. Albert Charles kill'd with a Shot 1626. 3. Herman surnamed The Fortunate born 1596. He liv'd in the Castle of Rademachem where also he dy'd 1664. nor left he any Posterity behind him § V. We go back therefore to William the First Eldest Son of Edward the Fortunate who had much to do e're he obtain'd the Marquisate for Ernestus Frederick of the House of Durlach a next Kinsman by the Father's side would not acknowledge the said William and his Brothers as Legitimate for that they were born of the aforesaid Mary of Eicken and therefore having gotten first Possession of the Marquisate so held it till the Emperor Ferdinand the Second declar'd in favour of the Children of the said Edward and gave Sentence that they should be restor'd to the Estate of their Ancestors On which William was made Prince Regent 1622. And in 1640. the Emperor 's chief Delegate in the Diet of Ratisbonne after that President of the Imperial Chamber at Spires and dy'd May 22. 1677. in the Eighty Fourth Year of his Age. His first Wife wâ—â— Catharine Ursula of the House of Zolleraâ—â—â—â— after whose death he married Mary Magdâ—â—â—s of the House of Oetingen and had by both of them Nineteen Children of whom Ten dy'd Young The rest were 1. Ferdinand Maximilian born Sepember 23. 1625. a singular Prince but kill'd by the bursting of a Gun as he was Hunting October 8. 1669. He married Louisa Christiana of Savoy Daughter of Thomas Prince of Carignan 1653. now a Widow and had by her one only Son Lewis William born Apr. 8. 1655. the now Marquess of Baden who after the death of his Father was brought up by his Grand-father whose Successor also he was till being disturb'd by the French and despoil'd of most of his Territories he betook himself to the Emperor by whom he was honourably receiv'd and after several great Actions by him perform'd made Mareschal de Camp against the Turks A Prince to be reckon'd among the chief of his Time 2. Leopold William born Sept. 16. 1626. He was Captain of the Emperor's Yeomen of the Guard and in the Turkish War headed a select part of the Army and having given several proofs of his Valour dy'd 1671. leaving one Son Leopold William the Second born Jan. 20. 1667. He has an Imperfection in his Speech and now lives in the Castle of Laboschitz in Bohemia 3 Philip Sigismund born Aug. 15. 1627. he was a Knight of Malta and Slain in the Battel of Orbitel 1647. 4. William Christopher born Oct. 11. 1628. a Canon of Cologne and Strasburg and and dy'd unfortunately 1652. 5. Herman his Twin-Brother who after many extraordinary Actions by him perform'd is now the Emperor 's Delegate in the Diet at Ratisbonne 6. Bernhard the Sixth born 1629. dy'd at Rome 1649. 7. Catharina Francisca born 1631. a Nun in the Cloyster of Besanson in Burgundy 8. Maria Anna Wilhelmina born 1655. married to Ferdinand Augustus of Lobkowitz Duke of Sagan 1680. 9. Carolus Bervhardus born Jan. 14. 1667. He serv'd the Emperor in the last War against France and was Slain at the Battel of Reinfelden July 5. 1678. but his Body not found Of the Line of Durlach § VI. THe Founder of this Line was Eâ—â—estus of whom before in the third Section Numb 9. among the Sons of Christopher the First He had the Lower Marquisate with
§ I. THo' the Dukes of Savoy may not improperly be referred to Germany and contained in the Upper-Circle of the Rhine yet because they are possessed of all Piemont in Italy as also many places in France we thought more convenient to treat of 'em in this place Now this Family is justly to be numbred amongst those of the greatest Antiquity since little that is certain can be spoke of its Original by reason thereof This nevertheless is without Dispute That Beraldus Marquess of Italy Earl of Savoy and Maurienne flourish'd in the beginning of the Eleventh Century and died about the Year 1023. His Son was Humbert the First surnamed Albimanus Earl of Savoy and Maurienne Lord of Chabais and Valois who departed this Life in the Year 1048. being succeeded by his Son Otho Earl of Savoy and Maurienne Lord of Chablais Valois and Aouste Marquess of Italy and Susa and Duke of Turin who died in 1091. This Otho was succeeded by his Brother Amadeus the Second for his Elder Brother Caudatus died before his Father who begat Humbert the Second Earl of Savoy Maurienne and Piemont Lord of Chablais Aouste and Tarento Marquess of Susa and Italy which Humbert departed this Life on Nov. 18. 1103. and left the Government of his Provinces to his Eldest Son Amadeus the Third who died at Nicâ—sia in an Expedition to the Holy Land on Apr. 1. 1149. Amadeus the Third was followed by his Son Humbert the Third surnamed The Saint who died March 4. 1186. Humbert's Son and Successor was Thomas the First Earl of Savoy c. and Vicar-General of the Empire in Lombardy and Piemont born May 20. 1177. deceased Jan. 20. 