text:
Bentley
Western Australia
Kings XI Punjab
Indian Premier League
Western Australia
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Ford Ranger Cup
WACA
England XI
First-class cricket
Pura Cup
Bellerive Oval
Hobart
Chris Rogers
Shaun Marsh
Lilac Hill
Australian cricket team
Twenty20 International
Brad Hodge
Bradman Young Player of the Year
Kent Street Senior High School
Perth Scorchers
Big Bash League
Kings XI Punjab
2008
2009 Indian Premier League
Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011 Indian Premier League
2012 Indian Premier League
India
2012–13 Big Bash League season
Brisbane Heat
Perth Scorchers
Kings XI Punjab
2013 Indian Premier League
Caribbean Premier League
St Lucia Zouks
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Luke Pomersbach

categories: Brisbane Heat cricketers,Western Australia cricketers,Kings XI Punjab cricketers,Australian cricketers,Cricketers from Western Australia,1984 births,Living people,Australia Twenty20 International cricketers,Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia,People educated at Kent Street Senior High School,Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketers

paragraph: Luke Pomersbach

paragraph: Luke Anthony Pomersbach (born 28 September 1984 in Bentley, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who is listed with the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He previously played with Western Australia and Royal Challengers Bangalore, before standing down from Western Australia in September 2011 to deal with personal issues. Citing mental health issues, he retired from the game in June 2014.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Pomersbach made his Ford Ranger Cup debut for Western Australia in their match against New South Wales in November, 2006, scoring 33 runs from 47 balls. In December, 2006 in a two-day tour match at the WACA against the England XI, he showed his potential against a quality bowling attack when he scored 101 not out.

paragraph: Shortly after, he made his First-class cricket debut against Tasmania in a Pura Cup match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. He performed very well scoring 74 in the first innings, partnering Chris Rogers in a 106 run 5th wicket partnership. He continued his good form into the second innings when he came to the wicket with WA in trouble at 4/36. With a mix of aggressive strokeplay and careful defending he helped to save WA, scoring 63 runs, leaving his teammates only 32 more runs to win.

paragraph: In November 2007, Pomersbach and fellow Western Warrior Shaun Marsh were suspended from the state side for drinking alcohol following a game against Queensland. Despite this suspension, he was named in the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI to play in the annual Lilac Hill game. He starred against the New Zealanders, scoring 88 runs from 65 balls.

paragraph: Pomersbach then made a most unusual debut for the Australian cricket team in a Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Perth on 11 December 2007. Having not been selected in the original squad for the match, Pomersbach was at the ground as a spectator, when a back injury to Brad Hodge during the warm-up forced the Australian team to call on Pomersbach as an emergency replacement. He again performed well, scoring 15 runs from 7 balls, including a 6 off the third ball he faced. Pomersbach also won the 2008 Bradman Young Player of the Year.

paragraph: He attended Yale Primary School and Kent Street Senior High School in Perth.

paragraph: On 9 August 2009, after two hit-and-run incidents, Pomersbach was arrested and charged by police with failing to stop, failing to accompany police, driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of .08, assaulting a public officer, obstructing police and escaping legal custody. He pleaded guilty and was fined and had his driver's licence cancelled. The WACA responded by suspending him indefinitely. On 6 October 2009, Pomersbach was awarded an extraordinary driver's licence due to hardship using public transport. He returned from his ban for Western Australia in January 2010.

paragraph: Pomersbach signed with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League (BBL) in June 2011. In October 2011, Pomersbach stood down from Western Australia and the Scorchers to deal with depression.

paragraph: Pomersbach played for the Kings XI Punjab in the 2008 and 2009 Indian Premier League seasons. He switched to Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League. In 2012 Pomersbach returned to play for Bangalore in the 2012 Indian Premier League.

paragraph: In May 2012, he was arrested and charged with molesting a woman and assaulting her fiancé after an incident at a hotel in India. He was released on bail but had to surrender his passport. The case was later settled out of court and the charges were dropped.

paragraph: In January 2013 he was the second leading run scorer in the 2012–13 Big Bash League season. Playing for the Brisbane Heat he scored 112 runs from 70 deliveries in the semi-final and was a member of the Heat team that won the final the following week against his former team, the Perth Scorchers.

paragraph: He was bought by the Kings XI Punjab for the 2013 Indian Premier League for US$300,000 in the auction on 3 February 2013.

paragraph: He was pulled in the Caribbean Premier League to play for the St Lucia Zouks for Shivnarine Chanderpaul

