text: comédies en vaudeville

text: floral games

text: Justin Gensoul

text: Almanach des Muses

text: La Lanterne magique

text: M. N.-L. Lemercier

text: Hermance Lesguillon

text: Père Lachaise Cemetery

text: Casimir Delavigne

text: Académie impériale de Metz

text: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

text: Emmanuel Théaulon

text: René de Chazet

text: Fabrice Labrousse

text: opéra comique

text: Académie des Jeux floraux

text: Emmanuel Théaulon

text: Achille d'Artois

text: Théâtre du Palais Royal

text: Tancredi

text: Édouard d'Anglemont

text: Rossini

text: prologue

text: Paër

text: Opéra-comique

text: Gustave Vapereau

text: (p. 20)

categories: 19th-century French poets,19th-century French dramatists and playwrights,French opera librettists,1800 births,People from Orléans,1873 deaths

paragraph: Jean-Pierre Lesguillon

paragraph: Jean-Pierre-François Lesguillon, (1800 – January 1873) was a 19th-century French poet, novelist, playwright and librettist.

paragraph: Lesguillon wrote comédies en vaudeville, comedies and dramas, in prose and in verse, novels, and a great number of pieces in verse crowned at the floral games and in the competitions of all departmental academies.

paragraph: In 1830 he succeeded Justin Gensoul at the head of the "Almanach des Muses" which he directed until 1833, the year when he started publishing the periodical "La Lanterne magique".

paragraph: His "Épître à M. N.-L. Lemercier" earned him three months' imprisonment and a 300 francs fine in 1826 for "Having insulted and mocked the religion of the State" and "directed attacks against the royal dignity."

paragraph: He was the husband of writer Hermance Lesguillon. Both are buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (49th division).

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Albéric, ou la Comédie de quinze ans" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1832: "Aoust 1572, ou Charles IX à Orléans", historical drama in 4 acts, in verse, Paris, Panthéon, 20 November;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "À M. Henri de Longuève, conseiller d’État, député du Loiret" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "À nos amis Achille et Aglaé Comte" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Biographie du citoyen Garnier-Pagès, par E. M..." ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Charles de Rivière, ode historique" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dieu et le diable" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dinaux" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Écho du ciel" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Émotions" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Épître à M. N.-L. Lemercier ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1850: "Figaro en prison", comedy in 1 act, in verse with L. Monrose... Paris, Français, 9 February ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1845: "Hommage à Marceau", prononcé sur le théâtre de Chartres, 27 April ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1843: "Hommage funèbre à Casimir Delavigne", speech delivered by Mr. Godat on the second Théâtre français, 20 December ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Introduction" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Couronnes académiques" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jacque et Jean, souvenir de Crimée", poem crowned by the Académie impériale de Metz in the solemn meeting of May 10, 1857 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Cachette", trilogie, avec prologue et épilogue ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Camaraderie dans les lettres et les arts", Mémoire couronné par l’Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen, dans sa séance annuelle ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Colonne et le monument", ode historique lue à la Société des bonnes-lettres pour l’anniversaire du 21 janvier ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1836: "La Cour des miracles, chronique de 1450", vaudeville in 2 acts, after "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame", with Emmanuel Théaulon and René de Chazet, Paris, Porte Saint-Antoine, 31 December;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La femme auteur" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Lanterne magique" 1er–4e année ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1826: "Le Cachemire", comedy in 1 act and in verse, with Édouard-J. Ader, Paris, Odéon, 16 December ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Colon de Mettray", poème mentionné à l’Académie française, précédé d’un bouquet à Chloris ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Conteur" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1848: "Le Dernier Figaro, ou Cinq journées d’un siècle", comedy in prose and in 5 periods, Paris, Odéon, 8 February ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1833: "Le Fils naturel, ou l’Insulte", drama in 3 acts, with Leroi, Paris, Gaieté, 11 August ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Général Marceau", historical drama in 3 acts, mingle with songs, with Fabrice Labrousse, Paris, Porte Saint-Antoine ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1836: "Le Jeton de Frascati", drama in 3 acts, Paris, Panthéon, 26 November ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1850: "Le Maestro, ou la Renommée", opéra comique in 2 acts, lyrics by Lesguillon, Versailles, Théâtre, 19 November ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1852: "Le Télescope", poem crowned by the Académie des Jeux floraux in Toulouse dans la séance du 3 May ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Amis de César", comédie romaine ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1862: "Les Deux Lièvres", comedy in 1 act, in verse, Paris, Odéon, 21 February ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Deux Sœurs" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Devoirs de l’homme de lettres au XIXe", poem ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Souvenirs", poems by Eugène Mahon, intro. by M. J. Lesguillon ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Marie Touchet", chronique orléanaise ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1832: "Méphistophélès", drama in 3 acts and in verse, répété au Second-Théâtre français en 1829, arrêté par la censure la veille de la représentation and presented 7 April 1832 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1832: "Méphistophélès, ou le Diable et la jeune fille", drama in 3 acts and in verse, Paris, Panthéon, 7 April ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monrose" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1839: "Nanon, Ninon et Maintenon ou Les Trois Boudoirs", comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, by Emmanuel Théaulon, Jean-Pierre Lesguillon and Achille d'Artois, Théâtre du Palais Royal, 22 March ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Épître à M. le lieutenant-colonel Staaf sur la poésie française contemporaine" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rustaut à Paris, ou le Voyage politique" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Schildine" ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Six Heures de février", cantata sung 29 February 1848 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1827: "Tancredi", opera in 3 acts, lyrics by Édouard d'Anglemont [and Lesguillon], music by Rossini, arranged by M. Lemière de Corvey, Paris, Odéon, 7 September ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Théâtre", précédé d’une notice ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1844: "Tout pour de l’or", drama in 5 acts, including 1 prologue, with Dinaux, Paris, Gaieté, 17 June ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1834: "Un caprice de femme", opéra comique in 1 act, music by Paër, Paris, Opéra-comique, 23 July ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Un songe dans l’Attique", poem crowned by the Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres et Arts de Bordeaux ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Washington", historical drama.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gustave Vapereau, "Dictionnaire universel des littératures", Paris, Hachette, 1860, (p. 1238).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jules Moiroux, "Le cimetière du Père Lachaise" (p. 20)

description: French poet, playwright, novelist and librettist

wikidata_label: Jean-Pierre Lesguillon

wikipedia_title: Jean-Pierre Lesguillon


text: fl.

text: Grand Duchy of Lithuania

text: Tyszkiewicz family

text: Crimean Khanate

text: Sigismund I the Old

text: Vasyl Tyszkiewicz

text: Voivode of Podlaskie

text: Voivode of Smolensk

text: Crimean Khanate

text: Suleiman the Magnificent

text: Ottoman–Safavid War

text: Sahib I Giray

text: Eišiškės

text: Sigismund I the Old

text: Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars

text: Matvey Lubavsky

text: genitive

text: Ignas Jonynas

text: Jerzy Ochmański

text: Eastern Orthodox

text: patronymic

paragraph: Michał Tyszkiewicz (envoy)

paragraph: Michał Tyszkiewicz (; fl. 1533–1552) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was the youngest son of Tyszko, founder of the Tyszkiewicz family. He served as the Lithuanian diplomatic envoy to the Crimean Khanate in 1537 but was detained and released only in 1540.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Tyszkiewicz and his three brothers served at the royal court of Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old. Most successful of them was Vasyl Tyszkiewicz who became Voivode of Podlaskie and Voivode of Smolensk. Tyszkiewicz was mentioned in surviving records for the first time in 1533 when received permission from the Grand Duke to marry Petronilla, widow of Glinsky. She was older and wealthier and brought several estates as her dowry.

paragraph: Tyszkiewicz was sent as an envoy to the Crimean Khanate in 1537. At the time Poland–Lithuania feared an attack by Suleiman the Magnificent, returning victorious from the first campaign of the Ottoman–Safavid War. Tyszkiewicz was sent to renew peace with Khan Sahib I Giray. However, Khan detained Tyszkiewicz and demanded that Poland–Lithuania increased its tribute. Grand Duke Sigismund refused and threatened war. The peace was concluded and Tyszkiewicz returned at the beginning of 1540.

paragraph: In 1537, Tyszkiewicz received a manor near Eišiškės from Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old. The manor was set on fire by two men sent by Mykolas Pašicas, the manor's previous owner, in 1550. The fire destroyed one building with 18 body armors and damaged others. The armor and other military equipment destroyed by fire is indicative of Tyszkiewicz's military service during the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars.

paragraph: Section::::Michalonis Lithuani?

paragraph: In 1929, Russian historian Matvey Lubavsky published an article identifying Tyszkiewicz as the author of Latin treatise "De moribus tartarorum, lituanorum et moscorum". The treatise was published in 1615 and identified its author in genitive as "Michalonis Lithuani", which is often reconstructed as Mykolas Lietuvis or Michael the Lithuanian. Lithuanian historian Ignas Jonynas came to the same conclusion. They based their argument on the first name and on the fact that both men spent time in Crimea. However, Polish historian Jerzy Ochmański disproved the theory as "Michalonis Lithuani" identified himself as a Catholic and Tyszkiewicz was an Eastern Orthodox. Ochmański proposed that Michalonis is not the first name but a patronymic on the verge of becoming last name and identified the author as Vatslav Nikolayevich (Vaclovas Mikalojaitis, Wacław Nikołajewicz), who served as a secretary in the Grand Duke's chancery for about 30 years.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Notes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bibliography

wikidata_label: Michał Tyszkiewicz

wikipedia_title: Michał Tyszkiewicz (envoy)


text:
Sri Lanka
Mount Everest
Camp IV
South Col
mountaineering
Nepalese
Sherpa
Edmund Hillary
Mount Everest
Tenzing Norgay

categories: Summiters of Mount Everest,Living people,Sinhalese people,1979 births

paragraph: Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala

paragraph: Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala (born 3 September 1979), a past pupil of Bishop's College is the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest. Kuru-Utumpala reached the summit of Mount Everest at 5:03 AM on 21 May 2016. Along with Johann Peries, she formed the Sri Lankan Everest Expedition, 2016. Peries attained a height of 8,400 m, which is beyond Camp IV (the final camp on the southern ascent route, on the South Col).

paragraph: Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala's summit makes Sri Lanka the fourth country in the world, in which a woman has been the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest. The other countries are Poland, South Africa and Croatia.

paragraph: The expedition was supported by the mountaineering company International Mountain Guides who provided them with guide support, Sherpa support, logistics, meals and accommodation during their expedition. Kuru-Utumpala and Peries were accompanied by Nepalese Sherpa Ang Karma (Kuru-Utumpala) and Ang Pasang (Peries).

