Metadata: King Georg V: charters and documents
Collection
- Country:
- Germany
- Holding institution:
- State Archives of Lower Saxony – Hannover branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Standort Hannover
- Postal address:
- Am Archiv 1, 30169 Hannover
- Phone number:
- + 49 511 1206601
- Reference number:
- Dep. 84
- Title:
- King Georg V: charters and documents
- Title (official language):
- König Georg V.: Urkunden und Akten
- Creator/accumulator:
- Royal house of Hannover
- Date(s):
- 1439/1866
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 45.6 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains: charters (including princely marriage contracts and wills); papers from the estate of the elector Sophie; inheritance records and inheritance contracts; marriage matters; wills; deaths; allodia and inheritance matters; travel, holding court and royal household; domestic and personnel matters; correspondence; foreign relations. Of special interest is the assignation issued by duke Maximilian Wilhelm on the royal princely chamber and delivered to the Jew Spitz but then revoked.
- Archival history:
- The present collection, with the traditional name "King George V (KG)," is legally a deposit of Hannover royalty and is subject to restrictive provisions both in the presentation of the finding aids and in the use of the documents.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Spitz
- Subject terms:
- Marriage and divorce
- Nobility
- Vital records
- Vital records--Death records
- Wills
- System of arrangement:
- The collection is ordered according to a thematic index. Keyword search is possible via the database.
- Finding aids:
- An online catalogue (Arcinsys) is available.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.arcinsys.niedersachsen.de/arcinsys/start.action?oldNodeid=
- Yerusha Network member:
- Institute for the History of German Jews
- Author of the description:
- Meike Buck
