Joannes Jacob Dudenhoeffer

1811 - 1892  (81 years)

• Name	Joannes Jacob Dudenhoeffer
  Birth	16 May 1811	Herxheim,,,,Rheinprovinz,Germany   [1]
  	The Rhienprovinz was formed in 1824 and changed to Rhein-pflatz in 1871.
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Sep 1892	Posey County,,,IN
  Burial	St. Wendell Cemetery,,,
  	Section C row 5.
  Person ID	I89	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Daniel Dudenhoeffer,   b. 1790, Herxheim,,,,Rheinprovinz,Germany d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Julianae Gademann,   b. 1790, Herxheim,,,,Rheinprovinz,Germany d. 1825 (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1812	Herxheim,,,,Rheinprovinz,Germany
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magdelena Mayer,   b. 22 Dec 1810, Herxheim,,,,Rheinprovinz,Germany d. 23 Oct 1891, Wadesville,,,IN (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1837	Cinncinnati,,,OH   [2]
  Children	1. Helena Dudenhoeffer,   b. 16 Apr 1837, Canada,,, d. 18 Mar 1927, Evansville,,,IN (Age 89 years)   2. Jacob Dudenhoeffer,   b. 1843   d. Nov 1863, Chattanooga,,,TN (Age 20 years)   3. Peter Dudenhoeffer,   b. 1847, Ohio,,, d. 1873 (Age 26 years)   4. Amalia Regina Dudenhoeffer,   b. 02 Mar 1852, Robinson Twp.,,Posey County,IN d. 13 Mar 1939, Evansville,,,IN (Age 87 years)   5. Apolonia Dudenhoeffer,   b. Bef 1852   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2003

  
  

• Notes

  It is believed that the Dudenhoefer family owned a Hohenzollern castle in Germany. FROM THE COMPTON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA: HOHENZOLLERN DYNASTY. One of the most prominent ruling houses in the history of Europe, the Hohenzollern Dynasty played a major role in the history of Germany from the late Middle Ages until the end of World War I. The first known ancestor of the family was Burchard I, who was count of Zollern in the 11th century. By the third and fourth generations after Burchard, two branches of the family had formed. One, the Zollern-Hohenberg, became extinct by 1486. The other, originally the counts of Nuremberg, survived into the 20th century. The Nuremberg branch was further divided about 1200 into the Franconian and Swabian lines. The Franconian branch moved into prominence when Frederick VI (1371-1440) was appointed elector of Brandenburg in 1415 as Frederick I. This territory in the northeastern lowlands of Germany was the nucleus on which the kingdom of Prussia was built. It wasin 1701 that Frederick III of Brandenburg was given the title "king in Prussia." The title was changed to "king of Prussia" in 1772, when Frederick the Great obtained it (see Frederick the Great). The Prussian kings retained their title as electors of Brandenburg until the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Napoleon I in 1806 (see Germany, "History"; Holy Roman Empire). Subsequent rulers of Prussia were Frederick William II (ruled 1786-97), Frederick William III (ruled 1797-1840), Frederick William IV (ruled 1840-61), William I (ruled 1861-88), Frederick III (ruled 1888), and William II (ruled 1888-1918). During the reign of William I, Germany was united by the military might of Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War was fought. Under William II (more commonly known as Kaiser Wilhelm II) Germany fought and lost World War I. William II abdicated in the last days of the war and went into exile in The Netherlands. This ended the German sovereignty of the Hohenzollerns. The Swabian branch of the family remained in power longer. Ferdinand became king of Romania in 1914, and his descendants ruled there until 1947.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Herxheim Catholic Church Records, 1812 page 174 (Reliability: 3). [S2] Marriage Certificate, Marriage Licenses, Hamilton County Ohio, Vol. 7, page 3 (Reliability: 3).