County of Rantzau information

The Imperial County of Rantzau (German: Reichsgrafschaft Rantzau) was an immediate state of the Holy Roman Empire which lasted from 1650 to 1864. Its territory...

of Holstein-Pinneberg were transformed 1649/50 into the Imperial County of Rantzau, which fell back to the Danish Crown in 1726. The dynastic name Holstein-Gottorp...

1556–1598: Heinrich Rantzau 1598–1600: vacancy? 1600–1627: Gert Rantzau (1558–1627) 1627–1647: vacancy 1647–1648: Prince Frederick of Denmark 1648–1663:...

municipality in the district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Rantzau (county), a former state in the Holy Roman Empire Johan Rantzau (1492–1565), German-Danish...

of Husum and Bredstedt counties in Denmark from 1800 until 1826. From 1826 until his death in 1829, he was the administrator of the County of Rantzau...

Rantzau (23 January 1684 – 16 April 1771) was a Danish nobleman and civil servant. He served as Governor-general of Norway from 1731 to 1739. Rantzau...

is today Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County in south-western Sweden. The Danish commander Daniel Rantzau had been forced to yield the fortress Varberghus...

von Rantzau was born in Hamburg. She was the daughter of secretary and land minister Christian von Rantzau (1649-1704) and Margrethe von Rantzau (1642-1708)...

Swedish force of 14,000 men under the command of Magnus Stenbock against a Danish force of equal strength under the command of Jørgen Rantzau, ensuring that...

was born at Copenhagen Castle where Rantzau was sheriff. In 1621, Rantzau was appointed General Commissioner of war for Danish troops in Holstein. He...

Denmark-Norway) by Danish forces under the Danish-German general Daniel Rantzau. Rantzau was killed by a Swedish cannonball on 11 November. Danish commander...

Rantzau (18 March 1642, Breitenburg – 26 August 1665, Itzehoe). The only daughter of Count Christian zu Rantzau (1614–1663), governor of the Duchy of...

to the higher nobility prior to the introduction of absolutism, such as Brahe or Rantzau. The title of duke being restricted to the royal family and their...

The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between...