ADOLPH OF See also:

• NASSAU

NASSAU (a. 1255-1298)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, son ofADOLPHUS' See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK 211 Walram, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau . He appears to have received a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and inherited his See also:

• FATHER

father's lands around See also:

• WIESBADEN

Wiesbaden in 1276 . He won considerable fame as a See also:

• MERCENARY (Lat. mercenarius, from merces, reward, gain)

mercenary in many of the feuds of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and on the 5th of May 1292 was chosen German king, in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph I., an ejection due rather to the See also:

• POLITICAL

political conditions of the time than to his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal qualities . He made large promises to his supporters, and was crowned on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July at See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle . Princes and towns did See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to him, but his position was unstable, and the See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance of many of the princes, among them See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert I., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, son of the See also:

• LATE

late king Rudolph, was merely nominal . Seeking at once to strengthen the royal position, he claimed See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen as a vacant See also:

• FIEF

fief of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, and in 1294 allied himself with See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I., king of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, against See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Edward granted him -a See also:

• SUBSIDY (through Fr. from Lat. subsidium, reserve troops, aid, assistance, from subsidere, literally " to sit or remain behind or in reserve,")

subsidy, but owing to a variety of reasons Adolph did not take the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field against France, but turned his arms against Thuringia, which he had See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased from the See also:

• LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave Albert II . This bargain was resisted by the sons of Albert, and from 1294 to 1296 Adolph was campaigning in Meissen and Thuringia . Meissen was conquered, but he was not equally successful in Thuringia, and his relations with Albert of Austria were becoming more strained . He had been unable to fulfil the promises made at his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election, and the princes began to look with suspicion upon his designs . See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

Wenceslaus II., king of Bohemia, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell away from his allegiance, and his deposition was decided on, and was carried out at See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz, on the 23rd of May 1298, when Albert of Austria was elected his successor . The forces of the See also:

• RIVAL

rival See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings met at Gollheim on the 2nd of July 1298, where Adolph was killed, it is said by the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of Albert .

He was buried at . See also:

• ROSENTHAL, TOBY EDWARD (1848– )

Rosenthal, and in 1309 his remains were removed to See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

Spires . See F . W . E . See also:

• ROTH, JUSTUS LUDWIG ADOLF (1818-1892)

Roth, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Romischen Konigs Adolf I. von Nassau (Wiesbaden, 1879) ; V . Domeier, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Absetzung Adolfs von Nassau (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1889) ; L . Ennen, Die Wahl des Konigs Adolf von Nassau (See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne, 1866); L . Schmid, Die Wahl des Grafen Adolf von Nassau zum Romischen See also:

• KONIG, KARL RUDOLPH (1832-1901)

Konig; B . Gebhardt, Handbuch der deutschen Geschichte, See also:

• BAND

Band i . (Berlin, 1901) .