Name: Elizabeth Souvignier (Haupert), my 4th. great maternal grandmother, daughter of Clement Souvignier and Elizabeth Feyder
Elizabeth Souvignier
Born: 11 May 1782 in Niederkorn, Differdange, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Married: 22 Feb. 1811 in Niederkorn, Differdange, Luxembourg to Pierre “Peter” Haupert.
Died: 14 March 1848 Niederkorn, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
I wish that I had known about my 4th. great grandmother back then in 1980, because I could have looked up where they lived. I knew about my Palen ancestors being from Luxembourg, but I had no idea where in Luxembourg. And…I knew nothing about my Souvignier ancestors from Luxembourg. I did not have the information yet, that I even was related to the Souvignier family.
Name: Elizabeth Souvignier (Haupert)
Born: 11 May 1782, Niederkorn, Differdange, Luxembourg.
Married: about 1803 in Niederkorn, Differdange, Luxembourg to Pierre “Peter” Haupert.
Died: 14 March 1848, Niederkorn, Differdange, Luxembourg.
They had Frank Haupert (1808-1886), he was my 3rd. great maternal grandfather, and his daughter, Mary “May” Haupert was my 2nd. great maternal grandmother.
Children: (4) Frank Haupert (1808-1886), Clement Haupert (1811-1843), Peter Pierre Haupert (1814-1900), Josephus “Joseph” Haupert (1817-1900). transcribed by: Sally Frederick Johnson
The history of Luxembourg is considered to begin in 963, when count Siegfried acquired a rocky promontory and its Roman-era fortifications known as Lucilinburhuc, “little castle”, and the surrounding area from the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin in nearby Trier. Siegfried’s descendants increased their territory through marriage, war and vassal relations.
At the end of the 13th century, the counts of Luxembourg reigned over a considerable territory. In 1308, Count of Luxembourg Henry VII became King of the Germans and later Holy Roman Emperor. The House of Luxembourg produced four emperors during the High Middle Ages. In 1354, Charles IV elevated the county to the Duchy of Luxembourg.
The duchy eventually became part of the Burgundian Circle and then one of the Seventeen Provinces of the Habsburg Netherlands. Over the centuries, the City and Fortress of Luxembourg, of great strategic importance situated between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg territories, was gradually built up to be one of the most reputed fortifications in Europe.
After belonging to both the France of Louis XIV and the Austria of Maria Theresa, Luxembourg became part of the First French Republic and Empire under Napoleon.
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