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text: posthumous name

text: Tang dynasty

text: Qin Shubao

text: door god

text: Chinese folk religion

text: New Book of Tang

text: Liquan County

text: Emperor Wen of Sui

text: Xianbei

text: Shuozhou

text: Shanxi

text: Emperor Yang

text: Liu Wuzhou

text: Tang Dynasty

text: Emperor Gaozu of Tang

text: Li Shimin

text: Qin Shubao

text: Li Daozong

text: Yuwen Shiji

text: Wang Shichong

text: Li Yuanji

text: Dou Jiande

text: Battle of Hulao

text: Liu Heita

text: Tujue

text: Guyuan

text: Ningxia

text: Li Shiji

text: Li Jiancheng

text: Xu Yuanlang

text: Baoji

text: Shaanxi

text: Zhangsun Wuji

text: Fang Xuanling

text: Du Ruhui

text: concubine

text: Pei Ji

text: Xiao Yu

text: Chen Shuda

text: Jiali Khan

text: Chang'an

text: chancellors

text: Xiangfan

text: Hubei

text: Weinan

text: Shaanxi

text: Xianyang

text: Shaanxi

text: Xuancheng

text: Anhui

text: Portraits at Lingyan Pavilion

text: Goguryeo

text: Li Zhi

text: Taoist

text: alchemy

text: mica

text: Cao Cao

text: door god

text: Chinese folk religion

text: Sun Li

text: Sun Xin

text: Water Margin

text: Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI

text: Koei

text: Qin Shubao

categories: People from Shuozhou,Deified Chinese people,Sui dynasty people,Tang dynasty generals at war against the Göktürks,658 deaths,585 births,Tang dynasty generals from Shanxi

paragraph: Yuchi Gong

paragraph: Yuchi Gong (尉遲恭) or Yuchi Rong (尉遲融) (585–658), courtesy name Jingde (敬德), also known by his posthumous name Duke Zhongwu of E, was a Chinese general who lived in the early Tang dynasty. Yuchi Jingde and another general Qin Shubao are worshipped as door gods in Chinese folk religion.

paragraph: Section::::Naming dispute.

paragraph: Yuchi's surname Gong was only recorded in the "New Book of Tang". His tomb was found at Liquan County in 1971. According to the epitaph, his name was Yuchi Rong and courtesy name was Jingde.

paragraph: Section::::During Sui Dynasty.

paragraph: Yuchi Jingde was born in 585, during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui. His surname was of Xianbei origin, and he was from Shuo Province (朔州, roughly modern Shuozhou, Shanxi). When agrarian rebels rose against Sui rule near the end of the reign of Emperor Wen's son Emperor Yang, Yuchi initially served in the governmental militia fighting agrarian rebels, and was known and awarded for his bravery.

paragraph: Section::::Service Under Liu Wuzhou.

paragraph: When Liu Wuzhou rose against Sui rule in spring 617 at Mayi (馬邑, in modern Shuozhou), declaring himself Dingyang Khan, Yuchi Jingde joined Liu and was made a general. In 619, he served under Liu's major general Song Jingang (宋金剛) in attacking Tang Dynasty territory to the south. Around the new year 620, Yuchi and another general under Song, Xun Xiang (尋相), engaged the Tang general Li Xiaoji (李孝基) the Prince of Yong'an (Emperor Gaozu of Tang's distant nephew), defeating Li Xiaoji and capturing not only him, but several other key Tang officials, including Emperor Gaozu's cousin Dugu Huai'en (獨孤懷恩), Yu Yun (于筠), Tang Jian (唐儉), and Liu Shirang (劉世讓). However, when Yuchi and Xun then engaged the forces under the major Tang general Li Shimin the Prince of Qin (Emperor Gaozu's son), they were defeated first by Yin Kaishan (殷開山) and Qin Shubao, and then Li Shimin himself, escaping just with their lives. Subsequently, at the suggestion of the captured Tang Jian, Yuchi released Liu Shirang in order to negotiate peace with Tang, but those negotiations appeared to go nowhere at the moment. In summer 620, after Li Shimin achieved further victories against Song, forcing Liu Wuzhou to flee, Li Shimin sent his cousin Li Daozong the Prince of Rencheng and Yuwen Shiji to persuaded Yuchi and Xun to surrender, and they did. Li Shimin, who was impressed by Yuchi's battle prowess, was happy about this development and put Yuchi, as well as the 8,000 soldiers who surrendered with him, directly under his own command, against the misgivings of the general Qutu Tong (屈突通), who feared that Yuchi was not truly submitting.

paragraph: In 620, Yuchi Jingde was serving under Li Shimin in Li Shimin's campaigns against a major enemy for Tang, Wang Shichong the Emperor of Zheng. During the campaign, many of Yuchi's former confederates who served under Liu Wuzhou, including Xun Xiang, defected to Zheng. Li Shimin's subordinates thus suspected Yuchi as well and put him under house arrest. Qutu Tong and Yin Kaishan suggested that Yuchi be executed. Li Shimin pointed out that if Yuchi really wanted to defect, he would not have waited to do so after Xun's defection. Instead, he released Yuchi and took Yuchi into his own tent, stating, while giving him gold:

paragraph: Later that day, when Li Shimin was examining the battlefield, Zheng forces suddenly arrived and surrounded Li Shimin. The Zheng general Shan Xiongxin (單雄信) directly attacked Li Shimin himself, trying to hit him with a spear, when Yuchi arrived and hit Shan with a spear, knocking Shan off his horse. Yuchi then escorted Li Shimin out of danger. Tang forces commanded by Qutu then counterattacked as well, defeating Zheng forces. Li Shimin awarded him a box of gold and silver and told him, "How does your repayment come so quickly!" Thereafter, he trusted Yuchi further. Meanwhile, Li Shimin's younger brother Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, who was himself a ferocious warrior, heard that Yuchi had the particular skill of disarming opponents' lances, and requested a combat demonstration with Yuchi. Li Shimin ordered that they remove the sharp edges from their lances, but Yuchi responded, "I will obey the order and do so, but the Prince does not need to." Once they were into combat, Yuchi disarmed Li Yuanji three times. Li Yuanji was impressed but also angry from being humiliated. Meanwhile, Li Shimin selected some 1,000 elite soldiers, clad in black uniform and black armor, commanded by Li Shimin himself, to serve as the forward advance corps, with Yuchi, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie (程知節), and Zhai Zhangsun (翟長孫) as his assistants. This corps subsequently accomplished much during the campaign against Wang and Dou Jiande the Prince of Xia, who came to Wang's aid. In engagement with Xia forward troops in spring 621, Yuchi was serving directly next to Li Shimin himself, and after they defeated Dou's forward troops, Li Shimin wrote to Dou, trying to dissuade him from aiding Zheng, but Dou did not relent.

paragraph: In summer 621, the Tang and Xia forces, commanded by Li Shimin and Dou respectively, engaged at the Battle of Hulao. During the early stages of the battle, Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Wan (王琬) the Prince of Dai, whom Wang Shichong had sent to Xia to request aid, was on the battlefield showing off his handsome horse. Li Shimin made the comment, "What an impressive horse!" Yuchi requested that he be allowed to capture it for Li Shimin, but Li Shimin disallowed it, stating, "How can I lose a great warrior for a horse?" Yuchi did not relent, however, and he took Gao Zengsheng (高甑生) and Liang Jianfang (梁建方) with him; the three of them made a surprise attack into the Xia frontline and seized Wang Wan, capturing him back along with his horse. Later, in the main engagement, Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou, and Wang Shichong, distressed, surrendered. Zheng and Xia territory were seized by Tang.

paragraph: By fall 621, however, Dou's general Liu Heita had risen against Tang rule and regained most of former Xia territory. At that point, Yuchi was not under Li Shimin's command, as he was fighting invading Eastern Tujue forces at Yuan Prefecture (原州, roughly modern Guyuan, Ningxia). In 622, when Li Shimin went to fight Liu Heita, however, Yuchi was again under his command, and once, when Li Shimin tried to aid another Tang general, Li Shiji, Liu had him surrounded. Li Shimin was saved only after Yuchi fought his way in to rescue him. Li Shimin was later able to defeat Liu Heita, forcing him to flee to Eastern Tujue. (Later that year, however, Liu Heita would return and again take over former Xia territory, only to be later defeated by Li Shimin's older brother Li Jiancheng the Crown Prince.) Yuchi also then followed Li Shimin in his campaign against Liu Heita's ally Xu Yuanlang. In 623, he was again fighting invading Tujue forces, this time at Shuo Prefecture, and then in 624 at Long Prefecture (隴州, modern western Baoji, Shaanxi).

paragraph: Section::::Involvement at the Incident at Xuanwu Gate.

paragraph: By this point, Li Shimin was locked in an intense rivalry with Li Jiancheng, who was supported by Li Yuanji. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, because they saw that Li Shimin had many fierce officers under him, wanted to try to tempt them to leave Li Shimin and follow Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng sent large sums of gold and silver to Yuchi to try to persuade him to join Li Jiancheng. Yuchi wrote back, declining the gift, and pointed out that he needed to be faithful to Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng, in anger, cut off his relations with Yuchi, and soon sent assassins against Yuchi. Yuchi took precautions, however, and the assassination was not successful. Li Yuanji then falsely accused Yuchi of crimes, and Emperor Gaozu arrested Yuchi and wanted to execute him; Yuchi was only saved after intercession by Li Shimin.

paragraph: In summer 626, Li Shimin, fearing that Li jiancheng would kill him, was considering acting against Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji preemptively but was hesitating. Yuchi, in particular, was a major advocate for preemptive action, and when rumor was reported to Li Shimin that Li Yuanji was planning to first kill Yuchi, Cheng, Duan Zhixuan (段志玄), and Qin, Yuchi stated:

paragraph: With particular advocacy from Yuchi and Zhangsun Wuji, Li Shimin decided to take action. Li Shimin tried to summon his strategists Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who had been demoted out of his mansion based on accusations by Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and when Fang and Du initially resisted (as they feared Emperor Gaozu's wrath), Li Shimin sent Yuchi to summon them, with the direction that if they refused, that they be killed. Yuchi was able to persuade Fang and Du that Li Shimin was about to take action and that they should not fear, and then divided up with Fang and Du, arriving at Li Shimin's mansion separately.

paragraph: Meanwhile, Li Shimin submitted a secret accusation to Emperor Gaozu that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were committing adultery with Emperor Gaozu's concubines and were planning to kill Li Shimin, and then laid an ambush for Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji at Xuanwu Gate, at the entrance of Emperor Gaozu's palace. As Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were approaching Emperor Gaozu's palace, ready to answer the charges against them, they sensed that something was unusual, and tried to turn back. By this point, though, Li Shimin had them in a trap, and he killed Li Jiancheng with an arrow. Subsequently, Yuchi arrived with 70 men, and they killed Li Yuanji's horse, causing Li Yuanji to fall off his horse. Meanwhile, however, Li Shimin's horse was spooked and ran into a forest. Li Shimin fell off his horse, and Li Yuanji tried to strangle him with a bow. Yuchi then arrived, and Li Yuanji fled, trying to get back to his own palace Wude Palace (武德殿). Yuchi chased him and killed him with an arrow.

