Jakob Greber
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Johann Jakob Greber was a German Baroque composer and musician. His first name sometimes appeared in its Italianized version, Giacomo, especially during the years he spent in London. Greber composed s
Margherita de L'Epine, Greber's mistress during his London years
Queen's Theatre London, where Greber's Gli amori di Ergasto premiered in 1705
Greber's patron Charles Philip
Electoral Palatinate
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The Electoral Palatinate was a constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire until it was annexed by the Electorate of Baden in 1803. From the end of the 13th century, its ruler was one of the Prince-ele
Jakob Greber
…Johann Hugo von Wilderer, and Gottfried Finger (whom he had known from his London days). When Charles Philip succeeded his brother, Johann Wilhelm, as Elector Palatine in 1716, he combined his brother's court in Düsseldorf with his own court in Innsbruck. The new court was moved first to Neuburg, then to Heidelberg…
Frederick I, King of Bohemia (1619–1620)
Heidelberg Castle, destroyed by the French in 1689 and never rebuilt
Maximilian Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1799–1806)