Upper Alsace

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For the region under German rule in 1871–1918, see Oberelsaß. For the modern French department, see Haut-Rhin.
Landgraviate of Upper Alsace
French: Landgraviat de Haute Alsace
German: Landgrafschaft Oberelsass
Former subdivision of the Holy Roman Empire
1130–1648
Coat of arms of Upper Alsace
Coat of arms
Landgraviate
Landgrave of Upper Alsace 
• 1141–1167
Werner II, Count of Habsburg
• 1632–1648
Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria
Historical era
Treaty of Westphalia
24 October 1648
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
County of Sundgau
County of Ferrette
Duchy of Swabia
Province of Alsace
Today part of
Republic of France

Upper Alsace

counts of Habsburg ruled the territory from the 1130s down to its cession to France in the 17th century.[1]

History

See also: History of Alsace

In 1130, the

Seigneuries and city-states located in Upper Alsace.[2]

Albert III, Count of Habsburg, received the Landgraviate of Upper Alsace from the Emperor Frederick I in 1186. Frederick's son, Duke Frederick V, was his lord with the title of duke of Alsace (Elisatiae dux).

On 9 May 1469, Duke

florins.[3] At the time of its purchase, the landgraviate was heavily mortgaged and pawned. Landser was mortgaged to Thüring von Hallwill for 7,000 florins. On 20 September Charles appointed Peter von Hagenbach as the "grand bailiff (Landvogt) of Ferrette and Alsace" with his seat at Ensisheim. This official was a successor of the previous Austrian-appointed Landvogt, and thus in the service of the landgrave of Upper Alsace. The Landvogtei (bailiwick) of Alsace itself was an imperial office then mortgaged to the Electoral Palatinate.[3]

On 14 April 1646, the imperial ambassador

Hagenau with a protectorate over the Décapole (a league of ten imperial cities).[5]

Landgraves

The landgraviate was owned by the 'landgrave of Upper Alsace', which was always a member of the House of Habsburg from 1324 by inheritance.[2]

The first landgrave of the area was Werner II, Count of Habsburg, and was succeeded by his family.[6] The last landgrave was Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria.[7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Known in French as Haute-Alsace, in German Oberelsaß

References

  1. ^ Arnold 1991, pp. 131–32, 273.
  2. ^ a b Bischoff 2020
  3. ^ a b Vaughan 1973, pp. 86–89.
  4. ^ Croxton 2013, pp. 225–26.
  5. ^ Beller 1970, p. 353.
  6. ^ Viton de Saint-Allais 1819 , p.  43-44
  7. ^ Harmonville 1842 , p.  141

Sources

  • Kaeppelin, Charles E. R, and Mary L. Hendee. Alsace Throughout the Ages. Franklin, Pa: C. Miller, 1908.
  • Putnam, Ruth. Alsace and Lorraine: From Cæsar to Kaiser, 58 B.C.–1871 A.D. New York: 1915.
  • Fürderer, Bettina (2012). Bündniskonstellationen am Oberrhein im 14: Jahrhundert aus Straßburger Perspektive [Urban Leagues and Space at the End of the Middle Ages] (in German). Translated by Laurence, Buchholzer-Remy; Olivier, Richard. Strasbourg, Republic of France: Strasbourg University Press.
    ISBN 979-1034404513
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  • Bischoff, Georges (2020). Landgraviat (in French).
  • Dubler, Anne-Marie (1842). Dictionary of dates, facts, places and historical men or the tables of history (in French). Paris, France: Alphonse Levavasseur and Co.
  • de Saint-Allais, Nicolas Viton (1819). The Art of verifying the dates of historical facts, charters, chronicles and other ancient monuments, since the birth of Our Lord (in French). Paris, France: Valade.
  • Vogler, Bernard (2003). New history of Alsace: a region at the heart of Europe (in French). Tolouse, Republic of France.
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