GLEICHEN  , two See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups of castles in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other (Ger. gleich=like, or resembling) . The first is a See also:

• GROUP

group of three, each situated on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill in Thuringia between See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha and See also:

• ERFURT

Erfurt . One of these called Gleichen, the Wanderslebener Gleiche (1221 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea), was besieged unsuccessfully by the See also:

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

emperor 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 IV. in ro88 . It was the seat of a See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• COUNTS

counts, one of whom, Ernest III., a crusader, is the subject of- a romantic See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend . Having been captured, he was released from his imprisonment by a See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish woman, who returned with him to Germany and became his wife, a papal See also:

• DISPENSATION

dispensation allowing him to live with two wives 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 (see Reineck, See also:

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

Die See also:

• SAGE, RUSSELL (1816-1906)

Sage von der Doppelehe eines Grafen von Gleichen, 1891) . After belonging to the elector of See also:

• MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

Mainz the See also:

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

castle became the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia in 1803 . The second castle is called Miihlburg (1309 ft. above the sea) . This existed as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 704 and was besieged by Henry IV. in Io87 . It came into the hands of Prussia in 1803 . The third castle, Wachsenburg (1358 ft.), is still inhabited and contains a collection of weapons and pictures belonging to its owner, the See also:

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

duke of-See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• COBURG

Coburg-Gotha, whose See also:

• FAMILY

family obtained See also:

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

possession of it in 1368 . It was built about 935 (see Beyer, Die drei Gleichen, Erfurt, 1898) . The other group consists of two castles, Neuen-Gleichen and See also:

• ALTEN, SIR CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840)

Alten-Gleichen .

Both are in ruins and See also:

• CROWN

crown two hills about 2 M . S.E. from See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen . The name of Gleichen is taken by the family descended from See also:

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

Prince See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor of See also:

• HOHENLOHE

Hohenlohe-Langenburg through his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• MISS

Miss Laura See also:

• SEYMOUR
• SEYMOUR, HORATIO (1810-1886)
• SEYMOUR, or ST MAUR
• SEYMOUR, THOMAS

Seymour, daughter of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George 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 Seymour, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Hohenlohe family having at one time owned See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Gleichen .