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Luke Pomersbach at Cricinfo

description: Australian cricketer

wikidata_label: Luke Pomersbach

wikipedia_title: Luke Pomersbach


text:
etchings
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Museum of Art
Carlinville, Illinois
St. Louis School of Fine Arts
Julian Academy in Paris
Lefebvre
Constant
New Orleans Art Association
New Orleans Times-Picayune
private galleries

categories: 20th-century American artists,19th-century American artists,1869 births,1934 deaths,Artists from New Orleans

paragraph: Robert Bledsoe Mayfield

paragraph: Robert Bledsoe Mayfield (January 1, 1869 - December 4, 1934) was an artist known primarily for his landscapes, interiors, and etchings. His artistic career was spent mostly in New Orleans, Louisiana. Many of Mayfield's paintings on canvas reside at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and training.

paragraph: Mayfield was born in Carlinville, Illinois on January 1, 1869. His artistic training was at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and subsequently the Julian Academy in Paris under Lefebvre and Constant. Luc-Olivier Merson also mentored him.

paragraph: Section::::Artistic career.

paragraph: Mayfield spent the majority of his artistic career in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1908 he was awarded the first gold medal of the New Orleans Art Association. Notable works include "In the Studio" and "The Giant Oak" which are displayed in the New Orleans Museum of Art. He served for a time on the museum's committee for painting and sculpture and was an executive committee member for the New Orleans Art Association, where he displayed some of his work. Mayfield also served as associate editor of art for the "New Orleans Times-Picayune".

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Various private galleries trade in Mayfield's artworks.

wikidata_label: Robert Bledsoe Mayfield

wikipedia_title: Robert Bledsoe Mayfield


text:
rock climber
Eldorado Canyon
Boulder, Colorado
Longs Peak
Yosemite National Park
Kor-Ingalls Route
Castleton Tower
Finger of Fate
Fisher Towers
Titan
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America
American Alpine Club
Longs Peak
Eldorado Canyon
Eldorado Canyon
Longs Peak
Pat Ament
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Kor-Ingalls Route
Castleton Tower
Utah
Finger of Fate
The Titan
Fisher Towers
Utah
Canyonlands National Park
Arches National Park
El Capitan
Yosemite Valley
California
Steve Roper
Mount Proboscis
Northwest Territory
Canada
Royal Robbins

paragraph: Layton Kor

paragraph: Layton Kor (June 11, 1938 – April 21, 2013) was an American rock climber active in the 1960s, whose first ascents and drive for climbing are well known in the climbing world. His routes included many climbs in Eldorado Canyon, near Boulder, Colorado, The Diamond on Longs Peak, towers in the desert southwest, and Yosemite National Park, among other locations. Notable among his first ascents is the Kor-Ingalls Route on Castleton Tower and The Finger of Fate Route up the Fisher Towers' Titan; both routes are recognized in the historic climbing text "Fifty Classic Climbs of North America".

paragraph: Kor also authored the book "Beyond the Vertical".

paragraph: Kor received the 2009 American Alpine Club's "Robert & Miriam Underhill Award" for outstanding climbing achievement.

paragraph: Kor died of kidney failure and prostate cancer.

paragraph: Section::::Notable first ascents.

paragraph: Section::::Notable first ascents.:Colorado.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959 "Diagonal", Lower East Face, Longs Peak, CO. (V 5.9 A3) with Ray Northcutt.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1959 "T2", Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (current rating 5.11a) 1st ascent with Gerry Roach

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960 "Yellow Spur", Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (5.9 (A1)) FA with David Dornan, Feb 21, 1960

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 "Psycho", Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (III 5.9 A4) 1st ascent with Huntley Ingalls

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 "The Naked Edge", Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (III 5.9 A3) with Bob Culp. Entire route with Rick Horn, 1964 (5.9 A4).

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 "Yellow Wall", The Diamond, Longs Peak, CO. (V 5.8 A4) 2nd route on the wall, with Charles Roskosz.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 "Canary Pass", Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon, CO. (III 5.7 A4-) 1st ascent with Pat Ament

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 "Green Slab", Black Canyon of the Gunnison, CO. (VI 5.8 A4) with Brian Martz.

paragraph: Section::::Notable first ascents.:Southwest deserts.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1961 "Kor-Ingalls Route", Castleton Tower, Utah; FA of tower with Huntley Ingalls

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 "Finger of Fate", The Titan, Fisher Towers, Utah. FA of formation (V 5.8 A3) with Huntley Ingalls and George Hurley.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1962 Standing Rock (Monument Basin), near Moab, UT. FA of formation with Huntley Ingalls and Steve Komito.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 "Kor-Dalke-Schafer" IV 5.10 A1, Monster Tower, Canyonlands National Park, Utah; FA of Monster tower with Larry Dalke and Cub Schafer, 26 December 1963

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964 "North Face" III 5.9 A3(?), Argon Tower, Arches National Park, Utah; FA with Bob Bradley and Charlie Kemp, 17 January 1964

paragraph: Section::::Notable first ascents.:California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 "West Buttress", El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California. (VI 5.10 A3+) FA with Steve Roper.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964 "South Face", Washington Column, Yosemite Valley, CA. (V 5.10a A2) FA with Chris Fredericks, June 1964 .

