See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

FRANZ EGON (1625-1682)  , 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 See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, was the See also:

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

elder son of Egon VII., See also:

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

count of See also:

• FURSTENBERG

Furstenberg (1588—1635), who served with distinction as a Bavarian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . He began See also:

• LIFE

life as a soldier in the imperial service, but on the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of his friend See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria to the electorate of See also:

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

Cologne in 165o, he went to his See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and embraced the ecclesiastical career . He soon gained a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete ascendancy over the weak-minded elector, and, with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Egon (see below), was mainly instrumental in making him the See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool of the aggressive policy of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIV. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Ecclesiastical preferments were heaped upon him . As a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child he had been appointed to a canonry of Cologne; to these he added others at Strassburg, See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege, See also:

• HILDESHEIM

Hildesheim and See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

Spires; he became also See also:

• SUFFRAGAN (Med. Lat. suffraganeus suffragator, one who assists, from suffragari, to vote in favour of, to support)

suffragan bishop and See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of Cologne and See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of Hildesheim, and in 1663 bishop of Strassburg . Later he was also See also:

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

prince-See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of Liiders and Murbach and abbot of Stablo and See also:

• MALMEDY

Malmedy . On the conclusion of a treaty between the See also:

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

emperor and the elector of Cologne, on the 11th of May 1674, See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz was deprived of all his preferments in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and was compelled to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in France . He was, however, amnestied with his brother William by a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of the treaty of See also:

• NIJMWEGEN, NIMEGUEN, NYMEGEN

Nijmwegen (1679), whereupon he returned to Cologne . After the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French occupation of Strassburg (1681) he took up his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence there and died on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1682 . His brother WILLIAM EGON (1629—1704), bishop of Strassburg, began his career as a soldier in the French service . He went to the court of the elector of Cologne at the same 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 as Franz Egon, whose zeal for the cause of Louis XIV. of France he shared . In 1672 the intrigues of the two Furstenbergs had resulted in a treaty of offensive See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance between the French See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy and the electorate of Cologne, and, the See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers being regarded by the Imperialists as the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main cause of this disaster, William was seized by imperial soldiers in the monastery of St Pantaleon at Cologne, hurried off to See also:

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

Vienna and there tried for his life .

He was saved by the intervention of the papal See also:

• NUNCIO

nuncio, but was kept in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison till the See also:

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

signature of the treaty of Nijmwegen (1679) . As a See also:

• REWARD

reward for his services Louis XIV. appointed him bishop of Strassburg in See also:

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

succession to his brother in 1682, in 1686 obtained for him from See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent XI. the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal's See also:

• HAT

hat, and in 1688 succeeded in obtaining his See also:

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

election as coadjutor-See also:

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

archbishop of Cologne and successor to the elector Maximilian Henry . At the instance of the emperor, however, the pope interposed his See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")

veto; the canons followed the papal See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, and, the progress of the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

Allies against Louis XIV. depriving him of all prospect of success, William Egon retired to France . Here he took up his See also:

• ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode at his See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of St Germain See also:

• DES

des Pres near 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, where he died on the loth of April 1704 . In the Stuhlingen See also:

• LINE

line the most notable was KARL EGON (1796—1854), prince of Furstenberg, the son of Prince Karl Alois of Furstenberg, a general in the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian service, who was killed at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Loptingen on the 25th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1799 . In 1804 he inherited the Swabian principality of Furstenberg and all the possessions of the See also:

• FAMILY

family except the Moravian estates . He studied at See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg and Wiirzburg, and in 1815 accompanied Prince See also:

• SCHWARZENBERG
• SCHWARZENBERG, KARL PHILIPP, PRINCE ZU (1771-1820)

Schwarzenberg to Paris as See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff-officer. in 1817 he came of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year married the princess Amalie of See also:

• BADEN
• BADEN, GRAND DUCHY OF

Baden . By the See also:

• MEDIATIZATION (Ger. Mediatisierung, from Lat. mediatus, mediate, middle)

mediatization of his principality in 1806 the greater See also:

• PART

part of his vast estates had fallen under the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty of the See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

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

duke of Baden, and Prince Furstenberg took a conspicuous part in the upper 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 the grand-duchy . In politics he distinguished himself by a liberalism rare in a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble, carrying through by his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with his peers the abolition of See also:

• TITHES

tithes and feudal dues and stanchly advocating the freedom of the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . He was not less distinguished by his large charities: among other See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations he established a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital at Donaueschingen . For the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial development of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, too, he did much, and proved himself also a notable See also:

• PATRON

patron of the arts . His See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Donaueschingen, with its collections of paintings, engravings and coins, was a centre of culture, where poets, painters and musicians met with princely entertainment .

He died on the 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1869, and was succeeded by his son Karl Egon II . (1820–1892), with the See also:

• DEATH

death of whose son, Karl Egon III., in 1896, the See also:

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

title and estates passed to Prince Maximilian Egon, See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet line of Furstenberg-Piirglitz . See Munch, Gesch. des Hauses and des See also:

• LANDES

Landes Furstenberg, 4 vols . (See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle, 1829–1847) ; S . Riezler, Gesch. des fiirstlschen Hauses Furstenberg bis 1507 (See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen, 1883); Fiirslenbergisches Urkundenbuch, edited by S . Riezler and F . L . Baumann, vols. i.-vii . (Tubingen, 1877–1891), continued s. tit . Mitteilungen aus dem furstlich . Furstenbergischem Archie by Baumann and G . Tumbult, 2 vols .

(ib . 1899–1902) ; Stokvis, See also:

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

Manuel d'histoire (See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, 189o–1893) ; Almanach de See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha; Allgemeine deutsche Biographie . 2 . The second Furstenberg family has its possessions in See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia and the country of the See also:

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

Rhine, and takes its name from the See also:

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

castle of Furstenberg on the See also:

• RUHR

Ruhr . The two most remarkable men whom it has produced are Franz See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich Wilhelm, freiherr von Furstenberg, and Franz Egon, count von Furstenberg-Stammheim . The former (1728–181o) became ultimately See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar-general of the prince-bishop of See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, and effected a great number of important reforms in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the country, besides doing much for its educational and industrial development . The latter (1797–1859) was an enthusiastic patron of See also:

• ART

art, who zealously advocated the completion of the Cologne See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, and erected the beautiful 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 of St See also:

• APOLLINARIS
• APOLLINARIS, SULPICIUS

Apollinaris near See also:

• REMAGEN

Remagen on the Rhine . He was a member of the Prussian Upper House in 1849, collaborated in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the Preussisches Wochenblatt, and was an ardent defender of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic interests . His son, Count Gisbert von Fiirstenberg-Stammheim (b . 1836), was in 1909 head of the Rhenish line of the house of Furstenberg .