Edelherr Johann I, Georg von Arscheid, Vogt von Breisig

Jean-Georges ORTSCHEID and Anne-Marie WICKY (Catherine von Heess- verheiratet seit 13. Okt. 1607 St. Lambertus Düsseldorf mit Maria Orschott, Tochter des Vogtes von Breisig- Johann Orschott und der Catharina von Heess- Heeß.)

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The German Revolution

Germany and the Reformation: 1517-1648

The decline of the Holy Roman Empire is closely connected with the great 16th-century upheaval in central Europe - that of the Reformation. The German 'princes,' in the many semi-independent territories of the empire, see the religious options suddenly on offer as political opportunities.

The Pope is resented by many as a devious and distant 'intriguer' who drains away money from local church lands and regularly demands more. The Emperor, lord of vast new Habsburg territories, is now also a distant figure with interests far beyond the traditional empire.

Once the turmoil of the 'Reformation' began in the years after 1517, each German prince assessed his 'own' best chance of securing or expanding his territory and his treasury. The resulting conflicts within German-speaking regions became frequent until the peace of Augsburg in 1555. They then erupt again in the Thirty Years' War of 1618-48.

The great dispute soon becomes a European event. But the original flare-up in 1517 is very much a German phenomenon.

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During and near the end of the German Revolution (in 1555), a branch of the family, 'The French Branch' settled in Vieux-Ferrette France, with many of the other 'Old Ferrette' or 'Old Sandgau', southern Brabant families, i.e.; Blind (Blundt, Blonde, Blount), Libis (Sisbas), Bischoff, etc...

German Free Cities

German States to 1918

Reference

[History of the German People at the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume 4 http://books.google.com/books?id=VizTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq...]

Mittelalter-Chronik Frankfurt Rhein-Main