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1965 "Gold Wall", Ribbon Falls Area, Yosemite Valley, CA. (V 5.10 A3) FA with Tom Fender, May 1965.

paragraph: Section::::Notable first ascents.:Outlying areas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1963 "Robbins Route", Mount Proboscis, Logan Mountains, Northwest Territory, Canada. FA with Dick McCracken, Jim McCarthy and Royal Robbins, Aug 4-7, 1963.

description: American rock climber

wikidata_label: Layton Kor

wikipedia_title: Layton Kor


text: botanist

text: cell theory

text: Theodor Schwann

text: Rudolf Virchow

text: University of Göttingen

text: University of Berlin

text: Johann Horkel

text: microscope

text: cell nucleus

text: Robert Brown

text: cell division

text: University of Dorpat

text: embryonic plant organism

text: Frankfurt am Main

text: evolution

text: transmutation of species

text: Charles Darwin

text: Darwinism

text: Arthur Henfrey

text: Short biography and bibliography

text: Virtual Laboratory

categories: 1881 deaths,Burials at Frankfurt Main Cemetery,Heidelberg University alumni,University of Jena faculty,People from Hamburg,German botanists,Proto-evolutionary biologists,1804 births

paragraph: Matthias Jakob Schleiden

paragraph: Matthias Jakob Schleiden (; 5 April 1804 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Matthais Jacob Schleiden was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 5 April 1804. His father was the municipal physician of Hamburg. Schleiden pursued legal studies

paragraph: graduating in 1827. He then established a legal practice

paragraph: but after a period of emotional depression and an attempted suicide, he changed professions.

paragraph: He studied natural science at the University of Göttingen in Göttingen, Germany, but transferred to the University of Berlin in 1835 to study plants. Johann Horkel, Schleiden's uncle, encouraged him to study plant embryology.

paragraph: He soon developed his love for botany into a full-time pursuit. Schleiden preferred to study plant structure under the microscope. As a professor of botany at the University of Jena, he wrote "Contributions to our Knowledge of Phytogenesis" (1838), in which he stated that all plants are composed of cells. Thus, Schleiden and Schwann became the first to formulate what was then an informal belief as a principle of biology equal in importance to the atomic theory of chemistry. He also recognized the importance of the cell nucleus, discovered in 1831 by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown, and sensed its connection with cell division.

paragraph: He became professor of botany at the University of Dorpat in 1863. He concluded that all plant parts are made of cells and that an embryonic plant organism arises from the one cell.

paragraph: He died in Frankfurt am Main on 23 June 1881.

paragraph: "Die Entwickelung der Meduse" ("The Development of the Medusae"), in Schleiden's "Das Meer"

paragraph: Section::::Evolution.

paragraph: Schleiden was an early advocate of evolution. In a lecture on the "History of the Vegetable World" published in his book "The Plant: A Biography" (1848) was a passage that embraced the transmutation of species. He was one of the first German biologists to accept Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. He has been described as a leading proponent of Darwinism in Germany.

paragraph: Section::::Selected publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- (1838)

paragraph: BULLET::::- (1848) [translated by Arthur Henfrey]

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Short biography and bibliography in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

paragraph: BULLET::::- Schwann, Theodor and Schleyden, M. J., Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants. London: Printed for the Sydenham Society, 1847.

