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Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire – Part V

Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire – Part V

Jurisdiction
Holy Roman Empire
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Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
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Imperial Nobility of Spain of the Holy Roman Empire

KINGDOM OF SPAIN / BOURBON-ANJOU H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain. ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire ) H.M. Queen Letizia of Spain. ( Princess of The Holy Roman Empire ) H.R.H. Princess Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo. ( Princess of The Holy Roman Empire ) H.R.H. Princess Cristina of Spain, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca. ( Princess of The Holy Roman Empire ) PRINCELY HOUSE OF CASTELO DE BOURBON LA MARCHE H.S.H. Prince / Furst Jose Manuel Mosquera Castelo de Bourbon La Marche, Kt. HRE, Prince and Count de Bourbon le Marche, Prince of Conti, Count and Baron of Castelo. ( Prince, Count, Baron and Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )

H.S.H. Princess / Furstin Silvia Mosquera Castelo de Bourbon La Marche, Princess and Countess de Bourbon le Marche, Countess and Barones of Castelo. ( Princess, Countess and Baroness of The Holy Roman Empire ) CURTO NUNEZ H.E. Count / Graf Don Ricardo Curto Núñez, Count / Graf und Baron / Freiherr Curto Núñez. ( See: Counts of Sulzbach) ( Count and Baron of The Holy Roman Empire ) ROLDAN-LOPEZ H.E. Baron / Freiherr Carlos Roldan Lopez, OT. ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire ) PRINCELY HOUSE OF GEVAUDAN H.R.H. Prince / Furst Don Ruben Alberto I of Gevaudan, Conde Soberano de Gavalda, Principe de Sangre Real Merovingia. ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )

PRINCELY HOUSE OF OTERO-ANGEL H.S.H. Prince / Furst Manuel Otero-Angel, Kt. HRE, OT. Count Otero-Angel, Prince, Duke, Count and Knight of the Holy Roman Empire. ( Prince, Duke, Count and Knight of The Holy Roman Empire ) PRINCELY HOUSE OF GESTO RODRIGUEZ
H.S.H. Prince / Furst Jose Gesto Rodriguez, Duke of Ravensburg.
( Prince, Count and Baron of The Holy Roman Empire ) PRINCELY HOUSE OF ROMAN Y PANTRIGO H.R.H. Prince / Furst Don Rafael Manuel III de Roman y Pantrigo, Prince / Furst and Duke / Herzog of Essen ( Prince and Duke of The Holy Roman Empire )

  • ABAD OCHOA
    Dr. Cristian Román Abad Ochoa, Kt. HRE.
    ( Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • AUSA
    H.E. Count / Graf Don Fr. Raul Ernesto Ausa, OT.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • PEREZ VEGA
    Lady / Frau Maria Perez Vega.
    ( Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • PRINCELY HOUSE OF TORRE AND TASSO
    H.S.H. Prince / Furst of Torre and Tasso.
    ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • VARGAS MACHUCA
    H.E. Count / Graf Don Diego of Vargas Machuca.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • SANCHEZ
    H.E. Baron / Freiherr Jose E. Sanchez, OT.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • NUEVA SEGOVIA
    H.E. Count / Graf Don Alvin Roc Jove of Nueva Segovia.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • PRINCELY HOUSE OF VAZQUEZ GONZALEZ
    H.S.H. Prince / Furst Don Pedro Manuel Marcos Vázquez González, Kt. HRE, OT.
    ( Prince, Count, Baron, Noble and Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.S.H. Princess / Furstin Doña María Luisa Verdejo Gutiérrez.
    ( Princess, Countess, Baroness and Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.S.H. Prince / Furst Don Marcos Lasalle Vázquez Verdejo.
    ( Prince, Count, Baron and Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.S.H. Prince / Furst Don Mario Valerio Vázquez Verdejo.
    ( Prince, Count, Baron and Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.S.H. Princess / Furstin Doña María Inés Vázquez Verdejo.
    ( Princess, Countess, Baroness and Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.S.H. Princess / Furstin Doña María Loreto Vázquez Verdejo.
    ( Princess, Countess, Baroness and Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
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Imperial Nobility of Croatia of the Holy Roman Empire

BONA / BUNIC

H.E. Marquess / Margrave Marino de Bona. ( Marquess of The Holy Roman Empire )