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edmund Hillary

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mount Everest

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tenzing Norgay

wikidata_label: Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala

wikipedia_title: Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala


text: Queen consort of Naples

text: Queen consort

text: Frederick IV of Naples

text: suo jure

text: Andria

text: Venosa

text: Altamura

text: Pietro Del Balzo

text: Orsini

text: fief

text: Napolese royal house

text: Andria

text: Prince Frederick of Naples

text: Ferdinand I of Naples

text: Isabella of Clermont

text: Castle of Andria

text: Apulia

text: France

text: Brindisi

text: Otranto

text: Lecce

text: Ferdinand II of Naples

text: Arienzo

text: Louis XII of France

text: Ferdinand II of Aragon

text: Charles VIII of France

text: Naples

text: Sicily

text: Ischia

text: Tours

text: Duchy of Ferrara

text: Alfonso d'Este

text: Baldassare Castiglione

text: Ferdinand of Aragón, Duke of Calabria

text: Germaine of Foix

text: Mencia of Mendoza, Marchiones Cenete

text: Giulia d'Aragona

text: John George of Montferrat

text: Alfonso d'Aragona

text: Cesare d'Aragona

categories: Royal consorts of Naples,Princesses of Taranto,1465 births,1533 deaths,House of Baux,House of Trastámara

paragraph: Isabella del Balzo

paragraph: Isabella of Balzo (24 June 1465 - 1533) was a Queen consort of Naples. She was the second consort and only Queen consort of Frederick IV of Naples. Isabella was also suo jure Duchess of Andria and Venosa and Princess of Altamura.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Isabella was the daughter of Pietro Del Balzo, duke of Andria and Prince of Altamura, and Maria Donata Orsini of Venosa. Pietro had served as Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples but had been strangled to death in 1487. Isabella was in 1483 engaged to the heir of Naples, Francis, but he died prior to their wedding. Her father was imprisoned for having participated in a plot against the monarch. Isabella was by then engaged to the next heir to the crown of Naples, Frederick. The purpose of the marriage was to annex the territories of her parents in to the Kingdom of Naples. In the marriage contract, she was declared to be the heir of her parents' territories, despite the fact that she was not their eldest child, which meant that her fiefs were to be inherited by her issue and then further in to the Napolese royal house.

paragraph: On 28 November 1487 in Andria, Isabella married Prince Frederick of Naples. He was the second son of Ferdinand I of Naples and his first consort, Isabella of Clermont. Upon marriage, she was declared Duchess regnant of Andria and Venosa and Princess regnant of Altamura. After the wedding she therefore remained in the Castle of Andria in Apulia, rather than joining the royal court of Naples. In 1495, during the war against France, Isabella was ordered by Frederick to seize control over the Castle of Bari and repair its fortifications, which she did. She managed the administration of the territory and its taxation, and also entered into negotiations with the French. She was however forced to flee to Brindisi, and later joined her consort in Otranto, before settling down in Lecce.

paragraph: On 7 September 1496, Frederick succeeded his childless nephew Ferdinand II of Naples. Isabella became his Queen consort for five years. At the time of his succession, Isabella was in Lecce. She was told of his succession on 12 October, and asked to join him in Naples. She traveled toward Naples by many of the cities in the kingdom, where she received celebrations of herself as queen. She was however forced to stay on her way in Arienzo after a rebellion had erupted, and reached Naples in October 1497. Not until February 1498 was she able to reunite with Frederick as queen in Naples.

paragraph: A combination of King Louis XII of France and King Ferdinand II of Aragon had continued the claim of Louis' predecessor, King Charles VIII of France, to Naples and Sicily. In 1501 their alliance deposed Frederick; Naples initially went to Louis.

paragraph: Frederick and Isabella spent the following years in exile. Isabella initially escaped to Ischia with her children in August 1501, but later followed Frederick to France, where he was given an allowance. In 1503, they moved to the Duchy of Maine. Frederick died in Tours on 9 November 1504. His death gave Isabella grave financial difficulties. Isabella found a refuge for herself and younger children in the Duchy of Ferrara under the protection of Frederick's nephew Alfonso d'Este, and lived there until her death, never remarrying. She spent her later life in poverty and relied on charity from relatives. In 1526, she asked for support from the pope to support her daughters.

paragraph: Isabella was portrayed by Baldassare Castiglione as an ideal example of a woman and a queen to have bravely endured her many strikes by faith.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ferdinand of Aragón, Duke of Calabria (15 December 1488 – 1550). Married first Germaine of Foix (her third marriage) and secondly Mencia of Mendoza, Marchiones Cenete.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giulia d'Aragona (1492 – 10 March 1542). Married John George of Montferrat.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Alfonso d'Aragona (1499–1515).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabella d'Aragona (1500-1550).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cesare d'Aragona (1501–1501/03).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 62 (2004)

description: Queen Consort of Naples

wikidata_label: Isabella del Balzo

wikipedia_title: Isabella del Balzo


text:
Queen consort
Ferdinand II of Naples
Naples
Ferdinand I
Joanna of Aragon
Alfonso II of Naples
Frederick IV of Naples
Ferdinand II
Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria
Beatrice of Naples
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Henry VII of England
Elizabeth of York
Isabella I of Castile
Catherine of Aragon
Francis Bacon
Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan
English Short Title Catalogue

categories: Royal consorts of Naples,1478 births,People from Naples,1518 deaths,House of Trastámara

paragraph: Joanna of Naples (1478–1518)

paragraph: Joanna of Naples (15 April 1479 – 27 August 1518) was the Queen consort of Naples by marriage to Ferdinand II of Naples. After the death of her spouse, she was for a short while considered as his successor.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Joanna was born at Naples, a daughter of Ferdinand I and his second wife, Joanna of Aragon, which made her a half-sister of Alfonso II of Naples and Frederick IV of Naples.

paragraph: Her father died in January 1494, and was succeeded by her half brother.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Queen of Naples.

paragraph: In January 1495, her half brother abdicated in favor of his son, her nephew. Joanna left Naples for Sicily with her mother and their entourage before the French occupation that year, and did not return until October, with a Venetian ship from Messina. Her mother and the king closely cooperated in casting out the French, and the successful discontinuation of the French occupation ended with her mother arranging the marriage between her and the king.

paragraph: In 26 July 1496, the 17-year-old Joanna married her 27-year-old nephew, Ferdinand II, the son of her half-brother, Alfonso II. A papal dispensation had been necessary in order to conduct a wedding between an aunt and nephew. However, Ferdinand II died on 7 September of the same year. The marriage was childless.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Succession struggle.

paragraph: Upon the death of her spouse, he was succeeded by his uncle, Joanna's half-brother Frederick, after a struggle of succession. Her mother contested the succession and wished for Joanna to succeed her late husband to the throne as queen regnant Joanna III of Naples. With the support of her mother, Joanna started to sign seals after the death of her spouse. Naples had female succession and Joanna's succession was viewed favorable by the public, however, her mother's claim on her behalf was forcefully contested by the Barons and nobility, who feared the influence of her mother and Aragon and made it impossible for Joanna and her mother to secure her succession before that of Frederick. Her mother's disappointment over the succession failure earned her the sobriquet "The Sad Queen" because of her sorrow on behalf of her daughter.

paragraph: The relationship between king Frederick and Joanna and her mother was strained. Frederick granted the cities and lands of Sorrento, Massa and Vico to Joanna in an attempt to pacify her and her mother's discontent. She retired from Naples with her mother to Poggioreale and San Sebastian by Vesuvius and did not return to court until November. King Frederick reportedly feared that Joanna would marry someone who would support her claims to the throne against him.

paragraph: Joanna settled with her mother in her position as queen dowager, and the two queen dowagers where referred to as Joanna the Elder and Joanna the Younger. In 1499, her mother suggested a marriage between her and Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, but it did not materialize. In 1499, she accompanied her mother to a visit to her maternal uncle Ferdinand II of Aragon.

paragraph: In 1501, Joanna met her half sister Beatrice of Naples, queen dowager of Hungary, for the first time, when she returned to Naples from Hungary.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Later life.

paragraph: During the French invasion of Naples in 1501, Joanna and her mother fled to Palermo in Sicily, where they lived during the French occupation of Naples under the protection of Joanna's maternal uncle, Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1504, the Kingdom of Naples was turned over to Aragon.

paragraph: Joanna was a renowned beauty, and her new position under the protection of the king of Aragon also made her attractive on the dynastic marriage market, and she received several proposals.

paragraph: King Henry VII of England lost his wife, Elizabeth of York, on 11 February 1503. At age 46, he was interested in taking a second wife and (the still young) Joanna was suggested as a potential bride by her aunt, Isabella I of Castile, who probably wanted to divert Henry's interest from her daughter, Catherine of Aragon. Lacking a portrait of Joanna, Henry sent ambassadors to Naples in 1505 to report on the physical qualities of the prospective bride.

paragraph: Henry's questions, and the ambassador's answers, were mentioned by Francis Bacon in his 1622 biography, "The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry The Seventh". A document containing the questions and answers was published in London, 250 years after the fact, as "Instructions given by King Henry the Seventh, to his embassadors, When he intended to marry the young Queen of Naples: together with the answers of the embassadors". The 1761 book lists "Articles" in sequential Roman numerals, each "Article" followed by an "Answer" - sought by Henry dealt with all aspects of Joanna's appearance: the color of her hair, the condition of her teeth, the size and shape of her nose, the complexion of her skin, whether she had hair on her upper lip. Article XVI instructed the ambassadors to note "hir brestes... whether they be bigge or smale." The ambassadors told the king that Joanna's breasts "be somewhat great & fully, and in as much as that they were trussed somewhat high after the manner of (the) country, which causes her Grace for to seem much the fuller and her neck to be the shorter."

paragraph: The ambassador's report on Joanna's appearance was satisfactory, but the marriage negotiations failed for political and financial reasons.