alias:
Schleid.
Matthias Jacob Schleiden

description: botanist and philosopher

wikidata_label: Matthias Jakob Schleiden

wikipedia_title: Matthias Jakob Schleiden


text:
Dutch
Amsterdam
violin
Jaap Spaanderman
Amsterdam Conservatory
Amsterdam University
Hermann Scherchen
Franco Ferrara
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
De Nederlandse Opera
Residentie Orkest
Staatskapelle Dresden
Dresden
La Scala
Guillain–Barré syndrome
Cologne
Leonard Slatkin
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Hector Berlioz
Requiem
Chandos
Denon
Alphons Diepenbrock
Anton Bruckner
Peter Schat
Fauré
Schoenberg
PENTATONE
Gustav Mahler
Esther Heideman
PENTATONE
Mozart
Beethoven
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
PENTATONE
Beethoven
Brahms
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
PENTATONE
Johannes Brahms
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
PENTATONE
Johannes Brahms
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
PENTATONE

wikipedia_title:
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Violin
Jaap Spaanderman
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
Hermann Scherchen
Franco Ferrara
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Dutch National Opera
Residentie Orchestra
Staatskapelle Dresden
Dresden
La Scala
Guillain–Barré syndrome
Cologne
Leonard Slatkin
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Hector Berlioz
Requiem (Berlioz)
Chandos Records
Denon
Alphons Diepenbrock
Anton Bruckner
Peter Schat
Gabriel Fauré
Arnold Schoenberg
Pentatone (record label)
Gustav Mahler
Esther Heideman
Pentatone (record label)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Pentatone (record label)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Pentatone (record label)
Johannes Brahms
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Pentatone (record label)
Johannes Brahms
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Pentatone (record label)

categories: 1942 births,20th-century conductors (music),Music of St. Louis,Deaths from motor neuron disease,2004 deaths,Dutch conductors (music),Male conductors (music),Musicians from Amsterdam,Neurological disease deaths in the Netherlands

paragraph: Hans Vonk (conductor)

paragraph: Hans Vonk (18 June 1942 – 29 August 2004) was a Dutch conductor.

paragraph: Section::::Early and middle years.

paragraph: Vonk was born in Amsterdam, the son of Franciscus Cornelis and Wilhelmina Vonk. His father was a violinist in the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and died when Vonk was age three. Vonk studied piano with Jaap Spaanderman at the Amsterdam Conservatory and law at Amsterdam University. During this time, he made a living from gigs as a jazz pianist. He later studied conducting with Hermann Scherchen and Franco Ferrara.

paragraph: Vonk debuted as a conductor with the Netherlands National Ballet. He later married the ballerina, Jessie Folkerts. He also served as assistant conductor with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and associate conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London.

paragraph: Vonk held chief conductor positions with De Nederlandse Opera (1976-1985), the Residentie Orkest (1980–1991) and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1985 to 1990, he was principal conductor of both the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Semper Oper, Dresden. In 1988 he conducted at La Scala in Milan in a revival of Jommelli's "Fetonte", but then had to take a year off from conducting after being diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome, a neurological condition. He appeared to recover and resumed conducting. He became chief conductor of the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne in 1991.

paragraph: Section::::With the SLSO.

paragraph: In the USA, he made his first guest appearance with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) in 1992. In January 1995, he was appointed the SLSO's music director, after Leonard Slatkin, and took up the position in 1996. In 2001, Vonk began to experience muscular weakness, which was not diagnosed to a specific ailment at the time. In 2002, he resigned his position in St. Louis because of these health problems, which were later diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

paragraph: His last performance with the SLSO was of Mahler's Symphony No. 4, on Saturday, 4 May 2002. The applause lasted four minutes and was followed by a commendation read by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Virginia Weldon: "In recognition of his vital leadership and exemplary artistry, as well as his lasting contribution to the rich cultural legacy of both this orchestra and the region of Saint Louis, it is with great pride and affection that the Board of Trustees of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra bestows this commendation on Maestro Hans Vonk, on this day, Saturday, May 4th, 2002, Saint Louis, Missouri." To which the maestro briefly responded: "Ladies and gentlemen, since I'm a United States conductor I'm supposed to say something to the audience. I would like to thank you for your presence through this six years. Everything I have to say happened tonight on stage."

paragraph: The SLSO dedicated a program of Hector Berlioz's Requiem to him after his death.

paragraph: Section::::Final years.

paragraph: In March 2002, Vonk was named chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Symphony (NRSO). He held the post for the 2003-2004 season, and was the orchestra's last chief conductor before its disbandment. His illness had debilitated him to the point that he conducted several NRSO concerts from a wheelchair. On 29 August 2004, Vonk died in his Amsterdam home and is buried in that city under the epitaph (in English):

paragraph: Luuk Reurich wrote a biography of Vonk, "Hans Vonk, Een dirigentenleven" ("Hans Vonk, A Conductor's Life"), published in 2006. Vonk's recordings are on the Chandos and Denon labels, among others, and include two CDs of the Dutch composer Alphons Diepenbrock. Vonk was regarded as a specialist in the music of Anton Bruckner as well as an advocate of the music of Peter Schat, including conducting the world premiere of Schat's stage work "Houdini".

