Gottorp in 1864

Gottorf (in Danish, Gottorp) is a palace and estate in the German city of Schleswig coat of arms Schleswig is a town at the Schlei firth in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Schleswig_Flensburg. Today, it has a population of about 25,000. Schleswig is a very old town. The Viking settlement of Haithabu, which... Schleswig in the Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. The Danish language name is Slesvig-Holsten, the Low Saxon language name is Sleswig-Holsteen. Historically the name refers to a larger region, containing present day Schleswig-Holstein and the county of South Jutland in Denmark Geography Schleswig... Schleswig-Holstein. It is the ancestral home of royal families within the The House of Oldenburg is a North German noble family and one of Europes most influental Royal Houses. It first became royal when Count Christian VIII of Oldenburg became King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since. Different branches have been reigning in... House of Oldenburg and is today a museum. It is situated on an island on the Firth is the Scots word often used to denote a large sea bay in Scotland, which may be part of an estuary, or just an inlet, or even a strait (as in the case of the Pentland Firth). It is cognate to fjord, which has a more narrow sense in... firth of The Schlei is a firth in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It stretches from the Baltic Sea near Kappeln and the City of Arnis to the city of Schleswig. Along Schlei there are many little bays and swamps. ... Schlei, about 40 kilometers from the The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of east and central Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Öresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. Kattegat then continues in the Skagerrak into the... Baltic Sea.

It was first settled as an estate in Events Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. Births Emperor Takakura of Japan Deaths Heads of states England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189). France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180). Categories: 1161 ... 1161 as the residence of bishop Occo of Schleswig when his former residence was destroyed. The Duke of Schleswig acquired it through a trade in Events May 18 - the Principality of Antioch falls to Mameluk Sultan Baibars. Philip I becomes count of Savoy. Stephen V of Hungary launches a war against Bulgaria. Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia, marries Katarina, daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. The county of Wernigerode become a vassal state of the... 1268, and in Events January 26 - King France June 24 - The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. The former was under the command of Edward III of England and the later under those of admiral Hue Quiéret and treasurer... 1340 it was transferred to the earl of Schauenburg. The house became the possession of Christian I of Denmark (1426-1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1448_1481), Norway (1450-1481) and Sweden (1457-1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as regent was preceded by viceroys, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by viceroy Kettil Karlsson... Christian I of Denmark, the first Denmark (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland... Danish monarch from the The House of Oldenburg is a North German noble family and one of Europes most influental Royal Houses. It first became royal when Count Christian VIII of Oldenburg became King of Denmark in 1448, and has been the Danish Royal House ever since. Different branches have been reigning in... House of Oldenburg, in Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force. October 12 - Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais Births March 22 - Maximilian... 1459.

External links

• Foundation for state museums for Schleswig-Holstein at Gottorf Palace (http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/)