Eltz is the name of a noted German noble family.

The first recorded instance of the name occurred in 1157 when Rudolph zu Eltz was mentioned as witness to the donation of a property deed by Emperor Fredrick I Barbarossa. At that time, von Eltz lived in a small manor on the banks of the River Eltz, in what is now the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Events Births 8 September - Richard I of England Deaths August 21 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (b. ... A deed is a legal instrument used to grant a privilege. ... The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... Frederick in a 13th century Chronicle Frederick I Hohenstaufen (1122 – June 10, 1190), also known as Frederick Barbarossa (Frederick Redbeard) was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on June 18, 1155. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ...

The Eltz held power in the Electorates of Mainz and Trier. Jakob von Eltz (b. 1510) was one of the strongest champions of the Counter-Reformation and allied himself with the Jesuits in opposing Lutheran and Calvinist influence in the region. The prince-electors or electoral princes of the Holy Roman Empire — German: Kurfürst (singular) Kurfürsten (plural) — were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Emperors of Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Trier: The Porta Nigra, viewed from outside Location of Trier Trier (French: Trèves), is Germanys oldest city. ... The Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation was a strong reaffirmation of the doctrine and structure of the Catholic Church, climaxing at the Council of Trent, partly in reaction to the growth of Protestantism. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ...

In 1624, Hans Jakob zu Eltz was given the hereditary office of Field Marshal for the electorate of Trier. This made him the supreme military commander of the region in time of war, including leader of the Imperial vassals of this important region of the Holy Roman Empire. Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... A vassal, in European medieval feudalism terminology, is one who through a commendation ceremony (composed of homage and fealty) enters into mutual obligations with a lord, usually military conscription and mutual protection, in exchange for a fief. ... This page is about the Germanic empire. ...

The Eltz family reached their greatest influence under the Electorship of Philipp Karl zu Eltz (b. 1665). He held both the titles of Prince Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, making him one of the most powerful Catholic princes north of the Alps. Between 780/82 AD and 1802 AD the Archbishop of Mainz, was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince of the middle ages. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria in the east, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany, through to France in the west. ...

As a result of their service throughout the troubles of the Reformation and during the wars against the Ottoman Empire, the elder line of Eltz was raised to the position of Counts of the Empire by the Emperor Charles VI in 1733 in Vienna. The additional "Great Palatinate" privilege entitled the Eltz lords to knight others in the name of the Emperor, select notaries public, legitimise illegitimate children, confer coats of arms and crests, appoint judges and clerks, and release serfs from service. The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul (Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 6. ... Definition A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess. Originally the title comes denoted the rank of a high courtier or provincial (military or administrative) official in the late Roman Empire: before Anthemius was made emperor... Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI Charles VI (October 1, 1685 – October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ...

The Eltz family's most important landholding outside Germany was in East Slavonia on the Danube in Croatia. In 1736 the Eltz family acquired the Lordship of Vukovar. This was the main residence of the Grafen von und zu Eltz until the family was expelled by the Yugoslav communist regime in 1945. Slavonia is a region in eastern Croatia. ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg, Germany... Vukovar (Hungarian: Vukovár) is a city in Croatia, population 20,301 (2001). ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Material adapted from http://www.burg-eltz.de

See also

• Burg Eltz