BREISGAU  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the See also:

• GRAND

grand duchy of See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden . It extends along the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine from See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel to See also:

• KEHL

Kehl, and includes the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal peaks of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• FOREST

Forest and the See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg valley . The Breisgau, originally a pagus • or See also:

• GAU, JOHN (c. 1495–? 1553)

gau of the Frankish See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, was ruled during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages by hereditary See also:

• COUNTS

counts . Of these the earliest recorded is Birtilo (962-995), ancestor of the counts and See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• ZAHRINGEN

Zahringen . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Berchthold V. of Zahringen in 1218, his co-heiresses brought parts of the Breisgau to the counts of Urach and Kyburg, while See also:

• PART

part went to the margraves of Baden . At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Kyburg part of the Breisgau passed to the Habsburgs, who in 1368 acquired also the See also:

• TOWN

town and countship of Freiburg, which had been sold by the counts of Urach to the Freiburgers and given in See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge by them to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house 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 in See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for a See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan of the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price, which they were unable to repay . The male Urach See also:

• LINE

line becoming See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in 1457, an heiress carried what remained of their possessions in the Breisgau to the house of Baden . In the struggle between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and Austria from the 17th century onwards the Breisgau frequently changed masters . In 18o1 Austria was forced to cede it to Ercole III., See also:

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

duke of See also:

• MODENA (ancient Mutina)

Modena, in See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for the duchy of which See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon had deprived him . His successor See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand took the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of duke of Modena-Breisgau, but on his death in 18o5 the Breisgau was divided between Baden and See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg . The latter ceded its portion to Baden in 181o . See Stokvis, See also:

• MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

Manuel d'histoire, &c .

(See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 189o-1893) .