paragraph: Vonk is survived by his widow, Jessie, who moved to Tasmania after her husband's death. In his memory she built the Hans Vonk Music House which began to host chamber music recitals in 2010.

paragraph: Section::::Recordings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fauré & Schoenberg - Pelléas et Mélisande. Hans Vonk, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186324 (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4. Hans Vonk, Esther Heideman, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186323 (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mozart - Symphony No. 40 & Beethoven - Symphony No. 7. Hans Vonk, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186322 (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beethoven - Symphony No.1 & Brahms - Symphony No. 4. Hans Vonk, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186318 (2007)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Johannes Brahms - The Final Sessions of Hans Vonk. Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186045 (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Johannes Brahms - Symphony No.2 & Tragic Overture. Hans Vonk, Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra. PENTATONE PTC 5186042 (2004)

description: Dutch conductor

wikidata_label: Hans Vonk

wikipedia_title: Hans Vonk (conductor)


text:
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Vytautas
Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Algirdas
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Uliana of Tver
Treaty of Dubysa
Jogaila
Teutonic Knights
Council of Florence
Christianization of Lithuania
union between Poland and Lithuania
Roman Catholic rite
Kraków
Andrei of Polotsk
Principality of Smolensk
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92)
Uliana of Tver
Fedor Vesna
Principality of Vitebsk
Vytautas
Ostrów Agreement
Skirgaila
Drutsk
Orsha
Vitebsk
Kraków
Jan Długosz
Teutonic Knights
Aleksander Narcyz Przezdziecki
Liubartas
Volhynia
Galicia–Volhynia Wars
Duchy of Cieszyn
Kingdom of Bohemia
Teutonic Knights
Treaty of Salynas
Navahrudak
Podolia
Battle of the Vorskla River
Golden Horde
Pact of Vilnius
Jan Długosz
Johann von Posilge
Siemowit IV of Masovia
Yury of Smolensk
Oleg II of Ryazan
Principality of Smolensk
Anna of Cilli
Marienburg
Treaty of Salynas
Vilnius
Peace of Raciąż
Samogitia
Podolia
Zhydachiv
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Chernigov
Trubetsk
Dobrzyń Land
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Vasily I of Moscow
Vladimir
Volokolamsk
Rzhev
Kolomna
Zbigniew of Brzezia
Ugra River
Golden Horde
Edigu
Kremenets Castle
Volhynia
Lutsk
Wallachia
Ernest, Duke of Austria
Sigismund, King of Hungary
Samogitia
Teutonic Knights
Košice
Opoczno
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Gollub War
Principalities of Briansk
Chernigov
Trubetsk
Novgorod-Seversk
Gollub War
Treaty of Melno
Riga
Novgorod
Lithuanian nobles
Union of Horodło
Kingdom of Poland
Ruthenia
Polish nobility
Zbigniew Oleśnicki
fealty
Jogaila
King of Poland
Podolia
Volhynia
Lutsk
Teutonic Knights
Staryi Chortoryisk
Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Ashmyany
Polotsk
Samogitia
Hrodna
Minsk
Polotsk
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Kiev
Volhynia
Sayid Ahmad I
Golden Horde
Battle of Ashmyany
Polotsk
Kiev
Volhynia
Polish Senate
Wallachia
Sigismund Kęstutaitis
Podolia
Volhynia
Jonas Goštautas
Władysław III
Lutsk
Podolia
Volynia

wikipedia_title: Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

categories: 1452 deaths,Year of birth uncertain,Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions,Gediminids,Lithuanian Roman Catholics,Grand Dukes of Lithuania,Burials at Vilnius Cathedral,Date of birth unknown

paragraph: Švitrigaila

paragraph: Švitrigaila (before 1370 – 10 February 1452) was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1430 to 1432. He spent most of his life in largely unsuccessful dynastic struggles against his cousins Vytautas and Sigismund Kęstutaitis.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and Vitebsk rebellion.

paragraph: Švitrigaila was born to Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver. His date of birth is unknown, but it is believed that he was the youngest or second youngest son of Algirdas. He first appeared in politics in October 1382 when he witnessed the Treaty of Dubysa between his elder brother Jogaila and the Teutonic Knights. Historians believe that would indicate that at the time Švitrigaila was no younger than 12 which would put his date of birth sometime before 1370. In a complaint submitted to the Council of Florence, Švitrigaila claimed that he and Jogaila were favorite sons of Algirdas. Before his death in 1377, Algirdas transferred his throne to Jogaila but made him swear to make Švitrigaila his heir. Jogaila's representatives did not outright deny the arrangement and instead claimed that it had been modified by mutual agreement between the brothers.

paragraph: In 1386, as part of the Christianization of Lithuania and union between Poland and Lithuania, Švitrigaila together with his brothers was baptized in the Roman Catholic rite in Kraków. His baptismal name was Bolesław.

paragraph: Despite numerous power struggles in Lithuania, including rebellion by Andrei of Polotsk, conquest of the Principality of Smolensk, and the Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92), Švitrigaila does not appear in politics until 1392. After the death of his mother Uliana of Tver, Jogaila appointed falconer Fedor Vesna regent of the Principality of Vitebsk. This angered Švitrigaila and he rebelled against his brother. Vytautas, who just concluded the Ostrów Agreement to become Grand Duke of Lithuania, and Skirgaila gathered an army and captured Drutsk, Orsha, and then Vitebsk. Švitrigaila was captured and sent to Kraków. He was not held in a prison as demonstrated by the fact that he headed a commission for demarcation of the Lithuanian–Prussian border in 1393, but at the same time he had no territories.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Vytautas (1392–1430).:Defection to Hungary.

paragraph: Accounts on Švitrigaila's activities in 1394–1397 are conflicting. Older historians followed Jan Długosz and claimed that he escaped to the Teutonic Knights in Prussia right after the capture of Vitebsk, but Polish historian Aleksander Narcyz Przezdziecki disproved it. Probably around 1396 or 1397, Švitrigaila and Fedor, son of Liubartas who was ousted from Volhynia near the conclusion of the Galicia–Volhynia Wars, escaped from Kraków to Duchy of Cieszyn, fief of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and from there to the court of Sigismund of Luxemburg. Švitrigaila contacted the Teutonic Knights, a long-standing enemy of Lithuania, and proposed an alliance against Vytautas. It was not an unprecedented move: Vytautas had done the same in 1382 and 1390 when he fought with Jogaila. However, the Knights concluded the Treaty of Salynas with Vytautas in October 1398 and Švitrigaila lost any hopes of an armed rebellion. He reconciled with Vytautas and received Navahrudak and a portion of Podolia not ruled by Spytek of Melsztyn.

paragraph: In 1399, Švitrigaila survived the disastrous Battle of the Vorskla River against the Golden Horde. Spytek of Melsztyn was killed in the battle and Švitrigaila received his lands in Podolia.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Vytautas (1392–1430).:Defection to Prussia.

paragraph: In January 1401, Vytautas and Lithuanian nobles concluded the Pact of Vilnius which confirmed that after Vytautas' death Lithuania would be ruled by Jogaila and his heirs. That crushed Švitrigaila's ambition to one day become the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Chronicler Jan Długosz hinted that the Pact was in part motivated by the desire to contain growing influence and ambition of Švitrigaila. According to Johann von Posilge, Švitrigaila was forced to sign the Pact. However, just a month later he wrote to Siemowit IV of Masovia trying to form an alliance against Vytautas.

paragraph: Vytautas-instigated the First Samogitian Uprising against the Teutonic Knights started in March 1401. In August, Yury of Smolensk and his father-in-law Oleg II of Ryazan started a rebellion to retake the Principality of Smolensk. Švitrigaila decided to take advantage of these conflicts. In January 1402, instead of traveling to the wedding of Jogaila and Anna of Cilli, Švitrigaila, disguised as a merchant, traveled to Marienburg, the capital of the Teutonic Knights. On 2 March 1402, he concluded a treaty with the Knights which in essence confirmed the Treaty of Salynas. In July 1402, the Knights, including Švitrigaila, invaded Lithuania and marched towards Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, however Vytautas learned of the planned treason and executed six city residents. The Knights did not dare to lay the siege and returned to Prussia. Vytautas wanted to concentrated on the rebellion in Smolensk and peace negotiations started in summer 1403. The truce was signed in December 1403 and the Peace of Raciąż in May 1404. The Knights received territorial concessions in Samogitia while Švitrigaila received Podolia (though the territory was "de facto" governed by Piotr Szafraniec), Zhydachiv, and an annual sum of 1,400 marks from the Wieliczka Salt Mine from Jogaila and the Principalities of Briansk, Chernigov, and Trubetsk from Vytautas.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Vytautas (1392–1430).:Defection to Moscow and imprisonment.

paragraph: For a few years, Švitrigaila was loyal to Vytautas and helped to subdue Smolensk and negotiate with the Teutonic Knights regarding the Dobrzyń Land. Švitrigaila's new territories were by the border with the Grand Duchy of Moscow which began to emerge as the main rival to Lithuania. He decided to rebel against Vytautas once again but this time with the help of Vasily I of Moscow, who was also Vytautas' son-in-law. In May 1409, Švitrigaila with a great number of dukes and boyars defected to Moscow. Vasily I rewarded Švitrigaila with Vladimir, Volokolamsk, Pereslavl, Rzhev, half of Kolomna. Vytautas immediately gathered an army, including 5,000 Polish men commanded by Zbigniew of Brzezia and one flag of Teutonic Knights, and marched towards Russia. The two armies met on the Ugra River but did not engage in battle. The Lithuanian army was exhausted and lacked food while Russians needed to defend from an invasion of the Golden Horde, commanded by Edigu. A peace was concluded which treated Ugra River as the border between Russia and Lithuania.

paragraph: It is not known what happened to Švitrigaila after the standoff at the Ugra River. According to a contemporary Teutonic report, Vytautas demanded that as a condition for peace Vasily I would surrender Švitrigaila, but Vasily I claimed that he had escaped to the Golden Horde. The report further elaborated that Švitrigaila received marriage proposal to a daughter of a Tatar Emir. However, in June 1409, Švitrigaila was back at the court of Vytautas. Restless, he again attempted to conspire with the Teutonic Knights, but the letters were intercepted. Švitrigaila was arrested and imprisoned in various locations until he was settled in the Kremenets Castle, the only brick castle in Volhynia. There he had at least some freedom as he signed land donations.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Vytautas (1392–1430).:Escape to Hungary and reconciliation.

paragraph: Švitrigaila remained imprisoned for nine years until his escape was organized by Dashko Feodorovich Ostrogski, Aleksander Nos, and Alexander of Smolensk. During the night of 24 March 1418 the conspirators, with 500 men, invaded the Kremenets Castle (the gate was opened by two of their men who infiltrated castle security), freed Švitrigaila, and marched to Lutsk. The city was captured and Švitrigaila received support from local nobility, but instead of waging a war, he retreated to Wallachia. For a while, he lived with Ernest, Duke of Austria and Sigismund, King of Hungary.

paragraph: At the same time, an anti-Vytautas rebellion broke out in Samogitia. The Teutonic Knights wanted to use that against Lithuania and invited Švitrigaila to overthrow Vytautas. Instead, Švitrigaila reconciled with Jogaila during a meeting between King Sigismund and Jogaila in Košice in May 1419. Švitrigaila received Opoczno and restored annual income from the Wieliczka Salt Mine. However, that did not reconcile him with Vytautas. After the failed mediation by King Sigismund between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights, both Poland and Lithuania began preparing for the Gollub War. Polish nobles understood the importance of neutralizing Švitrigaila, who continued to receive Teutonic offers for an alliance, and sent a delegation to persuade Vytautas to forgive his cousin. Eventually, Vytautas relented and the official agreement was concluded in August 1420. Švitrigaila swore loyalty and received Principalities of Briansk, Chernigov, Trubetsk, and Novgorod-Seversk.

paragraph: After the reconciliation, Švitrigaila actively participated in state politics. In the spring of 1421, he won a battle against the Tatars; in the summer of 1422, he participated in the Gollub War and subsequent Treaty of Melno; in 1424–1426, he was sent to a diplomatic mission to Riga; he also took part in Vytautas' raid against Novgorod.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Sigismund.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Sigismund.:Grand Duke of Lithuania.

paragraph: Upon Vytautas's death in October 1430, Lithuanian nobles unilaterally elected Švitrigaila as the Grand Duke. This violated the terms of the Union of Horodło of 1413, where Lithuanians promised not to elect a new Grand Duke without the approval of the Kingdom of Poland. In order to receive Ruthenian votes Švitrigaila granted equal rights to Catholic and Orthodox nobles – it was one lasting achievement of his brief reign. The Polish nobility, led by Zbigniew Oleśnicki, were outraged and demanded that Švitrigaila acknowledged his fealty to his brother Jogaila, King of Poland. Švitrigaila refused and professed full independence. The conflict was further complicated by territorial disputes in Podolia and Volhynia, that according to an agreement in 1411 were to be ruled by Lithuania only for the lifetime of Vytautas.

