DALBERG  , the name of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient and distinguished See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family, derived from the See also:

• HAMLET

hamlet and See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle (now in ruins) of Dalberg or Dalburg near See also:

• KREUZNACH (CREUZNACH)

Kreuznach in the See also:

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

Rhine See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province . In the 14th See also:

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

century the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original 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 Dalberg became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in the male See also:

• LINE

line, the fiefs passing to Johann See also:

• GERHARD
• GERHARD, FRIEDRICH WILHELM EDUARD (1795-1867)

Gerhard, See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

chamberlain of the see of See also:

• WORMS

Worms, who married the heiress of his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Anton of Dalberg, about 1330 . His own family was of See also:

• GREAT

great antiquity, his ancestors having been hereditary ministerials of the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Worms since 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 of Ekbert the chamberlain, who founded in 1119 the Augustinian monastery of See also:

• FRANKENTHAL

Frankenthal and died in 1132 . By the See also:

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

close of the 15th century the Dalberg family had grown to be of such importance that, in 1494, the 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 See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian I. granted them the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being the first to receive See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood at the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation; this See also:

• PART

part of the ceremonies being opened by the See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

herald asking in a loud See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice "Is no Dalberg See also:

• PRESENT

present?" (Ist kein Dalberg chi?) . This picturesque See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege the family enjoyed till the end of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . The See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder line of the family of Dalberg-Dalberg became extinct in 1848, the younger, that of Dalberg-Herrnsheim, in 1833 . The male line of the Dalbergs is now represented only by the family of Hessloch, descended from Gerhard of Dalberg (c . 1239), which in 1809 succeeded to the See also:

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

title and estates in See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia and Bohemia of the extinct See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Ostein . The following are the most noteworthy members of the family: I . JOHANN VON DALBERG (1445-1503), chamberlain and afterwards bishop of Worms, son of Wolfgang von Dalberg . He studied at See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt and in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where he took his degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor utriusque See also:

• JURIS

juris at See also:

• FERRARA

Ferrara and devoted himself more especially to the study of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek . Returning to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, he became privy councillor to the elector See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip, whom he assisted in bringing the university of See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg to the height of its fame .

He was instrumental in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the first See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of Greek, which was filled by his friend See also:

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

Rudolph See also:

• AGRICOLA (originally SCHNEIDER, then SCHNITTER), JOHANNES (1494-1566)
• AGRICOLA (the Latinized form of the name BAUER), GEORG (1490-1555)
• AGRICOLA, CHRISTOPH LUDWIG (1667-1719)
• AGRICOLA, GNAEUS JULIUS (A.D. 37-93)
• AGRICOLA, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1720-1774)
• AGRICOLA, MARTIN (c. 1500-1556)
• AGRICOLA, RODOLPHUS (properly ROELOF HUYSMANN) (1443-1485)

Agricola, and he also established the university library and a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for students of See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . He was an ardent humanist, was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Sodalitas Celtica founded by the poet Konrad See also:

• CELTES, KONRAD (1459-'1508)

Celtes (q.v.), and corresponded with many of the leading scholars of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, to whom he showed himself a veritable See also:

• MAECENAS, GAIUS (CILNIUS)

Maecenas . He was employed also on various See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor and the elector . See K . Morneweg, Johann von Dalberg, ein deutscher Humanist and Bischof (Heidelberg, 1887) . 2 . KARL THEODOR ANTON MARIA VON DALBERG (1744-1$17), See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop-elector of See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz, See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, and afterwards See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

primate of the See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation of the Rhine and See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

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

duke of See also:

• FRANKFORT

Frankfort . He was the son of See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz Heinrich, See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of Worms, one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief counsellors of the elector of Mainz . Karl had devoted himself to the study of See also:

• CANON

canon law, and entered the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church; and, having been appointed in 1772 See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Erfurt, he won further See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement by his successful See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration; in 1787 ,he was elected coadjutor of Mainz and of Worms, and in 1788 of See also:

• CONSTANCE
• CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
• CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF
• CONSTANCE, LAKE OF (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

Constance; in 1802 he became archbishop-elector of Mainz and arch-chancellor of the Empire . As statesman Dalberg was distinguished by his " patriotic " attitude, whether in ecclesiastical matters, in which he leaned to the Febronian view of a German See also:

• NATIONAL

national church, or in his efforts to galvanize the atrophied machinery of the Empire into some sort of effective central See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Germany . Failing in this, he turned to the rising See also:

• STAR

star of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, believing that he had found in " the truly great See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, the mighty See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius which governs the See also:

• FATE

fate of the See also:

• WORLD

world," the only force strong enough to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save Germany from See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution . By the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• LUNEVILLE

Luneville, accordingly, though he had to surrender Worms and Constance, he received See also:

• REGENSBURG (RATISBON)

Regensburg, See also:

• ASCHAFFENBURG

Aschaffenburg and See also:

• WETZLAR

Wetzlar .

On the dissolution of the Empire in 18o6 he formally resigned the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of arch-chancellor in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to the emperor See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis, and was appointed by Napoleon See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince primate of the Confederation of the Rhine . In 181o, after the peace of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna (Schonbrunn), the grand-duchy of Frankfort was created for his benefit out of his territories, which, in spite of the cession of Regensburg to See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, were greatly augmented . Dalberg's subservience, as a prince of the Confederation, to Napoleon was specially resented since, as a See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, he had no excuse of See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity on the ground of saving family or dynastic interests; his fortunes therefore See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell with those of Napoleon, and, when he died on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1817, of all his dignities he was in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession only of the archbishopric of Regensburg . Weak and shortsighted as a statesman, as a man and See also:

• PRELATE (Lat. praelatus, set above, from praefero, prefer)

prelate Dalberg was amiable, conscientious and large-hearted . Himself a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and author, he was a notable See also:

• PATRON

patron of letters, and was the friend of See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe, See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller and See also:

• WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN (1733-1813)

Wieland . See Karl v . See also:

• BEAULIEU

Beaulieu-Marconnay, Karl von Dalberg and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Zeit (See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, 1879) . 3 . WOLFGANG HERIBERT VON DALBERG (1750-18o6), See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the above . He was See also:

• INTENDANT (from Lat. intendens, pres. part. of intendere, to apply the mind to, to watch over; cf. " superintendent ")

intendant of the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre at See also:

• MANNHEIM

Mannheim, which he brought to a high See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of excellence . His chief claim to remembrance is that it was he who first put Schiller's earlier dramas on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, and it is to him that the poet's Briefe an den Freiherrn von Dalberg (See also:

• KARLSRUHE, or CARLSRUHE

Karlsruhe, 1819) are addressed . He himself wrote several plays, including adaptations of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare .

His brother, Johann See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo von Dalberg (1752-1812), canon of See also:

• TRIER (French Troves)

Trier, Worms and See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

Spires, had some See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue as a composer and writer on musical subjects . 4 . See also:

• EMMERICH (the ancient Embrica)

EMMERICH See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH, DUC DE DALBERG (1773-1833), son of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Wolfgang Heribert . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Mainz on the 3oth of May 1773 . In 1803 he entered the service of See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden, which he represented as See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . After the peace of Schonbrunn (1809) he entered the service of Napoleon, who, in 181o, created him a duke and councillor of state . He had from the first been on intimate terms with Talleyrand, and retired from the public service when the latter fell out of the emperor's favour . In 1814 he was a member of the provisional government by whom the Bourbons were recalled, and he attended the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of Vienna, with Talleyrand, as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister plenipotentiary . He appended his See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature to the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of See also:

• OUTLAWRY

outlawry launched in 1815 by the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers against Napoleon . For this his See also:

• PROPERTY

property in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France was confiscated, but was given back after the second Restoration, when he became a minister of state and a peer of France . In 1816 he was sent as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to See also:

• TURIN

Turin . The latter years of his See also:

• LIFE

life he spent on his estates at Herrnsheim, where he died on the 27th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1833 .

The duc de Dalberg had inherited the family property of Herrnsheim from his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle the arch-chancellor Karl von Dalberg, and this See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate passed, through his daughter and heiress, See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise Pelline de Dalberg, by her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• SIR

Sir (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) See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• ACTON
• ACTON (JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON), 1ST BARON (1834—1902)
• ACTON, SIR JOHN FRANCIS EDWARD, BART

Acton, 7th See also:

• BARONET

baronet (who assumed the additional name of Dalberg), to her son the historian, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (q.v.) .