paragraph: In 1506, she and her mother returned to Naples in the company of Ferdinand of Aragon and his second queen Germaine de Foix. Joanna settled with her mother, her half sister Beatrice and Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan with their own household in the Castel Capuano in Naples. They were provided with a generous allowance from her maternal uncle Ferdinand of Aragon. In 1508, she and her mother nursed queen dowager Beatrice, and benefited from her will later that year.

paragraph: Joanna never remarried. In 1510, her uncle Ferdinand of Aragon planned to arranged a marriage for her to Charles III of Savoy, and collected taxes in Naples to fund the wedding, but the plans never materialized.

paragraph: Joanna died a couple of months after her mother. She was taken ill suddenly after a trip to Puglia. Joanna lived most of her life in the shadow of her mother, who was described as a dominant personality and the driving force in her life, acting as her companion her entire life, and the information of Joanna herself is somewhat scarce.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Berzeviczy Albert: Beatrix magyar királyné (1457–1508), Athenaeum, Budapest, 1908. URL: Lásd Külső hivatkozások

paragraph: BULLET::::- Doria, Piero. "Giovanna d'Aragona, regina di Napoli". L'enciclopedia italiana (in Italian)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A listing for the 1761 book Instructions given by King Henry the Seventh can be found in the on-line ESTC, English Short Title Catalogue; accessed 4 September 2010.

paragraph: br

description: Royal Consort of Naples; lived 1478–1518

wikidata_label: Joanna of Naples

wikipedia_title: Joanna of Naples (1478–1518)


text:
Ollioules
French
Grand Prix
motorcycle
road racer
FIM Endurance World Championship
1984
Eddie Lawson
Randy Mamola
Superbike World Championship
Ducati

categories: Sportspeople from Var (department),350cc World Championship riders,1957 births,French motorcycle racers,500cc World Championship riders,250cc World Championship riders,Living people

paragraph: Raymond Roche

paragraph: Raymond Roche (born February 21, 1957 in Ollioules) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1981, he teamed up with Jean Lafond to win the FIM Endurance World Championship. His best year in Grand Prix racing was in 1984 when he finished third in the 500cc world championship behind Eddie Lawson and Randy Mamola. After retiring from Grand Prix racing, he competed in the Superbike World Championship as a member of the Ducati factory racing team, winning that championship in , and finishing as runner-up in and . He is still only one of four native European riders from outside of the United Kingdom to have won the World Superbike Title.

description: French motorcycle racer

wikidata_label: Raymond Roche

wikipedia_title: Raymond Roche


text:
painter
Verona
Simon Vouet
Michel Dorigny
Charles Le Brun
Cardinal Richelieu
Louis XIV of France
Venice
Chiesa degli Scalzi
San Silvestro
Udine Cathedral
Trento Cathedral

categories: 17th-century French painters,Artists from Paris,1654 births,1742 deaths,French male painters,18th-century French painters

paragraph: Ludovico Dorigny

paragraph: Ludovico Dorigny (1654 – 17 October 1742) was a French painter and engraver. Trained in his native country, he spent most of his life and career in Verona, Italy.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Born Louis Dorigny into a family of Parisian artists, Dorigny was the grandson of painter Simon Vouet and the son of engraver Michel Dorigny. As a boy he apprenticed with the painter Charles Le Brun and in his teens was commissioned to create works for Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIV of France. He adopted the italianized version of his name, Ludovico, during his early years in Italy and it is by that name that he is chiefly known.

paragraph: In 1671, at the age of 17, Dorigny came to Italy to study the Italian masters. He traveled back and forth between France and Italy over the next seven years, ultimately settling in Venice in 1678. He spent the next decade in that city where his works were in high demand by the nobility. In that city he also contributed works to the Chiesa degli Scalzi, painted the ceiling of the San Silvestro, and contributed decorations to the Palazzo Museli.

paragraph: In 1688 Dorigny moved to Verona, where he remained until his death 54 years later. He visited his family in Paris in 1704 and in 1711 traveled to Vienna, where he decorated the Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy. He also contributed works to the Udine Cathedral and the Trento Cathedral.

paragraph: He died at Venice in 1742.

alias:
Louis Dorigny
Ludewig Dorigny
Dorigni
Lodovico Dorigny
Dorigny

description: French painter and engraver

wikidata_label: Ludovico Dorigny

wikipedia_title: Ludovico Dorigny


text: Brussels

text: Belgium

text: Château de la Pommerie

text: Cendrieux

text: France

text: Victor, Prince Napoléon

text: Princess Clémentine of Belgium

text: London

text: England

text: Cendrieux

text: France

text: Anna Gould

text: Paris

text: Monastir

text: Tunisia

text: Urval

text: France

text: Paris

text: France

text: Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

text: Vienna

text: Austria

text: Cendrieux

text: Sint-Genesius-Rode

text: Bergerac

categories: 1912 births,1996 deaths,House of Bonaparte,Princesses of France (Bonaparte)

paragraph: Marie Clotilde Bonaparte

paragraph: Princess Marie Clotilde Eugénie Alberte Laetitia Généviève Bonaparte (20 March 1912, Brussels, Belgium14 April 1996, Château de la Pommerie, Cendrieux, France) was a French princess of the Bonaparte dynasty, the eldest child of Victor, Prince Napoléon and his wife, Princess Clémentine of Belgium.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: On 17 October 1938, in London, England, she married Count Serge de Witt (30 December 1891 – 21 July 1990, Cendrieux, France), with whom she had ten children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Marie Eugénie de Witt (b. 29 August 1939), married, firstly, Comte Peter Cheremetieff on 9 November 1961, no issue, divorced in 1975. Married, secondly, Comte Hélie de Pourtalès (grandson of Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Sagan, and his wife, Anna Gould) on 24 October 1975, no issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hélène de Witt (b. 22 November 1941), married Henri du Lau d'Allemans, Comte du Lau d'Allemans (b. 17 Mar 1927 in Paris) on 17 October 1959, in Paris, and had three children.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Napoléon Serge de Witt (1942–1942), died young.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yolande de Witt (9 January 1943 – 6 July 1945), died young.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vera de Witt (b. 7 November 1945 in Monastir, Tunisia) married Godefroi de Commarque, Marquis de Commarque (b. 18 December 1938 in Urval, France, on 11 April 1966, in Paris, France and had two children. Her younger son was married to Cécilie, daughter of Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Baudoin de Witt (b. 24 January 1947) married Isabelle de Rocca-Serra (b. 8 January 1950 in Vienna, Austria) on 24 August 1968, in Cendrieux, and had three children.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Isabelle de Witt (b. 26 January 1949) married Remmest Laan (b. 29 July 1942), on 25 June 1970, in Vienna, and had three sons.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean Jerome de Witt (b. 12 April 1950) married firstly Véronique de Dryver (b. 26 December 1950) on 21 October 1970, in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium, had three children, and divorced before August 1992. Married secondly Viviane Jutheau (b. 1947) on 31 August 1992, no issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wladimir de Witt (b. 27 January 1952) married, firstly, Marguerite Mautner von Markhof (b. 15 March 1954) on 30 April 1976, and had three children (Elena de Witt, Victor de Witt and Ségolène de Witt) before divorcing in 1993. Married, secondly, Françoise Martin-Flory (b. 28 May 1959) on 20 November 1993, in Paris, and had three children (Hortense de Witt, Dimitri de Witt and Igor de Witt).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anne de Witt (b. 28 September 1953 in Bergerac) married Henry Robert de Rancher (1949–1995) on 7 June 1975, in Cendrieux, and had two sons.

description: Princess of France

wikidata_label: Marie Clotilde Bonaparte

wikipedia_title: Marie Clotilde Bonaparte


text:
Venetian
bailiff of Negroponte
Smyrniote crusade
Aydinid
Umur Bey
Doge
Francesco Dandolo
defeated
emir of Karasi
Adramyttion
Grand Council
Smyrna
Henry of Asti
Pietro Zeno

categories: 1345 deaths,Christians of the Crusades,Republic of Venice admirals,Military personnel killed in action

paragraph: Pietro Zeno (died 1345)

paragraph: Pietro Zeno (died 17 January 1345) was the Venetian captain and bailiff of Negroponte (1331–33) and one of the leaders of the Smyrniote crusade (1343–45).

paragraph: In May–June 1332, an Aydinid Turkish fleet of 380 ships under Umur Bey attacked Negroponte. Zeno bought them off with a large tribute. On 18 July 1332, Doge Francesco Dandolo charged Zeno and Pietro da Canale with arranging an anti-Turkish alliance. By the end of the year the Naval League, "a union, society and league for the discomfiture of the Turks and the defence of the true faith", had been formally constituted. In 1334 Zeno took command of the league's fleet of twenty galleys and on 14 September defeated the large fleet of Yakhshi, emir of Karasi, off Adramyttion.

paragraph: In September 1343, the Venetian Grand Council elected Zeno captain of the flotilla of five galleys which it was sending to assist the crusade against Aydinid-held Smyrna. Although the crusade was a great naval success and Smyrna was taken, Zeno was killed by Umur Bey's forces in an ambush while he and the other crusader leaders, including Henry of Asti, were attempting to celebrate a mass in a church in the no-man's-land between the battle lines.

paragraph: Zeno's son, also Pietro Zeno, was a famous diplomat in the eastern Mediterranean.

description: Italian condottiero and explorer

wikidata_label: Pietro Zeno

wikipedia_title: Pietro Zeno (died 1345)


text:
American football
fullback
New Orleans Saints
National Football League
Detroit Lions
2015 NFL Draft
college football
Rutgers
high school football
West Morris Central High School
Washington Township
, New Jersey
Rutgers
2011
2014
Detroit Lions
2015 NFL Draft
Emil Igwenagu
San Diego Chargers
Minnesota Vikings
Matt Stafford
Seattle Seahawks
New Orleans Saints
Chicago Bears
Atlanta Falcons
Soldier Field
New Orleans Saints

categories: American football fullbacks,Detroit Lions players,Living people,Chicago Bears players,Players of American football from New Jersey,1992 births,People from Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey,Rutgers Scarlet Knights football players,New Orleans Saints players

paragraph: Michael Burton (American football)

paragraph: Michael Burton (born February 1, 1992) is an American football fullback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played college football at Rutgers.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Burton attended and played high school football West Morris Central High School in Washington Township, New Jersey.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Burton played college football at Rutgers from 2011 to 2014. In the 2011 season, he had 10 carries for 44 rushing yards to go along with 10 receptions for 68 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown. In the 2012 season, he had three receptions for 34 receiving yards in four games. In the 2013 season, he had 19 receptions for 149 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. In his final collegiate season in 2014, he had 15 receptions for 150 receiving yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Detroit Lions.

paragraph: Burton was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round (168th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

paragraph: On May 12, 2015, the Detroit Lions signed Burton to a four-year, $2.46 million contract with a signing bonus of $184,356.

paragraph: He entered training camp competing with Emil Igwenagu to be the Detroit Lions' starting fullback. He won the job and was named their starting fullback to begin the regular season. He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Lions' season-opener against the San Diego Chargers. The next game, Burton had his first career carry for a two-yard gain in a 16–26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. On October 5, 2015, he made his first career catch on a three-yard pass from Matt Stafford and finished the 10–13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks with one carry for no yards and one catch for three yards. On December 21, 2015, Burton caught his first career touchdown on a four-yard pass from Stafford and finished the 35–27 win over the New Orleans Saints with two receptions for ten yards and one touchdown.

paragraph: He finished his rookie season with four carries for two rushing yards and six receptions for 39 receiving yards and a touchdown, while starting seven games and appearing in all 16.

paragraph: Burton entered his second season as the Lions' "de facto" starter at fullback. Although he appeared in 15 games, he wasn't credited with an official start in any of them and also did not receive any carries or receptions throughout his second year.

paragraph: On May 30, 2017, Burton was waived by the Lions.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Chicago Bears.

paragraph: On May 31, 2017, Burton was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Bears.

paragraph: On September 10, 2017, in his Bears debut, Burton had one rush for seven yards in the 23–17 home loss to the Atlanta Falcons at Soldier Field. On the 2017 season, he had four carries for nine rushing yards to go along with two receptions for eight receiving yards.

paragraph: In 2018, Burton played in eight games with one start, mostly working as a blocking back.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:New Orleans Saints.

paragraph: On May 13, 2019, Burton signed with the New Orleans Saints.

description: American-football player (1992-)

wikidata_label: Michael Burton

wikipedia_title: Michael Burton (American football)


text:
General
British Army
Sir Charles Stuart
3rd Earl of Bute
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Deputy Lieutenant of Bute
Member of Parliament
Buteshire
1832

categories: 1810 births,UK MPs 1832–1835,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies,British Army generals,1892 deaths,Deputy Lieutenants of Buteshire,Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers

paragraph: Charles Stuart (British Army officer, born 1810)

paragraph: General Charles Stuart (1810–1892) was a British politician and an officer in the British Army.

paragraph: Section::::Military career.

paragraph: He was the son of Captain John James Stuart, son of General Sir Charles Stuart (1753–1801), and Albinia Sullivan. He was a great-grandson of the 3rd Earl of Bute.

paragraph: He was Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Bute.

paragraph: He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buteshire at the 1832, but resigned in 1833.

paragraph: He died in 1892.

description: British soldier and politician

wikidata_label: Charles Stuart


text:
jazz
French Quarter
Senegal
Chris Kelly
Buddy Petit
Kid Rena
Eureka Brass Band
Olympia Orchestra
Bunk Johnson
De De Pierce
Billie Pierce
Kid Shots Madison
Alan Lomax
Rudi Blesh
Woodchopper's Ball
Lawrence Marrero
Alcide Pavageau
signature piece
Jim Robinson
Alton Purnell
Baby Dodds
Decca
Victor
Joe Watkins
Kid Howard
Percy Humphrey
Bourbon Street
WDSU
"Look"
Stanley Kubrick
Monty Sunshine
Acker Bilk
Ken Colyer
Jazzhus Montmartre
Preservation Hall
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Noel Rockmore
Morristown, New Jersey
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Louis Nelson
Gary Giddins
American Music
Riverside
George Lewis & Turk Murphy at Newport
Verve
Atlantic
Storyville
Dragon
GHB
Good Time Jazz
Original Jazz Classics
Rykodisc
Delmark

categories: African-American musicians,Preservation Hall Jazz Band members,Delmark Records artists,1900 births,Jazz musicians from New Orleans,Riverside Records artists,Blue Note Records artists,20th-century American musicians,American jazz clarinetists,1968 deaths,American people of Senegalese descent,Dixieland clarinetists

paragraph: George Lewis (clarinetist)

paragraph: George Lewis (born Joseph Louis Francois Zenon, July 13, 1900 – December 31, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist who achieved his greatest fame and influence in the later decades of his life.

paragraph: Section::::Ancestry.

paragraph: Lewis was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Through his mother, Alice Zeno, his maternal great-great-grandmother was a Senegalese slave who was brought to Louisiana around 1803. Zeno's family retained some knowledge of Senegalese language and customs until Alice's generation.

paragraph: Section::::Musical career.

paragraph: During the 1920s he started the New Orleans Stompers. In that decade he also worked with Chris Kelly, Buddy Petit, Kid Rena, and was a member of the Eureka Brass Band and the Olympia Orchestra. In the 1930s he played with Bunk Johnson, De De Pierce, and Billie Pierce. He recorded with Johnson in the early 1940s and with Kid Shots Madison. Alan Lomax brought Lewis on a Rudi Blesh radio show in 1942 in which Lewis played "Woodchopper's Ball" by Woody Herman.

paragraph: Unable to make enough money as a musician, he worked loading and unloading cargo on ships at the docks of the Mississippi River.

paragraph: In 1944 Lewis was injured while working on the docks. A heavy container nearly crushed his chest. He practiced while convalescing in bed at his St. Phillips Street home in the French Quarter. His friends, banjoist Lawrence Marrero and double bassist Alcide Pavageau, brought their instruments to his bedside. Bill Russell brought his portable recorder and they recorded "Burgundy Street Blues", improvised blues song that was to become the Lewis signature piece. As Russell recorded Lewis, he occasionally gave new titles to interpretations of pop tunes, such as "New Orleans Hula" for "Hula Lou". These changes may have been made for copyright reasons, but occasionally it was because musicians reported the titles inaccurately to Russell.

paragraph: Lewis stayed with Johnson's band through 1946. This included a trip to New York City, where they played for dancing at the Stuyvesant Casino on Second Avenue. Band members included Johnson, Marrero, Pavageau, trombonist Jim Robinson, pianist Alton Purnell, and drummer Baby Dodds. While in New York, they recorded for Decca and Victor. After Johnson retired, Lewis took over leadership of the band, which included Robinson, Pavageau, Marrero, Purnell, Joe Watkins, and a succession of New Orleans trumpeters: Elmer Talbert, Kid Howard, and Percy Humphrey. Starting in 1949, Lewis was a regular on Bourbon Street clubs and radio station WDSU.

paragraph: His band was profiled in the June 6, 1950 issue of "Look" magazine with photographs by Stanley Kubrick. His reputation grew and he became a leader of the New Orleans revival.

paragraph: In the late 1940s and early 1950s his recordings reached the UK and influenced clarinetists Monty Sunshine and Acker Bilk. They became important contributors to the traditional jazz scene in the UK and accompanied Lewis when he toured the country.

paragraph: Lewis visited England in 1957, playing throughout the country with Ken Colyer's Jazzmen. In 1959 he returned, this time with his full band, and received a warm response. In 1959 he visited Denmark and played at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen.

paragraph: Beginning in the 1960s, he played regularly at Preservation Hall as leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band until shortly before his death. His performances were painted by New Orleans artists. Sitting portraits by Noel Rockmore were sold to collectors. Rockwell painted several musicians who had performed at Preservation Hall. John Van Beuren bought portraits that he put in other residences. His home in Morristown, New Jersey that was built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe had portraits of George Lewis and Louis Nelson.

paragraph: Jazz critic Gary Giddins described Lewis as "an affecting musician with a fat-boned sound but limited technique".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "American Music" (American Music, 1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "New Orleans Jazz Band and Quartet" (Riverside, 1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jazz in the Classic New Orleans Tradition" (Riverside, 1956)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George Lewis & Turk Murphy at Newport" (Verve, 1957)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Perennial George Lewis" (Verve, 1958)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jazz at Preservation Hall 4: The George Lewis Band of New Orleans" (Atlantic, 1963)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George Lewis Plays Hymns" (1965)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "With Papa Blue's Viking Jazz Band" (Storyville, 1991)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hot Creole Jazz 1953" (DCC, 1991)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jazz at Vespers" (Riverside, 1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George Lewis with Red Allen" (American Music, 1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In Stockholm" (Dragon, 1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "For Dancer's Only" (GHB, 1993)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jazz at the Ohio Union" (Storyville, 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Beverly Caverns Sessions" (Good Time Jazz, 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George Lewis of New Orleans" (Original Jazz Classics, 1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Jazz Funeral in New Orleans" (Rykodisc, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reunion" (Delmark, 1997)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "At Congo Square" (American Music, 1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "George Lewis in Hi-Fi" (Upbeat, 2008)

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bethell, Tom. "George Lewis: A Jazzman from New Orleans", University of California Press, 1977,

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fairburn, Ann. "Call Him George: A Biography of George Lewis, The Man, His Faith and His Music", Crown Publishers, 1969. Library of Congress # 73-93389

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sancton, Tom. "Song for My Fathers: A New Orleans Story in Black and White", Other Press, 2006,

description: American musician

wikidata_label: George Lewis

wikipedia_title: George Lewis (clarinetist)


text:
Béla IV of Hungary
Theodore I Laskaris
Anna Angelina
Irene Lascarina
John III Doukas Vatatzes
Philippa of Armenia
Marie de Courtenay
Kingdom of Hungary
Béla of Hungary
Andrew II of Hungary
Gertrude of Merania
Fortress of Klis
Split
Béla IV of Hungary
William of Saint Omer
Kunegunda of Hungary
Boleslaus V of Poland
canonized
Pope John Paul II
Anna of Hungary
Rostislav of Slavonia
Battle of Mohi
Elizabeth of Hungary
Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria
Leo I of Halych
Yolanda of Hungary
Boleslaus of Greater Poland
saint
Stephen V of Hungary
Saint Margaret of Hungary
Margaret Island
Budapest
Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg
Waleran IV of Limburg

categories: Former Greek Orthodox Christians,Daughters of Byzantine emperors,1200s births,13th-century Byzantine people,Converts to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy,Greek expatriates in Hungary,Hungarian queens consort,Greek Roman Catholics,13th-century Hungarian women,13th-century Hungarian people,Byzantine queens consort,House of Árpád,1270 deaths,Laskarid dynasty

paragraph: Maria Laskarina

paragraph: Maria Laskarina (c. 1206 – 16 July or 24 June 1270) was a Queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Béla IV of Hungary. She was the daughter of Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Angelina.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: She was a younger sister of Irene Lascarina, first Empress consort of John III Doukas Vatatzes. Theodore married his eldest daughter to his designated heir in 1212. Theodore was widowed in the same year and proceeded to marriages with Philippa of Armenia and Marie de Courtenay. However John was never displaced in succession.

paragraph: As a younger daughter, the marriage of Maria was not intended to add a potential husband in the line of succession to the throne. Instead it secured a marital alliance with the Kingdom of Hungary.

paragraph: In 1218, Maria was married to prince Béla of Hungary and became Roman Catholic, converting from Greek Orthodoxy, her religion by birth. Bride and groom were about twelve-years-old. Her husband was the eldest son of Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania.

paragraph: Andrew II died on 26 October 1235. The crown prince succeeded him as Béla IV and Maria became queen. Béla reigned for thirty-five years and died on 3 May 1270. Maria survived him by about two months.

paragraph: During the Mongol Invasion of Hungary, Maria and her children were sent by Béla to the Fortress of Klis, Split, along with many other Hungarian noblewomen who had been widowed by the Tatars.

paragraph: Section::::Children.

paragraph: Maria and Béla IV of Hungary had ten children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Margaret of Hungary (c. 1220 – 20 April 1242). Married William of Saint Omer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint Kunegunda of Hungary (5 March 1224 – 24 July 1292), also known as Kinga. She was married to King Boleslaus V of Poland, after his death becoming a nun and abbess; she was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna of Hungary (c. 1226 – after 1270). Married Rostislav of Slavonia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catherine of Hungary (c. 1229–1242). She died while fleeing with her family following the Battle of Mohi.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elizabeth of Hungary (c. 1236 – 24 October 1271). Married Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Constance of Hungary (c. 1237 – after 1252). Married Leo I of Halych.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Blessed Yolanda of Hungary (c. 1238–1298). Married Boleslaus of Greater Poland. Later became a nun and abbess, who has been declared as a candidate for sainthood.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Stephen V of Hungary (December 1239 – 6 August 1272).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint Margaret of Hungary (27 January 1242 – 18 January 1271). Named after an older sister. Canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1943, for whom Margaret Island in Budapest is named, having been the place where a royal monastery was established by her parents for her.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Béla, Duke of Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia (c. 1243–1269). Married Kunigunde of Brandenburg, a daughter of Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg. His widow married Waleran IV of Limburg.

description: Queen of Hungary and Croatia

wikidata_label: Maria Laskarina

wikipedia_title: Maria Laskarina


text: baseball

text: catcher

text: Major League Baseball

text: Cleveland Blues/Spiders

text: Pittsburgh Pirates

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: assists

text: double play

text: fielding percentage

text: The Sporting News

text: Marietta, Ohio

text: Ohio State League

text: Ironton

text: Portsmouth, Ohio

text: Detroit Wolverines

text: Poughkeepsie

text: Rochester Maroons

text: Bill James

text: "Sliding Billy" Hamilton

text: Bennett

text: The Sporting News

text: Charlie Bennett

text: squatting position

text: Detroit Wolverines

text: New York Metropolitans

text: Cleveland Blues

text: Cy Young

text: Wins Above Replacement

text: 1892 Cleveland Spiders

text: National League

text: earned run average

text: Tommy Tucker

text: Win Mercer

text: 1895 Cleveland Spiders

text: Temple Cup

text: Frank Robison

text: 1899 Cleveland Spiders

text: worst record in Major League history

text: Louisville Colonels

text: Rube Waddell

text: Pittsburgh Pirates

text: Honus Wagner

text: Fred Clarke

text: Jack Chesbro

text: 1901 Pirates team

text: Jack Chesbro

text: Philadelphia Phillies

text: Barney Dreyfuss

text: Bill Shettsline

text: Hugh Duffy

text: Hall of Famers

text: valise

text: Hughie Jennings

text: National League

text: Little Rock Travelers

text: Southern Association

text: Cleveland

text: Twinsburg, Ohio

categories: Ironton (minor league baseball) players,Minor league baseball managers,Pittsburgh Pirates players,19th-century baseball players,Philadelphia Phillies players,1860 births,Cleveland Spiders players,Cleveland Blues (1887–88) players,Baseball players from Ohio,Major League Baseball player-managers,Major League Baseball catchers,1949 deaths,Rochester Maroons players,Little Rock Travelers players,Portsmouth Riversides players,Philadelphia Phillies managers,Sportspeople from Marietta, Ohio,Detroit Wolverines players,New York Metropolitans players,Louisville Colonels players

paragraph: Chief Zimmer

paragraph: Charles Louis Zimmer (November 23, 1860 – August 22, 1949) was an American professional baseball player whose playing career spanned from 1884 to 1906. He played for 19 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB), including 13 seasons for the Cleveland Blues/Spiders (1887–1899), three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–1902), and one season as the player/manager of the Philadelphia Phillies (1903).

paragraph: Zimmer is regarded by some as "the finest defensive catcher of his day." He set Major League catching records for assists (188 in 1890), double plays (16 in 1895), runners caught stealing (183 in 1893), games at catcher (125 in 1890), and career fielding percentage (.943 as of 1896). As one of the game's first every-day catchers, "The Sporting News" in 1949 called Zimmer "baseball's original 'iron man'." Offensively, Zimmer had a career batting average of .269, but hit above .300 four times, including a career high .340 batting average in 1895.

paragraph: Zimmer was also the first president of the Players' Protective Association and a successful entrepreneur during his playing days, including operation of a wholesale and retail cigar business that he promoted while on the road. His most famous business venture, however, was "Zimmer's Baseball Game", a mechanical baseball parlor game that he invented in 1891 and became popular in the early to middle 1890s.

paragraph: Section::::Early years.

paragraph: Zimmer was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1860. As a young man, he worked as an apprentice in a cabinetmaker's shop.

paragraph: He began his professional baseball career at age 23 in 1884 playing in the Ohio State League for teams from Ironton and Portsmouth, Ohio. He appeared in eight games in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Wolverines in 1884. After being released by the Tigers, Zimmer did not play professional baseball in 1885. He played for Poughkeepsie of the Hudson River League in 1886, compiling a .409 batting average, and for the Rochester Maroons of the International Association in 1887, batting .331.

paragraph: Zimmer acquired the nickname "Chief" during the 1886 season while playing as the captain of the Poughkeepsie team. Zimmer was not of American Indian descent and explained the genesis for the nickname as follows: "Since we were fleet of foot, we were called the Indians. As I was the head man of the Indians, somebody began to call me 'Chief.' It stuck."

paragraph: Section::::Major league baseball career.:Finest defensive catcher of his day.

paragraph: Zimmer is regarded by some as "the finest defensive catcher of his day." Baseball historian Bill James picked Zimmer as the catcher both for his 1890s Gold Glove team and his 1890s All-Star team, and as the 62nd best catcher of all time. From 1889 to 1900, Zimmer was regularly among his league's leaders in putouts, assists, double plays, fielding percentage and games played at catcher. He set multiple Major League fielding records during his career, including the following:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Caught stealing. In 1893, Zimmer caught 183 base runners trying to steal a base, a figure that established a Major League record that stood until 1895. He led the majors in the category for the second consecutive season with 170 in 1894 and held the career record for most runners caught stealing until 1898. Zimmer secured his reputation for catching base runners when he caught the great base stealer "Sliding Billy" Hamilton twice in one game. "Sporting Life" at the time reported: "Bennett and Zimmer are the only League catchers who have managed to catch Hamilton at second. Zimmer is also the only catcher who has nailed Hamilton twice in one game."

paragraph: BULLET::::- Games at catcher. Zimmer appeared in 125 games at catcher in 1890, a figure that stood until 1895 as the Major League record for most games played at the position in a single season. He also set a Major League record for consecutive games at catcher with 111 during the 1890 season, more than doubling the prior record. He led the National League in games caught for the second consecutive season in 1891 with 116 and ranked second in the league with 111 games at catcher in 1892. "The Sporting News" in 1949 called Zimmer "baseball's original 'iron man'." Prior to Zimmer, catchers were typically paired with specific pitchers and did not catch every day. Zimmer became one of the Major Leagues' first every-day catchers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Assists. Zimmer's 188 assists as a catcher in 1890 stood as the Major League record until 1912, and he led the majors for a second consecutive season with 181 in 1891.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Double plays. Zimmer's 16 doubles plays as a catcher in 1895 broke the Major League record, and in 1900 he also broke Charlie Bennett's Major League record for most career double plays as a catcher.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fielding percentage. By 1896, Zimmer also had the highest career fielding percentage (.943) ever compiled by a Major League catcher.

paragraph: Zimmer is also credited with being the first catcher, in 1887, to play from a squatting position directly behind the plate on every play. In prior years, catchers had played further behind the plate often standing, particularly with runners on base. During Zimmer's time, catchers' gloves had not evolved and did not provide the protection of a modern catcher's mitt. Interviewed in 1949, Zimmer indicated that the catcher's glove in the 1890s was similar to an outfielders glove, and he would occasionally pad it with a piece of beefsteak to further protect his hands from injury. In 1892, when asked how he kept his hands healthy so as to be able to catch in so many games, Zimmer also claimed he received regular hand massages: "He replied that he made it a practice to visit a massage establishment whenever his hands gave him the slightest cause for trouble. He argues that by the systematic rubbing of the joints all swellings and soreness can be remedied instantly."

paragraph: Section::::Major league baseball career.:Cleveland Blues/Spiders.

paragraph: After brief stints with the Detroit Wolverines (eight games in 1884) and New York Metropolitans (six games in 1886), Zimmer joined the Cleveland Blues in 1887. He remained in Cleveland for 13 seasons from 1887 through 1899.

paragraph: From 1890 to 1898, Zimmer was Cy Young's catcher during Young's formative and most dominant years as a pitcher, and the two remained close friends for 60 years. Young's biographer, Reed Browing, noted that Young always credited Zimmer for his contributions:

paragraph: As Young's career progressed, no Major League pitcher was more outspoken than he in expressing how much a fine catcher enhanced his performance on the mound. Young and Zimmer quickly became the most famous battery of the 1890s.

paragraph: In 1890, Cleveland finished in seventh place with a 44-88 record; Young, in his rookie season, was 9-7. From the low point in 1890, Zimmer, the club and Young all improved remarkably. In 1891, Zimmer had a career high 69 RBIs with a 1.6 Wins Above Replacement (WAR) rating. He caught 116 games in 1891, but underwent knee surgery after the season was over.

paragraph: The following year, in 1892, Zimmer compiled a career high 3.2 WAR rating and led the 1892 Cleveland Spiders to a franchise best record of 93-56 (.624), good for second place in the National League. The 1892 season was also a breakout year for Young who compiled 36-12 record with a 1.93 earned run average (ERA). After the 1892 season, "Sporting Life" described Zimmer as "a temperate, faithful and conscientious player" who was "a great local favorite" and said this about his ability to deter stolen bases: "His throwing is a holy terror to would-be base stealers, and very few men steal second off him when anything but a slow pitcher is in the box."

paragraph: In 1893, the distance between the pitcher and home plate was extended by nine feet, resulting in a dramatic increase in batting averages. The rule change helped Zimmer statistically, as he compiled a .308 batting average, the first of four .300 seasons. However, Zimmer bemoaned the rule change's effect on pitchers: "They are making the pitcher a mere automaton. By and by they will make him stand on a cake of ice and pitch. Say what you will, the pitcher is the central figure in the game. People pay their money to see base ball, and the more scientific it is the better. When you put a pitcher out of sight and make a toy of him you are working squarely against the interests of the game, in my opinion."

paragraph: In July 1893, he suffered a broken shoulder bone and was able to play only 56 games behind the plate. The injury was sustained in a collision with Tommy Tucker. Cleveland newspapers protested and claimed that Tucker was a player with a reputation as a habitual dirty player who had acted intentionally to injure Zimmer." Despite the severity of the injury, the popular Zimmer returned to the lineup in September 1893 after seven weeks' absence, prompting the "Sporting Life" to predict: "Zimmer can play in Cleveland as long as he pleases."

paragraph: In 1894, Zimmer became one of the first players to get six hits in a single game, doing so off Win Mercer.

paragraph: In 1895, Zimmer had a career high .340 batting average, as his batting and handling of Young (who compiled a 35-10 record) helped lead the 1895 Cleveland Spiders to the Temple Cup, a championship cup that was awarded to the winner of a best-of-seven, post-season championship series in the National League. Zimmer was the batting hero of the 1895 Temple Cup, hitting a two-run home run to win the decisive game. His cup-winning home run was memorialized in a poem that included the following lines:

paragraph: The score was tied, one man was out,Tebeau was safe on first;As Zimmerman grasped his might bat,Such cheering ne'er was heard.He swiftly swung his willow,The ball had met its fate;And a roar went up that reached the clouds,Tebeau had crossed the plate.

paragraph: In late March 1896, Zimmer left the Spiders' spring training camp in a contract dispute, and one week later reportedly signed a contract providing for him to be paid the maximum salary of $2,400 plus an $800 signing bonus. The "Sporting Life" reported: "If there is one player whose services Mr. Robison(Cleveland owner Frank Robison) cannot afford to lose, it is Charley Zimmer. In spring, summer and fall or any old time at all chief is in condition." On September 24, 1896, two masked men armed with revolvers woke Zimmer and his wife at their home at 43 Steinway Street in Cleveland. The intruders robbed Zimmer of his $60 gold watch and $20 in cash.

paragraph: In 1897, at age 36, Zimmer continued to impress. He compiled a .316 batting average and a 1.9 WAR rating while helping Young win 20 games for the seventh consecutive season.

paragraph: After the 1898 season, Young left the Spiders, and Zimmer, at age 38, was released by the team in early June 1899, despite having compiled a .342 batting average in 20 games. Without Young or Zimmer, the 1899 Cleveland Spiders compiled a 20-134 (.130) record—the worst record in Major League history.

paragraph: Section::::Major league baseball career.:Louisville and Pittsburgh.

paragraph: In June 1899, Zimmer was signed as a free agent by the Louisville Colonels. He appeared in 75 games for Louisville in 1899, compiling a .298 batting average. For the second time in his career, Zimmer was responsible for mentoring a future Hall of Fame pitcher in his rookie season. At Louisville, the rookie pitcher was Rube Waddell.

paragraph: In December 1899, Zimmer was part of a blockbuster trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to Zimmer, the Colonels sent three future Hall of Famers (Waddell, Honus Wagner and Fred Clarke) to the Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, three other players, and $25,000.

paragraph: During the 1900 season, Zimmer was the oldest player in the Major Leagues at age 39. However, he continued to play well. Aside from a .295 batting average, Zimmer caught 82 games, led the National League with 318 putouts and totaled 89 runners caught stealing. Moreover, under Zimmer's tutelage, Rube Waddell in his first season as a regular starter, led the National League with a 2.37 ERA.

paragraph: The following year, Zimmer remained the oldest player in the Major Leagues at age 40. He caught 69 games for the 1901 Pirates team that won the National League pennant with a 90-49 record. During the 1901 season, Zimmer caught for his third Hall of Fame pitcher, Jack Chesbro.

paragraph: In 1902, at age 41, Zimmer caught 41 games, compiled a .268 batting average, and maintained a respectable 1.1 WAR rating. The Pirates won the pennant for the second consecutive year with a 103-36 record.

paragraph: Section::::Major league baseball career.:Philadelphia Phillies.

paragraph: In early 1903, the Philadelphia Phillies were sold, and the new owners, with the assistance of Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss, persuaded Zimmer to become the Phillies' manager. Zimmer agreed and also appeared in 35 games as the team's catcher. In May 1903, the "Sporting Life" newspaper wrote that Zimmer was still a solid performer behind the plate: "The Phillies' pitchers do their best work and the team is strongest when the veteran Zimmer is in the game. A wink should be as good as a kick, Chief." Zimmer appeared in his final Major League game as a player at age 42 on September 27, 1903.

paragraph: In his role as manager, Zimmer took over a team that had finished in seventh place in 1902. By the first of June 1903, the Phillies were struggling with an 11-26 record. Zimmer at that time acknowledged that the "task of managing a team that does not stand so well up in the race is not the most pleasant one in the world", but he insisted that he was not discouraged and noted that the greater satisfaction comes not from taking charge of a first-class team and keeping it going, but "to take hold of a team that is down in the race and bring it up to a high standard." The Phillies did improve late in the season, compiling a 16-13 record in their last 29 games. However, with a seventh-place finish, the 1903 season was Zimmer's only one as a Major League manager. In fairness to Zimmer, the Phillies simply lacked the talent to compete with the best teams in the National League, had finished in seventh place in 1902 under Bill Shettsline, and dropped to eighth place in 1904 under Hugh Duffy.

paragraph: Section::::Major league baseball career.:Table games, cigars and groceries.

paragraph: During his baseball career, Zimmer was among the highest paid players in the game. He invested his money wisely and was alert for investment opportunities. By 1900, his business interests included "upward of $35,000 invested in the grocery business and real estate in Cleveland." He also owned a restaurant in Cleveland and used his wood-working skills to make furniture in the off-season.

paragraph: The business opportunity that drew the most attention was "Zimmer's Base Ball Game", a mechanical baseball table game developed by Zimmer in 1891. In November 1891, "The Sporting Life" reported on Zimmer's innovation on its front page:

paragraph: Zimmer Comes to the Front With an Indoor GameCharley Zimmer, the good-natured and gentlemanly catcher of the Cleveland Club has invented and patented an indoor game of base ball that ought to make him a little fortune. It promises to become one of the greatest toys of the age. A regular game can be played. The ball is pitched from an ingenious device and goes straight over the plate. If a hit isn't made or the ball struck at all the 'catcher' gets it. All the 'players' are in position, and there are regular catches in the outfield and pick-ups in the infield. The bat is a curious contrivance, and it takes good judgment to operate it. A fast or slow ball can be pitched, and the batter is liable to be 'fooled' by changes of pace. Nothing like it was ever seen before in toy games. The invention is to be shown in Hudson's window after Thanksgiving, and will surely attract great attention.

paragraph: The game featured a painted ball field with children peeking over the one-and-a-half inch outfield wall as well as lithographed images of Zimmer and 18 other players, including 11 Hall of Famers. The game was played with "a pool cue-type spring loaded device" and "metal clasps located at the nine positions to catch the ball."

paragraph: In January 1892, Zimmer was offered "a big amount of money" for his interest in the game, and it was estimated "by judicious business management" that 100,000 copies of the game could be sold. In October 1892, Zimmer stated that he expected to sell "a great many of his parlor baseball inventions" over the winter and noted that one New York firm had purchased 600 from him. Two years later, he reported that he had a large number of orders for the game and that he had made over $4,000 from the game over the past three years.

paragraph: Unlike many baseball players of his era, and Zimmer used neither liquor nor tobacco. In 1890, the "Sporting Life" reported that there were likely no more than a half a dozen professional baseball players who could match Zimmer's claim: "He has never taken a drink of any kind of intoxicating liquor in his life, and has never used tobacco in any shape." Zimmer later attributed his long playing career (and long life) to the fact that he never didn't smoke, didn't chew, and didn't drink. Despite his personal aversion to tobacco, Zimmer in the 1890s was successful in operating a wholesale and retail cigar business in Cleveland. In 1898, as he traveled with the Cleveland team, he carried a valise with samples of the cigars that he sold. Commenting on Zimmer's business ingenuity in promoting his cigar business while traveling at the expense of the Cleveland club, the "Sporting Life" wrote: "With such an instinct for taking advantage of circumstances Zimmer is certain to be prosperous."

paragraph: Section::::Major league baseball career.:Players' Protective Association.

paragraph: During the summer of 1900, the Players' Protective Association, predecessor to the Major League Baseball Players Association, was formed to represent the interest of professional baseball players. Zimmer was elected as the organization's first president with Hughie Jennings secretary. During Zimmer's tenure as president, the organization successfully negotiated for a new rule providing that a player could not be traded or sold without his consent. The "Sporting Life" later wrote that Zimmer was the "only man who ever showed marked ability" as president of the Association.

paragraph: The consent rule that Zimmer secured was later rescinded, and the Association's reputation declined. In August 1902, Zimmer, having stepped down from the Association's leadership, commented on the reasons for the decline:

paragraph: There is nothing solid left in the Players' Protective Association. There has been no activity on the part of the present officials, and there will be none. The organization has been allowed to die because the members have seen nothing in it to interest them. Some are not pleased with the officers; others object to the paying of dues, while others still believe that they can do better by themselves than by acting in concert with all the other players; and so the Players' Protective Association gradually is being allowed to die out. One hears but little of it now, and in a year from now will hear less. It would have been a good thing for the players if they had been true to its principles and the officials had been active in carrying out all its aims and laws. However, there was failure on all sides, and the result is that the organization gradually is fading out of existence.

paragraph: Section::::Little Rock.

paragraph: During the 1904 and 1905 seasons, Zimmer worked as an umpire in the National League. The following year, he staged a comeback as a player at age 45. In February 1906, he was hired as the player/manager for the Little Rock Travelers in the Southern Association. Even at age 45, Zimmer still displayed superior arm strength. After a Little Rock victory in May 1906, the "Sporting Life" newspaper reported: "Little Rock showed wonderful improvement and defeated Birmingham in a well-played game. The feature was the throwing of Zimmer to second." He appeared in 41 games as a player for Little Rock. His Little Rock team finished in last place with a 40-98 record.

paragraph: Section::::Family and later years.

paragraph: Zimmer was married and had three daughters. During his playing career, he made furniture as a hobby during the off-season and filled his home in Cleveland with his handiwork. After retiring from baseball, Zimmer lived in Cleveland for the remainder of his life. He died there at age 88 in 1949. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Twinsburg, Ohio.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Major League Baseball player-managers

description: Major League Baseball catcher

wikidata_label: Chief Zimmer

wikipedia_title: Chief Zimmer


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text: Mayor of Derby

text: Cockpit Hill Potworks

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text: Derby Museum and Art Gallery

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paragraph: Thomas Rivett (1713–1763)

paragraph: Thomas Rivett, Esq. (1713–1763) was a British barrister and politician.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Thomas Rivett was a Whig M.P. for Derby between 1748 and 1753, High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1757. In 1761, like his father, be became Mayor of Derby. He married Anna Maria Sibley in April 1749 with whom he had three children: Thomas, James and Elizabeth.

paragraph: Thomas Rivett was one of the three owners of the «Cockpit Hill Potworks» china factory, together with William Butts and John Heath.

paragraph: Thomas Rivett's monogram and his house were drawn by S.H.Parkins and that was given to Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- BURKE, Bernard (1865). Genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the british empire

description: High Sheriff of Derbyshire

wikidata_label: Thomas Rivett

wikipedia_title: Thomas Rivett (1713–1763)


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paragraph: Andre Ellington

paragraph: Andre DeAngelo Ellington (born February 3, 1989) is an American football running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

paragraph: Section::::High school career.

paragraph: Ellington attended Berkeley High School, where he played high school football for the Stags football team. As a senior, he rushed for 1,822 yards and 24 touchdowns, and also added four other touchdowns (two receiving, two kickoff return). He accumulated 2,519 all-purpose yards as a senior. ESPN named him the #44 overall prospect and #6 running back.

paragraph: Ellington also ran track and field for the Berkeley High School track team. He ran a personal-best time of 10.97 seconds in the 100 meters at the 2006 Taco Bell Classic Meet. He also recorded a time of 23.13 seconds in the 200 meters. He was also a member of the 4 × 100 m (42.94 s) relay squad.

paragraph: He picked Clemson over scholarship offers from Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Freshman season (2009).

paragraph: After redshirting his true freshman season in 2008, Ellington had 546 total yards on 79 touches. He rushed for 72 yards on nine carries against Middle Tennessee.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Sophomore season (2010).

paragraph: As a sophomore, Ellington was named second-team All-ACC by Rivals.com. He rushed for 686 yards on 118 carries and 10 touchdowns. He caught 12 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown. Ellington had 140 yards in 22 carries and four catches for 48 yards against eventual national champion Auburn.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Junior season (2011).

paragraph: As a junior, Ellington rushed for 1,178 yards on 223 attempts scoring 11 touchdowns. Additionally, he caught 22 passes for 109 yards. He earned second team all-conference honors in recognition of his successful season.

paragraph: In the 2011 ACC Championship Game, he ran for 125 yards and one touchdown on 20 carries, as the Tigers beat the Virginia Tech Hokies, 38–10.

paragraph: Clemson lost the 2012 Orange Bowl to the West Virginia Mountaineers, by a 70–33 scoreline. Ellington rushed for 116 yards from 10 carries, including a 68-yard run for the game's opening touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::College career.:Senior season (2012).

paragraph: In his final season as a senior, Ellington rushed for 1,081 yards on 212 attempts (5.1 avg) while scoring eight touchdowns. He also caught 14 passes for 232 yards and a touchdown. He earned first team all-conference honors. He finished his college career at fourth on Clemson's list of all-time rushers with 3,436 yards, just below former teammate C. J. Spiller, and finished third in rushing touchdowns with 33. Ellington graduated from Clemson in December 2012 with a bachelor's degree in parks, recreation, and tourism management.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Ellington ran a 4.61 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine, considerably slower than many anticipated, as he had multiple runs of over twenty yards during his final year at Clemson.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals.:2013 season.

paragraph: After being projected as a second or third round pick, he slid to the third day of the draft. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL Draft with the 187th overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals. He scored his first career touchdown on a pass reception from Carson Palmer in Week 2 of the 2013 season against the Detroit Lions. In Week 8 of the 2013 season, Ellington rushed for 154 yards against the Atlanta Falcons, the highest rushing total of the week. He finished his rookie season with 652 rushing yards on 118 attempts (5.5 avg) and three touchdowns, and also caught 39 passes for 371 yards and a touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals.:2014 season.

paragraph: Ellington was placed on season ending injured reserve after Week 14, having injured his hip. 2014 was a very underwhelming sophomore season for Ellington, recording 660 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns while averaging only 3.3 yards per carry.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals.:2015 season.

paragraph: After the additions of running backs Chris Johnson and David Johnson, Ellington's role in the Arizona offense was severely reduced. He did make good use of his time on the field by recording 289 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 45 carries to average an astonishing 6.4 yards per carry. In Week 10 against the Seattle Seahawks, Ellington rushed for the 48-yard game-winning touchdown.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals.:2016 season.

paragraph: In 2016, Ellington was the Cardinals third running back behind David Johnson and Chris Johnson to start the season. He was then moved up to the number two back after Chris Johnson suffered a season-ending groin injury in Week 4. Ellington ended the 2016 season playing in all 16 games rushing for 96 yards and recording 12 catches for 85 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Arizona Cardinals.:2017 season.

paragraph: On March 13, 2017, Ellington signed a one-year contract extension with the Cardinals. On March 29, 2017, Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians announced that Ellington would be changing his position to wide receiver for the 2017 season.

paragraph: On November 20, 2017, Ellington was waived by the Cardinals.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Houston Texans.

paragraph: On November 21, 2017, Ellington was claimed off waivers by the Houston Texans. Overall, in the 2017 season, with both the Cardinals and the Texans, he had 20 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown to go along with 39 receptions for 369 yards.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

paragraph: On February 19, 2019, Ellington signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: His cousin, Bruce Ellington, is a wide receiver. The two were teammates with the 2017 Texans.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Clemson Tigers bio

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arizona Cardinals bio

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Andre Ellington

wikipedia_title: Andre Ellington


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Italian
road racing cyclist
Giro d'Italia
Milan–San Remo
Giro di Lombardia
Pizzighettone
Cremona
amateur
front
Milan–San Remo
Giro d'Italia
Costante Girardengo
Museum of cycling bio (in Italian)

categories: Italian male cyclists,Giro d'Italia winners,Sportspeople from Lombardy,1980 deaths,People from the Province of Cremona,1892 births,Giro d'Italia cyclists

paragraph: Gaetano Belloni

paragraph: Gaetano Belloni (26 August 1892 – 9 January 1980) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. The highlights of his career were his overall win in the 1920 Giro d'Italia, the two victories in Milan–San Remo (1917 and 1920), and the three victories in the Giro di Lombardia (1915, 1918 and 1928).

paragraph: Belloni was born at Pizzighettone, near Cremona, and made his debut in the road cycling world in the wake of his elder brother Amleto. As an amateur, in 1914 he won the "Small" Giro di Lombardia and the Coppa del Re, as well as the Italian championship.

paragraph: Having avoided to be called to the front, Belloni won surprisingly, the overall Giro di Lombardia in 1915 (a feat he repeated in 1918 and 1928) and the Milan–San Remo of 1917.

paragraph: In 1920 he obtained his greatest victory, the Giro d'Italia. In the 1920s Belloni constantly rivalled with his friend Costante Girardengo, being almost always defeated and gaining for this reason the nickname of "Eterno secondo" ("Eternal second").

paragraph: He won a total of 43 races as a professional, including 12 stages at Giro d'Italia.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Museum of cycling bio (in Italian)

description: Italian racing cyclist

wikidata_label: Gaetano Belloni

wikipedia_title: Gaetano Belloni


text: United States Army

text: 29th Infantry Division

text: Battle of Normandy

text: World War II

text: Saint-Lô

text: Abbeville, South Carolina

text: The Citadel

text: Charleston

text: South Carolina

text: Columbia

text: South Carolina

text: Staunton Military Academy

text: United States Army Reserve

text: Virginia National Guard

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text: D-Day

text: Charles Gerhardt

text: New York Times

text: 60 Minutes

text: Andy Rooney

text: Stars and Stripes (newspaper)

text: Normandy American Cemetery

text: Mary Baldwin College

text: Collier's

text: Cornelius Ryan

text: Cavalcade of America

text: Peter Graves

text: Saving Private Ryan

text: Bio and Major Howie in Normandy 1944

text: Staunton Military Academy alumni

categories: People from Abbeville, South Carolina,American army personnel killed in World War II,1908 births,United States Army officers,1944 deaths,The Citadel Bulldogs baseball players,The Citadel Bulldogs football players

paragraph: Thomas D. Howie

paragraph: Major Thomas Dry Howie (April 12, 1908 – July 17, 1944) was a United States Army Infantry Officer and Battalion Commander in the 29th Infantry Division who was killed in action during the Battle of Normandy in World War II while leading his unit in an effort to capture the strategic French town of Saint-Lô. He became immortalized as "The Major of St. Lo".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Howie was a native of Abbeville, South Carolina and the fifth of seven children born to Torrance and Cora Dry Howie. He attended Abbeville High School where he was a star athlete and also worked part-time jobs at a print shop and local mill. At The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina he was a Deans List English major, President of his class, All State halfback on the football team and captain of the baseball team; he was also voted “Most Versatile, Popular and Best All Around” by his classmates. His principles and leadership abilities became evident in his junior year when he led a hunger strike by the Corps of Cadets to protest the poor quality of food in the mess hall. In the fall of 1928 Howie travelled to Columbia, South Carolina to take the qualifying test for the Rhodes Scholarship then was hurriedly driven back to Charleston by an Assistant Coach to play in the homecoming football game, he arrived just in time for the opening kickoff and later scored the winning touchdown as The Citadel beat Clemson 12-7.

paragraph: After graduating in 1929 he taught English, served as Athletic Director and coached sports at Staunton Military Academy in Virginia where his football teams won four Military School State Championships. During his time in Staunton he would meet and marry Elizabeth Payne (1905-1989), a daughter Sally was born in 1938.

paragraph: Section::::Military Service.

paragraph: In 1932 Howie accepted a commission in the United States Army Reserve, in 1934 he transferred to the 116th Infantry Regiment of the Virginia National Guard which was based in Staunton. He entered active duty when the 29th Division was federalized in 1941, the unit trained at bases in Maryland, North Carolina and Florida then moved to the United Kingdom in September, 1942 and underwent further intensive training before landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day; a little more than a month later, on July 13, 1944, Major Howie was assigned to command the 3d Battalion. On July 16, the 3d Battalion was given the task of rescuing their comrades of the 2nd Battalion which had been surrounded and were nearly out of food and ammunition; using only hand grenades and bayonets Howies men broke through the German forces on the “Martinsville Line” in less than 2 hours despite being at only half strength. Howie personally led the attack and eliminated 2 enemy machine gun nests. After resupplying his fellow soldiers he then

paragraph: left the 2nd Battalion to defend their position, reporting that they were "too cut up", and planned to use the 3d Battalion alone to push ahead and liberate St. Lô. On the morning of July 17, Howie phoned Major General Charles Gerhardt, the Division Commander saying “Yes, we can do it” and "See you in St. Lo!"; then issued orders for the attack. Moments later he was killed by shrapnel during a mortar attack. The next day, the 3d Battalion entered Saint-Lô, with Howie's body on the hood of the lead jeep, at Gerhardt's order, so that Howie would be the first American to enter the town. The flag draped body was placed in the rubble of the St. Croix Cathedral and soldiers filed past in a show of respect, local citizens came out and placed flowers at the site.

paragraph: The photo of Howie's flag-draped body in the rubble of the St. Croix Cathedral was widely circulated in the United States and became one of the most iconic images of the war, it came to symbolize the sacrifices of Americans in the European Theater. Because of wartime security Howie's name could not be revealed, it was only announced that it was a U.S. Army Major so it was famed New York Times correspondent Drew Middleton who dubbed Howie "The Major of St. Lo". 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney, then a reporter with the Stars and Stripes (newspaper), witnessed the event and called it "one of the truly heartwarming and emotional scenes of a gruesome and frightful war", years later in a speech he stated “I guess there never was an American soldier more honored by what the people who loved him did for him after he died. There can be no doubt that Thomas Howie was a charismatic leader, a courageous soldier and a man of outstanding character". Howie is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, a cenotaph was placed at Long Cane Cemetery in his hometown of Abbeville.

paragraph: Section::::Post War Honors.

paragraph: Staunton Military Academy honored Howie with a bust placed at Kable Hall, the administration building and by establishing a drill team called the Howie Rifles, which is now part of the Army ROTC detachment of the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College; in 1954 The Citadel erected the Howie Bell Tower next to its chapel and a mural of his body being carried into St. Lo is one of a series on school history displayed in Daniel Library.

paragraph: In 1956, Collier's magazine printed a story, "The Major of St. Lo" by Cornelius Ryan; it was made into an episode of the TV show Cavalcade of America that was broadcast on June 5, 1956, with Peter Graves playing the part of Howie. In 1969 as part of the 25th Anniversary of D-Day the town of St. Lo dedicated a large memorial to Howie and a plaque is on the cathedral at the site where his body had laid. The character of Captain John Miller in the movie Saving Private Ryan was largely based on Major Howie

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bio and Major Howie in Normandy 1944

paragraph: BULLET::::- Text of a speech given by Citadel President in 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- Staunton Military Academy alumni

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thomas D. Howie Records, c1940s, Profiles of Honor Digital Collection, Library of Virginia.

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/special-reports/2014/07/12/howie-major-st-lo-france-wwii-dday-normandy/12489351/

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.nytimes.com/1944/07/30/archives/thomas-d-howie-major-of-st-lo-army-reveals-the-identity-of-officer.html

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.29thdivisionassociation.com/

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.theofficialschalloffame.com/directlink.html?id=37

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/thomas-d-howie-the-major-of-st-lo/

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HVcj-KvSTA

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.legion.org/memorials/239433/major-thomas-d-howie-memorial-shelby-and-st-lo-france

paragraph: BULLET::::- http://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/howie-thomas-dry/

paragraph: BULLET::::- https://www.radford.edu/content/radfordcore/home/news/releases/2012/september/study-abroad-students-visit-family-history.html

description: United States Army officer

wikidata_label: Thomas D. Howie

wikipedia_title: Thomas D. Howie


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text: Catalan Atlas

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text: Images of the whole Catalan Atlas

categories: Medieval Majorcan Jews,1387 deaths,14th-century Jews,Year of birth unknown,14th-century geographers,Majorcan cartographers,14th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon

paragraph: Abraham Cresques

paragraph: Abraham Cresques (, 1325–1387), whose real name was Cresques (son of) Abraham, was a 14th-century Jewish cartographer from Palma, Majorca (then part of the Crown of Aragon). In collaboration with his son, Jehuda Cresques, Cresques is credited with the authorship of the celebrated Catalan Atlas of 1375.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: A Majorcan Jew, Cresques was a master map-maker and builder of clocks, compasses, and other nautical instruments. He was a leading member of the Majorcan cartographic school.

paragraph: Abraham Cresques's real name was Eliça (a.k.a. Cresques) son of Rabbi Abraham, son of Rabbi Benaviste, son of Rabbi Eliça. Eliça being the name he would have received when he came of age but known as Cresques of Abraham (Cresques being his personal name, Eliça his religious name, Abraham his patronym), but the order is often flipped in most subsequent literature. His son, Jehuda Cresques, was also a notable cartographer.

paragraph: Section::::The Catalan Atlas.

paragraph: In 1375, Cresques and his son Jehuda received an assignment from Prince John of Aragon (the future John I of Aragon) to make a set of nautical charts which would go beyond the normal geographic range of contemporary portolan charts to cover the "East and the West, and everything that, from the Strait [of Gibraltar] leads to the West". For this job, Cresques and Jehuda would be paid 150 Aragonese golden florins, and 60 Mallorcan pounds, respectively, as it is stated in 14th-century documents from the Prince himself and his father Peter IV of Aragon. Prince John intended to present the chart to his cousin Charles (later to be Charles VI, King of France) as a gift. In that year 1375 Cresques and Jehuda drew the six charts that composed the Catalan Atlas at their house in the Jewish quarter of Palma.

paragraph: Section::::Works attributed to Cresques.

paragraph: The Catalan Atlas of c. 1375 is the only map that has been confidently attributed to Cresques Abraham. But researchers have suggested that five other existing maps might also be attributed to Cresques, Jehuda or some other worker in the Cresques atelier. Like the Catalan Atlas itself, these five maps (four portolan charts, one fragment of a mappa mundi), are unsigned and undated, and their date of composition estimated sometime between 1375 and 1400.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Catalan Atlas", c. 1375, 6 panels, map from the Atlantic Ocean to China, held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, France

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Venice chart", c. 1375-1400, portolan chart (missing northern Europe), held at the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, Italy

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Florence chart", c. 1375-1400, portolan chart (west Mediterranean only) held (Port.22) at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Naples chart", c. 1375-1400, normal portolan chart held (ms.XII.D102) at the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III in Naples, Italy

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Istanbul map" c. 1375-1400, fragment of mappa mundi, held (1828) at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Paris chart", c. 1400, portolan chart held (AA751) at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris, France

paragraph: According to Campbell, of the four portolan charts attributed the Cresques atelier, the Naples and Paris charts are more ornate than the other two, with the Paris chart (c. 1400) in particular seeming closest to the features of the Catalan Atlas (c. 1375). However, attribution to the Cresques workshop is only tentative. As Campbell notes, "That this group of charts is closely related is clear. But it is hard to see, from the colour analysis alone, evidence to confirm that these four charts were the product of supervised work in a single atelier."

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catalan Atlas

paragraph: BULLET::::- Majorcan cartographic school

paragraph: BULLET::::- Compass rose

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rhumbline network

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Images of the whole Catalan Atlas Bibliothèque Nationale de France, accessed 2008-03-14

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.cresquesproject.net—Translation in English of the works of Riera i Sans and Gabriel Llompart on the Jewish Majorcan mapmakers of the Late Middle Ages. They include very complete biographies of Cresques Abraham and his son Jafudà Cresques.

description: cartographer from Palma, Majorca

wikidata_label: Abraham Cresques

wikipedia_title: Abraham Cresques