1. Texas Before the Republic

• Kings and Queens of Spain, who ruled over Texas

• Aristocracy Made in Texas - the Spanish aristocracy in connection with (regional, not republic or state)

Texan history until 1823

2. The Texas Republic

• Diplomatic History of the Republic of Texas - Why some countries recognized the Republic of Texas and others not.

• An English Gentleman named Elliot - China and Texas.

• France and the Republic of Texas - a diplomatic history

• England and the Republic of Texas - a diplomatic history

3. The German Adelsverein and Related Topics

• What REALLY happened at the Adelsverein?

  • Note: The Adelsverein were high level aristocratic and some sovereign members that formed the interest group to promote immigration to Texas (note: not emigration from Germany) for a very special purpose. The immigrants were NOT members of the Adelsverein, except for Meusebach. Strangely enough, the immigrants OF the Adelsverein are usually and wrongly called MEMBERS of the Adelsverein in Texas. What important difference does it make?

• Future Lost: The Adelsverein's Plans for Texas

  • Architectural influences, streets, railroads, trade, political ramifications.

  • Where would have been the capital of the German colony?

  • Who were the VIP players?

• Royal Prince Friedrich Louis of Prussia - Father of Fredericksburg

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• Queen Frederica - Royal mother of the princely cities of Texas (NB, F)

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• Idiot or Visionary? Prince Carl zu Solms-Braunsfels in Reality and as reflected in Texan historical writing.

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• Prince Solms-Braunfels and his children (before Sophie)

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• The Vereinskirche in Fredericksburg - background of its design

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• Master craftsmen of the German Immigration to Texas 1844-46 and their relevance to the Adelsverein.

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• Military Officers and Leaders of the German Adelsverein Immigrants to Texas.

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• Otfried Hans Baron von Meusebach - family and personal background until his wedding to Countess Agnes von Coreth.

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• Duke Paul of Wuerttemberg in Texas 1830 (BEFORE the Republic!), 1856 (AFTER Republic, especially visiting German settlers in New Braunfels, Fredericksburg, Sisterdale, etc.

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• The Noble and Aristocratic Place Names of Texas - most places in the German Hill Country were NOT named after places in Germany, but after then-alive people, pre-eminently members of the Adelsverein in Germany, who were members of the aristocracy and carried these place names as part of their names or titles, for example, Duke of Weimar, Anhalt, Nassau, Braunfels, etc., and when they ran out of names, they used first names, such as Carl, Friedrich, etc.

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• The astounding, pre-Texan history of the families of

  • Baron von Meusebach

  • Baron von Specht

  • Count von Coreth

  • Baron von Behr

  • Count Henckel von Donnersmarck

  • Baron von Wedemeyer

  • the high ranking military immigrants and officers,

  • more (subject to permission and prior review with descendants, if necessary).

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• Family and Personal History of Members of the Adelsverein, NOT on the German immigrants to Texas in general.) this is about the shareholders and royal, aristocratic and noble members.

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• Poetry and Songs associated with the German Adelsverein Immigration of 1844-46.

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• The German Immigrants of 1844-46 as differentiated from those of 1848 and later. (Political, sociological, past military analysis, case studies)

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• "Karl Marx's family and friends in Texas - what REALLY went on after Texas became a U.S. state?"​(has nothing to do with German immigration of 1843-46, concentrates only on post-1848 immigration.)

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• German colonization of northern Mexico and Texas before the Adelsverein (before 1835).

4. USA

• Sakajawea's Son: A Biography of his youth, visit to Europe, as scout and fur trader, military scout, mission and hotel manager, death.

• General Stephen Watts Kearny's Winning the West

• The Mexican-American War 1846-48 - Case Study of Collusion, Deception, Corruption by an insider group.

• It takes a village to conquer a country: Family Ties Among Key Players in the Annexation of New Mexico by the U.S.A. in 1846. How was it possible to conquer New Mexico “without spilling a drop of blood”?

• Armijo, Bent, Carson & Co - traitors, patriots, liberators, saviors?

• St Vrain - French noble roots in a changing world of the Wild West.

• Santa Fe & Albuquerque - Deutsch?

• The Upper Rio Grande: A Prussian-English border?

• How President Santa Ana sold half of Mexico - A documented View from the Mexican Side.

• President Santa Ana - an unrecognized American Hero and Accomplice?

• Political and colonial history of North America before 1776.

• Kings and Queens of North America - An Anecdotal Overview

• Kings and Queens of North America - Focus on one or two home countries: Norway, Spain, England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Latvija, and more.

• Kings and Queens of North America - Focus on specific Territories or present States

• Aristocracy Made in America - Duchies, Baronies, Nobility created with American titles and land ownerships since 1492 - Overview or, if desired, focus on one or two home countries

• Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wuerttemberg on the Missouri 1823, 1830, 1851, 1856. (Diaries)

• Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wuerttemberg on the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone in 1830 (reconstructed diary, the original having lost in a shipwreck)

• Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wuerttemberg in California in 1849: real and fraudulent diaries.

• Also available: Duke Paul Wilhelm of Wuerttemberg diaries: Africa, South America, Middle East.

• The Kingdom of the United States of America?

• The U.S. States named after European Royalty - Background, Personalities

• Anecdotal Background and History of major U.S. cities named after European Royalty.

• The Viking Kings, Queens and Bishops of North America at the time of Leif Erikson.

5. Europe

• Tracing Ancestry in Medieval Documents

• Byzantine Dynastic Relations to Western Europe

• Queen, Empress and Saint Adelaide, the woman who created the First German Empire.

• Empress Theophanu and the spread of civilization to Western Europe.

• Byzantine Princess, Duchess of Austria Theodora.

• Armenian and Georgian ancestry in European aristocracy and royalty.

• The Country of Georgia since 1990

• Georgian Princess Maria, Empress of Byzantium

• The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Dynasty of Komnenos 1040's until 1185

• Politics and Corruption in the European Court of Human Rights?

• How Brexit serves to change Great Britain and solidifies Europe. Alias: How to leave something that you have not entered. Reality and Perspective.

6. Germany

• The House of Saxe-Altenburg. Oldest male-descended family in German history with presently 39 generations (since 807 A.D.), with side (female) branches going back to Romans, Greek, etc, well documented.

• German Colonial Pursuits in Africa, America, Far East, South Pacific.

• Politics, Popes and Protestants - The political and financial background of the Protestant Revolution in 1517 

• Diplomatic Failures of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

• The Early Dukes of Saxony until 919 A.D. - or: How not to be conquered and take over the Empire

• The Medieval Dukes of Saxony (1106 until 1423)

• The Dynasty of Wettin, Incubator of European Leadership

• The Earliest Six Generations of the Wettin Dynasty

• The Dukes of Saxony of the Wettin Dynasty (since 1423 until present)

• The Sovereign Ducal House of Sachsen-Altenburg (until 1918)

• General Friedrich von Sachsen-Altenburg (+1623), a biography from the 30-Years War.

• The Historic Background of the Theater Play and TV Show Dinner for One.

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• Can the U.S. afford not to spy on the German Government?

• 2015: Refugees and the Dark Forces within the German Government

• Fascism on the Rise in Germany?

• Will the U.S. free Germany just one more time from Fascism in WW III?

• Germany: A Failing State? Broken Promises, Lack of Reality, The Rise of the Poor, The Emigration of the Educated and Rich. A Case Study of contemporary Germany from 1990 until 2030.

• Arbitrary Rulings and Corruption in Germany's legal system.