text: Duke of Upper Bavaria

text: Count Palatine of the Rhine

text: Heidelberg

text: Otto II

text: Agnes of the Palatinate

text: Welf

text: Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine

text: Henry XII the Lion

text: Conrad of Hohenstaufen

text: Conrad IV of Germany

text: usurpation

text: Heinrich Raspe

text: bishop of Regensburg

text: Wittelsbach

text: Palatinate

text: Upper Bavaria

text: Henry XIII of Bavaria

text: Lower Bavaria

text: Ottokar II of Bohemia

text: interregnum

text: William's

text: Richard of Cornwall

text: Alter Hof

text: Heidelberg Castle

text: Prince-elector

text: Hohenstaufen

text: Conradin

text: Swabia

text: ban

text: Alps

text: Verona

text: Naples

text: Swabia

text: Habsburg

text: Rudolph I

text: River March

text: Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen

text: electoral dignity

text: Albert I

text: Adolf of Nassau

text: Heidelberg

text: Rudolf I

text: Fürstenfeld Abbey

text: Maria of Brabant

text: Henry II, Duke of Brabant

text: Marie of Hohenstaufen

text: Fürstenfeld Abbey

text: Donauwörth

text: Anna of Glogau

text: Boppard

text: Nuremberg

text: Matilda of Habsburg

text: Rudolph

text: Rudolf I

text: Basle

text: Lüneburg

text: Otto II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

text: Agnes

text: Henry "the Younger" of Hesse

text: Henry I "Lackland"

text: Margrave of Brandenburg

text: Ludwig IV

text: Munich

text: Fürstenfeldbruck

categories: 1294 deaths,Counts Palatine of the Rhine,1229 births,Dukes of Bavaria,People from Heidelberg

paragraph: Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

paragraph: Ludwig I or Louis I of Upper Bavaria () (13 April 1229 – 2 February 1294) was Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. He is known as Ludwig II or Louis II as Duke of Bavaria, and also as Louis the Strict. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of duke Otto II and Agnes of the Palatinate. She was a daughter of the Welf Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, her grandfathers were Henry XII the Lion and Conrad of Hohenstaufen.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In 1246, the young Louis supported his brother-in-law King Conrad IV of Germany against the usurpation of Heinrich Raspe. In 1251, Louis was at war again against the bishop of Regensburg.

paragraph: Louis succeeded his father Otto as Duke of Bavaria in 1253. When the Wittelsbach country was divided in 1255 among Otto's sons, Louis received the Palatinate and Upper Bavaria making him the duke of Upper Bavaria, while his brother duke Henry XIII of Bavaria received Lower Bavaria making him the duke of Lower Bavaria. This partition was against the law and therefore caused the anger of the bishops in Bavaria who later allied themselves with king Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1257. During the German interregnum, after King William's death in 1256, Louis supported King Richard of Cornwall. In August 1257 King Ottokar finally invaded Bavaria, but Louis and Henry managed to repulse the attack. It was one of the rare concerted and harmonious actions of the two brothers, who often argued.

paragraph: The main residences of Louis were at Alter Hof located at the very north-eastern part of Munich and Heidelberg Castle. As one of the Prince-electors of the empire, he was strongly involved in the royal elections for forty years. Together with his brother, Louis also aided his young Hohenstaufen nephew Conradin in his duchy of Swabia, but it was not possible to enforce Conradin's election as German king. As a result of his support for the Hohenstaufen, Louis was banned by the pope in 1266. In 1267 when his nephew crossed the Alps with an army, Louis accompanied Conradin only to Verona. After the young prince's execution in Naples in 1268, Louis inherited some of Conradin's possessions in Swabia and supported the election of the Habsburg Rudolph I against Ottokar II in 1273. On 26 August 1278, the armies of Rudolph and Louis met Ottokar's forces on the banks of the River March in the Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen where Ottokar was defeated and killed. In 1289, the electoral dignity of Bavaria passed to Bohemia again, but Louis remained an elector as Count Palatine of the Rhine. After Rudolph's death in 1291, Louis could not enforce the election of his Habsburg brother-in-law Albert I against Adolf of Nassau.

paragraph: Louis died at Heidelberg on 2 February 1294. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Rudolf I who had Adolf of Nassau as his father-in-law a few months later. Louis was buried in the crypt of Fürstenfeld Abbey.

paragraph: Section::::Family and children.

paragraph: Louis II was married three times.

paragraph: Section::::Family and children.:The execution of Maria of Brabant.

paragraph: He had his first wife Maria of Brabant—a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen—beheaded in 1256, on suspicion of adultery. Any actual guilt on her part could never be validated. As expiation, Louis founded the Cistercian friary Fürstenfeld Abbey (Fürstenfeldbruck) near Munich.

paragraph: Different sources tell varying tales about how this happened: In 1256, Louis had been away from home for an extended time due to his responsibilities as a sovereign in the area of the Rhine. His wife wrote two letters, one to her husband, and another to the count of Kyburg at Hunsrück, a vassal of Louis. Details about the actual content of the second letter vary, but according to the chroniclers, the messenger who carried the letter to Ludwig had been given the wrong one, and Louis came to the conclusion that his wife had a secret love affair.

paragraph: Over time a great many tales of folklore sprang up around Louis' deed, most of them written long after his death: Ballad-mongers embellished the tale into a murderous frenzy during which Louis allegedly not only killed his wife after having ridden home for five days and nights, but also stabbed the messenger who brought him the wrong letter; then upon entering his castle, stabbed his own castellan and a court lady and threw his wife's maid from the battlements, before he massacred his wife either by stabbing her or cutting off her head.

paragraph: Several more restrained chronicles support the account of Marie's execution on 18 January 1256 at Mangoldstein Castle in Donauwörth by ducal decree for alleged adultery, but nothing beyond that.

paragraph: Section::::Family and children.:Later marriages.

paragraph: Louis married his second wife Anna of Glogau in 1260. They had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Maria (b. 1261), a nun in Marienberg abbey at Boppard.

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Agnes (1262 – 21 October 1269).

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Ludwig (13 September 1267 – 23 November 1290, killed at a tournament at Nuremberg).

paragraph: He married his third wife Matilda of Habsburg, one of king Rudolph's daughters, on 24 October 1273. Their children were:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Rudolf I (4 October 1274, Basle – 12 August 1319).

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Mechthild (1275 – 28 March 1319, Lüneburg), married 1288 to Duke Otto II of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Agnes (ca. 1276/78 – 22 July 1345), married firstly in 1290 Landgrave Henry "the Younger" of Hesse and secondly 1298/1303 Henry I "Lackland", Margrave of Brandenburg.

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Anna (b. 1280), a nun in Ulm.

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Ludwig IV (1 April 1282, Munich – 11 October 1347, Puch -now a district of Fürstenfeldbruck-).

paragraph: Louis II was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Rudolf I.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Genealogy of Ludwig II. (compilation of various sources, in German)

wikidata_label: Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

wikipedia_title: Louis II, Duke of Bavaria


text:
priest
Bishop of Carlisle
Bishop of Chichester
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge
fellow
Michaelhouse, Cambridge
papal provision
chaplain
Elizabeth Woodville
Chancellor
Cambridge University
Prebendal School
Chichester
Chichester Cross

categories: 15th-century births,Bishops of Chichester,15th-century Roman Catholic bishops,Bishops of Carlisle,Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge,1503 deaths,15th-century English people,Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge,Chancellors of the University of Cambridge

paragraph: Edward Story

paragraph: Edward Story (or Storey; died 1503) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle, 1468–1477, and Bishop of Chichester, 1477–1503.

paragraph: Story was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he was elected a fellow about 1444. In 1450, he was appointed Master of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, a post he held together with his later preferments until 1477. Advanced to the bishopric of Carlisle by papal provision on 18 July 1468, he was consecrated a bishop on 2 October 1468. He was translated to Chichester on 11 February 1478. He served as chaplain to Elizabeth Woodville and as Chancellor of Cambridge University. He founded the Prebendal School in Chichester, and he is reputed to have had the Chichester Cross erected.

paragraph: Story died on 16 March 1503. His death is recorded in the Lewkenor Hours (Lambeth Palace Library MS 545), the book of hours once owned by the wealthy Lewkenor family of Tratton and Tangmere (Sussex).

description: Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop of Chichester

wikidata_label: Edward Story

wikipedia_title: Edward Story


text:
Electric Wizard
doom metal
Dorset
Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard
Demon Lung
Come My Fanatics...
Chrono.Naut
Supercoven
Dopethrone
Let Us Prey
We Live
Witchcult Today
The House on the Borderland
Black Masses
Time to Die
Wizard Bloody Wizard
Electric Wizard biography
Rise Above Records
Electric Wizard
MySpace
Electric Wizard
Allmusic
Jus Oborn interview (10/2000)
Jus Oborn interview (09/2004)
Jus Oborn interview (02/2006)
Jus Oborn interview (01/2008)
Jus Oborn interview (04/2008)
Jus Oborn video interview 2014

categories: English heavy metal singers,People from Dorset,1971 births,English heavy metal guitarists,Lead guitarists,21st-century English singers,Living people

paragraph: Jus Oborn

paragraph: Justin "Jus" Oborn is the lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist of Electric Wizard, an English doom metal band from Dorset. Prior to forming Electric Wizard, Oborn was a member of the band Lord of Putrefaction, which changed its name to Thy Grief Eternal and then to Eternal.

paragraph: Oborn formed Electric Wizard in 1993. He has been the band's frontman since that time. They have released nine albums since 1995.

paragraph: In early 2003, Bagshaw and Greening left the band, making Oborn the only founding member remaining. Later in that year, Oborn gathered a new line-up for the band – which included his wife, Liz Buckingham, as second guitarist. She has remained part of the band ever since, with she and Oborn both handling guitar duties on Electric Wizard's more recent releases.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Oborn is married to Liz Buckingham, his bandmate of Electric Wizard who joined the group in 2003.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: During 1988, Jus Oborn formed the doom metal band Lord of Putrefaction, they recorded two demos. The band then changed its name to Thy Grief Eternal and recorded the "On Blackened Wings" demo. The band then became known simply as Eternal and recorded the "Lucifer's Children" demo, before disbanding. At this point, Jus Oborn formed Electric Wizard.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989 – "Necromantic demo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 – "Wings Over a Black Funeral demo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1992 – "On Blackened Wings demo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1993 – "Lucifer's Children demo"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995 – "Electric Wizard"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996 – "Demon Lung"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 – "Come My Fanatics..."