paragraph: Subsequently, Li Shimin ordered Yuchi to lead his men into Emperor Gaozu's palace, ostensibly to protect Emperor Gaozu. Yuchi entered in full armor and wielding his lance—considered usually to be a highly improper action—into Emperor Gaozu's presence, as Emperor Gaozu was attended by the high level officials Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda. Emperor Gaozu was shocked and asked, "Who is committing treason? What are you doing here?" Yuchi stated to Emperor Gaozu:

paragraph: Emperor Gaozu, realizing the situation was serious, requested opinions from Pei, Xiao, and Chen. Xiao and Chen suggested that he create Li Shimin crown prince, and he agreed to do so. As Li Jiancheng's and Li Yuanji's forces were then engaging Li Shimin's forces, Yuchi requested that Emperor Gaozu order that the battling stop and that all armies fall under Li Shimin's command. Emperor Gaozu agreed. When Li Shimin's subordinates wanted to massacre Li Jiancheng's and Li Yuanji's associates and confiscate their wealth, Yuchi earnestly opposed, stating that this would lead to more turmoil, and Li Shimin agreed. Subsequently, Li Shimin awarded Li Yuanji's treasures to Yuchi and promoted him to a major general title.

paragraph: Two months after the Incident at Xuanwu Gate, Emperor Gaozu yielded the throne to Li Shimin, who took the throne as Emperor Taizong. Later that year, when Eastern Tujue's Jiali Khan Ashina Duobi launched a major attack against Tang, Yuchi was one of the generals sent to resist Eastern Tujue; he was able to defeat and kill an Eastern Tujue general that he faced. (Ashina Duobi, however, was able to penetrate all the way to the Tang capital Chang'an, forcing Emperor Taizong to personally meet him and promising large tributes before withdrawing.) Late in 626, Emperor Taizong created Yuchi Jingde the Duke of Wu and gave him, Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui the largest fiefs among his supporters.

paragraph: Meanwhile, Yuchi, who was known for being blunt, was proud of his achievements. Whenever he disagreed with Zhangsun, Fang, and Du (all of whom were made chancellors by Emperor Taizong), he would argue with them bitterly, and thus had poor relationships with them. In 629, Yuchi was made the commandant at Xiang Prefecture (襄州, roughly modern Xiangfan, Hubei). In 634, he was made the prefect of Tong Prefecture (同州, roughly modern Weinan, Shaanxi), a nominal demotion but considered a promotion as it was close to Chang'an. On one occasion, when he attended a feast held by Emperor Taizong at Qingshan Palace (慶善宮, in modern Xianyang, Shaanxi), another person, probably Yuwen Shiji, was seated above him, and Yuchi angrily stated, "What achievement do you have that you get to be seated above me?" Li Daozong, who was seated under Yuchi, tried to intercede, and Yuchi, in anger, punched Li Daozong, almost blinding him. Emperor Taizong was displeased and ended the feast early, and thereafter warned yuchi:

paragraph: Only thereafter did Yuchi began to fear Emperor Taizong and start to modify his behavior. In 637, as part of Emperor Taizong's scheme to bestow prefectures on his relatives and great generals and officials as their permanent domains, Yuchi's title was changed to Duke of E, and he was given the post of prefect of Xuan Prefecture (宣州, roughly modern Xuancheng, Anhui), to be inherited by his heirs. Soon, however, with many objections to the system, the strongest of which came from Zhangsun Wuji, Emperor Taizong cancelled the scheme, although Yuchi's title remained Duke of E. He subsequently served two different terms as commandant. In 643, he offered to retire, and the retirement was granted, but Emperor Taizong still requested that Yuchi attend imperial gatherings once every five days. Later that year, when Emperor Taizong commissioned the Portraits at Lingyan Pavilion to commemorate the 24 great contributors to Tang rule, Yuchi's was one of the portraits commissioned.

paragraph: In 645, when Emperor Taizong wanted to personally attack Goguryeo, Yuchi submitted a petition opposing it, arguing that he should just send generals and not go himself, lest that someone rises against Emperor Taizong's crown prince Li Zhi. Emperor Taizong did not agree, and instead had Yuchi follow him on the campaign, apparently as a consultant. After the end of the campaign, Yuchi returned to retirement.

paragraph: It was said that late in his life, starting from around 642, Yuchi became an adherent to Taoist alchemy, and regularly consumed mica. He also lived luxuriously within his mansion but did not take in visitors, instead spending time enjoying Qingshang (清商樂), a musical style said to originate from Cao Cao.

paragraph: Section::::During Emperor Gaozong's reign.

paragraph: In 649, Emperor Taizong died and was succeeded by Li Zhi (as Emperor Gaozong). In 658, Emperor Gaozong, in recognition of Yuchi Jingde's accomplishments, posthumously honored Yuchi's father as a commandant. Yuchi Jingde died later that year, and Emperor Gaozong ordered that all mid-level and above officials attend the wake. He buried Yuchi with great honors, near Emperor Taizong's tomb.

paragraph: Section::::Popular culture.

paragraph: Yuchi Gong continues to be venerated as a door god in Chinese folk religion.

paragraph: Sun Li and his brother Sun Xin, characters from the Chinese classical novel "Water Margin", are nicknamed "Sick Yuchi" (病尉遲) and "Little Yuchi" (小尉遲) respectively because they resemble Yuchi Jingde in appearance.

paragraph: Yuchi Jingde is one of the 32 historical figures who appear as special characters in the video game "Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI" by Koei. His formal name "Yuchi Gong" is used in the game.

paragraph: A sculpture of Yuchi Jingde, with his counterpart "Qin Shubao", is featured prominently outside the Hilton Hotel in Singapore. However, his name is incorrectly written on the plaque in front as 'Wei Chi Jing De'.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Qin Shu Bao & Wei Chi Jing De at Singapore Public Art Database

alias:
Yuchi Rong
Jingde
Zhongwugong
Yuchi Gong

description: Chinese general

wikidata_label: Yuchi Jingde

wikipedia_title: Yuchi Gong


text: Wolfratshausen

text: Neustadt

text: Wittelsbach

text: Count Palatine

text: Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria

text: Mechtild of Nassau

text: Louis IV

text: agreement

text: Pavia

text: Irmengard of Oettingen

text: Amberg

text: Cistercian

text: Schönau

text: Heidelberg

categories: Counts Palatine of the Rhine,House of Wittelsbach,1327 deaths,Burials at Schönau Abbey,1300 births

paragraph: Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

paragraph: Adolf of the Rhine () (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen – 29 January 1327, Neustadt) from the house of Wittelsbach was formally Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1319–1327.

paragraph: He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau. He didn’t really rule because his uncle Louis IV occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf’s brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329.

paragraph: Section::::Family and children.

paragraph: He was married in 1320 to Countess Irmengard of Oettingen (d. 1399), daughter of Count Louis VI of Oettingen. They had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (12 May 1325, Amberg–6 January 1398, Amberg).

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Adolf.

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Friedrich.

paragraph: BULLET::::4. a daughter (d. 1389), married Count Meinhard I of Ortenburg.

paragraph: He was buried in the Cistercian monastery Schönau near Heidelberg.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- www.genealogie-mittelalter.de

description: Count Palatine of the Rhine

wikidata_label: Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine

wikipedia_title: Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine


text: British

text: officer

text: civil servant

text: Conservative

text: politician

text: 6th Baron Dynevor

text: Eton

text: Christ Church, Oxford

text: David Brand, 5th Viscount Hampden

text: Lady Anne Maude Wellesley

text: private secretary

text: Lord George Hamilton

text: Secretary of State for India

text: First Lord of the Admiralty

text: Lord Selborne

text: Conservative

text: Middle East

text: Orient

text: MP

text: Brighton

text: Carmarthenshire

text: Wales

text: Great War

text: Ministry of Munitions

text: Unionist

text: Devolution

text: Llandeilo Rural District Council

text: Carmarthenshire County Council

text: Llandeilo

text: territorials

text: Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

text: Betws

text: Hon. Charles Arthur FitzUryan Rhys

categories: People educated at Eton College,Lord-Lieutenants of Carmarthenshire,1956 deaths,Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies,UK MPs 1910–1918,Barons Dynevor,Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford,Councillors in Wales,1873 births,British Militia officers,UK MPs 1910

paragraph: Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor

paragraph: Walter FitzUryan Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor (17 August 1873 – 8 June 1956) was a British military officer, civil servant and Conservative politician. He was the only son and heir of the 6th Baron Dynevor.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and family.

paragraph: He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. On graduating from Oxford, he served in the Carmarthen Artillery for twelve years, rising to the rank of Captain.

paragraph: On 12 October 1898, he married Lady Margaret Child Villiers (8 October 1875 – 1 April 1959), daughter of Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey and Margaret Elizabeth (née Leigh), Countess of Jersey, DBE.

paragraph: The 7th Baron had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor (1899–1962)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hon. Imogen Alice Rhys (27 August 1903 –March 2001), married David Brand, 5th Viscount Hampden.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Captain Hon. David Reginald Rhys (18 March 1907 –1991), married Lady Anne Maude Wellesley

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: From 1899 to 1903, the Hon. Walter Rice was assistant private secretary to Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. From 1903 to 1905, he was assistant secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Selborne. After the Conservative government resigned in 1905, Rice travelled extensively in the Middle East and the Orient.

paragraph: In January 1910, he was elected MP for Brighton, being re-elected in December. His majority of 4,000 was, he was to comment later, unusually high in a period when average electorates were not large. In 1911, the Hon. Walter Rice became 7th Baron Dynevor on the death of his father. Thereafter, he became increasingly involved with the politics of his native Carmarthenshire. Vice-president of the Carmarthenshire Conservatives in 1912, he was also President of the West Wales Conservatives to 1914, when Conservative re-organisation saw him become President of the South Wales Conservatives, a post he held until 1938.

paragraph: During the Great War, Lord Dynevor served in the Ministry of Munitions from 1916. Thereafter, he served on the Unionist Devolution Committee, considering the recommendations of the Speaker's Conference on Devolution.

paragraph: In his locality, he served as a member of Llandeilo Rural District Council representing Llandyfeisant, a very small parish was sat largely within the Dynevor Castle estate. In 1919, he was elected to the Carmarthenshire County Council for Llandeilo, capturing a traditionally Liberal seat as an independent. He retained this seat until increasing deafness forced him to resign in 1935.

paragraph: Throughout the inter-war years, Lord Dynevor was a key figure in Welsh Conservative politics, as well as the Carmarthenshire territorials. In 1928, Lord Dynevor became Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. Forced to resign from his offices in 1938 due to increasing deafness, Lord Dynevor was praised for his record of public service.

