The Ludovingians or Ludowingians (German: Ludowinger) were the ruling dynasty of Thuringia and Hesse during the 11th to 13th centuries. Their progenitor...

new Landgraviate of Hesse, which remained with the Ludovingians. From that point on the Ludovingian coat of arms came to represent both Thuringia and Hesse...

The Ludovingian coat of arms, shown as the coat of arms of the landgraves of both Hesse and Thüringen in the Ingeram Codex of 1459....

The Wartburg (German pronunciation: [ˈvaʁtbʊʁk]) is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of 410 metres (1,350 ft)...

century include those of the House of Sverre (coat of arms of Norway), the Ludovingians (the lion of Hesse used by Conrad of Thuringia), Luxembourg, the kingdom...

1933, when the NSDAP government created a new coat of arms. In 1040 the Ludovingians, a dynasty from Upper Franconia (then Upper East Franconia), became the...

Wartburg Castle, Landgraviate of Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Elisabeth of Brandenburg Gertrude of Babenberg Beatrice of...

Abbey. The monastery became less important after the extinction of the Ludovingians in 1247. Nevertheless, their Wettin successors still used it as a dynastic...

Died (1217-04-25)25 April 1217 Gotha Buried Reinhardsbrunn Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Sophia of Sommerschenburg Sophia of Wittelsbach Issue Detail...

May 1275 (aged 51) Marburg Buried Villers Abbey, Brabant Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier Issue Henry I, Landgrave...

wedlock was intended to cement the relationship between the Thuringian Ludovingians and the imperial House of Hohenstaufen, to strengthen Emperor Barbarossa...

der Heilige; 28 October 1200 – 11 September 1227), a member of the Ludovingian dynasty, was Landgrave of Thuringia and Saxon Count palatine from 1217...

introduced in 1949. It is based on the historical coat of arms of the Ludovingian landgraves of Hesse and Thuringia. The lion on the modern arms does not...

Julian calendar. War of the Thuringian Succession: The claims on the Ludovingians' inheritance after the death of Henry Raspe, landgrave of Thuringia,...

Thuringia (Czech: Judita Durynská; c. 1135 – c. 1210), a member of the Ludovingian dynasty, was Queen consort of Bohemia from 1158 until 1172 as the second...

stone in the Wartburg Born 1042 Died 1123 Buried Wartburg Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Adelheid of Stade Father Louis the Bearded Mother Cecily of...

Eastern Mediterranean Sea, near Cyprus Buried Reinhardsbrunn Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Margaret of Cleves Sophia of Minsk Father Louis II, Landgrave...

predecessor Hohenstaufen King of the Romans 1246 Henry Raspe Different dynasty Ludovingians Anti-king of the Romans 1247 William II of Holland Different dynasty...

departments and services. The colours red and white are based on that of the Ludovingian coat of arms, showing a lion with a ninefold horizontal white and red...

the War of the Thuringian Succession. Following the death of the last Ludovingian Landgrave of Thuringia, Henry Raspe, war broke out in 1247 over the Landgraviate...

Hesse, both flags ultimately reflecting the heraldic colours of the Ludovingian rulers of the medieval Duchy of Thuringia. The flag's similarity to that...

Comital War. In 1247, the last Thuringian landgrave from the House of the Ludovingians, Henry Raspe, died without a male heir. During the war of succession...

Ludowinger als Bauherren In: Burgen und Schlösser in Thüringen [The Ludovingians as castle buildersIn: Castles and palaces in Saxony-Anhalt.] (in German)...

Teplice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtɛplɪtsɛ] , until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; German: Teplitz, Teplitz-Schönau) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech...

Thuringia Born 1184 Died (1235-08-06)6 August 1235 Schleusingen Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Dietrich I, Margrave of Meissen Poppo VII of Henneberg Issue...

of Konrad von Thüringen, dated c. 1230, showing the lion barry of the Ludovingians. This heater-shaped form was used in warfare during the apogee of the...

Eisenach (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪzənax] ) is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Erfurt,...

Neuenburg Castle in Freyburg Buried Monastery in Reinhardsbrunn Noble family Ludovingians Spouse(s) Judith of Hohenstaufen Issue Louis III "the Mild" Henry Raspe...

Villers Abbey (French: Abbaye de Villers) is a former Cistercian abbey located in the town of Villers-la-Ville, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Founded in 1146...

Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg O. Praem, (c. October 1227 – 13 August 1297) was a German noblewoman and abbess. She was the daughter of Elizabeth of Hungary...