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Ulrich IV, Lord of Hanau

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In 1366 or 1367 he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Eberhard of Wertheim. They were engaged on 11 February 1366; the wedding agreement was signed on 15 February 1366; on 12 March 1367 she is first mentioned as Ulirch IV's wife in a document. From this marriage four children are known:
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stipulated that all future Imperial elections were to take place in Frankfurt. Babenhausen is about a day's travel east of Frankfurt, making a very suitable "stepping stone" on the route to the site of the election. In 1374, the
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By his marriage to Elizabeth of Wertheim, Ulrich IV acquired a quarter of Breuberg Castle and the associated Lordship. The Counts of Wertheim bought this share back in 1409.
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Ministerialität, Macht und Mediatisierung. Die Ritteradligen von Hutten, ihre soziale Stellung in Kirche und Staat bis zum Ende des Alten Reiches
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had issued in 1339. He gave it its final form, that would be mostly, but not always, adhered to in the County of Hanau for the coming centuries.
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Ulrich IV succeeded his father when he died in late 1369 or early 1370. The exact date of Ulrich III's death has not been recorded.
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and other rights and sources of income, as security for a loan he and the City of Frankfurt had extended to the
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Geschichte der Grafen von Wertheim von den ältesten Zeiten bis zu ihrem Erlöschen im Mannesstamme im Jahre 1556
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Klientel und Konkurrenz. Die ritterschaftliche Familie von Hutten und die Grafen von Hanau und von Ysenburg
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Ulrich IV died in September or October 1380. He was buried — like all his predecessors — in
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mediated and Ulrich was released, in exchange for a ransom of 7500 guilder. Ulrich also had to donate a
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Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894
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Even during the War of the Star League, Ulrich IV continued his father's pacification policies.
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on this post in the fall of 1371. Perhaps Charles IV never confirmed Ulrich IV's appointment.
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Paul, Eine Episode des Sternerkrieges im Kinzigtal. Sühneverhandlungen in der Stadt Bad Orb
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to Ulrich IV. In 1390, the monastery sold these territories to Elector Palatine
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at the house where the crime had been committed. Finally, he had to make some
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and 50 guilders for the maintenance of the altar, and 100 guilders for a
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199 275 Archives of Wertheim in the State Archive of Baden-Württemberg
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Zeitschrift des Vereins für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde
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of Bohemia, acting as the representative of his father, Emperor
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10. Kraft I of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (before 1260 – 1312)
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Karl IV. und die politische Landbrücke von Prag nach Frankfurt
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Diplomatische Geschichte der Herren und Grafen von Hanau
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In 1371, Ulrich purchased Steinheim, situated on the
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Index

Arnsburg Abbey
Noble family
Ulrich III, Lord of Hanau
Ulrich III
Nassau
Wenceslas
Charles IV
governor
Wetterau
John
Mainz
feuds
Star League
Landgraviate of Hesse
Ulrich IV
Steinau an der Straße
Adolph
Speyer
sanctuary lamp
Schlüchtern
requiem
conciliation cross
political concessions
Main
Eppstein
Alzenau
Katzenelnbogen
Königstein
Lords of Falkenstein-Münzenberg
Babenhausen

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