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: In addition to his public duties, Lord Dynevor wrote two books, "My Reminiscences", published in 1937, which comprises a short memoir, and a book on the trees in the park at Dynevor.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Street, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire is named for the 7th Baron. Margaret Street was named for his wife.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 1916 displaying Welshness had become sufficiently fashionable for Lord Dynevor to adopt (by royal licence) the older, Welsh form of his surname, "Rhys". In 1906 Rice Street in Betws had been named after him.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Lord Dynevor died on 8 June 1956, aged 82. He was succeeded by his son, the Hon. Charles Arthur FitzUryan Rhys as 8th Baron.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.:Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Records

paragraph: BULLET::::- Carmarthenshire Record Office, Dynevor Papers Add Mss 4, polling figures for Llandeilo election

paragraph: BULLET::::- CRO Dynevor Papers, Box 114

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dynevor Papers, Box 266/9, 'The Home-Coming of the Hon. Walter Rice and His Bride'

paragraph: BULLET::::- Conservative election address, Brighton, January 1910

paragraph: BULLET::::- Newspapers

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lord Dynevor's Address to the electors of Llandeilo", February, 1919;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "South Wales Evening Post", 26 February 1938

paragraph: BULLET::::- Taliaris Papers, box 441

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lord Dynevor, "My Reminiscences" (Carmarthen, 1937)

description: British politician

wikidata_label: Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor

wikipedia_title: Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor


text: Žilina

text: Czechoslovakia

text: Slovakia

text: Slovak

text: ice hockey

text: goaltender

text: HKM Rimavská Sobota

text: Slovak 2. Liga

text: Modo Hockey

text: Elitserien

text: Timrå IK

text: shutout

text: Michal Zajkowski

text: HC Ambrì-Piotta

text: MHC Martin

text: HK Detva

text: Slovak 1.Liga

text: Växjö Lakers Hockey

text: HockeyAllsvenskan

text: Serie A

text: Sportverein Ritten-Renon

text: Tønsberg Vikings

text: Get-ligaen

text: Slovakia men's national ice hockey team

text: 2006 Winter Olympics

text: Karol Krizan on Hockeyligan.se

categories: Modo Hockey players,HC Ambrì-Piotta players,1980 births,Olympic ice hockey players of Slovakia,Living people,HC Nové Zámky players,MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players,HC 07 Detva players,MHC Martin players,Växjö Lakers players,People from Žilina,Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics,Slovak ice hockey players,HKm Zvolen players,MsHK Žilina players,Tønsberg Vikings players,Ritten Sport players

paragraph: Karol Križan

paragraph: Karol Križan (born June 5, 1980 in Žilina, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a professional Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for HKM Rimavská Sobota in the Slovak 2. Liga.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Križan played three and a half seasons with Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elitserien between September 2005 and December 2008.

paragraph: In the play of Modo against Timrå IK he scored a goal and recorded a shutout at the same time. He also led Modo to the Swedish Championship in 2007 with the help of his backup Michal Zajkowski. On December 17, 2008, he left Modo and moved to HC Ambrì-Piotta. On June 30, 2009, he returned to his homeland Slovakia to sign for MHC Martin.

paragraph: Krizan was loaned to HK Detva of the Slovak 1.Liga during the season, playing four games there. Krizan then left Detva and Martin to sign with Växjö Lakers Hockey of the HockeyAllsvenskan on January 2, 2011. After the end of the 2010–11 season, Krizan was not offered an extended contract with Växjö. On July 28, 2011, Krizan signed a one-year contract with the Serie A team Sportverein Ritten-Renon. Before the 2013 season, Krizan signed a contract with Tønsberg Vikings in the Norwegian Get-ligaen.

paragraph: Section::::International.

paragraph: Krizan played with the Slovakia men's national ice hockey team in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Karol Krizan on Hockeyligan.se – SEL homepage

description: Slovak ice hockey player

wikidata_label: Karol Križan

wikipedia_title: Karol Križan


text:
Castroverde de Campos
Zamora
Spain
Venezuela
Diego Velázquez
Colombia
Panamá
Hernán Cortés
Aztecs
Río Grijalva
Tabasco
Popocatépetl
Charles V
Tenochtitlán
Aztec
La Noche Triste
Oaxaca
Veracruz
Río Coatzacoalos
New Spain
Mexico City
El Dorado
Venezuela
Río Orinoco
Paria Peninsula
Puerto Ordaz
Felix Varela
José María Heredia
Félix Mejía

categories: History of the Aztecs,1532 deaths,People from the Province of Zamora,Aztec,1480 births

paragraph: Diego de Ordaz

paragraph: Diego de Ordaz also Diego de Ordás (; 1480 in Castroverde de Campos, Zamora province, Spain – 1532 in Venezuela) was a Spanish explorer and soldier.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Diego de Ordaz arrived in Cuba at a young age. Serving under the orders of Diego Velázquez, he participated in the earliest exploratory expeditions to Colombia and Panamá.

paragraph: Section::::Expedition of Cortés to Mexico.

paragraph: De Ordaz accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition of conquest to the Mexican mainland. He was recognized for his contribution to the victory over the Aztecs obtained at the Battle of Centla near Río Grijalva in Tabasco on March 25, 1519.

paragraph: Together with two comrades, he was the first European to climb to the top of the volcano Popocatépetl - a feat which made a great impression on the indigenous allies accompanying Cortés. In recognition of De Ordaz's military deeds, the emperor Charles V on October 22, 1525 issued a decree permitting him to use a coat-of-arms featuring a view of the volcano.

paragraph: De Ordaz participated in the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital. When prior to the final conquest, the Spaniards were forced to flee from the capital in a nocturnal action known as La Noche Triste ("the sad night"), De Ordaz was wounded.

paragraph: Following the conquest of Mexico, De Ordaz explored the areas of Oaxaca and Veracruz, and navigated the Río Coatzacoalos.

paragraph: In 1521, he was sent back to Spain in order to present the story of the conquest of Mexico to the Spanish court, and in order to obtain for Cortės the title of Governor and General Captain of New Spain.

paragraph: Section::::Search for El Dorado.

paragraph: De Ordaz returned to North America in approximately 1525. In 1529, he was granted the property of El Peñón de los Baños located within the limits of Mexico City.

paragraph: He returned again to Spain and requested permission to explore the lands of the mythical El Dorado, which was believed to lie inland in the area of what is now Venezuela. Having obtained permission, he sailed for South America, exploring up the Río Orinoco. After abandoning the search for El Dorado, he died in 1532 on the Venezuelan Paria Peninsula.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: In 1952, a planned city called Puerto Ordaz was founded in Venezuela on the banks of the Orinoco River; today it is one of that country's principal cities.

paragraph: Diego de Ordaz was one of the principal characters in the anonymous historical novel "Jicoténcal" published in Philadelphia in 1826 and attributed to several different writers like Felix Varela, José María Heredia, and Félix Mejía.

description: Spanish explorer

wikidata_label: Diego de Ordaz

wikipedia_title: Diego de Ordaz


text:
Sienese painter
Lorenzo Ghiberti
San Gimignano
Giorgio Vasari
Old Testament
Collegiata di San Gimignano
New Testament
Simone Martini
Lippo Memmi
Giovanni d'Asciano

categories: Sienese painters,Italian male painters,Accidental deaths from falls,Trecento painters,Year of birth unknown,14th-century Italian painters,People from Siena,Year of death unknown,Tuscan painters,Accidental deaths in Italy

paragraph: Barna da Siena

paragraph: Barna da Siena, also known as Berna di Siena, was presumed to be a Sienese painter active from about 1330 to 1350.

paragraph: The painter was first referred to by Lorenzo Ghiberti in his "I Commentarii" (mid 15th century) as a Sienese painter who painted several works in Tuscany, including many stories from the Old Testament in San Gimignano. Giorgio Vasari referred in the first edition of his "Vite" (1550) to the Sienese painter ‘Berna’ who was responsible for frescos of Old Testament scenes in the Collegiata di San Gimignano. In the second edition of the "Vite" (1568) Vasari only connected the artist with the New Testament scenes in that church, dating them to the very end of Barna’s life, apparently to 1381.

paragraph: Because of the wide variations in style and quality in the New Testament paintings in San Gimignano it is believed that they were the work of three or four distinct painters. It is further believed that Vasari's dating of the New Testament scenes was incorrect as on stylistic grounds they should be dated to the period 1330-1340s. Because of these problems with the identification of the artist a majority of scholars now believe that ‘Barna’ is a historical fiction. This conclusion has generated various theories on the authorship of the San Gimignano frescoes. The view is that the Collegiata frescoes and other panel paintings attributed to the artist are all closely linked to the work of followers of Simone Martini and the circle of Lippo Memmi.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Because of a lack of signed works Barna has been credited as the master of the Collegiata di San Gimignano. It is believed that his pupil Giovanni d'Asciano assisted him on the frescoes and finished the left-over portions after Barna reportedly fell from a scaffolding and died supposedly at a young age. It is suggested, based on the works of biographer Giorgio Vasari, that the master working in the Collegiata di San Gimignano was named Bernardo Bertini. Bernardo was notably taken prisoner in 1335 during a skirmish with the Luccans. He later went to Siena and studied in Simone Martini's workshop. Documents show that in 1355 he was either absent from Siena or dead. This supports the notion that Barna, the master of San Gimignano, died fairly young, somewhere around 1360. When captured in 1335 it was noted that he was just a lad. If he was born shortly before 1320 and died somewhere before 1360 then he could not have been older than forty before his death.

paragraph: Section::::Style of work.

paragraph: Though not much is certain about Barna's life, his work is very distinct. He is known for his dramatically expressive figures and using a more close-in composition than his predecessors. His version of The Raising of Lazarus, for example displays far fewer figures than Duccio's version and there is much more emphasis on each subject's emotions and actions. Their expressions are much more dramatic and there is a sense of human-ness that isn't seen in the work of Sienese painters before him. Barna seemingly ignores the Gothic formulae exemplified by Simone Martini and his disciples. Instead his figures feature a sense of volume and emotionalism, reminiscent of Lorenzetti and other Florentine painters, further strengthening the claim that Barna was not a native of Siena, but more likely hailed from Florence.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cecchi, Emilio, "Sienese Painters of the Trecento", London, F. Warne, 1931.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ghiberti, Lorenzo, "Lorenzo Ghiberti, I commentarii, Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze", Firenze, Giunti, 1998.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Vasari, Giorgio, "Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori", many editions and translations.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (see index; plate 11-12)

alias:
Berna di Siena
Barna Da Siena
Berna da Siena
Barna di Bertino
Barna
Berna
Barna.
du treizieme siecle, siennois Berna