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997 – "Chrono.Naut"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998 – "Supercoven"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000 – "Dopethrone"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002 – "Let Us Prey"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 – "We Live"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007 – "Witchcult Today"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 – "The House on the Borderland"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 – "The Processean"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010 – "Black Masses"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014 – "Time to Die"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017 – "Wizard Bloody Wizard"

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Electric Wizard biography at Rise Above Records

paragraph: BULLET::::- Electric Wizard at MySpace

paragraph: BULLET::::- Electric Wizard at Allmusic

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jus Oborn interview (10/2000)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jus Oborn interview (09/2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jus Oborn interview (02/2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jus Oborn interview (01/2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jus Oborn interview (04/2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jus Oborn video interview 2014

description: British musician

wikidata_label: Jus Oborn

wikipedia_title: Jus Oborn


text:
James VI and I
Anne of Denmark
Greenwich Palace
King Henry's Chapel
Westminster Abbey
Maximilian Colt
John de Critz

categories: 1606 births,English princesses,17th-century English people,17th-century women,James VI and I,Scottish princesses,1606 deaths,17th-century Scottish people

paragraph: Sophia of England

paragraph: Sophia Stuart (22 June – 23 June 1606) was the fourth daughter and seventh and final child of King James VI and I by his wife Anne of Denmark. She was born at Greenwich Palace on 22 June 1606 and died there the next day. She was buried in King Henry's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, in a monument designed by Maximilian Colt and painted by John de Critz that resembles a stone cradle.

description: daughter of King James VI and I by his wife Anne of Denmark

wikidata_label: Sophia of England

wikipedia_title: Sophia of England


text: Meinhardiner

text: Imperial Prince

text: Gorizia

text: Albert II of Gorizia

text: Albert III

text: Henry V

text: John Henry IV

text: County of Tyrol

text: Margaret “Maultasch”

text: Rudolf IV

text: Patriarchate of Aquileia

text: Republic of Venice

text: Burg Bruck

text: Lienz

text: Habsburg

text: Duchy of Carinthia

text: County of Tyrol

text: Ulrich V

text: Vogt

text: Ban of Croatia

text: Catherine of Gorizia

text: John II of Bavaria-Munich

text: Henry VI of Gorizia

text: John Meinhard VII

text: Magdalena

text: Frederick "the Wise"

categories: 14th-century births,14th-century German people,14th-century deaths,Year of birth uncertain,Year of death uncertain,Counts of Gorizia

paragraph: Meinhard VI of Gorizia

paragraph: Meinhard VI of Gorizia (died after 6 May 1385) a member of the Meinhardiner dynasty, an Imperial Prince and a Count of Gorizia.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: His parents were Count Albert II of Gorizia and Euphemia of Mätsch. From 1338 to 1365, he ruled Gorizia jointly with his brothers Albert III and Henry V, after inheriting the county from their uncle John Henry IV. From 1362 when Henry V of Gorizia died, he ruled alongside Albert III. From 1365, Meinhard VI ruled Gorizia alone. He failed in a claim over the County of Tyrol when his 2nd cousin Margaret “Maultasch” was forced to cede Tyrol to Rudolf IV Dyke of Austria, Styria and Carinthia in 1363. This ended the "dominium Tyrolis" which had existed since 1254.

paragraph: He managed to reduce the power of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, however, the Republic of Venice became the beneficiary of the Patriarchate, which led to sharp contrasts between the parties involved. Meinhard retreated from Gorizia Castle to Burg Bruck (Schloss Bruck) in Lienz.

paragraph: Meinhard's reign marked the beginning of the decline of the County of Gorizia. The princes of Gorizia had to mortgage and sell more and more of their possessions to salvage their worsening financial position. Meinhard was involved in power struggles with his ecclesiastical neighbours, and in disputes with the Habsburg dynasty about the succession in the Duchy of Carinthia and the County of Tyrol.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and issue.

paragraph: Meinhard's first marriage was with Catherine, the daughter of Count Ulrich V of Pfannberg. After her death, he married Utehild, the daughter of Vogt Ulrich IV of Mätsch.

paragraph: He had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anna of Zwarscheneck (d. 1402), married to Count Johann Frankopan of Veglia, Ban of Croatia (d. 1393)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catherine of Gorizia (d. 1391), married to Duke John II of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1397)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ursula of Schoeneck, Neuhaus and Uttenstein, married to Count Henry III of Schauberg (d. 1390)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elisabeth

paragraph: BULLET::::- Henry VI of Gorizia (1376–1454)

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Meinhard VII, Count Palatine of Carinthia, Count of Kirchberg (d. 1430), married:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Magdalena, a daughter of the Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Bavaria

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Agnes of Pettau-Wurmberg

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Enrtry for Meinhard VI at genealogie-mittelalter.de

alias:
Meinhardt Gorizia
Meinhardt VI Gorizia

description: Count of Gorizia and imperial prince

wikidata_label: Meinhard VI of Gorizia

wikipedia_title: Meinhard VI of Gorizia


text:
Khentii
Bogd Khan
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Ulaanbaatar

categories: 1923 deaths,1876 births,People from Khentii Province

paragraph: Tsendiin Dondogdulam

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Dondogdulam Tsend was born on November 15, 1876 in Khentii, Mongolia. She first met Bogd Khan in 1895 during his visit to the Erdene Zuu Monastery. Another time they met in 1900 during a trip to Amarbayasgalant monastery. In 1902 they were married and had a son. According to custom she adopted and raised many children from families that could not care for them. One of them was L. Mordorzh who became a prominent Mongolian composer. She and Bogd Khan also initiated and created the Bogd Khan's residence that also housed artisans and craftsmen.

paragraph: Dondogdulam died in 1923 one year before the death of her spouse. Day of rest was observed on the 15th day of the last month of autumn. Dondogdulam was cremated at the source of the Selbe river near Ulaanbaatar, where at one time she and her husband spent the summer season.

alias:
Ulsin Ekh Dagina
Ikh Dagina Dondogdulam

description: Impress of Outer-Mongolia, wife of Bogd Khan

wikidata_label: Tsendiin Dondogdulam

wikipedia_title: Tsendiin Dondogdulam


text:
Székely
man-at-arms
nobleman
Transylvania
Kingdom of Hungary
peasants' revolt
landed nobility
Christian
martyr
Vladislas II of Hungary
Dalnic
Ottoman Empire
soldier of fortune
chancellor
Tamás Bakócz
Holy See
papal bull
Leo X
crusade
hajdú
students
friar
parish
counties
landlord
retainers
Great Hungarian Plain
Cegléd
Buda
cavalry
Magyar
manor house
castle
gentry
jacquerie
King
Vladislaus II
revolution
vassal
Republic of Venice
Bohemia
Holy Roman Empire
Csanád
impaling
bishop
castellan
Arad
parole
Lippa
Világos
cannon
heavy cavalry
Csanád
millenarian
Timişoara
Romania
John Zápolya
István Báthory
1526 Ottoman invasion
István Werbőczy
serfdom
The Virgin Mary
László Székely
György Kiss
Ferenc Erkel
Dózsa György
Communist
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
busy six-lane avenue
metro station
street name
Romania
Serbia

categories: 15th-century Hungarian people,Székely,16th-century Hungarian people,Medieval Transylvanian people,Executed revolutionaries,People from Covasna County,1470s births,Medieval mercenaries,1514 deaths,Executed Hungarian people,16th-century executions by Hungary,Hungarian mercenaries,16th-century rebellions,People executed by torture,Peasant revolts

paragraph: György Dózsa

paragraph: György Dózsa (or "György Székely", ; 1470 – 20 July 1514) was a Székely man-at-arms (and by some accounts, a nobleman) from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility. He was eventually caught, tortured, and executed along with his followers, and remembered as both a Christian martyr and a dangerous criminal. During the reign of king Vladislas II of Hungary (1490–1516), royal power declined in favour of the magnates, who used their power to curtail the peasants’ freedom.

paragraph: Section::::From peasant crusade to rebellion.

paragraph: Dózsa was born in Dálnok (today Dalnic). During the wars against the Ottoman Empire, he was a soldier of fortune who won a reputation for valour.

paragraph: In 1514, the Hungarian chancellor, Tamás Bakócz, returned from the Holy See with a papal bull issued by Leo X authorising a crusade against the Ottomans. He appointed Dózsa to organize and direct the movement. Within a few weeks, Dózsa had gathered an army of some 40,000 so-called "hajdú", consisting for the most part of peasants, wandering students, friars, and parish priests - some of the lowest-ranking groups of medieval society. They assembled in their counties, and by the time he had provided them with some military training, they began to air the grievances of their status. No measures had been taken to supply these voluntary crusaders with food or clothing. As harvest-time approached, the landlords commanded them to return to reap the fields, and, on their refusing to do so, proceeded to maltreat their wives and families and set their armed retainers upon the local peasantry.

paragraph: The volunteers became increasingly angry at the failure of the nobility to provide military leadership (the original and primary function of the nobility and the justification for its higher status in the society.) The rebellious, anti-landlord sentiment of these "Crusaders" became apparent during their march across the Great Hungarian Plain, and Bakócz cancelled the campaign. The movement was thus diverted from its original object, and the peasants and their leaders began a war of vengeance against the landlords.

paragraph: Section::::Growing rebellion.

paragraph: By this time, Dózsa was losing control of the people under his command, who had fallen under the influence of the parson of Cegléd, Lőrinc Mészáros. The rebellion became more dangerous when the towns joined on the side of the peasants. In Buda and elsewhere, the cavalry sent against them were unhorsed as they passed through the gates.

paragraph: The rebellion spread quickly, principally in the central or purely Magyar provinces, where hundreds of manor houses and castles were burnt and thousands of the gentry killed by impalement, crucifixion, and other methods. Dózsa's camp at Cegléd was the centre of the "jacquerie", as all raids in the surrounding area started out from there.

