Hi Fred,
Thanks for the explanation of Hannover. I hadn't realized that it had
changed to Niedersachsen. Another lister also sent me some informationa
about it also. It's hard for me to keep track of these German provinces,
states or whatever they are called. I'm also tracking an ancestor from
Poland which has had it's borders moved around a lot too.
Thanks for your reply.
Marilyn in Ohio
What geographic/political entities comprised the Kingdom of Hannover prior to
English hegemony? I understand that it was not until ca. 1714 that the area
came under the English House of Hanover rule. Prior to that time, how would
one refer to the area that is now Solling, Niedersachsen? I have checked the
online atlases and haven't found an answer. Thanks so much to anyone who has
answer.
--Mary Ann
Kaesemein@aol.com wrote:
It is interesting how you phrased that. The kingdom of England actually came into the German house of Hannover. But that is another story. Stolling appears to have been in Bavaria, which was a country unto its own through several sections of time.
Actually, Mapquest shows 4 Stollings in Bavaria (Bayern)
Think backwards on this. The Welph house of Hanover sort of took
over the English crown, ie one of the English gals had married up
into high German nobility. This was Sophie, the 12th daughter of the
Elector of the Palatinate and his English wife who was the aunt of
the deposed King James of England. Sophie had married Ernst
August who was the Elector of Hanover. Their son was Elector of
Hanover as of 1698 and as such became King of England (George
I) in 1714 simply because of the tennous relationship to King
James. The better qualified heirs to the throne just couldn't cut it
because they were Roman Catholic and as we all know, Henry VIII
had cut the cord with the RC Church to take over the church himself.
His heirs obviously had to also be the head of this new Anglican
Church and a RC just wouldn't do. Even a German king was better
then a Papist as they were then called.
Take a look at the excellent map and genealogy of Hanover on this
page:
http://www.koenigreich-hannover.de/ukindex2.html
Fred
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This is a good site, Fred. Thanks! Besides giving us a lot of information
about Hanover, it also gives those of us who don't do German language very
well a good chuckle over what happens when we use a translation service like
Alta Vista's BabelFish! Oh my goodness!
Maureen