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Barna da Siena

wikipedia_title: Barna da Siena


text:
George Napier
Lady Sarah Lennox
2nd Duke of Richmond
Lennox sisters
Charles James Napier
Commander-in-Chief, India
Sindh
George Thomas Napier
Cape of Good Hope
William Francis Patrick Napier
Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Royal Naval Academy
Portsmouth Dockyard
74-gun
Robert Stopford
John Quilliam
Bombardment of Copenhagen
East Indies
Thomas Briggs
74-gun
William O'Bryen Drury
Graham Moore
Bay of Fundy
half-pay
Saint John, New Brunswick
Castine, Maine
Halifax
Royal Society
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
Florence
Cadogan Place

categories: Clan Napier,People from County Kildare,Royal Navy officers,1853 deaths,Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars,1789 births

paragraph: Henry Edward Napier

paragraph: Henry Edward Napier (5 March 1789 – 13 October 1853) was a British naval officer and historian.

paragraph: Section::::Family background.

paragraph: He was the fifth son of Colonel the Honourable George Napier, and his second wife, Lady Sarah Lennox, seventh daughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond, and one of the famed Lennox sisters. His brothers included General Sir Charles James Napier, Commander-in-Chief, India and conqueror of Sindh; Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier, Governor and Commander of the Cape of Good Hope; and General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, and author of the "History of the Peninsular War".

paragraph: Section::::Naval career.

paragraph: Napier entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 May 1803, and on 20 September 1806 joined the 74-gun , as a first-class volunteer. In her under the Captains the Honourable Robert Stopford and John Quilliam, he visited the Cape of Good Hope, and as a midshipman took part in the Bombardment of Copenhagen, also assisting in the destruction of Fleckeroe Castle, on the coast of Norway. From December 1808 until September 1811 he served in the East Indies aboard the frigate under Captain Thomas Briggs; the 74-gun , flagship of Vice-Admiral William O'Bryen Drury, and the frigate , Captain Hugh Cook. He was appointed acting-lieutenant of the "Diomede" on 31 October 1809, receiving his commission on 4 May 1810.

paragraph: In 1812–13 he served aboard the 74-gun , Captain Graham Moore, and the frigates , Captain Richard Hawkins, and , Captain Farmery Predam Epworth, on the North Sea and North American stations. On 7 June 1814, he was promoted to commander aboard the 18-gun sloop at Bermuda; and soon after appointed to the brig-sloop , employed in protecting merchant vessels in the Bay of Fundy. In August 1815 Napier went on half-pay, having declined accepting a piece of plate that had been voted to him for his care in the conduct of convoys between the port of Saint John, New Brunswick and Castine, Maine. His last appointments were to the at Halifax from January 1821 to July 1823, and to the at Plymouth, for a brief period in 1826. He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1830.

paragraph: Section::::Writing career.

paragraph: Napier was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 18 May 1820. His chief work was the "Florentine History from the earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third, Grandduke of Tuscany," in six volumes, published in 1846–47.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: On 17 November 1823 he married his first cousin, Lady Caroline Bennet, the illegitimate daughter of his uncle Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond. They had five children, Augusta Sarah born 1826, Charles George born 1829, Adelaide Harriet Sophia 1831-1832, Arthur Lennox 1833-1839 and Richard Henry, born 1836. She died in Florence on 5 September 1836.

paragraph: Napier died at 62 Cadogan Place, London, on 13 October 1853.

description: British naval officer and historian

wikidata_label: Henry Edward Napier

wikipedia_title: Henry Edward Napier


text:
Trier
Cologne
lithographer
Savoy
Benedictine monk
Florenville
Jacques-Louis David
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Konrad Eberhard
Nazarene movement
Moselle River
Wallraf-Richartz Museum
Johann Gottfried Schadow
Honorary Citizen
Abraham Gilson
Ramboux Prize

categories: German painters,1790 births,German male painters,1866 deaths

paragraph: Johann Anton Ramboux

paragraph: Johann Anton Alban Ramboux (5 October 1790, Trier - 2 October 1866, Cologne) was a German painter and lithographer.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: His father came from Savoy and his mother was from a famous family of goldsmiths. , his drawing teacher at the Bürgerschule (a sort of commercial prep-school) in Trier noted his artistic talent. As a result, in 1803 he received a recommendation to study with Jean-Henri Gilson (1741-1809), a former Benedictine monk who taught art in Florenville. After four years there, he received a further recommendation to study with Jacques-Louis David in Paris, where Ramboux remained until 1812. In 1815, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, becoming a pupil of Konrad Eberhard.

paragraph: In 1816 he moved to Rome, where he lived until 1822. While there, he made the acquaintance of many fellow painters who were involved in the Nazarene movement. He returned to Trier for ten years, creating hundreds of watercolors of the city and the Moselle River, which he began reproducing as lithographs in 1825. In 1832, he began another ten-year stay in Italy, producing landscapes and folk-scenes as well as copies of Renaissance frescoes and mosaics.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Work in Cologne.

paragraph: In 1843, a curator was needed for the Wallraf Collection (now the Wallraf-Richartz Museum) in Cologne and Ramboux was recommended for the position by Johann Gottfried Schadow. He was appointed and took office in 1844. Ten years later, he was able to make a long-desired pilgrimage to Jerusalem, producing hundreds of watercolors and lithographs along the way. In 1858, he was made the first Honorary Citizen of Trier.

paragraph: A street is named after him in the Longerich district of Cologne. Since 1961, the City of Trier has awarded the "Ramboux Prize" to promote the development of young artists.

paragraph: Section::::Selected writings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte der Malerei" (Contributions to the History of Painting, Cologne, 1860 (300 pages)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Umrisse zur Veranschaulichung altchristlicher Kunst in Italien vom Jahr 1200–1600" (Outline of Early Christian Art in Italy), Cologne, 1854 (125 pages)

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christina A. Schulze: "Museum Ramboux - Eine italienische Stilgeschichte in Kopien von Johann Anton Ramboux (1790 - 1866) an der Königlichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1841 - 1918)", Dissertation, Vienna 2011.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Johann Anton Ramboux. Maler und Konservator. 1790–1866". Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne 1966.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Eberhard Zahn: "Johann Anton Ramboux in Trier". Spee-Verlag, Trier 1980.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jens Christian Jensen: "Aquarelle und Zeichnungen der deutschen Romantik". DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1992, pg.177, .

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Trierer biographisches Lexikon", Landesarchivverwaltung Koblenz (2000) , pg. 353

paragraph: BULLET::::- Édouard Hizette, "Johann Anton Ramboux : fils spirituel d'Abraham Gilson", Weyrich édition, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ramboux Prize @ "Volksfreund" (regio-wiki)

alias:
Johann Anton Alban Ramboux
Johan Anton Alban Ramboux
Anton Ramboux
joh. ant. ramboux

description: German painter

wikidata_label: Johann Anton Ramboux

wikipedia_title: Johann Anton Ramboux


text:
Valparaiso
Santiago
El hombre de acero
Little Teacher of Workmen
Rigoberto
Silver Condor
Juvenilia
El hombre de acero
Los payasos se van
Our Land of Peace
Ambición
La quinta calumnia
Napoleón
Volver a vivir
Historia de una noche
Sensational Kidnapping
La maestrita de los obreros
Yo conocí a esa mujer
Concierto de almas
En el viejo Buenos Aires
El espejo
Casi un sueño
Juvenilia
La juventud manda
Stella
Cuando florezca el naranjo
Hay que casar a Paulina
Apasionadamente
Camino del infierno
Rigoberto
Rosa de América
Rodríguez supernumerario
La gran tentación
Ángeles de uniforme
Fascinación
Toscanito y los detectives
Cuando un pobre se divierte
El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia
Reportaje en el infierno
My Divine Poverty

categories: People from Valparaíso,Chilean male film actors,1966 deaths,1896 births

paragraph: Rafael Frontaura

paragraph: Rafael Frontaura (7 February 1896 in Valparaiso – 15 August 1966 in Santiago) was a Chilean actor who worked in both Chilean and Argentine cinema. He appeared in "El hombre de acero" (1917), "Little Teacher of Workmen" (1941) and "Rigoberto" (1945), and he also starred in the acclaimed Silver Condor-winning 1943 film "Juvenilia".

paragraph: Section::::Filmography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "El hombre de acero" (also wrote)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Los payasos se van" (1921)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Our Land of Peace" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ambición" (1939)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La quinta calumnia" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Napoleón" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Volver a vivir" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Historia de una noche" (1941)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sensational Kidnapping" (1942) – Carlos Suárez

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La maestrita de los obreros" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yo conocí a esa mujer" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concierto de almas" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "En el viejo Buenos Aires" (1942)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "El espejo" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Casi un sueño" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Juvenilia" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La juventud manda" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stella" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cuando florezca el naranjo" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hay que casar a Paulina" (1944)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Apasionadamente" (1944)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Camino del infierno" (1945) – Carlos

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rigoberto" (1945)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rosa de América" (1946)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rodríguez supernumerario" (1948)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La gran tentación" (1948)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ángeles de uniforme" (Inédita) (1949)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fascinación" (1949)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Toscanito y los detectives" (1950) – Linares

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Cuando un pobre se divierte" (1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia" (1951) – Actor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reportaje en el infierno" (1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Divine Poverty" (1951)

description: Chilean actor

wikidata_label: Rafael Frontaura

wikipedia_title: Rafael Frontaura


text: ukiyo-e

text: woodblock prints

text: Owari Province

text: Edo

text: Tosa

text: Kanō school

text: Hishikawa Moronobu

text: Kaigetsudō school

text: Richard Lane

text: Harunobu

text: shunga

text: Shunsui

text: Isshō

text: Nikkō Tōshō-gū

text: Lane, Richard

text: OCLC 5246796

paragraph: Miyagawa Chōshun

paragraph: Miyagawa Chōshun (; 1683 – 18 December 1753) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style. Founder of the Miyagawa school, he and his pupils are among the few ukiyo-e artists to have never created woodblock prints. He was born in Miyagawa, in Owari Province, but lived much of his later life in Edo, where he died.

paragraph: Chōshun trained under artists of the Tosa and Kanō schools, as well as under the master of early ukiyo-e, Hishikawa Moronobu. These influences are evident in his works, along with those of the Kaigetsudō school, but ultimately Chōshun, as the founder of a new school of painting, has a unique style all his own. His figures have a soft, warm femininity about them, and Richard Lane considers his coloring among the best in all of ukiyo-e art. His works are almost exclusively of courtesans, and in his works these figures are fuller, and more voluptuous than those of many other artists, in particular those of the somewhat later artist Harunobu. Though many of his pieces are clean ones of courtesans, Chōshun and his students also produced a great number of works of "shunga" (erotic paintings).

paragraph: Miyagawa Chōshun had a number of pupils, including his son Shunsui, Chōki (who may have also been his son), and Isshō.

