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Noble family of Arenberg

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The noble family of Arenberg was already mentioned in the 12th century and it was named after the village of Aremberg in the Ahr Hills, located in what's nowadays the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. On this blog 'Allaboutroyalfamilies', I mentioned the House of Arenberg a few times, but the most significant blog post was the one of the Arenberg Castle near Louvain, Belgium. See this link . The noble house of Arenberg spread their wings in Europe, as many important families. They also have a very interesting history. Some royal history At the beginning Aremberg was originally a county with counts as its rulers. In 1549 it became a state of the Holy Roman Empire and it was raised to a princely county in 1576 and then in 1645 it became a duchy. Around 1789 the duchy of Arenberg was located in the Eifel region on the west side of the Rhine and contained amongst others, Aremberg, Schleiden and Kerpen. But back in time, from the 15th. century o

Place des Vosges at Paris and King Louis XIII of France

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One of the oldest and most beautiful planned squares in Paris, France, located in the Marais district, between the 3rd and the 4th arrondissements, is the Place des Vosges. During the 17th. and 18th. centuries it was a fashionable and expensive square to live for the Parisian nobility due to the location. But the Place des Vosges also had an amazing royal history. Place des Vosges, Paris, France Some Royal History At the beginning the Place des Vosges was known as the Place Royale. It even was built in order of King Henry IV of France between 1605 and 1612. This square of 140 meters by 140 meters emboided the first European program of royal city planning. It was built on the site of Hôtel des Tournelles and its gardens: it was there on a tournament at the Tournelles, a royal residence, that King Henry II was wounded and died. His wife, Catherine de' Medici gave the order to demolish the Gothic complex and she moved to the Louvre Palace. In 1612, on the