Benjamin Wolf Fleisher

He came to the United States around 1836. He was in business in Meadville Penna. In 1845, he visited his native country and on his return was taken sick on the steamer and died soon after landing. Hannah remarried Abraham Adler.

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I believe I have Fleisher traveling to the US on several occasions - need to work on that - but his dying back in Bavaria seems unlikely so will leave for the moment and verify as I go on. His widow,Hannah Tuechner will remarry in 1847.

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<p>Minor German States</p><p><p>In Germany, the combination of succession laws favouring partititioning titles and lands equally among all descendents of a grantee, together with a particularly turbulent and irascible nobility, guarenteed the emergence of hundreds of small states. Each had a considerable degree of autonomy, each had its own peculiar traditions, each was liable to be united with its neighbours or further subdivided, depending upon genealogical accident.</p><p><p>http://www.hostkingdom.net/germinor.html</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>German Confederation, 1815-66</p></p><p><p>The Congress of Vienna (1814-15), convened after Napoleon's defeat, sought to restore order to a Europe disrupted by revolutionary and imperial France. Its members' objective was a constellation of states and a balance of power that would ensure peace and stability after a quarter-century of revolution and war. In addition to the delegates of many small states, the congress included representatives of five large European states: Austria, Prussia, Russia, Britain, and France. After months of deliberations, the congress established an international political order that was to endure for nearly 100 years and that brought Europe a measure of peace.</p><p><p>The congress made no effort to restore the Holy Roman Empire and its 300-odd states. Instead, it accepted the disappearance of many small statesthat had occurred since 1789 and created the German Confederation. The confederation consisted of thirty-eight sovereign states and four free cities and included the five large kingdoms of Austria, Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, and Wuerttemberg. The confederation met at a diet in Frankfurt, with an Austrian always serving as president.</p><p><p>http://www.chivalricorders.org/nobility/holyroman/hreend.htm</p></p><p><p>The End of the Empire</p></p><p><p>© by V. Rozn (edited by Guy Stair Sainty)</p></p><p><p>The War of the Third Coalition against France in 1805 led to the defeat of Austria at thr Battle of Austerlitz. The treaty of Pressburg (Dec 1805) rewarded German allies of Napoleon I with new territories and titles. The authority of the Roman Emperor declined, and he lost control over all the Imperial lands in Southwest Germany which became part of a new Confederation of the Rhine [10].</p><p><p>As the small Imperial Estates had traditionally supported the Emperor through whose authority they enjoyed their special status, Napoleon I determined that Germany would instead be composed of several midsize states who would owe their new power and status to him. In July of 1806 16 rulers of Southwest Germany left the Empire and created the Confederation of the Rhine (Rheinbund) under the protection of Napoleon I [11].</p><p><p>Other rulers of this region, who were not allowed to join the Confederation, were now mediatized. The mediatization (Mediatisierung) did not deprive the mediatized houses of their lands, but it altered their status as reigning houses as their immediate territories now came under Landeshoheit of the members the Confederation.</p><p><p>The non-sovereign houses that had preserved their status as “of the Imperial Estate” until 1806, were called Standesherren. The Personalists were also included in this category. (Most of the Personalists had no immediate territories and, thus, cannot properly be called mediatized houses). Officially, Standesherren were now considered as equal (Ebenbèurtigkeit) to the other sovereign houses of Europe, although this new equality was a concept which did not receive much currency outside the German states. In many German states Standesherren had the hereditary right to vote in the newly established Houses of Lords of the individual state parliaments created in imitation of the British House of Lords. From the end of the 19th century the Almanach de Gotha listed Standesherren as one separate group in its second part [12].