paragraph: In reaction, the papal bull was revoked, and King Vladislaus II issued a proclamation commanding the peasantry to return to their homes under pain of death. By this time, the uprising had attained the dimensions of a revolution; all the vassals of the kingdom were called out against it, and soldiers of fortune were hired in haste from the Republic of Venice, Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire. Meanwhile, Dózsa had captured the city and fortress of Csanád (today's Cenad), and signaled his victory by impaling the bishop and the castellan.

paragraph: Subsequently, at Arad, Lord Treasurer István Telegdy was seized and tortured to death. In general, however, the rebels only executed particularly vicious or greedy noblemen; those who freely submitted were released on parole. Dózsa not only never broke his given word, but frequently assisted the escape of fugitives. He was unable to consistently control his followers, however, and many of them hunted down rivals.

paragraph: Section::::Downfall and execution.

paragraph: In the course of the summer, Dózsa seized the fortresses of Arad, Lippa (today Lipova) and Világos (now Şiria), and provided himself with cannons and trained gunners. One of his bands advanced to within 25 kilometres of the capital. But his ill-armed ploughmen were outmatched by the heavy cavalry of the nobles. Dózsa himself had apparently become demoralized by success: after Csanád, he issued proclamations which can be described as millenarian.

paragraph: As his suppression had become a political necessity, Dózsa was routed at Temesvár (today Timişoara, Romania) by an army of 20,000 led by John Zápolya and István Báthory. He was captured after the battle, and condemned to sit on a smouldering, heated iron throne, and forced to wear a heated iron crown and sceptre (mocking his ambition to be king). While he was suffering, a procession of nine fellow rebels who had been starved beforehand were led to this throne. In the lead was Dózsa's younger brother, Gergely, who was cut in three despite Dózsa asking for Gergely to be spared. Next, executioners removed some pliers from a fire and forced them into Dózsa's skin. After tearing his flesh, the remaining rebels were ordered to bite spots where the hot pliers had been inserted and to swallow the flesh. The three or four who refused were simply cut up, prompting the others to comply. In the end, Dózsa died from the ordeal, while the rebels who obeyed were released and left alone.

paragraph: The revolt was repressed but some 70,000 peasants were tortured. György's execution, and the brutal suppression of the peasants, greatly aided the 1526 Ottoman invasion as the Hungarians were no longer a politically united people. Another consequence was the creation of new laws, an effort in the Hungarian Diet led by István Werbőczy. The resulting Tripartitum elaborated the old rights of peasants, but also greatly enhanced the status of lesser nobility (gentry), erecting an iron curtain between Hungarians until 1848 when serfdom was abolished.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Today, on the site of the martyrdom of the hot throne, there is the statue of The Virgin Mary, built by architect László Székely and sculptor György Kiss. According to the legend, during György Dózsa's torture, some monks saw in his ear the image of Mary. The first statue was raised in 1865, with the actual monument raised in 1906. Hungarian opera composer Ferenc Erkel wrote an opera, "Dózsa György", about him.

paragraph: His revolutionary image and Transylvanian background were drawn upon during the Communist regime of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. The Hungarian component of his movement was downplayed, but its strong anti-feudal character was emphasized.

paragraph: In Budapest, a square, a busy six-lane avenue, and a metro station bear his name, and it is one of the most popular street names in Hungarian villages. A number of streets in several cities of Romania were named "Gheorghe Doja". Also, a number of streets in serval cities of Serbia were named "Ulica Doža Đerđa".

paragraph: Two Postage stamps were issued in his honor by Hungary on 12 June 1919 and on 15 March 1947, the latter in the "social revolutionists" series.

description: Szekler patriot

wikidata_label: Gheorghe Doja

wikipedia_title: György Dózsa


text: Baroque

text: Madrid

text: Pablo González Velázquez

text: Alejandro

text: Antonio

text: La Puebla de Montalbán

text: Province of Toledo

text: rococo

text: Santiago Bonavía

text: Buen Retiro Park

text: Corrado Giaquinto

text: reales

categories: 18th-century Spanish painters,1763 deaths,1715 births,Spanish male painters,People from Madrid,Spanish Baroque painters

paragraph: Luis González Velázquez

paragraph: Luis González Velázquez (August 25, 1715 – May 24, 1763), was a Spanish late-Baroque painter.

paragraph: Velázquez was born in Madrid into a family of artists; his father Pablo González Velázquez and brothers Alejandro and Antonio were all painters. He studied painting at the School Board for the establishment of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando where he was elected academician of merit in 1753 and deputy director of painting a year later.

paragraph: Between 1741 and 1742 he worked in La Puebla de Montalbán, (Province of Toledo), where he executed the murals in the chapel of Our Lady of Solitude, including a series of biblical heroines, which manifests emphatically a rococo style. Since 1744, he collaborated with Santiago Bonavía in the decorations of the theater of Buen Retiro Park. In April 1758 Corrado Giaquinto stated in a memorial that Velázquez had worked under him in the decoration of the Royal Salesians. The same year he was appointed court painter, with a staff of 9,000 reales per year, although the small number of works made for the King suggests that the title was mostly honorary. Velázquez and his wife Luisa had at least one daughter. He died in Madrid on May 24, 1763.

paragraph: Section::::External links and references.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cean Bermudez, John Augustine, Historical Dictionary of the most distinguished teachers of the Fine Arts in Spain, Madrid, 1800, vol. 2, p. 226.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pastor Gutierrez, Ismael, "Portrait of Luis Gonzalez Velazquez ', Yearbook of the Department of History and Theory of Art, No. 1, 1989, p. 139-146.

alias:
Luis Velázquez
Luis Velazquez
Luis Gonzalez Velazquez

description: Spanish painter

wikidata_label: Luis González Velázquez

wikipedia_title: Luis González Velázquez


text:
Baroque
Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez
Jaén
Antonio González Velázquez
Alejandro
Luis
Madrid
José Benito de Churriguera
National Sculpture Museum (Valladolid)
Juan de Juni

categories: Spanish sculptors,1727 deaths,1664 births

paragraph: Pablo González Velázquez

paragraph: Pablo González Velázquez (1664–1727) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor.

paragraph: According to the art historian Juan Agustín Ceán Bermúdez, who is the provider of all known biographical details, Velázquez was born in Jaén and was the head of a family of artists; his sons Antonio González Velázquez, Alejandro and Luis were all painters. He moved to Madrid, where he raised his family and worked for the rest of his life.

paragraph: Of the various works in stone and wood church Ceán attributed in Madrid, the only one that remains is the statue of San Luis executed for the original cover of the local church (1716), moved to the foot of the Carmelite church after the demolition of the old temple, and the sculptures of the Calatravas altarpiece, which according to historian Antonio Bonet Correa must, however, be also attributed to the whole José Benito de Churriguera altarpiece.

paragraph: Ceán also believed the sculptures of St. Joachim and St. Anne's old school of the Irish in the Calvary Street, statues that were given up for lost in 1936 but which would be incorporated into the National Sculpture Museum (Valladolid) from Artistic Recovery Service with attribution to Juan de Juni, is precisely the characteristic of this sculptor, which could also include some other work attributed as the sculptures of Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth preserved in the church of the Venerable Third Order of Madrid.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bonet Correa, Antonio, "The church altarpieces Calatravas Madrid" Spanish Art Archive, 1962, p. 21.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cean Bermudez, John Augustine, Historical Dictionary of the most distinguished teachers of the Fine Arts in Spain, Madrid, 1800, vol. 2, p. 227.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Martín González, Juan José, Baroque Sculpture in Spain 1600/1770, Madrid, Chair, 1983, , p. 378-379.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Urrea Fernandez, Jesus, "A proposal for the sculptor Pablo González Velázquez 'BSAA (1977), p. 484.

alias:
Pablo González
Pablo Gonzalez
Pablo Gonzalez Velazquez

description: Spanish sculptor

wikidata_label: Pablo González Velázquez

wikipedia_title: Pablo González Velázquez


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Cyrus the Great
ruled
Achaemenid Empire
Cambyses I
Anshan
Cyrus the Great
Near East
Central Asia
Egypt
Late Period
Psamtik III
battle of Pelusium
Libya
Kingdom of Kush
Sudan
Sanskrit
Kamboja
Jean Przyluski
Austric
Friedrich von Spiegel
Sten Konow
Ernst Herzfeld
James Hope Moulton
Wojciech Skalmowski
Sanskrit
tribal
Indo-Iranians
Achaemenes
prehistory
James Hope Moulton
Arnold J. Toynbee
Eurasian nomads
Kambojas
Kurus
Migration Period
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Cyrus the Great
Babylon
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Marduk
Herodotus
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Apries
Amasis
Apis bull
Phanes of Halicarnassus
Ctesias
Darius I
Behistun Inscription
Amasis II
Psamtik III
Greeks
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Samos
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Kush
Sudan
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Bardiya
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Damascus
Babylon
Pasargadae
Takht-e Rustam
Naqsh-e Rustam
Tomb of Cyrus
Pasargadae
Neyriz
Fars
Herodotus
Amun
Siwa Oasis
László Almásy
The English Patient
Tom Brown
Orde Wingate
Western Desert
Egypt
Libyan Desert
Harvard University
The National Geographic Society
Egyptian Geological Survey
Ligabue Research Institute
Bahariya Oasis
Siwa (Amon) Oasis
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Thermoluminescence
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oolitic limestone
Sitra Oasis
Bahariya
Helwan University
Siwa Oasis
shockumentaries
Supreme Council of Antiquities
Zahi Hawass
Dakhla Oasis
University of Leiden
Petubastis III
Thomas Preston
Elkanah Settle
Georg Ebers
Ahmed Shawqi
Robert E. Howard
Paul Sussman
Tess Gerritsen
Christopher Golden
Hellboy
Biggles
Harry Turtledove
alternate history
Ruled Britannia
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
"An Egyptian Princess"
Project Gutenberg
"Cambises"
Medieval and Renaissance Drama

categories: 522 BC deaths,Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt,Pharaohs of the Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt,Year of birth unknown,Monarchs of Persia,6th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire,Deaths from gangrene,6th-century BC Pharaohs,6th-century BC Babylonian kings,6th-century BC Iranian people,Kings of the Achaemenid Empire

paragraph: Cambyses II

paragraph: Cambyses II ( "Kambūjiya" "Kanbūzī"; "Kambúsēs"), son of Cyrus the Great (r. 559–530 BC), ruled the Achaemenid Empire from 530 until his death in 522 BC.