paragraph: In 1751, a few years before his death, Chōshun was commissioned by an artist of the Kanō school to perform some restoration work at the Nikkō Tōshō-gū. When Chōshun was not paid for his work, an altercation erupted which ended in the death of the Kanō artist at the hands of Chōshun's son. As a result, Chōshun was banished from Edo for a year.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lane, Richard. (1978). "Images from the Floating World, The Japanese Print." Oxford: Oxford University Press. ; OCLC 5246796

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art, a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Miyagawa Chōshun (see index)

alias:
Miyagawa Choshun
Miyagawa Choushun

description: painter

wikidata_label: Miyagawa Chōshun

wikipedia_title: Miyagawa Chōshun


text:
née
figure skater
World Junior
East Germany
1988 Winter Olympics
Calgary
Ingrid Lehmann
GDR
World Junior Championships
Karin Hendschke
Katarina Witt
1985 European Championships
1988 Winter Olympics
Evelyn Großmann
Simone Lang
German reunification
Webseite über Eiskunstlauf

categories: Sportspeople from Dresden,1969 births,German female single skaters,Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics,Olympic figure skaters of East Germany,Living people

paragraph: Simone Koch

paragraph: Simone Schnabel (née Koch, born 25 October 1969) is a German former competitive figure skater. She is the 1983 World Junior champion and represented East Germany at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Koch learned her first triple jumps with coach Ingeburg Walter at the Dresdner EC. Later she was coached by Ingrid Lehmann in Berlin. She represented the GDR and her club was SC Einheit Berlin.

paragraph: Koch won the World Junior Championships in 1983, at the age of 14. In 1984, she was awarded the silver medal at the World Junior Championships, placing behind another East German, Karin Hendschke.

paragraph: Koch won the silver medal at the 1984 East German Championships behind Katarina Witt. She placed 4th at the 1985 European Championships.

paragraph: In 1988, Koch won her second silver medal, again behind Witt, at the German Championships. She was sent to the 1988 Winter Olympics and placed 9th.

paragraph: In 1989, Koch was one of the favourites for the European Championships but she lost the qualifying competition in East Germany versus Evelyn Großmann and Simone Lang.

paragraph: In 1992 and 1993, following German reunification, Koch attempted to qualify for international championships but was unsuccessful.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Koch married Günther Schnabel and took his surname. Their daughter, Lisa-Maria, was born in 1990.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Webseite über Eiskunstlauf (dt./en.)

description: German figure skater

wikidata_label: Simone Koch

wikipedia_title: Simone Koch


text:
Norwegian
ski jumper
World War II
Vikersundbakken
Arnholdt Kongsgård
1938 Nordic World Ski Championships
Lahti
1939 Nordic World Ski Championships
Zakopane
Holmenkollen ski festival
invaded by Germany
World War II
association football

categories: 2013 deaths,1915 births,Norwegian male ski jumpers,FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping,People from Kongsberg,Kongsberg IF ski jumpers,Norwegian footballers

paragraph: Hilmar Myhra

paragraph: Hilmar Arnold Myhra (4 June 1915 – 13 April 2013) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed before World War II. He won the opening competition of the hill Vikersundbakken in February 1936, and held the hill record of 85 meters for a few years. It was broken by Arnholdt Kongsgård in 1946.

paragraph: He also won a bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1938 Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, and finished sixth in the same event at the 1939 Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. Myhra also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1940, the last winner of the event before Norway would be invaded by Germany during World War II. He also became Norwegian champion that year.

paragraph: Besides skiing Myhra also played association football, during the summer, and a head injury sustained in a football match in August 1945 ended his sporting career.

description: Norwegian ski jumper

wikidata_label: Hilmar Myhra

wikipedia_title: Hilmar Myhra


text: romanisation

text: painter

text: sculptor

text: Teleneşti

text: Bessarabia Governorate

text: Russian Empire

text: Republic of Moldova

text: S. Ben Zion

text: Odessa

text: Ottoman Palestine

text: Herzliya Gymnasium

text: Tel Aviv

text: Bezalel School

text: Jerusalem

text: Vienna

text: Shulamit Gallery

text: oils

text: watercolours

text: gouache

text: pen and ink

text: Tel Aviv

text: Bialik

text: Tel Aviv

text: Dizengoff Prize

text: Lamdan Prize

text: Tel Aviv University

text: Tel Aviv

text: Israel Prize

text: children's literature

text: Neve Tzedek

text: Tel Aviv

text: Tel Aviv

text: Tel Aviv

text: List of Israel Prize recipients

text: The Nachum Gutman Museum

text: Hebrew

text: The Mosaics of Nachum Gutman

categories: 1898 births,Israeli Jews,Israel Prize in children's literature recipients,Dizengoff Prize recipients,1980 deaths,Lamdan Prize recipients,Israeli artists,Jewish painters,Imperial Russian emigrants to the Ottoman Empire

paragraph: Nachum Gutman

paragraph: Nachum Gutman (as he himself signed; alternate romanisation: Nahum Gutman; : October 5, 1898 – November 28, 1980) was an Israeli painter, sculptor, and author.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Nachum Gutman was born in Teleneşti, Bessarabia Governorate, then a part of the Russian Empire (now in the Republic of Moldova). He was the fourth child of Sim[c]ha Alter and Rivka Gutman. His father was a Hebrew writer and educator who wrote under the pen name S. Ben Zion. In 1903, the family moved to Odessa, and two years later, to Ottoman Palestine. In 1908, Gutman attended the Herzliya Gymnasium in what would later become Tel Aviv. In 1912, he studied at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. In 1920–26, he studied art in Vienna, Berlin and Paris.

paragraph: Gutman was married to Dora, with whom he had a son. After Gutman's death in 1980, Dora asked two Tel Aviv gallery owners, Meir Stern of Stern Gallery and Miriam Tawin of Shulamit Gallery, to appraise the value all of the works left in his estate.

paragraph: Section::::Artistic career.

paragraph: Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, moving away from the European influences of his teachers. He worked in many different media: oils, watercolours, gouache and pen and ink.

paragraph: His sculptures and brightly colored mosaics can be seen in public places around Tel Aviv. Indoor murals depicting the history of Tel Aviv can be seen in the western wing of the Shalom Tower and the Chief Rabbinate building.

paragraph: A mosaic fountain with scenes from the early days of Tel Aviv and biblical stories connected to Jaffa (inscribed with 3 Bible verses: Jeremiah 31:4, 2 Chronicles 2:16, Jonah 1:3), stood for 32 years at the end of Bialik Street, opposite the old Tel Aviv municipality building. In 2012 this mosaic fountain was reinstalled at the southern end of Rothschild Boulevard.

paragraph: Gutman's artistic style was eclectic, ranging from figurative to abstract. Gutman was also a well-known writer and illustrator of children's books.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and recognition.

paragraph: Gutman received many art and literary prizes:

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1938: Dizengoff Prize for painting "(also in 1956)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1946: Lamdan Prize for children's literature

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1955: Sicily Award for watercolor painting at the São Paulo Biennale

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1956: Dizengoff Prize for painting "(also in 1938)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962: Hans Christian Andersen Literary Prize on behalf of Unesco for his book "Path of Orange Peels"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964: Yatziv Prize

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969: Fichman Prize for Literature and Art

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1974: Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Tel Aviv University

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976: Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1978: Israel Prize, for children's literature

paragraph: The Nachum Gutman Museum, showcasing the artist's work, was established in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv.

paragraph: Section::::Outdoor and public art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1961 A mosaic wall at the Chief Rabbinate building, Tel Aviv

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1966 A mosaic wall in memory of the Herzliya high school at Migdal Shalom (Shalom Tower), Tel Aviv

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1976 History of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, mosaic-decorated fountain, initially Bialik Square, now southern end of Rothschild Boulevard Tel Aviv

paragraph: Section::::Published works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Path of the Orange Peels: Adventures in the Early Days of Tel Aviv" (English translation: Nelly Segal) Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Seven Mills and Another Station" (Sheva T'khanot ve'od Takhana), Yavneh 1956

paragraph: BULLET::::- "In the Land of Lobengulu King of Zulu", Massadah 1940

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of Israel Prize recipients

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Nachum Gutman Museum (in Hebrew and English)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Nachum Gutman – Illustrates stories of the Bible Exhibition

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Mosaics of Nachum Gutman

alias:
Nahum Gutman
Nachum Ben-Zion

description: painter, sculptor and mosaic artist

wikidata_label: Nachum Gutman

wikipedia_title: Nachum Gutman


text:
Ōtsu
Shiga Prefecture
Nara Women's University
Yukihiko Yasuda
Japan Fine Arts Academy
still life
pictures of women
portraits
Japan Art Academy
Order of Culture
Uemura Shōen
Kamakura

categories: 20th-century Japanese painters,Nihonga painters,1895 births,Recipients of the Order of Culture,People from Ōtsu, Shiga,Japanese centenarians,Buddhist artists,2000 deaths

paragraph: Yuki Ogura

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ogura was born in Ōtsu city, Shiga Prefecture and graduated from the Nara Women's Normal School (the predecessor of Nara Women's University). She was employed as a school teacher, but her interest in art led her to study under noted "Nihonga" painter Yukihiko Yasuda in 1920.

paragraph: In 1926, her painting "Kyuri" ("Cucumbers") was selected for an "Inten" Exhibition by the Japan Fine Arts Academy ("Nihon Bijutsu-in") . Ogura became the first female member of the Japan Fine Arts Academy in 1932. She specialized in graceful family scenes, still life, and pictures of women. During the 1950s and 1960s, she painted many large portraits of friends and family members in the nude. Although Ogura never departed from the traditional framework of the "Nihonga" style, her figure paintings are often described by contemporary critics as "modern," both in style and content.

paragraph: A very prolific artist, in 1976, she was selected to become a member of the Japan Art Academy ("Nihon Geijitsu-in"), and later become honorary chairperson of that organization. She was awarded the Order of Culture in 1980, and is one of only two women painters (the other being fellow "Nihonga" painter Uemura Shōen) to be so honored.

paragraph: Her studio and home were located in Kamakura, where she lived to the age of 105.

paragraph: Section::::Famous works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Yuami Onna" ("Bathing Women", 1938)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oyako" ("Mother and Child", 1961)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Maiko" ("Apprentice Geisha", 1962)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Conant, Ellen P., Rimer, J. Thomas, Owyoung, Stephen. "Nihonga: Transcending the Past : Japanese-Style Painting, 1868–1968". Weatherhill (1996).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mason, Penelope. "History of Japanese Art". Prentice Hall (2004).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ogura, Yuki. "Ogura Yuki". Kodansha America (1988).