</p><p><p>The Imperial Knights, who also lost their immediate status in 1806, did not enjoy the privileges of Standesherren.</p></p><p><p>In August of 1806 Emperor Franz II laid down the crown of the Holy Roman Empire. All Imperial Estates that were not mediatized now received unlimited sovereignty.</p></p><p><p>TO NAPOLEONIC GERMANY, THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA AND THE GERMAN REICH <hrenapet.htm></p></p><p><p>Footnotes:</p></p><p><p>[10] The treaty of Pressburg (Dec 1805) dispossessed Archduke Ferdinand, the heir to the house of Modena-Este. His lands, Breisgau and Ortenau, were assigned to Baden. Ferdinand, the brother of Franz II, exchanged Salzburg for Wèurzburg, preserving his status of Elector. The Electors of Wèurttemberg and Bavaria received the title of King. In January of 1806 Napoleon I acquired Kleve from Brandenburg and Berg from Bavaria and gave them to his brother-in-law Joachim Murat.</p><p><p>[11] The original members of the Confederation:</p></p><p><p>Bavaria</p></p><p><p>Wèurttemberg</p></p><p><p>Baden</p></p><p><p>Hesse-Darmstadt</p></p><p><p>Nassau-Usingen</p></p><p><p>Nassau-Weilburg</p></p><p><p>Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen</p></p><p><p>Hohenzollern-Hechingen</p></p><p><p>Salm-Salm</p></p><p><p>Salm-Kyrburg</p></p><p><p>Isenburg-Birstein</p></p><p><p>Arenberg</p></p><p><p>Liechtenstein</p></p><p><p>Leyen-Hohengeroldseck</p></p><p><p>Regensburg-Aschafenburg</p></p><p><p>Berg.</p></p><p><p>New members of the Confederation:</p></p><p><p>In September of 1806:</p></p><p><p>Wèurzburg</p></p><p><p>In December of 1806 all Saxon houses:</p></p><p><p>Saxony Electorale (Kursachsen)</p></p><p><p>Saxony(Saxe)-Weimar</p></p><p><p>Saxony(Saxe)-Gotha</p></p><p><p>Saxony(Saxe)-Meiningen</p></p><p><p>Saxony(Saxe)-Coburg</p></p><p><p>In April of 1807 less important houses in Thèuringen and Westphalia:</p></p><p><p>Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt</p></p><p><p>Schwarzburg-Sondershausen</p></p><p><p>Anhalt-Bernburg</p></p><p><p>Anhalt-Dessau</p></p><p><p>Anhalt-Kèothen</p></p><p><p>Lippe-Detmold</p></p><p><p>Schaumburg-Lippe</p></p><p><p>Waldeck</p></p><p><p>Reuss-Greiz</p></p><p><p>Reuss-Schleiz</p></p><p><p>Reuss-Lobenstein</p></p><p><p>Reuss-Ebersdorf</p></p><p><p>In December of 1807:</p></p><p><p>Westphalia</p></p><p><p>In February of 1808:</p></p><p><p>Mecklenburg-Strelitz</p></p><p><p>In March of 1808:</p></p><p><p>Mecklenburg-Schwerin</p></p><p><p>In October of 1808:</p></p><p><p>Oldenburg</p></p><p><p>Several rulers upgraded their titles when they joined the Confederation of the Rhine:</p></p><p><p>Count of Leyen-Hohengeroldseck to Prince</p></p><p><p>Prince of Nassau-Usingen to Duke</p></p><p><p>Duke of Berg to Grand Duke</p></p><p><p>Landgrafof Hesse-Darmstadt to Grand Duke</p></p><p><p>Prince and Elector of Wèurzburg to Grand Duke</p></p><p><p>Princes of Anhalt-Dessau to Duke</p></p><p><p>Princes of Anhalt-Kèothen to Duke</p></p><p><p>Count of Schaumburg-Lippe to Prince</p></p><p><p>By 1810, there was no sovereign ruler in Europe with a titular rank less than that of Prince.</p></p><p><p>[12] The houses of Esterhazy, Bentinck, Pappenheim and Croÿ, which did not have the status of Imperial Estate, were also counted among the Standesherren. The house of Pappenheim was present in the Imperial Diet as the Imperial Hereditary Marshall (Reichserbmarschall).</p><p><p>The houses of Bretzenheim, Ligne, Abensberg & Traun, Nostitz, and Nesselrode (?) were not included in Standesherren because they lost the status of Imperial Estate before July of 1806 (when they sold their immediate lands).</p><p><p>The Imperial Knights lost their immediate status in 1806. They did not enjoy the privileges of Standesherren.</p></p><p>Name: Benjamin Fleisher Place of Origin: Germany Declaration of Intent Date: Aug 08, 1837 Declaration of Intent Court: Quarter Sessions Signature 1: Benjamin Fleischer Signature 2: Benjamin Fleisher Comment: 33734

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