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Langenstein family, the Glossary

The Langenstein family is an extinct Swiss noble family that came from Langenstein Castle in Melchnau in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland.^[1]

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History of Bern
Swiss noble families

Aare

The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

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Abbot

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions.

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Alamannia

Alamannia, or Alemania, was the kingdom established and inhabited by the Alemanni, a Germanic tribal confederation that had broken through the Roman limes in 213.

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Augustinians

Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.

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Canon (title)

Canon (translit) is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule.

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The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are priests who live in community under a rule (and κανών, kanon, in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a partly similar terminology.

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Canton of Bern

The canton of Bern, or Berne (Kanton Bern; canton de Berne; Chantun Berna; Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.

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Cîteaux Abbey

Cîteaux Abbey (Abbaye de Cîteaux) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France.

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Chapter (religion)

A chapter (capitulum or capitellum) is one of several bodies of clergy in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheran churches or their gatherings.

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Cistercians

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.

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Commandery

In the Middle Ages, a commandery (rarely commandry) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order.

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County of Burgundy

The Free County of Burgundy (Franche Comté de Bourgogne; Freigrafschaft Burgund) was a medieval feudal state ruled by a count from 982 to 1678.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.

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Grünenberg Castle

The ruins of Grünenberg Castle, Schnabelburg Castle and Langenstein Castle are a complex of three interconnected castles on a hill above the municipality of Melchnau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Grünenberg family

The Grünenberg family was a medieval Swiss noble family. Langenstein family and Grünenberg family are history of Bern and Swiss noble families.

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Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village.

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Hegau

Hegau either refers to a region of the Duchy of Swabia or to only that part of said region which is presently located in the country of Germany.

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High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300.

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Langenthal

Langenthal is a town and a municipality in the district of Oberaargau in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Lucelle Abbey

Lucelle Abbey or Lützel Abbey (Abbaye de Lucelle; Kloster Lützel) was a Cistercian monastery in the present village of Lucelle, in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace, France, but located right on the Swiss border.

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Mainau

Mainau also referred to as Mav(e)no(w), Maienowe (in 1242), Maienow (in 1357), Maienau, Mainowe (in 1394) and Mainaw (in 1580) is an island in Lake Constance (on the Southern shore of the Überlinger See near the city of Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langenstein_family

Also known as Baron of Langenstein, House of Langenstein.

Langenstein family, the Glossary

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History of Bern

Swiss noble families

References