1233. This Prince lest many Children whereof we shall mention only Three and as serviceable to present purpose namely Amadeus the Fourth Thomas the Second and Philip. Amadeus the Eldest of the Three succeeded his Father and begat Boniface surnamed Roland which Boniface died without Issue in 1263. and was succeeded by his Uncle Philip who likewise had the same Fate Nov. 17. 1285. § II. Return we therefore to Thomas who departed this Life in the Year 1259. leaving Mac Three Sons whose Names were 1. Thomas of Savoy the Third of that Name born 1248. deceased 1282. whose Son Philip obtained all Piemont except the Marquisate of Susa upon the death of his Great Uncle Duke Philip without Issue where his Posterity ruled till the Year 1418. at which time it became extinct in Prince Lewis of Savoy 2. Amadeus the Fifth who in the division of Duke Philip's Inheritance 'twixt him and his Nephew Philip had the County of Savoy c. for his Lot Of this Prince more below 3. Lewis of Savoy Baron of Vaud whose Posterity failed in another Lewis An. 1350. Amadeus the Fifth by reason of his great Exploits surnamed The Great was born in 1249. and died Oct. 16. 1323. In 1310. he was created a Prince of the Empire by the Emperor Henry the Sixth The Children that survived him were 1. Edward born 1284. who succeeded him but died without Issue 1329. And 2. Aymon surnamed Pacificus or Peace-maker born Dec. 15. 1291. who succeeded his Brother Edward and died June 1343. leaving the Government to his Son Amadeus the Sixth who died in the Year 1383. and was succeeded by his Son Amadeus the Seventh surnamed The Red who begat Amadeus the Eighth of whom in the next Section § III. Amadeus the Eighth was born Sept. 4. 1383. and created Duke of Savoy by the Emperor Sigismund on Feb. 19. 1416. In 1418. Piemont in Italy c. fell to him upon the death of his Cousin Lewis without Issue In 1434. he gave up the Government to his Son Lewis betaking himself to an Ecclesiastick Life and died in the Year 1451. Lewis who succeeded him was born 1402. married Anne Lusignan Daughter to Jean King of Cyprus An. 1432. and died 1465. Amongst the Children that survived we find 1. Amadeus the Ninth who succeeded him and died 1472. being succeeded himself by his Son Charles the Second Duke of Savoy who died 1490. leaving his Son Charles John Amadeus Duke of Savoy and King of Cyprus born 1448. to succeed him This Charles John died Childless An. 1496. 2. Philip surnamed Sans Terrae or Lack-land born Feb. 5 1438. nevertheless in the extremity of his Age he came to be Duke and Heir to a farthing to all the Lands and Estates of his Grand-Nephew Duke Charles John Amadeus above-mentioned He departed this Life on Nov. 7. 1497. and left the Government to his Son 1. Philibert the Second born 1480. deceased without Issue Sept. 10. 1504. whereupon the Government fell to his Brother 2. Charles the Third born 1486. deceased 1553. whose Son was Emanuel Philibert of whom in the next Section § IV. Emanuel Philibert was born July 1 1428. and from his very Youth proved himself an excellent Souldier in the Service of the Emperour Charles V. On July 9. 1559. he married Margaret Daughter to Francis I. King of France and died Aug. 30. 1580. leaving only a Son Charles Emanuel Duke of Savoy and King of Cyprus born Jan. 12. 1562. a Prince to use the Words of the Learned Im. Hoff in his Geneal Gall. of sublime Parts and happy Memory excellently well read in all sorts of Learning especially Mathematicks He had a very sharp War with the French but with bad success On March 11. 1685. he married Catharina Michaelis of the House of Austria Daughter to Philip II. King of Spain and died July 26. 1630. leaving Issue 1. Philip Emanuel Prince of Piemont born 1586. deceased 1605. 2. Victor Amadeus of whom in the next § 3. Emanuel Philibert Knight of Jerusalem Prince of Oneglia and Vice Roy of Sicily born 1588. deceased at Palermo 1624. 4. Margaret born April 28. 1589. married to Francis Gonzaga Duke of Mantua 1608. deceased June 26. 1655. 5. Isabel born March 11. 1591. and married to Alphonsus of Este Duke of Modena She died 1626. 6. Maurice Cardinal of S.R. E. born Jan. 10. 1593. but afterwards coming to be Prince of Oneglia he married Aboisia Mary his Brother Amadeus's Daughter yet died without Issue Oct. 4. 1657. 7. Mary a profess'd Nun she died 1656. 8. Frances Catharine she was likewise profess'd and died 1641. 9. Thomas Francis Prince of Carignan Dec. 21. 1596. of whom in the last § 10 Joan born and deceased the same Year viz. 1597. § V. 'T is now time Victor Amadeus again appear He was born May 3. 1587. and succeeded his Father in the Dutchy of Savoy This Prince was a great Lover of Peace nevertheless a new War breaking out 'twixt France and Spain he declared for the first which involv'd him in so many Difficulties that being oppress'd by 'em he fell into a Fever whereof he died in a few Days Oct. 7. 1637. His Dutchess was Daughter to King Henry IV. of France by whom he had Issue as followeth viz. 1. Aloisia Mary Christina born July 27. 1629. and married to