description: Japanese artist

wikidata_label: Yuki Ogura

wikipedia_title: Yuki Ogura


text:
Elverum
Løten
Henrik Sørensen

categories: 19th-century executions by Norway,Norwegian criminals,1876 deaths,People executed for murder,People from Elverum,Norwegian people convicted of murder,People executed by Norway by decapitation,Executed Norwegian people,1804 births

paragraph: Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen

paragraph: Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen (9 September 1804 – 25 February 1876) was a Norwegian criminal, killer and thief. He was born at the crofter's farm Nordre Svartbækken in Elverum, and spent 41 years of his life in prisons. He was convicted for a murder and robbery near Ekrumstormyra in Løten in 1875, and was beheaded by axe at the site of the murder in 1876, witnessed by estimated 2,500 spectators, in the last public execution in Norway. Moments before his beheading he confessed to the murder.

paragraph: Henrik Sørensen's painting "Svartbækken" from 1908, inspired by the incident, was much discussed, but is regarded as Sørensen's breakthrough.

description: Norwegian criminal

wikidata_label: Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen

wikipedia_title: Kristoffer Nilsen Svartbækken Grindalen


text:
beylik
Danishmends
Turkish
Anatolia
Battle of Manzikert
Byzantine
Battle of Manzikert
Anatolia
Neocaesarea
Tokat
Sivas
Euchaita
First Crusade
crusaders
Battle of Dorylaeum
Bohemond I of Antioch
Malatya
Battle of Melitene
Emir Gümüştekin Gazi
Niksar
Turkish-language
romance
Arab
Sayyid Battal Gazi
Abbasid
Abu Muslim
oral tradition
Seljuk
Kayqubad I
compendium
Ottoman
Murad II
Melik
Abbasid
Caliph
Baghdad
historiographers
Gazi
Seljuk dynasty
(limited preview)
epic

categories: 11th-century rulers in Asia,Turkic rulers,History of Tokat,12th-century rulers in Asia,Year of birth unknown,1104 deaths,Muslims of the First Crusade,11th-century Turkic people

paragraph: Danishmend Gazi

paragraph: Danishmend Gazi, full name Gümüştekin Danishmend Ahmed Gazi (), Danishmend Taylu, or Malik Dānishmand Aḥmad Ghāzī (died 1104), was the founder of the beylik of Danishmends. After the Turkish advance into Anatolia that followed the Battle of Manzikert, his dynasty controlled the north-central regions in Anatolia.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: The defeat of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert allowed the Turks, including forces loyal to Danishmend Gazi, to occupy nearly all of Anatolia. Danishmend Gazi and his forces took as their lands central Anatolia, conquering the cities of Neocaesarea, Tokat, Sivas, and Euchaita.

paragraph: During the First Crusade, he was directly on the path of the advancing crusaders. On the losing side at the Battle of Dorylaeum in 1097, he scored a success in capturing Bohemond I of Antioch in 1100. He continued campaigning, extending southwards and capturing Malatya (Melitene) in 1103 (see Battle of Melitene).

paragraph: He was succeeded by his son Emir Gümüştekin Gazi.

paragraph: A tomb attributed to him is found in Niksar.

paragraph: Section::::Legend.

paragraph: Danishmend Gazi is the central figure in the "Danishmendnâme" ("Tale of Danishmend"), a 13th-century Turkish-language epic romance. In this allegory, events from the life of Danishmend Gazi are blended with the legendary exploits of the 8th-century Arab warrior Sayyid Battal Gazi and of the Persian hero of the early Abbasid period, Abu Muslim.

paragraph: The legends that comprise "Danishmendnâme" were compiled from Turkish oral tradition for the first time by order of the Seljuk Sultan Kayqubad I, a century after Danishmend's death. The final form that reached our day is a compendium that was put together under the instructions of the early 15th century Ottoman sultan Murad II.

paragraph: Section::::Dynasty and titles.

paragraph: Danishmend Gazi is sometimes also referred to by the title "Melik" meaning ""King"", which was actually bestowed upon his grandson in 1134 by the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad and was sometimes used retrospectively by contemporaries and historiographers to refer also to Danishmend Gazi. The other title, "Gazi", denotes a warrior.

paragraph: There is also some confusion on his name and divergence among names used by scholars. He had the same name as his son, Gümüştekin. The father is often referred to shortly as Danishmend Gazi, while his son is called Emir Gazi, without mentioning the name Gümüştekin common to both. Furthermore, the Danishmend dynasty is also cited as having a family tie to the Seljuk dynasty although the explanations differ.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (limited preview)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Irene Melikoff (1960): Danishmendname "La Geste de Melik Danishmend", translation and introduction to a Turkish epic of the 13th century

description: Muslim crusader

wikidata_label: Danishmend Gazi

wikipedia_title: Danishmend Gazi


text:
Delft
Schagen
Manuel of Portugal
Countess Emilia of Nassau
William the Silent
pretender
António, Prior of Crato
Calvinist
Stadtholder
Maurice of Orange
Principality of Orange
Guilder
Frederick Henry
Brussels
Spanish Netherlands
Rittmeister
Isabella Clara Eugenia
Carmelites
States-General
cuirassier
Geldern
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria
Guillaume de Lamboy
Johanna of Hanau-Münzenberg
Rhinegrave
Salm
Vianen
Lieutenant colonel
The Hague
Thirty Years' War
Hauptmann
company
infantry
Oberst
Steenwijk
Elburg

categories: Dutch people of Portuguese descent,17th-century Dutch people,1666 deaths,1600 births,House of Aviz,Converts to Calvinism from Roman Catholicism

paragraph: Manuel António of Portugal

paragraph: Manuel António of Portugal (24 February 1600 in Delft – 27 October 1666 in Schagen) was a Portuguese nobleman.

paragraph: Section::::Youth.

paragraph: He was born as son of Manuel of Portugal and Countess Emilia of Nassau who was a daughter of William the Silent. Manuel António's father, Manuel of Portugal, was an illegitimate son of the Portuguese pretender António, Prior of Crato.

paragraph: Initially Manuel António was raised by his mother as a Calvinist. However, in 1612, his father sent him together with his brother Louis William to their uncle Christoph in France, where he received a Roman Catholic education. Already in 1613, his uncle, the Stadtholder Maurice of Orange, promoted him as captain, because of the income associated with this position and not with the aim to take over a military command.

paragraph: From 1619 – 1623 he was governor of the Principality of Orange for his uncle Maurice. Apparently in this respect it was relevant that he attended Catholic church services and that the majority of the population of the Principality of Orange was Catholic. The vice governor Valckenburg was in charge of official functions. He lived a lavish life, spend more money than was available and had to be ordered back early by his uncle in 1623. He continued to receive the corresponding pay of 6,000 Guilder until the next Stadtholder, Frederick Henry who ruled from 1625, cancelled the payments.

paragraph: Section::::Church and military.

paragraph: Without a source of income in 1626 he had to leave together with his father for Brussels in the Spanish Netherlands where they were cordially received. Manuel António started a military career as Rittmeister in service of Spain and at the archducal court.

paragraph: This career was short-lived. On 15 July 1628 he joined — in presence of Isabella Clara Eugenia and all of her court — the Carmelites and took the religious name Felix a Santa Isabella. He joined the Carmelite monastery in Brussels where he was ordained. From 1628 to 1633 he was a priest but fled from the monastery back to Holland where on 15 January 1634 in Delft he converted again to Calvinism.

paragraph: In 1638 he assumed the title "Prince of Portugal" and on 12 June 1638 he re-joined the service of the States-General as Rittmeister with the cuirassiers.

paragraph: Shortly thereafter he was captured near Geldern by Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria and General Guillaume de Lamboy, taken to Brussels and — on his request — transferred to "his" monastery. But apparently this was only done under compulsion of captivity, as he escaped again, returned to Holland and converted again on 4 April 1643 to the Protestant faith.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage.

paragraph: On 14 December 1646 he married in Delft Countess Johanna of Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels (1610 – 13 September 1673 in Delft), widow of Wild- and Rhinegrave Wolfgang Friedrich of Salm. This relation produced the following offspring:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wilhelmina Amalia (1647 – 14 November 1647)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elisabeth Maria (b. 20 November 1648 in Delft, d. 15 October 1717 in Vianen), married on 11 April 1678 with Lieutenant colonel Baron Adriaan of Gent (16 February 1645 in The Hague – 10 August 1708)

paragraph: The sources point out that the countess — who descended from an impoverished branch of her family, which had been buffeted by the Thirty Years' War — brought little to the marriage. Debts weighed heavily on Manuel António and included child support of 300 fl. per year for his illegitimate son William (b. 1646) whose mother was one Dina Borremans.

paragraph: Section::::Late career.

paragraph: In 1645 he became Hauptmann of a Dutch company infantry and was soon promoted to Oberst. In 1656 he became governor of Steenwijk and Commandant of Elburg.

paragraph: He died on 27 October 1666 in Schagen and was entombed in Delft.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: Section::::References.:Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. W. E. Dek: "Graf Johann der Mittlere von Nassau-Siegen und seine 25 Kinder". Rijswijk 1962.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. W. E. Dek: "De afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de Vrede van Munster". In: "Spiegel der Historie" 3, 7/8 (1968).

paragraph: BULLET::::- J. L. J. van Kamp: "Nog een tak afstammelingen van Willem de Zwijger". In: "De nederlandsche Leeuw". Heft LXXIV, 9 (September 1957), Spalte 266 – 287; 306 – 316.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Detlev Schwennicke: "Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europäischen Staaten". Band 3,3. Frankfurt 1958.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reinhard Suchier: "Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses" in: "Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894", Hanau 1894.

description: Dutch-Portuguese nobleman

wikidata_label: Manuel António of Portugal

wikipedia_title: Manuel António of Portugal


text:
Baltimore, Maryland
Emanuel Leutze
William Thompson Walters
Baltimore
William Aiken Walker

wikipedia_title:
Baltimore
Emanuel Leutze
William Thompson Walters
Baltimore
William Aiken Walker

categories: 1826 births,American male painters,Painters from Washington, D.C.,American still life painters,1888 deaths,19th-century American painters

paragraph: Andrew John Henry Way

paragraph: Andrew John Henry Way was a portraitist and still life painter born in 1826 in Washington, D.C.. He died in 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland.