  • DOIMI DE FRANKOPAN
    H.H. Prince / Furst Louis Doimi de Frankopan.
    ( Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.H. Princess / Furstin Ingrid Doimi de Frankopan.
    ( Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.H. Prince / Furst Peter Doimi de Frankopan.
    ( Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.H. Princess / Furstin Paolo Doimi de Frankopan.
    ( Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • ELTZ
    H.E. Count / Graf von Eltz.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • ERBA-ODESCALCHI H.S.H. Prince / Fusrt Carlo Erba-Odescalchi, Duke of Syrmium , Prince of Bassano, Hereditary Magnate of Hungary. ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • GONDOLA / GUNDULIC
    H.E. Count / Graf de Gondola.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • POZZA / PUCIC H.E. Count / Graf de Pozza Count / Graf of Zagorie ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • HAUPTFELD
    H.E. Count / Graf Tomislav Hauptfeld.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.E. Count / Graf Kristijan Hauptfeld.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.E. Count / Graf Hrvoje Dragutin Hauptfeld.
    ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • HRASTOV
    H.E. Baron / Freiherr Mihajlo Hrastov.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • JUTT
    H.E. Baron / Freiherr Mario Jutt.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • KOMADINA
    H.E. Baron / Freiherr Marijan Komadina.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • LISEC
    H.E. Baron / Freiherr Vinko Lisec.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • H.E. Baron / Freiherr Hrvoje Lisec.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • MIKULICH
    H.E. Baron / Freiherr Zeljko Mikulich.
    ( Baron of The Holy Roman Empire )
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Imperial Nobility of Malta of the Holy Roman Empire

  • BOICI MOMPALAO BUGEJA
    Reno Ellul Bonici Mompalao Bugeja.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • BUTTIGIEG DE PIRO
    Anthony Buttigieg de Piro.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • DE PIRO INGUANEZ
    Nicholas De Piro Inguanez.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • SCICLUNA
    Joseph John Scicluna.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • PRINCE OF SELIMBRIA
    H.S.H. Prince Alexander Borg Olivier de Puget Paleologo of Selimbria
    ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • TESTAFERRATA BONICI
    Joseph Philip Testaferrata Bonici.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • TESTAFERRATA MORONI VIANI
    Salvino Testaferrata Moroni Viani.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • MONTALTO DE RIBERA
    Giuseppe (Josie) Attard Montalto de Ribera.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • PRINCE OF MYSTRAS
    H.S.H. Prince Jean Pierre Chapelle Paleologo of Mystras
    ( Prince of Holy Roman Empire )
  • GIAPPONE
    Dr. Edward Rutter Giappone.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • d’ARAGONA CUZKERI TESTAFERRATA
    Marchese Joseph Philip Testaferrata, Marchese di San Vincenzo Ferreri.
    ( Hereditary Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • TESTAFERRATA de NOTO
    Marchese John Testaferrata de Noto.
    ( Hereditary Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • TESTAFERRATA OLIVIER
    Marchese Paul T. Olivier, Marchese Testaferrata Olivier.
    ( Hereditary Noble of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • FOURNIER
    Alfred C. Sant Fournier, Count Fournier.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • SCEBERRAS-TRIGONA
    Lt. Colonel Ronald F. Sceberras Trigona.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • SCEBERRAS-D’AMICO-INGUANEZ
    Dr. Carmelo Apap Bologna Sceberras D’Amico Inguanez.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • SANT CASSIA
    John Sant Cassia.
    (Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire)
  • CACHIA CARUANA
    Richard Cachia Caruana, Kt. HRE.
    (Knight of The Holy Roman Empire)
  • CASSER de SAIN
    Marchese Mark Cassar de Sain, 12th Marchese Cassar Desain.
    (Hereditary Noble of The Holy Roman Empire)
  • PRINCE OF SAYD Principe Giuseppe Said, (1949-, 17th Principe de Sayd, 11th Principe di Bibino magno. Count of the Byzantine Empire, 36th Barone di Ghajn Rihani, 18th Signore di Mugiarro, barone di Djar il-Bniet e Buqana and Head of the Titularship of de Lusignan Cyprus, ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • PRINCE OF SAYD
    H.S.H. Principe Giuseppe Said, 20th Principe de Sayd.
    ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • SAYD
    Don Jayden Paul Said, 17th Barone di Bibino Magno, 17th Viconte de Sayd.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • TRAPANI GALEA FERIOL
    Igino Trapani Galea Feriol.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • HORNYOLD-STRICKLAND
    Henry Hornyold-Strickland.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • OLIVIER
    Paul Thomas Olivier.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • CASSAR DESAIN
    Anthony Cassar Desain.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • APAP BOLOGNA
    Philip Apap Bologna.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • BORG CARBOTT
    Daniel Borg Carbott.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • VON BROCKDORFF
    Baron Mark von Brockdorff.
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • COSTANZO
    Don Scipione Costanzo, 11th Duca di Pagnanica,
    ( Hereditary Knight of The Holy Roman Empire )
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Imperial Eccesiastical Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire

The Supreme Imperial Prelate of The Holy Roman Empire

  • His Holiness Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome,
  • Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince
  • of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Church
  • Universal, Patriarch of the West, Primate of
  • Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman
  • Province, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City,
  • Servant of the Servants of God, Supreme Prelate
  • of The Holy Roman Empire of The German Nation,
  • Chief Vicar of The Holy Roman Empire,
  • Prince of The Holy Roman Empire, etc..

The Imperial Ecclesiastical Princes of The Holy Roman Empire

  • His Eminence Cardinal Joachim Meisner ,
  • Pro-Tempore Imperial Prince Elector of Cologne ,
  • Prince Archbishop of Cologne.
  • ( Pro-Tempore Prince Elector of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • His Grace Archbishop Alois Kothgasser of Salzburg ,
  • Pro tempore Imperial Prince Elector of Salzburg ,
  • Archbishop of Salzburg .
  • ( Pro-Tempore Prince Elector of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
  • Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati,
  • Cardinal Secretary of State.
  • ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Sodano,
  • Cardinal Bishop of Ostia,
  • Dean of the College of Cardinals.
  • ( Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )
  • His Eminence Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli ,
  • Archbishop of Florence .
  • ( Pro-Tempore Prince of The Holy Roman Empire ) His Eminence Cardinal Giacomo Biffi ,
  • Archbishop of Bologne .
  • ( Pro-Tempore Prince of The Holy Roman Empire ) The Rt. Rev. Amedee Grab , Bishop of Chur .
  • ( Pro-Tempore Prince of The Holy Roman Empire )

The Imperial Ecclesiastical Counts of The Holy Roman Empire

  • His Excellency Mons. Giovanni Maria Sartori ,
  • Archbishop of Trento .
  • ( Pro-Tempore Count of The Holy Roman Empire ) His Excellency Mons. Wilhelm Emil Egger ,
  • Bishop of Bressanone and Bolzano .
  • ( Pro-Tempore Count of The Holy Roman Empire ) His Excellency Mons. Gregory Aymond ,
  • Bishop of Austin , Count / Graf Aymond .
  • ( Count in The Holy Roman Empire ) His Excellency Rev Dr. Ramiro Anzit-Guerrero ,
  • Count / Graf Anzit-Guerrero .
  • ( Count of The Holy Roman Empire )

The Holy Roman Empire’s Imperial Diet: Electoral Votes in 1792, Ecclesiastical Bench of the Council of Princes