paragraph: Cambyses' grandfather was Cambyses I, king of Anshan. Following Cyrus the Great's conquest of the Near East and Central Asia, Cambyses II further expanded the empire into Egypt during the Late Period by defeating the Egyptian Pharaoh Psamtik III during the battle of Pelusium in 525 BC. After the Egyptian campaign and the truce with Libya, Cambyses invaded the Kingdom of Kush (located in what is now the Sudan), but with little success.

paragraph: Section::::Etymology.

paragraph: Though numerous scholars link Cambyses to the Sanskrit tribal name Kamboja there are also a few scholars who suggest an Elamite origin of the name. Jean Przyluski had sought to find an Austric (Kol or Munda) affinity for Kamboja.

paragraph: Friedrich von Spiegel, Sten Konow, Ernst Herzfeld, James Hope Moulton, Wojciech Skalmowski and some other scholars think that "Kambūjiya" is adjectival form of the Sanskrit tribal name "Kamboja".

paragraph: Spiegel also regards Kamboja/Kambujiya (Cambyses) and Kuru/Kyros (Cyrus) as the names of two prehistoric legendary heroes of the Indo-Iranians who were later revived naturally in the royal family of the Achaemenes and further opines that the myths about Cyrus the Great were largely due to the confusion between the historical and the legendary heroes of prehistory.

paragraph: James Hope Moulton regards Spiegel's suggestions as the best of other etymological explanations of these two names. On the other hand, Arnold J. Toynbee discusses the issue of two Persian names Kambujiya (Cambyses) as well as Kurush (Cyrus) elaborately and regards them both as derived from two groups of Eurasian nomads, the Kambojas and the Kurus, mentioned in the Sanskrit texts and who, according to him, had entered India and Iran in the Migration Period of the eighth and seventh century BC.

paragraph: Toynbee concludes that the conquest of the world by the elder branch of the House of Achaemenes had been achieved by the valor of the Kuru and Kamboja Nomad reinforcements; hence, as a commemoration, the elder branch of the House had named all their great princes from Cyrus I onwards, alternately, as Cyrus (Kurosh/Kuru) and Cambyses (Kambujiya/Kamboja).

paragraph: Section::::Rise to power.

paragraph: When Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BC, Cambyses was employed in leading religious ceremonies. In the cylinder which contains Cyrus' proclamation to the Babylonians, Cambyses' name is joined to his father's in the prayers to Marduk. On a tablet dated from the first year of Cyrus, Cambyses is called king of Babylon, although his authority seems to have been ephemeral. Only in 530 BC, when Cyrus set out on his last expedition into the East, did Cyrus associate Cambyses with the throne. Numerous Babylonian tablets of the time date from the accession and the first year of Cambyses, when Cyrus was "king of the countries" (i.e., of the world).

paragraph: After the death of his father in 530 BC, Cambyses became sole king. The tablets dating from his reign in Babylonia run to the end of his eighth year, in 522 BC. Herodotus (3.66), who dates his reign from the death of Cyrus, gives his reign a length of seven years five months, from 530 BC to the summer of 523 BC.

paragraph: Section::::Traditions.

paragraph: The traditions about Cambyses, preserved by the Greek authors, come from two different sources. One, which forms the main part of the account of Herodotus (3. 2–4; 10–37), is of Egyptian origin. Cambyses is made the legitimate son of Cyrus and a daughter of Apries named Nitetis (Herod. 3.2, Dinon fr. II, Polyaen. viii. 29), whose death he avenges on the successor of the usurper Amasis. Nevertheless, (Herod. 3.1 and Ctesias a/i. Athen. Xiii. 560), the Persians corrected this tradition:

paragraph: Cambyses wants to marry a daughter of Amasis, who sends him a daughter of Apries instead of his own daughter, and by her Cambyses is induced to begin the war. His great crime is the killing of the Apis bull, for which he is punished by madness, in which he commits many other crimes, kills his brother and his sister, and at last loses his empire and dies from a wound in the thigh, at the same place where he had wounded the sacred animal.

paragraph: Intermingled are some stories derived from the Greek mercenaries, especially about their leader Phanes of Halicarnassus, who betrayed Egypt to the Persians. In the Persian tradition the crime of Cambyses is the murder of his brother; he is further accused of drunkenness, in which state he commits many crimes, and thus accelerates his ruin.

paragraph: These traditions are found in different passages of Herodotus, and in a later form, but with some trustworthy detail about his household, in the fragments of Ctesias. With the exception of Babylonian dated tablets and some Egyptian inscriptions, no contemporary evidence exists about the reign of Cambyses but the short account of Darius I in the Behistun Inscription. It is difficult to form a correct picture of Cambyses's character from the inscriptions.

paragraph: Section::::Darius' account.

paragraph: Section::::Darius' account.:Conquest of Egypt.

paragraph: It was quite natural that, after Cyrus had conquered the Middle East, Cambyses should undertake the conquest of Egypt, the only remaining independent state in that part of the world. The war took place in 525 BC, when Amasis II had just been succeeded by his son Psamtik III. Cambyses had prepared for the march through the desert by forming an alliance with Arabian chieftains, who brought a large supply of water to the stations. King Amasis had hoped that Egypt would be able to withstand the threatened Persian attack through his alliance with the Greeks.

paragraph: However, this hope failed, as the Cypriot towns and the tyrant Polycrates of Samos, who possessed a large fleet, now preferred to join the Persians, and the commander of the Greek troops, Phanes of Halicarnassus, also went over to them. In the decisive battle at Pelusium the Egyptian army was defeated, and shortly afterwards Memphis was taken. The captive king Psammetichus was executed, having attempted a rebellion. The Egyptian inscriptions show that Cambyses officially adopted the titles and the dress of the Pharaohs.

paragraph: Section::::Darius' account.:Attempts to conquer south and west of Egypt.

paragraph: From Egypt, Cambyses attempted the conquest of Kush, located in the modern Sudan, but his army was not able to cross the deserts and after heavy losses he was forced to return. The logistical difficulties in crossing desert terrain were compounded by the fierce response of the Kushite armies, particularly accurate volleys of archery that not only decimated Persian ranks, but targeted the eyes of individual Persian warriors. One historical source notes:

paragraph: In an inscription from Napata (in the Berlin museum) the Nubian king Nastasen relates that he had defeated the troops of "Kambasuten" and taken all his ships. This was once thought to refer to Cambyses II (H. Schafer, "Die Aethiopische Königsinschrift des Berliner Museums", 1901); however, Nastasen lived far later and was likely referring to Khabash. Another expedition against the Siwa Oasis also failed and the plan of attacking Carthage was frustrated by the refusal of the Phoenicians to operate against their kindred.

paragraph: Section::::Darius' account.:The death of Cambyses.

paragraph: According to most ancient historians, in Persia the throne was seized by a man posing as his brother Bardiya, most likely a magus, or a Zoroastrian priest named Gaumata. Some modern historians consider that this person really was Bardiya, whereas the story that he was an impostor was spread by Darius I after he became monarch.

paragraph: Whoever this new monarch was, Cambyses attempted to march against him, but died shortly after under disputed circumstances. According to Darius, who was Cambyses' lance-bearer at the time, he decided that success was impossible, and died by his own hand in 522 BC. Herodotus and Ctesias ascribe his death to an accident. Ctesias writes that Cambyses, despondent from the loss of family members, stabbed himself in the thigh while working with a piece of wood. He died eleven days later from the wound. Herodotus' story is that while mounting his horse, the tip of Cambyses' scabbard broke and his sword pierced his thigh—Herodotus mentions it is the same place where he stabbed a sacred cow in Egypt. He then died of gangrene of the bone and mortification of the wound. Some modern historians suspect that Cambyses was assassinated, either by Darius as the first step to usurping the empire for himself, or by supporters of Bardiya. According to Herodotus (3.64) he died in Ecbatana; Josephus ("Antiquites" xi. 2. 2) names Damascus; Ctesias, Babylon, which is highly unlikely.

paragraph: The location of Cambyses' tomb is uncertain and has been debated for a long time. Some archaeologists believe that he was buried in Pasargadae, and identify the tower known as "Zendan-e Sulaiman" as his tomb. The possibly unfinished stone platform known as Takht-e Rustam near Naqsh-e Rustam has long been suggested by archaeologists as a location for Cambyses' tomb, based on the similarity of its design and dimensions with those of the Tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae. However, among the Persepolis Fortification Tablets there is one in Elamite that refers to the "šumar of Cambyses and Lady Upanduš in Narezzaš" (NN 2174). Henkelman has argued that šumar should be translated as "tomb." Since Narezzaš is typically identified with the modern area of Neyriz in Fars province, Henkelman argues that Cambyses' tomb must have been located in that area. The Lady Upanduš of the text is not known from any other source, but could have been Cambyses' queen.

paragraph: Section::::Lost army.

paragraph: According to Herodotus 3.26, Cambyses sent an army to threaten the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis. The army of 50,000 men was halfway across the desert when a massive sandstorm buried them all. Although many Egyptologists regard the story as apocryphal, people have searched for the remains of the soldiers for years. They have included Count László Almásy (on whom the novel "The English Patient" is based) and modern geologist Tom Brown. In January 1933, Orde Wingate searched unsuccessfully in the Western Desert of Egypt, then known as the Libyan Desert.

paragraph: From September 1983 to February 1984, Gary S. Chafetz, an American journalist and author, led an expedition, sponsored by Harvard University, The National Geographic Society, the Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority, and the Ligabue Research Institute. The six-month search was conducted along the Egyptian-Libyan border in a remote 100-square-kilometer area of complex dunes south west of the uninhabited Bahariya Oasis, approximately 100 miles south east of Siwa (Amon) Oasis. The $250,000 expedition had at its disposal 20 Egyptian geologists and labourers, a National Geographic photographer, two Harvard Film Studies documentary film-makers, three camels, an ultra-light aircraft, and ground-penetrating radar. The expedition discovered approximately 500 tumuli but no artifacts. Several tumuli contained bone fragments. Thermoluminescence later dated the fragments to 1500 BC, approximately 1,000 years earlier than the Lost Army. A recumbent winged sphinx carved in oolitic limestone was also discovered in a cave in the uninhabited Sitra Oasis (between Bahariya and Siwa Oases); its provenance appeared to be Persian. Chafetz was arrested when he returned to Cairo in February 1984 for "smuggling an airplane into Egypt" even though he had the written permission of the Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority to bring the aircraft into the country. He was interrogated for 24 hours. The charges were dropped after he promised to "donate" the ultra-light to the Egyptian Government. The aircraft now sits in the Egyptian War Museum in Cairo with a caption that claimed it was from an Israeli spy.

paragraph: In the summer of 2000, a Helwan University geological team, prospecting for petroleum in Egypt's Western Desert, came across well-preserved fragments of textiles, bits of metal resembling weapons, and human remains that it believed to be traces of the Lost Army of Cambyses. The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities announced that it would organize an expedition to investigate the site, but released no further information.

paragraph: In November 2009, two Italian archaeologists, Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni, announced the discovery of human remains, tools and weapons which date to the era of the Persian army. The artefacts were located near Siwa Oasis.

paragraph: According to these two archaeologists this is the first archaeological evidence of the story reported by Herodotus. While working in the area, the researchers noticed a half-buried pot, some human remains, and what could have been a natural shelter. However, these "two Italian archaeologists" presented their discoveries in a documentary film rather than a scientific journal. Doubts have been raised because the Castiglioni brothers also happen to be the two film-makers who produced five controversial African shockumentaries in the 1970s (including "Addio ultimo uomo", "Africa ama", and "Africa dolce e selvaggia") which audiences saw unedited footage of the severing of a penis, the skinning of a human corpse, the deflowering of a girl with a stone phallus, and a group of hunters tearing apart an elephant’s carcass.

paragraph: The Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, has said in a press release that media reports of the discovery "are unfounded and misleading" and that "The Castiglioni brothers have not been granted permission by the SCA to excavate in Egypt, so anything they claim to find is not to be believed."

paragraph: As a result of his excavations at the Dakhla Oasis, in 2015 Olaf E. Kaper of the University of Leiden argued that the Lost Army was not destroyed by a sandstorm, but rather ambushed and defeated by a rebel Egyptian pharaoh, Petubastis III. Petubastis was later defeated by Cambyses' successor Darius I, who purportedly invented the sandstorm story in order to remove Petubastis and his rebellion from Egyptian memory.

paragraph: Section::::In fiction.

paragraph: Cambyses II has appeared as a character in several works of fiction. Thomas Preston's play "King Cambyses, a lamentable Tragedy, mixed full of pleasant mirth" was probably produced in the 1560s. A tragedy by Elkanah Settle, "Cambyses, King of Persia", was produced in 1667. Cambyses and his downfall are also central to Egyptologist Georg Ebers' 1864 novel, "Eine ägyptische Königstochter" ("An Egyptian Princess"). "Qambeez" is a 1931 play about him by Ahmed Shawqi. In 1929, Robert E. Howard (under the pseudonym "Patrick Howard") published a poem, "", about Cambyses's death. He is a main character in "Tamburas" (1965; English translation 1967) by Karlheinz Grosser.

paragraph: Paul Sussman's novel "The Lost Army of Cambyses" (2002) recounts the story of rival archaeological expeditions searching for the remains of his army. An archaeological search for Cambyses' army is an important plot device in Tess Gerritsen's novel "The Keepsake" (2008). The lost army also features in Christopher Golden's "Hellboy" novel "The Lost Army" (2003), and "Biggles Flies South" (1938).

paragraph: In Harry Turtledove's alternate history novel "Ruled Britannia", Christopher Marlowe, who in our timeline died in 1593, is still alive in 1597 and has written a play about Cambyses. No details are given about the play, except that a Ghost, played by viewpoint character William Shakespeare, appears in it.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: Section::::External links.:Literature.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ebers, Georg. "An Egyptian Princess" 1864. (English translation of "Eine ägyptische Königstochter") at Project Gutenberg.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Preston, Thomas. "Cambises" 1667. Plaintext ed. Gerard NeCastro (closer to original spelling) in his collection Medieval and Renaissance Drama.

description: son of Cyrus the Great

wikidata_label: Cambyses II

wikipedia_title: Cambyses II


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Byzantine Emperor
Romanos II
Theophano
Nikephoros II
John I
Basil II
Byzantine Empire
Zoë
Romanos Argyros
Romanos II
Macedonian dynasty
Hugh of Arles
Theophano
Basil
Anna
Vladimir I of Kiev
Boris II of Bulgaria
Helena, daughter of Alypius
Zoë
Theodora
imperial government
Nikephoros Phokas
Joseph Bringas
John Tzimiskes
Patriarch
Polyeuktos
Theodora
blinding
Anatolia
Constantine Dalessenos, Duke of Antioch
Armeniac Theme
Constantinople
Romanos Argyros
List of Byzantine emperors
Constantine VIII coinage

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paragraph: Constantine VIII

paragraph: Constantine VIII (, "Kōnstantinos VIII") (960 – 11 November 1028) was the Byzantine Emperor from 15 December 1025 until his death in 1028. He was the younger son of Emperor Romanos II and Empress Theophano. He was nominal co-emperor for 63 years from 962, successively with his father; stepfather, Nikephoros II; uncle (by marriage), John I; and brother, Basil II.

paragraph: Basil II died childless in 1025 and thus left the rule of the Byzantine Empire in Constantine's hands. Constantine had no interest in politics, statecraft or the military. His brief reign is said to have been "an unmitigated disaster", sparking "a collapse of the military power of the Empire". Constantine had no sons, so shortly before his death he married his daughter Zoë to his chosen successor Romanos Argyros.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Constantine's father, Romanos II, was the sixth Byzantine emperor of the Macedonian dynasty. After the death of his first wife, Bertha (who took the name Eudocia), daughter of Hugh of Arles, he fell in love with and married an innkeeper's daughter from the Peloponnese, Theophano. Contemporaries called Theophano the most beautiful woman in Christendom as well as ambitious, an inveterate schemer and utterly amoral. She bore Romanos four children, including Constantine, born in 960, and his elder brother Basil, born in 958. His sister Anna's hand was considered such a prize that Vladimir I of Kiev converted to Christianity in order to marry her. Aged eight, Constantine was engaged to a daughter of Emperor Boris II of Bulgaria but in the end he married a Byzantine aristocrat named Helena, daughter of Alypius. By Helena he had three daughters: Eudokia, who became a nun; Zoë, who was empress for 22 years; and Theodora, who reigned for 18 months and was the last of the Macedonian line.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Childhood.

paragraph: Romanos died in 963, amidst rumours that Theophano had poisoned him; Constantine was three years old. Constantine and his brother had been crowned co-emperors by their father in March 962. The widowed Theophano installed herself as regent for her sons and promptly purged the imperial government, appointing her own men. Passing over a bevy of suitors among Constantinople's courtiers, she made an alliance with Nikephoros Phokas. Nikephoros, a physically repulsive ascetic twice her age, was the greatest military hero of the Empire. In return for her hand, the childless Nikephoros gave his sacred pledge to protect her children and their interests. Nikephoros entered Constantinople three months after Romanos' death, breaking the resistance of Joseph Bringas, a eunuch palace official who had been Romanos' chief counsellor, in street fighting. Nikephoros was crowned emperor in the presence of his nominal co-emperors, Constantine and Basil. A month later he married their mother.

paragraph: Six years later, Nikephoros was murdered at Theophano's instigation and her lover and co-conspirator John Tzimiskes was acclaimed emperor. Tzimiskes proposed to marry Theophano but the Empress had by then been too damaged by gossip and rumours, many of them accurate. Patriarch Polyeuktos refused to perform the coronation unless Tzimiskes removed the "scarlet empress" from the court. Tzimiskes calculated that his legitimacy would be better enhanced by church approval than betrothal to the unpopular empress and acceded to the Patriarch's demands. Theophano was sent into exile and Tzimiskes was crowned, again with Constantine and Basil as co-emperors. He married Theodora, Constantine's aunt.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Adulthood.

paragraph: Following the death of Tzimiskes in January 976, Basil and Constantine took power. Although the sixteen year old Constantine was nominally co-emperor it was clear that Basil was senior emperor as "Basileus" Basil II. Constantine as a young man was tall and graceful, he was a superb horseman and trained his own horses. He competed in athletic and wrestling competitions, which he brought back into fashion. He had an excellent speaking voice and a good grasp of rhetoric. He was a gourmet and a gourmand. He had no interest in politics, statecraft or the military and never developed any. Constantine led troops alongside his brother in 989; the campaign ended without any combat and Constantine was not appointed to military command again.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Emperor.

paragraph: Basil II had an illustrious reign, earning the sobriquet "Bulgar-slayer" (Bulgaroktonus). He died childless on 15 December 1025 and Constantine, a sixty-five-year-old widower, became sole emperor as Constantine VIII. He had been a co-emperor for sixty-three years but had always been content to enjoy the privileges of imperial status, without concerning himself with state affairs. He spent his life in the search of pleasure and entertainment, or amusing himself with riding and hunting. He was "of frivolous disposition, he desired nothing more than to pass his life wallowing in extravagant pleasures." Constantine as emperor carried on as he always had – hunting, feasting, and enjoying life – and avoided state business as much as possible.

paragraph: By the time he became emperor he had chronic gout and could hardly walk. He met challenges with impulsive cruelty, persecuting the nobility and ordering an orgy of torture; blinding was a favoured punishment for crimes real or imagined. He filled the senior court and state positions with nonentities. Within months the land laws of Basil II were dropped, under pressure from the Anatolian aristocracy. "Devoid of any semblance of moral fibre" he would grant any concession. Favouritism failed to win him friends and he persecuted the nobility when he felt threatened by conspiracy. The start of the decline of the Byzantine Empire has been linked to Constantine's accession to the throne. His reign has been described as "an unmitigated disaster", "a break up of the system" and causing "a collapse of the military power of the Empire".

paragraph: He ruled for less than three years before his death on 11 November 1028. On his deathbed, and without a male heir, Constantine recalled the senior aristocrat Constantine Dalessenos, Duke of Antioch, to the capital in order to marry his daughter Zoë. The Dalassenus were one of the few powerful patrician families who had been unswervingly loyal to the Macedonian dynasty. Constantine Dalassenos set out from his estates in the Armeniac Theme, but before reaching Constantinople the situation changed: the emperor's advisors preferred a weak ruler whom they could control, and, typically, Constantine was persuaded. He choose Romanos Argyros instead, forcing him to divorce his wife and marry Zoë. The wedding took place only three days before Constantine died on 11 November 1028. Romanos was crowned Romanos III () four days later.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Byzantine emperors

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Constantine VIII coinage

description: Byzantine emperor

wikidata_label: Constantine VIII

wikipedia_title: Constantine VIII


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French
architect
Charles Percier
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
Premier Grand Prix de Rome
Paris
Pantheon
Rome
architectural drawing
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Paul Abadie
Richard Lane
Académie des Beaux-Arts
Institut de France

categories: Alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts,Prix de Rome for architecture,1785 births,19th-century French architects,1853 deaths,Members of the Académie des beaux-arts

paragraph: Achille Leclère

paragraph: Achille-François-René Leclère (29 October 1785 – 23 December 1853) was a French architect and teacher of architecture.

paragraph: Achille Leclère studied architecture under Charles Percier and Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand. After finishing his studies, he won the 1808 Premier Grand Prix de Rome where the final round topic was, "Public baths in Paris".

paragraph: In 1813, Leclère made a noted restoration of the Pantheon in Rome. Indeed, Achille Leclere's architectural drawings of the Pantheon are regarded by many as the best ever made.

paragraph: In 1815, he opened a renowned architectural atelier from which many eminent architects graduated, including the French architects Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Paul Abadie, and Alfred Armand and the English architect Richard Lane.

paragraph: He was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France in 1831.

alias:
François-René Leclère
Achille François René Leclère
Achille Francois Rene Leclere
Achille Leclere
Achille François Reneé Leclerc
Achille-François-René Leclère

description: French architect

wikidata_label: Achille Leclère

wikipedia_title: Achille Leclère


text:
lyra
Byzantine lyra
Anogeia
Crete
destroyed
occupying forces
Nikos Xylouris
George Xylouris
lyra
World Music Institute
Town Hall
Minehead
All Tomorrow's Parties
Brisbane
Mount Buller
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Daemonia Nymphe
Vinicio Capossela
Byzantine Lyra
Cretan Lyra
Music of Crete
Official Web site of Psarantonis

categories: 1942 births,Living people,Cretan musicians

paragraph: Psarantonis

paragraph: Antonis Xylouris (; born September 6, 1942), nicknamed Psarantonis (), is a Greek composer, singer and performer of lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Psarantonis comes from the mountainous village of Anogeia in Crete which during the WW II was destroyed by the German occupying forces, when he was just two years old. Psarantonis is the younger brother of the late Nikos Xylouris, a notable Cretan singer/musician as well as the older brother of Yiannis Xylouris, an equally notable Cretan musician. Psarantonis is also the father of Cretan musician George Xylouris.

paragraph: Psarantonis is known for the special timbre of his voice and his lyra playing style. Apart from the lyra Psarantonis plays various traditional instruments.

paragraph: He first played the lyre at the age of 13 and recorded his first single in 1964, titled "I Thought of Denying You" (). He has released many recordings since then and has represented Greece many times in festivals abroad.

paragraph: In May 2005, Psarantonis performed at the World Music Institute's 20th anniversary benefit concert at Town Hall, New York. In 2007 at the festival Rock "All tomorrow's Parties" in Minehead, UK. In January 2009, he gave memorable performances in the rock music festival All Tomorrow's Parties hosted in Brisbane, Sydney and Mount Buller (in Victoria) and curated by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

paragraph: In 2007 he worked with Daemonia Nymphe on their album "Krataia Asterope" doing the vocals and playing the lyra in the track "Dios Astrapaiou"

paragraph: He has also worked with the Italian singer and songwriter Vinicio Capossela, similarly as his son Labis.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1973: Κρητική Ξαστερία

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976: Η Μάχη της Κρήτης

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976: Πηγές

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978: Σαϊτέματα

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1982: Αναστορήματα

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1983: Οι ρίζες μου

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1985: Εκτός Εαυτού

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986: Να κάμω θέλω ταραχή

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1989: Τα μεράκια του Ψαραντώνη

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1990: Από φλόγες η Κρήτη ζωσμένη

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: 30 Χρόνια Ψαραντώνης

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: Μαθήματα Πατριδογνωσίας

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991: Ο γιος του Ψηλορείτη – Son of Psiloritis

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: Παλιό κρασί 'ναι η σκέψη μου – My thoughts are like old wine

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1995: Μουσική Ανοιξη

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1996: Από Καρδιάς – De Profundis

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: Cretan Music – The way of Psarantonis

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998: Νογώ – I reckon reflexions

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1999: Ιδαίον Άνδρον -Idaion Antron

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: Τέσσερις Δρόμοι για τον Ερωτόκριτο

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: Λεόντιος Μαχαιράς – Χρονικό της Κύπρου (Μουσική Ψαραντώνης)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2000: Χαϊνιδες – Ο Ξυπόλυτος Πρίγκιπας

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2001: Νίκος Κυπουργος -Τα Μυστικά του Κήπου

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: Ριζίτικα – Rizitika

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: Παπά-Στεφανής ο Νίκας-Αγρίμι και Κοράσο

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: Ψαραντωνης & Βασίλης Σκουλάς – Άνθη του Χρόνου

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: Να 'χεν η Θάλασσα βουνά – Had the Sea mountains

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008 :Σαν Πυροβατης

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2008: Αντάρτες των βουνών – Mountain rebels

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: Εκειά που θέλω

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Byzantine Lyra

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cretan Lyra

paragraph: BULLET::::- Music of Crete

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Web site of Psarantonis

description: Greek songwriter

wikidata_label: Psarantonis

wikipedia_title: Psarantonis


text:
stand up
goth
lesbian
transsexual
black comedy
Chorley
Lancashire
Manchester Metropolitan University
nervous breakdown
trans woman
sex reassignment surgery
Josie Long
compere
Preston
eye shadow
fetish clothing
observational comedy
innuendo
Manchester Pride
supporting act
Mick Miller
Brendon Burns
Leicester Comedy Festival
autism
ADHD
OCD
agoraphobia
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
BBC Tyne
Marilyn Manson
Corrie's
Hayley Cropper
BBC Tees
The List
The Scotsman
abortion
infidelity
suicide
The Independent on Sunday
Pink List
LGBT
The Daily Star
alcoholism
drug addiction
Cucumber
Banana
Doctor Who
Sleep No More
Peter Capaldi
Jenna Coleman
Mark Gatiss
The Sun Makers
The Chase

categories: LGBT entertainers from England,Goth subculture,1978 births,English women comedians,LGBT comedians,Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University,English stand-up comedians,People from Chorley,Black comedy,Living people,Transgender and transsexual actresses

paragraph: Bethany Black

paragraph: Bethany Black (born 24 December 1978) is an English stand up comedian and actor. Described as "Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian", Black is known for performing black comedy, dealing with controversial subjects.

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: Born in Chorley, Lancashire, Black had a troubled childhood, suffering from depression. She attended Manchester Metropolitan University where she got a degree in film, television and cultural studies. Black had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide on several occasions. She has described her attempts in detail. She then came out to her family twice: first as a trans woman, and then as a lesbian. Black underwent sex reassignment surgery and discusses her transition in her stand-up act.

paragraph: Originally, she was hesitant about entering stand-up because she felt that the best comedians were older people. However, Black changed her mind after seeing Josie Long, someone younger than her, perform successfully while using material similar to her own. At the age of 25 she started her career, first as a compere for a music club in Preston called "Club Fuzzy", where she provided comedy between the music acts. After a hostile reaction, she then began performing in actual comedy clubs. Black adopted a "Fairy Gothmother" style, performing her routines dressed in black, with black eye shadow and sometimes wearing fetish clothing. Most of her comedy is a combination of observational comedy mixed with innuendo.

paragraph: Her career grew when in 2005 she opened the Manchester Pride festival. She also became a supporting act for other comedians such as Mick Miller and attracted positive reviews from other comedians such as Brendon Burns. In 2007, she became a finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards. In 2008, Black started performing her show "Beth Becomes Her", which tells the story of Black's childhood. She had previously resisted performing material about her life story for fear of how her audience would react. However, the show went down well with most of the audience. It was nominated for the award for "Best Debut" at the Leicester Comedy Festival.

paragraph: Black was diagnosed in 2018 with autism, ADHD, OCD, and agoraphobia; these diagnoses were prominently referenced in her show "Unwinnable" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe later that year.

paragraph: Section::::Reception.

paragraph: Black reached the final of "2006 Funny Bones New Comedian of the Year" competition, the Chortle Student Comedy Awards in 2007, and was nominated for the "Best Debut" award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2008.

paragraph: Many critics believe that Black will be a successful comedian in the future, although her act has been criticized. The U.K. Comedy Guide "Chortle.co.uk" wrote in October 2006 that "Bethany's by no means the finished product, remaining entertaining rather than a must-see, but she seems to be in possession of all the comic tools it'll take to get her there – most crucially a sharp tongue and an engaging personality you'd like to hear more from."

paragraph: Yve Ngoo from BBC Tyne said in November 2006 that, "A seductively intriguing cross between Marilyn Manson and "Corrie's" Hayley Cropper (I'm alluding to ambiguous androgyny), Bethany's material is as black as her eye shadow and her delivery as dead-pan as a Goth at a garden centre."

paragraph: In July 2007, Paul Jameson from BBC Tees wrote that, "New to the comedy circuit, Bethany strikes a sullen and almost apologetic presence on stage, and her comedy matches her appearance. She appears to not have quite decided whether to base her act on ridiculing suicidal Goths, or actually court the idea that she is one! This all resulted in a rather confusing set without much continuity. However, saying that, she did raise a number of laughs throughout her set and I'm sure with more experience and some polishing of her persona, she could be a lot better."

paragraph: Paul Dale from "The List" attacked her "Beth Becomes Her" show in August 2008 saying, "It's hard to think of a show with a more personal pedigree at this year's Fringe. Unfortunately there is so little edge to the likeable but bland Black and her nervy nice-girl delivery allows her to murder the comedy gold dust and linger over the mundane. Disappointingly second rate."

paragraph: However, David Pollock from "The Scotsman" was more positive saying, "This shock value is an integral part of Black's routine, but the obvious comfort this tall, emo-styled stand-up has in her new self is heartening. That her story starts with abortion, infidelity and suicide attempts and ends on a note of encouragement leaves a warm glow of optimism. But of course, Black's not here to make us feel good."

paragraph: In 2011, Black came 96th in "The Independent on Sunday"'s "Pink List" of influential LGBT Britons.

paragraph: In 2018, "The Daily Star" put Black on their list of celebrities flying the flag for the LGBT community and consider her a role model.

paragraph: Section::::Current projects.

paragraph: Black is to perform a new show at the Fringe titled, "Love and a Colt 45", which covers other aspects of her life including her former alcoholism and drug addiction. She is also planning to adapt "Beth Becomes Her" for television with Paul Schlesinger.

paragraph: In 2011, Black co-founded Funny's Funny, a comedy organisation that set out to provide a free-entry comedy competition for female comedians.

paragraph: Black plays Helen Brears in Channel 4 series "Cucumber", which premiered in January 2015. She is also the protagonist of an episode of the E4 sister series "Banana".

paragraph: On 14 November 2015, Black guest starred as 474 in the ninth episode of the ninth season of "Doctor Who", titled "Sleep No More". Black's character was a Grunt; a cloned warrior designed for physical strength rather than intelligence, and identifiable by tattoo-like markings on her face. Black's co-stars in the episode included Reece Shearsmith alongside regulars Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. As a lifelong "Doctor Who" fan, Black was delighted by her casting and reportedly confused writer Mark Gatiss by asking if the episode would be linked to 1977's "The Sun Makers", as both were set in the 38th century.

paragraph: On 21 November she appeared as a contestant on "The Chase".

description: Stand up comedian

wikidata_label: Bethany Black

wikipedia_title: Bethany Black


text:
Berne
Zürich
Paris
Swiss Army
World War II
Switzerland in World War II
Artnet entry

categories: 1897 births,Swiss male painters,1954 deaths,20th-century Swiss painters,People from Bern

paragraph: Friedrich Traffelet

paragraph: Friedrich Eduard Traffelet, popularly Fritz Traffelet (1897–1954) was a Bernese painter and illustrator.

paragraph: After studies in Zürich and Paris, he married Alice Rondi in 1921. In the 1930s, Traffelet gained renown as a military painter and served in the Swiss Army during World War II from 1939 to 1945. Done in a 19th-century style, his paintings and illustrations of soldierly life have become defining images of Switzerland in World War II.

paragraph: In the 1940s and 1950s, Traffelet also executed a wide range of portraits, landscape paintings and facade paintings. They most often depict historic or traditional genre scenes, reflecting his generally conservative outlook.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Artnet entry for Friedrich Traffelet

alias:
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet
Fritz Traffelet
Fritz Eduard Traffelet
f. traffelet

description: Swiss painter and illustrator

wikidata_label: Friedrich Traffelet

wikipedia_title: Friedrich Traffelet


text:
Pitești
racing driver
Romania
karting
KF3
2011
single-seaters
Formula Abarth
Jenzer Motorsport
Misano
Circuit de Catalunya
GP3 Series
2012
2013
MW
Arden
Daniil Kvyat
Carlos Sainz Jr.
2012
Italian Formula Three Championship
Ghinzani Arco Motorsport
Hungaroring
Mugello Circuit
Misano
Imola
Silverstone
Spa-Francorchamps
2015 season
Rapax
Sergey Sirotkin
Campos Racing
Monaco
2017 season
Jerez
Álex Palou

categories: Italian Formula Three Championship drivers,Sportspeople from Pitești,GP2 Series drivers,Romanian racing drivers,1996 births,Auto GP drivers,Formula Abarth drivers,Formula Masters China drivers,Living people,GP3 Series drivers

paragraph: Robert Vișoiu

paragraph: Robert Vișoiu (born 10 February 1996 in Pitești) is a former racing driver from Romania.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Karting.

paragraph: At the age of six, Vișoiu first sat behind the wheel of a kart, the beginning of his karting career. He raced primarily in his native Romania up to 2009, becoming a two-time champion in the Mini Class and champion in the KF3 category. In 2009 Vișoiu switched to International KF3 competitions.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Formula Abarth.

paragraph: In 2011, Vișoiu graduated to single-seaters, racing in the Formula Abarth series for Jenzer Motorsport. Race victory in Misano and another two podiums saw him finish on sixth position in the Italian series. In European Series the Romanian driver finished on fourth place with two race victories, including win in series' finale at Circuit de Catalunya.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:GP3 Series.

paragraph: Vișoiu continued his collaboration with Jenzer Motorsport into the GP3 Series in 2012. He finished the season fourteenth overall with twenty-four points, including a podium finish in Barcelona. In 2013, he raced for MW Arden alongside series debutants Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Formula Three.

paragraph: Despite his GP3 committents, Vișoiu also took part in the 2012 Italian Formula Three Championship with Ghinzani Arco Motorsport. He finished the season ninth overall, scoring two podiums at the Hungaroring and winning the sprint race at the Mugello Circuit round. Vișoiu did not take part in the Misano or Imola rounds, owing to clashes with the Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps rounds of the GP3 Series season.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:GP2 Series.

paragraph: Originally intending to leave motorsport to focus on his education, it was announced that Vișoiu would partake in the 2015 season, racing with Rapax. There he finished seventeenth overall, in sharp contrast to his third placed teammate Sergey Sirotkin.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:FIA Formula 2.

paragraph: After a year out of motorsport in 2016, Vișoiu was signed to Campos Racing from the Monaco round of the 2017 season onwards. However Vișoiu departed the series and all forms of motorsport before the Jerez round, calling time on his racing career and subsequently being replaced by Álex Palou.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.

paragraph: Section::::Racing record.:Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results.

paragraph: Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

description: Romanian racing driver

wikidata_label: Robert Vișoiu

wikipedia_title: Robert Vișoiu


text:
American Football
running back
National Football League
Kansas City Chiefs
2013 NFL season
college football
Charleston Golden Eagles
Madison, West Virginia
Yawkey, West Virginia
Kennedy Award
running back
kick returner
University of Charleston
NCAA
National Football League
Kansas City Chiefs
Canadian Football League
Ottawa Redblacks
Fall Experimental Football League
Wichita Falls Nighthawks
Indoor Football League

categories: People from Lincoln County, West Virginia,Wichita Falls Nighthawks players,Blacktips (FXFL) players,1990 births,Charleston Golden Eagles football players,Living people

paragraph: Jordan Roberts (American football)

paragraph: Jordan Taylor Roberts (born May 29, 1990) is a retired American Football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was first signed by the Kansas City Chiefs for the 2013 NFL season, but signed with Ottawa later that year after his release. He played "college football" for the Charleston Golden Eagles. Roberts ran a 4.49 40 at his pro day in front of 8 NFL scouts at Fairmont State. Roberts set the single game (301), single season (1,572), career rushing records (3,383) and career all-purpose yards (4,918) at Charleston … Earned first-team all-conference and all-region as a junior and senior, and second team All-American in 2011 and third-team All-American in 2012 ... On November 10, 2012, he scored five touchdowns and set the NCAA Division II rushing record for a half (273) en route to 301 total yards.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Roberts graduated from Scott High School in Madison, West Virginia in 2008. He lives in Yawkey, West Virginia. At Madison, Roberts received 1st team all-state honors as a running back and quarterback in his senior and junior seasons, and was the Kennedy Award Winner in 2007. He was also an EA Sports All-American for runningback and quarterback. Roberts was also selected to play in the Max-Emfinger All-American game which was in Jackson, Mississippi where he had a break-out week and may have been the biggest sleeper prospect in the game. Roberts showed quick moves and break-away speed in the game in which he scored a 22-yard TD. He also delivered several big hits on special teams for the East. Among other things his statistics during his senior season included rushing for 3,826 yards a state record, 11.36 yards per carry, 48 rushing touchdowns, 32.3 yards average a punt return, 36.3 average a kick-off return, 686 yards passing, 7 passing touchdowns, 1 interception return touchdown, 115 tackles, and a combined 56 touchdowns in a season.

paragraph: Section::::College career.

paragraph: Roberts began his career at West Virginia University. He took a redshirt his freshman season and earned Scout Team Player of the Year. His redshirt freshman year in the Blue-Gold Spring Game he had a 65-yard touchdown on the first string defense. Despite his Spring game production he only received time that year on special teams recording 5 tackles. He opted to transfer after his redshirt freshman year to the University of Charleston in West Virginia. While playing as a running back and kick returner for the University of Charleston Golden Eagles he has accumulated 4,918 career yards, in three seasons and 50 touchdowns. In his 2012 season he rushed for 1,572 yards, including 6.6 yards per carry that season. He had 238 carries and accounted for 21 touchdowns (18 rushing, 1 throwing, 1 kick-off return) and also threw a 2-point conversion. He also was dangerous his senior season as a return man when they actually kicked him the ball with 13 returns for 389 yards averaging 29.92 per return and a 100-yard kick-off return for touchdown. He also blocked 2 kicks on special teams, and one resulted in a safety. In his 2011 senior season he led Charleston in rushing a West Virginia Conference best as a team 2,480 which is 225.5 average per game. In his junior season Roberts rushed for 1,430 yards, including 6.9 yards per carry that season – more than any other player in NCAA Division 2 with over 200 carries. He had 206 carries and scored 18 touchdowns. Roberts also finished 3rd in the Nation in All-Purpose Yards with 2,274 which was 206.73 yards per game and an 8.99 All-Purpose Yards per Play.

paragraph: Roberts also led the WVIAC in kick-off return average with 25.7 kick-off return average on 26 returns for 667 yards. In 2010, he rushed for 11 touchdowns and had 1 receiving, which was a team best 12 touchdowns. Roberts was 2nd team all-conference during his sophomore season. Roberts is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 222 pounds during his junior football season and is going to be a senior for the 2012 season. Roberts is a 2013 National Football League Prospect.

paragraph: Roberts has broken 2 NCAA records and 9 school records at the University of Charleston. Roberts was an All-American running back and all-purpose selection on two different All-American lists. In his junior campaign, Roberts became the Golden Eagles' school record holder in rushing yards with 1,430 and all-purpose yards with 2,274 in a season. In 2012 Roberts led his team to a 9-2 record, Roberts earned WVIAC Player of the Year Offense Award. In his final game as a Golden Eagle, Roberts shattered the NCAA Division II record for most rushing yards in a quarter (190) and most rushing yards in a half (273) on his way to a single game school record (301) rushing yards and 5 touchdowns (despite only playing 1 offensive series in the 2nd half). Roberts led the WVIAC in rushing with (1,572), rushing yards per game with (142.91), all-purpose yards (2,167), total touchdowns (21) and points per game (11.1). Roberts also blocked 2 punts and averaged (29.92) yards per kick-off return, taking one return 100 yards for a touchdown. Among all NCAA Division II football players, Roberts ranked 1st in total all-purpose yards, 3rd in all-purpose yards per game, 4th in scoring and 5th in rushing yards per game. He was named WVIAC Offensive Player of the Week four times and WVIAC Special Teams Player of the Week once. Roberts is the all-time leading rusher in school history racking up 3,383 yards in his 3 years at the University of Charleston. Roberts did not fumble at all during his senior season.

paragraph: Roberts was invited to play in 4 post-season all-star bowl games, including the Aztec Bowl in Mexico, where he led the U.S.A. team to a 49-20 victory. In the Aztec Bowl, Roberts rushed for a touchdown (2 others were called back due to no fault of his own), returned a kick-off for a touchdown, blocked 2 punts and made a few special teams tackles. Many fans and coaches in attendance felt Roberts would have earned MVP honors if the touchdowns were not called back. Nonetheless, Roberts shined in front of an international crowd on a big stage.

paragraph: Roberts is also known for the Kennedy Award, which he won in 2007, given to the best player in the state of West Virginia.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Kansas City Chiefs.

paragraph: Roberts was invited to the Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamp. Following the minicamp, he was signed to a contract. Roberts was used as a Runningback, Fullback, and Returner by the Chiefs. However, he only earned game time as a Fullback. He had one catch against the New Orleans Saints for 9 yards. On August 25, 2013, he was cut by the Chiefs.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Ottawa Redblacks.

paragraph: On December 3, 2013, Roberts signed with the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Redblacks.

paragraph: Roberts was released by Ottawa on June 3, 2014 prior to Training Camp.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Florida Black Tips.

paragraph: Signed November 3, 2014 for the last game of the Fall Experimental Football League (FXFL) on November 7, 2014 against the Brooklyn Bolts. Saw action on all special teams in the game. Roberts started all week as the teams running back until the Black Tips signed Tim Hightower a few days before the game. Hightower was signed shortly after the game to a contract with the New Orleans Saints.

paragraph: Section::::Professional career.:Wichita Falls Nighthawks.

paragraph: In 2015, Roberts signed with the Wichita Falls Nighthawks of the Indoor Football League (IFL). Roberts asked for his release on May 14, 2015 and on May 18, 2015, Roberts was officially released to explore other opportunities in football. Roberts ran 3 touchdowns, while also catching 1 touchdown in 5 Games. He also had 6 special teams tackles and had a return of 17 yards despite limited time as a returner and rarely being used on a struggling team. Roberts played most of the season recovering from a Medial Meniscus injury to his left knee but is completely healed now. The Nighthawks record was (2-1) when he was starting Runningback. Roberts also did a lot of community service and local events while being a member of the Wichita Falls Nighthawks.

description: American football player

wikidata_label: Jordan Roberts

wikipedia_title: Jordan Roberts (American football)


text:
Count of Celje
Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia
Hermann II, Count of Celje
Anna of Schaunberg
Elizabeth of Frankopan
Veronika of Desenice
Counts of Celje
Skrad castle

categories: Bans of Croatia,Counts of Celje,1454 deaths,1379 births

paragraph: Frederick II, Count of Celje

paragraph: Frederick II (; ) (17 January 1379 – 13 or 20 June 1454) was a Count of Celje and Ban of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Frederick was the son of Hermann II, Count of Celje and his wife Anna of Schaunberg.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages.

paragraph: Frederick II married Elizabeth of Frankopan and after her death in 1422, Veronika of Desenice. The famous Eberhard Windbeck chronicle gives a detailed report on the circumstances of Elizabeth of Frankopan's death, which in the chronicle is described as murder and placed in the year 1424.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Counts of Celje

paragraph: BULLET::::- Skrad castle

description: Croatian noble

wikidata_label: Frederick II, Count of Celje

wikipedia_title: Frederick II, Count of Celje


text:
Mōri Terumoto
Yūki Hideyasu
Tokugawa Hidetada
Mōri genealogy on "Edo 300 HTML"

paragraph: Mōri Hidenari

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Mōri Terumoto (1553–1625)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: Kisahime (1598–1655) daughter of Yūki Hideyasu and adopted daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mōri genealogy on "Edo 300 HTML" (30 Oct. 2007)

alias:
Mori Hidenari
Mouri Hidenari

description: daimyo

wikidata_label: Mōri Hidenari

wikipedia_title: Mōri Hidenari


text:
Nijo Harutaka
Tokugawa Ienari

paragraph: Tokugawa Naritomo

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Tokugawa Harukuni (1776–1793)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother: Nijo Yasuko, daughter of Nijo Harutaka

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: Toshihime (1789–1817), daughter of Tokugawa Ienari

description: daimyo

wikidata_label: Tokugawa Naritomo

wikipedia_title: Tokugawa Naritomo


text: Owari Domain

text: Tokugawa Yoshinao

text: genpuku

text: Tokugawa Iemitsu

text: kanji

text: Chiyohime

text: shōgun

text: Chūnagon

text: Dainagon

text: Tokugawa Tsunanari

text: Ōzone Shimoyashiki

text: extensive gardens

text: Nagoya Castle

text: Japanese tea ceremony

text: Japanese calligraphy

text: Shinkage-ryū

text: Japanese swordsmanship

text: Owari Yagyū clan

text: sōke

text: Yagyū Toshikane

text: "ryū"

text: Tokugawa Yoshinao

text: Tokugawa Chiyohime

text: Tokugawa Iemitsu

text: Tokugawa Tsunanari

text: Asano Tsunanaga

text: Papinot, Edmond

categories: Tokugawa clan,1700 deaths,Japanese swordsmen,Lords of Owari,1625 births

paragraph: Tokugawa Mitsutomo

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Tokugawa Mitsutomo was the eldest son of the first daimyō of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Yoshinao by a concubine. He undertook his "genpuku" ceremony under Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu on May 3, 1630, and was given the adult name of the "Mitsuyoshi", which included the same "kanji" "Mitsu" as the Shōgun. As a further sign of favor, his official wife, Chiyohime later Reisen-in, was also the daughter of "shōgun" Tokugawa Iemitsu. His childhood name was Gorōta (五郎太).

paragraph: On the death of his father on June 28, 1650, he became the 2rd Tokugawa "daimyō" of Owari Domain, with lower 3rd court rank and the courtesy title of Captain of the Right Imperial Guards. He completed the clan mortuary temple of Kenchu-ji the following year, and was raised to upper 3rd court rank and Chūnagon on August 12, 1653.

paragraph: On November 1, 1671, he formally changed his name to "Mitsutomo". On May 4, 1690, he received the courtesy title of Dainagon, and a week later was awarded 2nd Court Rank. On April 25, 1593, he officially retired, turning his offices and position as clan heed to his son, Tokugawa Tsunanari; however, although officially retired, he continued to wield all political power using his son's name, until his son's death on July 1, 1699. During this period, he lived at the Ōzone Shimoyashiki, a palatial palace with extensive gardens some distance from Nagoya Castle.

paragraph: In addition to his official wife (a daughter of Shōgun Tokugawa Iemitsu), Mitsutomo had at least 10 official concubines, by whom he had 17 children (11 male, 6 female).

paragraph: Noted for his accomplishments in the Japanese tea ceremony and Japanese calligraphy, Mitsutomo was especially noted as a master of the Shinkage-ryū style of Japanese swordsmanship, having been taught by the Owari Yagyū clan. He proved so adept that he was named the 6th "sōke" by Yagyū Toshikane, and added a number of teaching concepts to the "ryū".

paragraph: His grave is at the Owari Tokugawa clan temple of Kenchū-ji in Nagoya.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Tokugawa Yoshinao

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother: Ojo no Kata or Yoshida-dono

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wife: Tokugawa Chiyohime, daughter of Tokugawa Iemitsu

paragraph: BULLET::::- Concubines:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Higuchi-dono

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seshin'in

paragraph: BULLET::::- Iyo-dono

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ohisa no Kata

paragraph: BULLET::::- Oito no Kata

paragraph: BULLET::::- Otei no Kata

paragraph: BULLET::::- Otsune no Kata

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ofuchi no kata

paragraph: BULLET::::- Umeda-dono

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kimura-dono

paragraph: BULLET::::- Children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tokugawa Tsunanari by Chiyohime

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matsudaira Yoshiyuki (1656–1715) by Chiyohime

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toyohime (b.1655) by Chiyohime

paragraph: BULLET::::- Naohime (1658–1661) by Chiyohime

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matsudaira Yoshimasa (1651–1713) by Higuchi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matsudaira Yasunaga (1661–1675) by Seishin'in

paragraph: BULLET::::- Atehime (1666–1683) married Asano Tsunanaga by Seishin'in

paragraph: BULLET::::- Senosuke (b.1676) by Seishin'in

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hachirotaro (1668–1669) by Iyo

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matsudaira Tomoshige (1669–1702) by Iyo

paragraph: BULLET::::- Chotakeru by Iyo

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hidehime (b.1673) by Ohiya

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nohime (b.1674) by Oito

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mannosuke (1676–1681) by Otei

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mannanosuke (b.1678) by Otsune

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kannosuke (b.1677) by Ofuchi

paragraph: BULLET::::- Matsudaira Tomoaki (1678–1728) by Umeda

paragraph: BULLET::::- Motohime (1679–1690) by Kimura

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Papinot, Edmond. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia."

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wikidata_label: Tokugawa Mitsutomo

wikipedia_title: Tokugawa Mitsutomo