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: Way studied with artists John P. Frankenstein and Alfred J. Miller in the U.S. In 1850 he went to Europe and studied in both Paris and Florence. In 1859 he gained the attention of Emanuel Leutze and thereafter changed his focus to still life painting instead of portraits. In 1876, Way received a medal for excellence at the Centennial Exposition.

paragraph: In 1866, the art collector William Thompson Walters acquired property on Woodburne Ave near Govanstown (later became Saint Mary's). Walters was interested in growing grapes, and hired Andrew John Henry Way to paint a cluster of Prince Albert grapes. The painting, "Bunch of Grapes", is currently on view at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

paragraph: A private scrapbook of Way's, housed at the South Carolina Historical Society, includes clippings from Baltimore newspapers about the Southern artist William Aiken Walker. Walker was known for painting African Americans after the Civil War. Way also completed small paintings of African Americans.

alias:
A. J. H. Way
Andrew J. H. Way
Andrew J.H. Way
way

description: American portrait and still life painter

wikidata_label: Andrew John Henry Way

wikipedia_title: Andrew John Henry Way


text:
alpine skier
Narvik
downhill
giant slalom
Super-G
Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City

categories: Olympic alpine skiers of Norway,Living people,People from Narvik,Norwegian male alpine skiers,Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics,1973 births

paragraph: Kenneth Sivertsen (skier)

paragraph: Kenneth Sivertsen (born August 31, 1973) is a Norwegian alpine skier, born in Narvik. He competed in the downhill, giant slalom and Super-G at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002.

paragraph: Sivertsen was Norwegian champion in alpine combined in 1996, and in downhill in 1999.

description: Norwegian alpine skier

wikidata_label: Kenneth Sivertsen

wikipedia_title: Kenneth Sivertsen (skier)


text: Dutch

text: baseball

text: Sussex County Miners

text: Can-Am League

text: Dutch Major League

text: Seattle Mariners

text: Wisconsin

text: Everett

text: Pulaski

text: Clinton

text: High Desert

text: Jackson

text: San Diego Padres

text: San Antonio

text: Tucson

text: Camden Riversharks

text: Texas Rangers

text: Frisco

text: Québec Capitales

text: Can-Am League

text: High Point Rockers

text: Sussex County Miners

text: Can-Am League

categories: Hypotheekzeker Tornados players,Pulaski Mariners players,Algodoneros de Guasave players,Corendon Kinheim players,Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen players,High Point Rockers players,Dutch people of Curaçao descent,1986 births,ADO players,San Antonio Missions players,Tucson Padres players,Clinton LumberKings players,Dutch expatriate baseball players in Canada,Jackson Generals (Southern League) players,High Desert Mavericks players,Camden Riversharks players,Sportspeople from The Hague,Living people,Frisco RoughRiders players,Sussex County Miners players,2013 World Baseball Classic players,Québec Capitales players,Mexican League baseball center fielders,Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players,Everett AquaSox players,Dutch expatriate baseball players in Mexico,Dutch expatriate baseball players in the United States,2016 European Baseball Championship players

paragraph: Kalian Sams

paragraph: Kalian Rivalino Sams, (born August 25, 1986) is a Dutch professional baseball player for the Sussex County Miners of the Can-Am League.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Seattle Mariners.

paragraph: After playing 2 seasons in the Dutch Major League, Sams signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners on July 2, 2006. In 2007, he was assigned to Single-A Wisconsin, but was demoted to Short-Season A Everett. In 104 games that season, Sams hit .216 with 11 HR and 30 RBI.

paragraph: Sams played 2008 with Advanced Rookie Pulaski. In 32 games, Sams hit .204 with 10 HR and 20 RBI. Sams opened 2009 with Single-A Clinton, and played 4 games with Everett before his season ended in late June. In 20 total games, Sams hit .208 with 4 HR and 12 RBI.

paragraph: Sams played most of 2010 with Clinton, but was demoted to Everett in August. In 105 total games, .183 with 20 HR and 58 RBI. Sams began 2011 with A-Advanced High Desert, but was demoted to Clinton in May. In 113 total games, .231 with 24 HR and 66 RBI. Sams played 2012 with Double-A Jackson, where in 72 games, he hit .242 with 11 HR and 35 RBI.

paragraph: On April 23, 2013, Sams was released by the Mariners.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:San Diego Padres.

paragraph: On May 5, Sams signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres, and began the year with Double-A San Antonio. In June, Sams was promoted to Triple-A Tucson. On July 20, Sams was released. In 50 games in the Padres organization, Sams hit .215 with 11 HR and 30 RBI.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Camden Riversharks.

paragraph: On August 3, he signed with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, where he played in 5 games, hitting 10-15 with 3 HR and 9 RBI.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Texas Rangers.

paragraph: He signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers on August 10, 2013. In 20 games with Double-A Frisco, he hit .286 with 4 HR and 10 RBI.

paragraph: On November 23, 2013, Sams signed a minor league deal with the Rangers. He was released in March 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Québec Capitales.

paragraph: Sams joined the Québec Capitales of the Can-Am League in 2015 and played in a total of 289 games with the team from the 2015 season to the 2018 season.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:High Point Rockers.

paragraph: In early 2019, Sams signed with the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He was released on July 7, 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Sussex County Miners.

paragraph: On July 13, 2019, Sams signed with the Sussex County Miners of the Can-Am League.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Sams was born in the Netherlands and is of Curaçao descent.

description: Dutch baseball player

wikidata_label: Kalian Sams

wikipedia_title: Kalian Sams


text: Silesian Piasts

text: Silesian duke

text: Legnica

text: Wenceslaus I

text: Brzeg

text: Bolesław III the Generous

text: Přemyslid

text: Margaret

text: Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

text: Luxembourg

text: John of Bohemia

text: Prague

text: Katarina Šubić

text: Oława

text: Namysłów

text: Wroclaw

text: Legnica

text: Byczyna

text: Lubin

text: Rome

text: Konrad I of Oleśnica

text: Preczlaw of Pogarell

text: Charles IV

text: Chojnów

text: Kluczbork

text: Byczyna

text: Wołczyn

text: Niemcza

text: King Wenceslaus IV

text: Wroclaw

text: Schweidnitz

text: Jawor

text: Congress of Łubnice

text: Vladislaus II Jagiełło

text: Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn

text: Emperor Louis IV

text: Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania

text: Casimir III the Great

text: Władysław Opolczyk

text: Nicholas II of Troppau

text: Conrad II of Oleśnica

text: Przemyslaw I Noszak

text: Bytom

text: Kodeks lubiński

text: Hedwig of Andechs

text: church of St Hedwig

text: Henry IV of Głogów-Żagań

text: Leszek of Racibórz

text: Margaret

text: Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

text: Henry VII with a Scar

text: Trebnitz

text: Jan II, Duke of Oświęcim

paragraph: Louis I of Brzeg

paragraph: Louis I the Fair, also known as the Wise or the Right (, "Roztropny", or "Prawy") or Louis I of Brzeg ("Ludwik I brzeski"; – 6/23 December 1398), a member of the Silesian Piasts, was a Silesian duke of Legnica from 1342 to 1346 (jointly with his elder brother Wenceslaus I until 1345) and of Brzeg from 1358 until his death. Also, he was regent of Legnica during 1364–1373.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Louis was the second son of the Silesian duke Bolesław III the Generous, then ruling over Legnica and Brzeg, by his first wife, the Přemyslid princess Margaret, a daughter of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. Louis was the youngest son of the ducal couple who survived adulthood. The third and last son, Nikolaus was born and died in 1322, shortly before their mother.

paragraph: Like his elder brother, little was known of Louis I's early years; his first formal appearance was in 1329 on the occasion of the renewal of his father's homage to the Luxembourg king John of Bohemia. In the following years Louis spent much of his time at the royal court in Prague. It was there where he probably learned about politics and government.

paragraph: In 1342 Bolesław III's huge debts forced him to cede the Duchy of Legnica to his sons Wenceslaus and Louis, while he retired with his second wife Katarina Šubić to the Duchy of Brzeg (which also included Oława as well as Namysłów, returned to him by his eldest son Wenceslaus). During the first three years, both brothers ruled jointly without major problems until Wenceslaus, after years of childless marriage, lost all his hopes to have children and decided to give most of the Legnica territory to Louis. The formal divisionary treaty took place on 9 August 1345 in the Silesian capital Wroclaw and was personally signed by King John of Bohemia. Louis I received the richest part of the Duchy and the residence in Legnica.

paragraph: However, the breakdown between the brothers took place only one year later. In 1346 Wenceslaus - whose wife, after eight years of marriage was finally expecting their first child - tried to modify the treaty, under which Louis gave up all his lands to his elder brother (who apparently was dying), and in exchange, he was named his sole heir, even in the case of the birth of a son. As a temporary compensation, Louis received 400 pieces of silver "per year" and the possession of the palace of Byczyna.

paragraph: It soon became apparent the reality was totally different. The "ill" Wenceslaus wasn't in any danger of dying. In addition, the situation was more complicated after the birth of the first of Wenceslaus's four sons, Rupert. Now Wenceslaus wanted to force his brother to renounce his succession rights, and Louis saw how his brother reduced the payment of his allowance. However, Louis's financial situation was not so bad as he was able to buy the town of Lubin from his father and moved there with his family.

paragraph: Between 1349 and 1350 Louis took part in a pilgrimage to Rome. After the death of his father Bolesław III in 1352, Louis opted for a military solution to the conflicts with his brother. The war lasted for nearly six years (with interruptions thanks to the mediation attempts of Duke Konrad I of Oleśnica, of the Bishop of Wroclaw, Preczlaw of Pogarell and Emperor Charles IV himself). The final agreement concluded between the brothers was signed on 23 July 1359. The winner in the conflict was Louis, who in addition to the confirmation of his government over Lubin, obtained from Wenceslas I the town of Chojnów, half of the Oława territory, the Duchy of Brzeg and a monetary compensation of 4,500 pieces of silver. For his part, Louis promised to pay half of his late father's debts and formally renounced all claim over the Duchy of Legnica.

paragraph: Wenceslaus died on 2 June 1364, leaving four underage sons. Louis took the regency on behalf of his nephews until 1373 (initially he shared the regency with his sister-in-law, Anna of Teschen, until 1367). From the beginning of his regency, he made significant efforts to save the Legnica treasury and to eliminate the specter of bankruptcy. His talent in government affairs caused Louis I to be actively involved in the rule of Legnica by the request of his eldest nephew Rupert I, who followed most of his advice.

paragraph: Thanks to the great improvement of the Legnica finances, Louis I was able to retake the half of the Duchy of Brzeg-Oława lost by his late brother (in 1368) and also acquired the towns of Kluczbork, Byczyna, Wołczyn (in 1373) and Niemcza (years 1392-1395).

paragraph: In order to maintain his sole authority over his lands, despite the attainment of majority of his eldest son Henry VII, Louis I didn't give him a separate state, and only named him co-regent - but without any real power - in 1360 or 1361. Henry VII received his own district only in 1395 (at the age of 52 years): Niemcza, purchased by his father three years before.

paragraph: Louis I participated actively in foreign politics. On 21 May 1379, with his brother Wenceslaus I, he renewed his homage to King Wenceslaus IV. In exchange, the King promised the succession to the whole Duchy of Legnica-Brzeg only to the descendants of Bolesław III the Generous from then on, which saved this line of the House of Piast from further intrusions by their relatives. A second renewal of homage took place on 6 January 1383, but this time Louis I had to renounce any claims over the duchies whose current holders were relatives of the King of Bohemia: Wroclaw, Schweidnitz and Jawor.