  • The Ecclesiastical Bench of the Council
  • of Princes was composed of clerical
  • representatives. It held a total of 37 votes
  • (30 votes + seven votes held by Electors).
  • The votes were cast in the following order.
  • Franz I, Erzherzog von Osterreich
    (1) Osterreich (1792-1806)
  • (2) Burgundy (1792-1806)
  • (3) Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
  • (3a) Colloredo , Hieronymus von
    (1772-1803)
  • (4) Prince-Archbishop of Besancon
  • Maximilian-Franz ,
    Erzherzog von Osterreich (2 votes)
  • (5) Grand-Master of the
    Teutonic Order (1780-1801)
  • (5a) Prince-Bishop of Munster
    (1784-1801)
  • Erthal , Franz-Ludwig von
    (2 votes)
  • (6) Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
    (1779-1795)
  • (7) Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg
    (1779-1795)
  • (8) Prince-Bishop of Worms
  • (8a) Erthal , Friedrich-Karl-Josef von
    (1774-1801)
  • (9) Prince-Bishop of Eichstadt
  • (9a) Stubenberg , Josef von
    (1790-1802)
  • (10) Prince-Bishop of Speyer
  • (10a) Limburg-Vehlen-Styrum,
    Damian-August-Philipp zu
    (1770-1797)
  • (11) Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg
  • (11a) Rohan-Guemene , Louis-Rene de
    (1779-1801)
  • (12) Prince-Bishop of Konstanz
  • (12a) Rodt , Maximilian-Christoph von
    (1775-1800)
  • Sachsen , Klemens-Wenzel ,
    Herzog zu (3 votes)
  • (13) Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
    (1768-1803)
  • (29) Prior of Ellwangen
    (1787-1803)
  • (33) Prince-Abbot of Prum
  • Furstenburg , Franz-Egon von (2 votes)
  • (14) Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim
    (1789-1802)
  • (15) Prince-Bishop of Paderborn
    (1789-1802)
  • Schroffenberg-Mos ,
    Josef-Konrad von (3 votes)
  • (16) Prince-Bishop of Freising
    (1790-1803)
  • (17) Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
    (1789-1803)
  • (31) Prince-Prior of Berchtesgaden
    (1780-1803)
  • (18) Prince-Bishop of Passau
  • (18a) Auersperg ,
    Josef-Franz-Anton von (1783-1795)
  • (19) Prince-Bishop of Trent
  • (19a) Thun-Hohenstein ,
    Emanuel-Maria-Peter-Vigilius von
    (1776-1800)
  • (20) Prince-Bishop of Brixen
  • (20a) Lodrun , Franz-Karl von
    (1791-1803)
  • (21) Prince-Bishop of Basel
  • (21a) Roggenbach , Josef von
    (1783-1794)
  • (23) Prince-Bishop of Onsabruck
  • (23a) York , Frederick-Augustus,
    Duke of [ House of Hanover ](1764-1802)
  • (24) Prince-Bishop of Liege
  • (24a) Honsbrock ,
    Cesar-Constantin-Francois de
    (1784-1792)
  • (25) Prince-Bishop of Lubeck
  • (25a) Holstein-Gottorp ,
    Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig ,
    Herzog zu (1785-1802)
  • (26) Prince-Bishop of Chur
  • (26a) Rost , Franz-Dionysius,
    Reichsfreiherr von (1777-1794)
  • (27) Prince-Bishop of Fulda
    (created 1752)
  • (27a) Herstall ,
    Adalbert III von (1788-1802)
  • (28) Prince-Abbot of Kempten
  • (28a) Neuenstein ,
    Rupprecht III von (1785-1793)
  • (30) Grand-Master of the
    Knights of St. John (Malta)
  • (31) Rohan-Polduc ,
    Emanuel de (1775-1797)
  • (32) Prince-Prior of Weissenburg
  • (34) Prince-Abbot of Stablo
    [Stavelot and Malmedy]
  • (34a) Thys , Celestin
    (1786-1794)
  • (35) Prince-Bishop of Corvey
    (created 1783)
  • (35a) Brabeck ,
    Theodor von (1776-1794)
  • The thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh votes
  • in the Council of Princes were held by
  • Prince-Abbots and Princess-Abbesses in the
  • Colleges of the Prelates of Swabia and the
  • Rhine. They were collective votes cast in
  • the following order:

The College of the Prelates of Swabia

  • (1) Salmannsweiler
  • (2) Abbot of Weingarten
  • (2a) Ritter , Anselm
    (1784-1803)
  • (3) Ochsenhausen
  • (4) Elchingen
  • (5) Irsee
  • (6) Ursberg
  • (7) Prince-Abbot of Kaiserheim
  • (7a) Muller ,
    Franz-Xavier (1783-1803)
  • (8) Roggenburg
  • (9) Roth
  • (10) Weissenau
  • (11) Schussenried
  • (12) Marchtal
  • (13) Petershausen
  • (14) Wettenhausen
  • (15) Zwiefalten
  • (16) Gengenbach
  • (17) Neresheim
  • (18) Princess-Abbess of Heggbach
  • (18a) Kurz , Juliana
    (1773-1792)
  • (19) Princess-Abbess of Gutenzell
  • (19a) Erolzheim , Justina von
    (1776-1803)
  • (20) Princess-Abbess of Rottenmunster
  • (20a) Maier , Maia-Juliana (-1803)
  • (21) Princess-Abbess of Baindt
  • (21a) Markdorf ,
    Bernharda von (1768-1802)
  • (22) Abbess of Soflingen
  • (23) Abbess of Sankt
    Jorgen zu Isny

The College of the Prelates of the Rhine

  • (1) Kaiserheim
  • (2) Koblenz
  • (3) Alsace and Burgundy
  • (4) Odenheim und Bruchsal
  • (5) Prince-Abbot of
    Werden und Helmstadt
  • (5a) Birnbaum, Bernhard II
    (1780-1797)
  • (6) Sankt Ulrich und Sankt
    Afra in Augsburg
  • (7) Sankt Georg zu Isny
  • (8) Abbot of St. Kornelimunster
  • (8a) Plettenberg-Engsfeld ,
    Mattias-Ludwig von (1764-1803)
  • (9) Abbot of Sankt
    Emmeran zu Regensburg
  • (9a) Steiglehner ,
    Colestin II (1791-1803)
  • (10) Abbess of Essen
  • (10a) Sachsen , Maria-Kunigunde ,
    Herzogin zu (1776-1803)
  • (11) Princess-Abbess of Buchau
  • (11a) Stadion,
    Maria-Maximiliana zu (1775-1803)
  • (12) Abbess of Quedlinburg
  • (12a) Sweden ,
    Sophie-Albertine of
    (1787-1803)
  • (13) Abbess of Herford
  • (13a) Brandenburg-Swedt,
    Friedricke zu (1764-1803)
  • (14) Gernrode
  • (15) Abbess of Niedermunster
    in Regensburg
  • (15a) Konigfeld,
    Maria-Franziska-Xaveria von
    (1789-1793)
  • (16) Abbess of Obermunster in Regensburg
  • (16a) Neuenstein-Hubacker ,
    Maria-Josefa von (1775-1803)
  • (17) Burtscheid
  • (18) Princess-Abbess of Gandersheim
  • (18a) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel ,
    Augusta-Dorothea zu (1777-1802)
  • (19) Abbess of Thorn
  • (19a) Sachsen , Maria-Kunigunde,
    Herzogin zu (1776-1803)
  • Part VI
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Neue Gotha does not place or access non-essential cookies, or activate non-essential external services, before valid consent has been given. Visitors may accept or reject optional purposes separately and may withdraw consent at any time by selecting the permanently available “Cookie settings” control. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. Strictly necessary technologies cannot be disabled through the consent tool, but they may be controlled through browser settings where technically possible.

The following table reflects the technologies currently deployed on the website. It is updated whenever a plugin, host, analytics tool, embedded service, or cookie configuration changes.

Name Provider Purpose Category Duration Third-party access
_scc_session Neue Gotha / managed hosting and site-control provider Maintains a short-lived session for website security and site-control functions Strictly necessary Browser session The contracted hosting or site-control provider may access the identifier when providing technical support
_tccl_visit Neue Gotha / managed website-analytics provider Distinguishes a single website visit and reduces duplicate counting within the same session Analytics — disabled until consent 30 minutes Yes; the contracted analytics provider processes the identifier on Neue Gotha’s behalf
_tccl_visitor Neue Gotha / managed website-analytics provider Assigns a pseudonymous visitor identifier used to produce aggregated website-usage statistics Analytics — disabled until consent 12 months Yes; the contracted analytics provider processes the identifier on Neue Gotha’s behalf
googtrans Neue Gotha / Google Translate Stores or applies the visitor’s language selection for the translation feature Functional — disabled until consent 12 months Google may receive technical and service-interaction data when Google Translate is activated
ng_gt_default_applied Neue Gotha / website translation plugin Records whether the website’s default translation setting has been applied Functional — disabled until consent 24 hours No direct vendor access is assumed; Google may receive data if activation causes Google Translate to load
eu_cookies_bar_consent Neue Gotha / locally hosted EU Cookies Bar plugin Stores the visitor’s cookie choices and prevents the banner from being shown unnecessarily Strictly necessary 6 months No, provided the consent plugin remains locally hosted and does not transmit consent records to its developer
wordpress_test_cookie Neue Gotha / WordPress Checks whether the browser supports cookies when an authorised user visits the sign-in page Strictly necessary Browser session No; the cookie is processed by Neue Gotha and its contracted host

Authorised editorial users may receive WordPress authentication, security, or preference cookies when they sign in. wordpress_logged_in_[hash] maintains an authenticated session for up to two weeks when “Remember Me” is selected; wordpress_sec_[hash] protects administrative access for the session; and wp-settings-[user_id] stores an editor’s interface preferences for up to one year. These internal cookies are processed solely for editorial access and site administration.

6. Google Translate, web fonts, and other external content

Where enabled with the visitor’s consent, Neue Gotha may use Google Translate to provide machine-generated translations. Activating the service may cause the visitor’s browser to connect to Google and disclose technical information such as the IP address, requested page URL, browser or device information, and language or service-interaction data. Machine translations may contain errors and do not replace the original editorial text.

Website fonts are hosted locally by Neue Gotha and do not require a connection to Google. Google Translate remains an optional external service that is activated only after the visitor provides consent.

Information about Google’s processing is available in the Google Privacy Policy and Google’s explanation of how it uses information from sites and applications that use its services.

Embedded material from another website may allow that provider to process personal data as if the visitor had visited the provider directly. Non-essential embeds remain blocked until consent is obtained. Each enabled provider is identified in this policy and in the consent interface.

7. Recipients of personal data

Personal data may be disclosed only where necessary to:

  • hosting, content-delivery, backup, website-maintenance, email, security, and consent-management providers acting under contract;
  • translation, analytics, media, or other external-service providers selected by the visitor through the consent interface;
  • professional advisers, insurers, auditors, or other specialists where necessary to protect legal or operational interests;
  • courts, regulators, law-enforcement bodies, or public authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law; and
  • the public and search engines where personal data form part of a lawfully published editorial or archival record.

8. International data transfers

Some service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area. Where the GDPR restricts such a transfer, Neue Gotha relies on an applicable European Commission adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards under Article 46 GDPR, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, together with supplementary measures where required.

Cloudflare and Google may transfer limited technical information to recipients in the United States. Where the recipient is validly certified, the transfer is based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. Where that mechanism is unavailable or does not cover a transfer, the relevant provider’s European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses and supplementary technical and organisational measures are used. Information about the applicable safeguards, including how to obtain a copy, may be requested from editor@neuegotha.de.

9. How long we retain personal data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including security, editorial integrity, source verification, dispute resolution, and compliance with legal obligations. The specific periods or criteria are stated in the processing and cookie tables above.

When a retention period ends, information is deleted or anonymised unless continued retention is required by law, is necessary for legal claims, or is justified by a documented editorial or archival purpose. Encrypted rolling backups are retained for 35 days and are then overwritten automatically, unless a backup has been isolated for incident recovery or a legal hold.

10. Security

Neue Gotha uses appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. No method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

11. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions and limitations in the GDPR and applicable national law, an individual may have the right to:

  • obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them are processed and request access to those data;
  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
  • request erasure of personal data;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • receive personal data they provided in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit those data to another controller where the right to portability applies;
  • withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.

To exercise a right, contact editor@neuegotha.de. Please identify the information or record concerned and the nature of the request. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify identity and protect personal data from unauthorised disclosure. Requests are normally answered within one month, subject to any extension permitted by law.

Where a request concerns published editorial or archival content, applicable rights may be limited where necessary and proportionate to reconcile data protection with freedom of expression and information or other rights recognised by law. Each request will be assessed individually.

12. Complaints

We encourage individuals to contact us first so that we can try to resolve a concern. Individuals also have the right to complain to the supervisory authority in the EU or EEA country of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

For this Berlin-based controller the supervisory authority is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, Germany; telephone +49 30 13889-0; email mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de; website https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/.

13. Children

The website is intended as a general historical and reference resource and is not directed specifically at children. We do not knowingly request personal data directly from children for an online service requiring parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal data inappropriately, please contact us.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our processing activities, service providers, technologies, or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent before introducing a new processing purpose.

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