• Sundgau (French pronunciation: [suŋɡo] or [syŋɡo]; German: [ˈzʊntɡaʊ]) is a geographical territory in the southern Alsace region (Haut Rhin and Belfort)...
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  • was generally divided into a northern and a southern county, Nordgau and Sundgau. These counties, as well as the monasteries of the duchy, were brought...
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    north-eastern France. The town is traditionally regarded as the capital of Sundgau. The name of the commune means old church (Alsatian: Àlta Kìrch or Àlta...
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  • Burgundy. She was the daughter of Count Fulk III of Anjou and Hildegarde of Sundgau. She was sometimes known as Ermengarde-Blanche. She married Geoffrey II...
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  • whilst from his father he inherited the titles of Duke of Muri and Count of Sundgau. He also possessed the titles of Duke of Altenburg and Count of Klettgau...
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    Further Austria mainly comprised the Alsatian County of Ferrette in the Sundgau, including the town of Belfort, and the adjacent Breisgau region east of...
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    enemies and seeking to gain a free hand in Hungary, the Habsburgs sold their Sundgau territory (mostly in Upper Alsace) to France in 1646, which had occupied...
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  • last wife of Charlemagne. Luitgard was the daughter of Luitfrid II of Sundgau, an Alamannian count, and Hiltrude of Wormsgau. She married Charlemagne...
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    burnt at the stake for adultery. Fulk subsequently married Hildegarde of Sundgau, whose family was from Lorraine, around December 1005. They had two children:...
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    Ansa (756–774) Hildegard (774–783) Fastrada of Franconia (784–794) Luitgard of Sundgau (794–800) Bertha of Gellone (?) Cunigunda of Laon (?) Ermengarde of Tours (821–851)...
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    in the strict sense: Oberrheinisch (Niederalemannisch) separated by the Sundgau-Bodensee-Schranke: Kind/Chind Südalemannisch Hochalemannisch separated...
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    Peace of Westphalia Territorial changes France annexes the Décapole, and Sundgau Sweden gains Wismar, Wollin, Western Pomerania, and Bremen-Verden Brandenburg-Prussia...
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    southwestern Germany lost in 1801 (although the Alsatian territories (Sundgau) which had formed a part of it had been lost as early as 1648) Grand Duchy...
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    Noble family House of Habsburg Spouse(s) Ida of Lorraine Issue Otto I, Count of Sundgau Albert I Werner I, Count of Habsburg Father Lanzelin of Klettgau...
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    Ansa (756–774) Hildegard (774–783) Fastrada of Franconia (784–794) Luitgard of Sundgau (794–800) Bertha of Gellone (?) Cunigunda of Laon (?) Ermengarde of Tours (821–851)...
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    Savoie. The north end of the Jura extends into the southern tip of Alsace (Sundgau). Roughly 1,600 km2 (600 sq mi) of the mountain range in France is protected...
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    Breisgau up to the Black Forest (Schönau). It is also spoken in the southern Sundgau region beyond the Upper Rhine, which is part of Alsace, France. In Vorarlberg...
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    Danube. In Baden: Brisigowe (Breisgau) along the Upper Rhine opposite Sundgau, and Mortunova, the later Ortenau, along the Upper Rhine opposite Nordgau...
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    Besides Werner I, he had two other sons: Otto I, who would become Count of Sundgau in the Alsace, and Albrecht I. Founded the Muri Abbey, which became the...
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    the Alsatian Sundgau ("the southern Gau"). During the Late Middle Ages, in 1324 the Austrian House of Habsburg acquired first the Sundgau and in 1493 the...
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    Pfennig ("penny") coin common to the Alemannic German regions Alsace, Sundgau, northern Switzerland and south-western Germany. As with other German pennies...
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  • were to be continuous early problems retaining the faithfulness of the Sundgau. The creation of a duchy of Alsace corresponded with the creation of counties...
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    Rheingau, Germany Rupertigau, Germany Saargau, Germany Sisgau, Switzerland Sundgau, in the southeastern corner of Alsace (Suntgow - h/e English exonym) Tennengau...
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    from the twelfth century. It was part of the southern Alsatian county of Sundgau in the Holy Roman Empire. From 1354 to 1515, Mulhouse was part of the Décapole...
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    built. The lowest unemployment rate in France can be found in the Southern Sundgau region (approximately 2%). The countryside is marked by hills. Many Haut-Rhinois...
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    Ansa (756–774) Hildegard (774–783) Fastrada of Franconia (784–794) Luitgard of Sundgau (794–800) Bertha of Gellone (?) Cunigunda of Laon (?) Ermengarde of Tours (821–851)...
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    army into Alsace and Switzerland to capture the Habsburg possessions of Sundgau, Breisgau and the county of Ferrette in the Gugler war of 1375. After Leopold...
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    de la famille de Besenval, au rang de baronnie. Société d’Histoire du Sundgau, 2015, pp. 102–103 Andreas Fankhauser: Pierre Victor Besenval de Brunnstatt...
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  • in 723. In the 720s he made his younger brother Eberhard count of the Sundgau. He made his court at Strasbourg, where he patronised the monastery of...
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    14th century. In the 14th century, they acquired Oberelsass, Aargau and Sundgau, rising to considerable prominence and entering marital ties with the House...
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