paragraph: On 12 June 1397 Louis took part in the Congress of Łubnice, at which were present, among others, King Vladislaus II Jagiełło and Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn.

paragraph: The dynastic politics of Louis I had also a good result. He managed to orchestrate the marriages of his oldest daughter Margaret to Albert I of Bavaria, son of Emperor Louis IV and his only son Henry VII (then a long-time widower) to Margaret of Masovia, widow of Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania; also he arranged the marriage of his nephew Rupert I to Hedwig of Żagań, widow of King Casimir III the Great. Louis I expected that with these marriages he would have additional arguments to fight for the Polish throne after the death of King Casimir III. Very quickly it became clear that the prospects for the throne of Kraków were very distant. Finally, in 1396 he made an alliance with the new ruler of Poland, Vladislaus II Jagiełło against Władysław Opolczyk.

paragraph: The reputation of the Duke of Brzeg was so great that Louis I had been repeatedly appointed by Charles IV and Wenceslaus IV as a mediator in disputes (as in 1365 between the Bishop Przecław von Pogarell and Duke Conrad I of Oleśnica, in 1367 between the sons of Duke Nicholas II of Troppau for the division of the Duchy or in 1373 between Duke Conrad II of Oleśnica and Przemyslaw I Noszak for the Duchy of Bytom).

paragraph: Louis I, during his long government, was known as a founder of a number of laic and religious buildings (such as castles in Lubin and Brzeg with their respective Chapels and the Kolegiata Chapter in Brzeg). At this time the "Kodeks lubiński" was also made, which illustrated the life of his great-great-great-grandmother St. Hedwig of Andechs, whose cult he promoted throughout all his reign.

paragraph: Louis I died between 6 and 23 December 1398 and was buried in the collegiate church of St Hedwig in Brzeg.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and issue.

paragraph: Around 1341, Louis married Agnes (b. ca. 1321 – d. 7 July 1362), daughter of Duke Henry IV of Głogów-Żagań and widow of Duke Leszek of Racibórz. They had six children:

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Margaret (b. 1342/43 – d. 18/22 February 1386), married aft. 19 July 1353 to Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Henry VII with a Scar (b. 1343/45 – d. 11 July 1399)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Catherine (b. ca. 1344 – d. 10 April 1404/4 October 1405?), Abbess of Trebnitz (1372)

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Hedwig (b. 1346 – d. ca. 30 January 1385), married ca. 1366 to Jan II, Duke of Oświęcim

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Wenceslaus (b. ca. 1350 – d. aft. 15 September 1358)

paragraph: BULLET::::6. A daughter (b. bef. July 1351 – d. young).

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- LUDWIK I BRZESKI (SPRAWIEDLIWY, ROZTROPNY, PRAWY)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "This article was translated from his version on Polish Wikipedia".

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Karłowska-Kamzowa A.: Fundacja artystyczna Ludwika I brzeskiego. Opole-Wrocław 1970.

alias:
Ludwik I Brzeski
Ludwik I Prawy
Ludwik I Sprawiedliwy
Duke of Legnica-Brzeg Ludwik I
Duke of Liegnitz and Brzeg Ludwig I
Ludwik I Roztropny
Ludwik I the Fair
Louis I the Fair
Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg
Ludwig I, Duke of Liegnitz and Brieg
Duke Ludwig of Legnica and Brieg

description: Duke of Brzeg

wikidata_label: Louis I of Brzeg

wikipedia_title: Louis I of Brzeg


text: Grudziądz

text: Gdańsk

text: Garbe Lahmeyer

text: Aachen

text: Westphalia

text: World War I

text: Prussian partition

text: Sokół

text: independent Poland

text: electrification

text: Province of Pomerania

text: Stalinist era

text: Gdańsk University of Technology

text: Engineering

text: Kazimierz Kopecki

text: Wrzeszcz

categories: Polish engineers,1895 births,People from Grudziądz,Gdańsk University of Technology faculty,1963 deaths

paragraph: Alfons Hoffmann

paragraph: Professor Alfons Hoffmann (born 12 March 1895 in Grudziądz (Graudenz) - 30 December 1963 in Gdańsk) was a Polish engineer and political activist.

paragraph: He attended Königliche Technische Hochschule zu Danzig, from 1905 to 1910, earning degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering. After graduating, between 1911–1913 and 1918–1919, Prof. Hoffman worked as an engineer for the Garbe Lahmeyer company in the electric machine laboratory and in the construction department, in Aachen, Westphalia.

paragraph: Before World War I Hoffman was a prominent member of the Polish intelligentsia in the portion of Poland that was part of the Prussian partition. He was active in social and cultural organizations, including the youth movement Sokół and local choirs. At the end of the war, between 1918 and 1920 he became politically involved and advocated for the return of Pomerania to newly independent Poland.

paragraph: In 1922 Hoffmann worked out the first plan for the electrification of Province of Pomerania. He is called the father of electrification in the pre-war Poland.

paragraph: During the Stalinist era, Hoffmann was removed from any position which would have a direct effect on the development of Polish power engineering industry. He became an instructor at the Gdańsk University of Technology in the Engineering Department and was working, from 1950-1955, under Prof. Kazimierz Kopecki. Later he joined the Institute of Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he became professor in 1957. He was active until his death.

paragraph: Alfons Hoffmann died on 30 December 1963 and was buried in the Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Prof. A. Hoffmann's Medal.

paragraph: In 1992, Prof. A. Hoffman's Medal was created by the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers as the Patron of all Polish Power Engineering. To this day, distinguished persons are awarded the Prof. A. Hoffmann's Medal. The criteria for receiving this honor is formally described as persons representing high ethical values, meritorious for the development of national electrical power particularly in the field of projects, scientific research, exploitation and repairs in power engineering, and the building of power industry objects.

paragraph: Award recipients:

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2004 Professor Xose M. Lopez-Fernandez for his activity in promoting the knowledge on Electrical Power Transformer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In 2007 Pierre Boss for outstanding merits in the field of the Power Engineering.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Professor Alfons Hoffmann by Tadeusz Domżalski

description: Polish engineer

wikidata_label: Alfons Hoffmann

wikipedia_title: Alfons Hoffmann


text:
Hebrew
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kabbalist
poet
Lecha Dodi
Torah
Rabbi Yosef Taitatzak
Salonica
Adrianople
Avot
Avraham Galante
Zohar
Moshe Alsheich
Yosef Karo
Moshe Cordovero
Shavuot
Joseph Karo
Shekhinah
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Land of Israel
Adrianople
Israel
mitzvot
Esther
Mordechai
midrash
halachic midrash
aggadic midrash
Song of Songs
Passover Haggada
Lecha Dodi
Shabbat
Book of Esther
Book of Ruth
Writings
Kabbalah
Psalms
Book of Job
Torah
Joseph Yahalom
Akadémiai Kiadó
Bracha Sack
Video Lecture on Rabbi Shlomo Alkabets
Dr. Henry Abramson

categories: Early Acharonim,Rabbis in Safed,Levites,Jewish poets,16th-century rabbis,1500s births,Rabbis of the Ottoman Empire,Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Safed,Kabbalists,Rabbis in Ottoman Galilee,1576 deaths,Greek Orthodox rabbis

image: 512px-ציון_רבי_שלמה_אלקבץ.JPG

paragraph: Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz

paragraph: Shlomo ha-Levi Alkabetz, also spelt Alqabitz, Alqabes; (Hebrew: שלמה אלקבץ) ( 1500 – 1576) was a rabbi, kabbalist and poet perhaps best known for his composition of the song "Lecha Dodi".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Alkabetz studied Torah under Rabbi Yosef Taitatzak. In 1529, he married the daughter of Yitzhak Cohen, a wealthy householder living in Salonica. Alkabetz gave his father-in-law a copy of his newly completed work "Manot ha-Levi". He settled in Adrianople where he wrote "Beit Hashem", "Avotot Ahava", "Ayelet Ahavim" and "Brit HaLevi". This latter work he dedicated to his admirers in Adrianople. His students included Rabbi Shmuel Ozida, author of "Midrash Shmuel" on Avot, and Rabbi Avraham Galante, author of "Yareach Yakar" on "Zohar". His circle included Moshe Alsheich and Yosef Karo, as well as his famous brother-in-law Moshe Cordovero.

paragraph: Section::::Move to Safed.

paragraph: Following the practice described in the Zohar of reciting biblical passages known as the "Tikūn" on the night of Shavuot, Rabbi Shlomo and Rabbi Joseph Karo stayed awake all that night reading. During the recitation of the required texts, Rabbi Karo had a mystical experience: The Shekhinah appeared as a maggid, praising the circle and telling them to move to the Land of Israel. When they stayed up again the second night of Shavuot, the Shekhinah was adamant about their moving to the land of Israel. The account was recorded by Alkabetz. He settled in Safed in 1535.

paragraph: Section::::Thought.

paragraph: His works written in Adrianople center on the holiness of the people Israel, the Land of Israel, and the specialness of the mitzvot. Alkabetz accepts the tradition that Esther was married to Mordechai before being taken to the king's palace and becoming queen, and even continued her relationship with Mordechai after taking up her royal post. The view of midrash articulated by Alkabetz and other members of the school of Joseph Taitatsak represents an extension of the view of the authority of the oral law and halachic midrash to aggadic midrash and thus leads to the sanctification and near canonization of aggadic expansions of biblical narrative

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Among his printed works:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ayalet Ahavim" (completed 1532, published 1552) on Song of Songs.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Brit HaLevi" (1563), a kabbalistic commentary on the Passover Haggada.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lecha Dodi" (1579), a mystical hymn to inaugurate the Shabbat.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Manot HaLevi" (completed 1529, published 1585) on the Book of Esther.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Or Tzadikim", a book of sermons.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Shoresh Yishai" (completed 1552, published 1561) on the Book of Ruth.

paragraph: Among those existing in manuscript are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Apiryon Shlomo", "Beit Hashem", "Beit Tefilla", interpretations of the prayers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Divrei Shlomo", on the section of Scripture known as Writings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lechem Shlomo", on the guidelines for the sanctification of meals, according to Kabbalah.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mittato shel Shlomo", on the mystical significance of sexual union.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Naim Zemirot", on Psalms.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pitzei Ohev", on the Book of Job.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Shomer Emunim", on the fundamental principles of faith.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sukkat Shalom", "Avotot Ahavah", on the Torah.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Joseph Yahalom, "Hebrew mystical poetry and its Turkish background," in Andreas Tietze and Joseph Yahalom, "Ottoman Melodies Hebrew Hymns: a 16th century cross-cultural adventure" (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1995), pp. 9–43.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Bracha Sack, "The Secret Teaching of R. Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz" (Ph. D., Brandeis University, 1977)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Video Lecture on Rabbi Shlomo Alkabets by Dr. Henry Abramson

description: Rabbi, kabbalist and poet.

wikidata_label: Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz

wikipedia_title: Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz