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Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg

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31: 145:(1473–1526) and his first wife Magdalena of Hohnstein (1480–1504). His paternal grandparents were Guenther XXI. (XXXVIII.) von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1450–1484) and Katharina von Querfurt (1452–1521). Over time, Günther united all but one of the Schwarzburg possessions in one hand. He introduced 142: 94: 202:
On 29 November 1528, Günther XL married Elisabeth (d. 14 May 1572), the daughter of Count Philip of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg. They had the following children:
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To demonstrate his accumulated wealth and power, he largely demolished the existing castle in Sondershausen in 1533 and built a new
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After his death, the County of Schwarzburg was divided among his four sons. Thus, he became the ancestor of the two lines of the
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Sybilla Anna (1540–1578), married in 1571 to Count Louis III of Isenburg-Birstein-Büdingen
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château on the site. This château forms the old North, East and South wings of the current
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Magdalena (1530–1565), married in 1552, to Count John Albert VI of Mansfeld-Arnstein
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in his country and fought on the Protestant side against the emperor in the
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Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit
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Die Grafen von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt: Albrecht VII. bis Albert Anton
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In feudal matters, he came into conflict with Elector
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Index


Sondershausen
Gehren
Noble family
House of Schwarzburg
Henry XXXI, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Sondershausen
Gehren
Schwarzburg
Henry XXXI, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
Protestantism
Schmalkaldic War
House of Wettin
Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
Sondershausen
Renaissance
Sondershausen Palace
House of Schwarzburg
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen
Albert VII, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
John VII, Count of Oldenburg
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