paragraph: Švitrigaila fought against the Polish–Lithuanian forces at Lutsk in Volhynia, and at the same time started organizing a wider anti-Polish coalition. In June 1431, an agreement was reached with the Teutonic Knights: the Knights declared war and without much opposition invaded Poland, whose forces where engaging Švitrigaila in Volhynia. In September a two-year truce between Poland, Lithuania, and the Teutonic Knights was signed in Staryi Chortoryisk. It was more favorable to Poland and it is not clear why Švitrigaila agreed to it. However, the truce did not solve the underlying dispute. The war turned into diplomatic struggle: Poland sought to turn Lithuanian nobles against Švitrigaila.

paragraph: Section::::Struggle against Sigismund.:Coup and civil war.

paragraph: Conspirators, led by Sigismund Kęstutaitis, attacked Švitrigaila and his escort, who were staying in Ashmyany for the night of 31 August 1432. Švitrigaila managed to escape to Polotsk while his pregnant wife Anna of Tver was detained. It is unclear what groups supported Sigismund and why. Possibly Lithuanian nobles were dissatisfied with favors Švitrigaila showed to Orthodox dukes, but before the coup no such opposition manifested itself. Sigismund, who did not play a major role in Lithuanian politics before the coup and who initially supported Švitrigaila, became the Grand Duke and resumed policy of union with Poland.

paragraph: Lithuania was divided into two camps: supporters of Sigismund (Lithuanian lands, Samogitia, Podlaskie, Hrodna, Minsk) to the west, and supporters of Švitrigaila (Polotsk, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Kiev, Volhynia) to the east. Three years of devastating hostilities began. Švitrigaila enlisted help from Sayid Ahmad I, Khan of the Golden Horde. Both sides suffered heavy losses (see Battle of Ashmyany) and final victory in the Battle of Pabaiskas went to Sigismund in 1435. After the defeat, Švitrigaila fled to Polotsk. Losing his influence in the Slavic principalities, he attempted to reconciled with Poland in September 1437: he would rule lands that still supported him (chiefly Kiev and Volhynia) and after his death the territories would pass to the King of Poland. However, Polish Senate did not ratify this treaty under strong protest from Sigismund. Švitrigaila retreated to Wallachia in 1438.

paragraph: Section::::Later years.

paragraph: In 1440, Sigismund Kęstutaitis was assassinated by nobles who supported Švitrigaila, and Švitrigaila returned to rule Podolia and Volhynia. At the age of 70 (or 85, according to some sources), he was too old to resume his struggle for the Lithuanian throne and more importantly had no support from the Council of Lords led by Jonas Goštautas, that in June 1440 elected Casimir Jagiellon, brother of Polish King Władysław III as Grand Duke. Shortly before his death in Lutsk in 1452, he bequeathed all his possessions in Podolia and Volynia to the Lithuanian state.

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paragraph: Tudhaliya III

paragraph: Tudhaliya III was a short-lived king of the Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) ca. 1344 BC (short chronology); he may have been the son and successor of Hattusili II, however he is normally viewed as the son and immediate successor of Tudhaliya II (according to the king count used here). He is never explicitly known to have been king at all. The Hittite texts refer to him as "Tudhaliya the child" or, as an alternate translation, "Tudhaliya the Young(er)". He was killed by a group of officers that included his successor, and quite probably brother, Suppiluliuma I.

paragraph: There is some difficulty concerning numbering of the Tudhaliyas (and Hattusilis) of the Hittite empire. This Tudhaliya is normally not included in Hittite king lists, and his father will often be seen listed in modern literature as Tudhaliya III.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of the Hittites

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Reign of Suppiluliuma I, discussing Tudhaliya

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paragraph: Lilavati of Polonnaruwa

paragraph: Queen Lilavati (reigned 1197–1200, 1209–10, and 1211–12) was the second woman in Sri Lankan history to rule as sovereign in her own right. Lilavati rose to prominence as the wife of Parakramabahu I, king of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa. Being of royal descent herself, she then ruled as sole monarch on three different occasions in the near-anarchy following Parakramabahu's death, with the backing of various generals. The primary source for her life is the "Culavamsa", specifically chapter LXXX.

paragraph: It is known that Lilavati was the daughter of Sirivallabha and his wife Sugala, and that she had a brother, also called Manabharana. She would have met her future husband when still young as Parakramabahu was her cousin, the son of her uncle Manabharana of Dhakkinadesa. Following his death, Kittisrimegha ascended to the throne of Dhakkinadesa, and Manabharana's family came to live with Sirivallabha in Ruhuna. It is not known at what point she married Parakramabahu.

paragraph: Lilavati's family – in particular her brother Manabharana of Ruhuna (who was married to both of Parakramabahu's sisters, Mitta and Pabhavati), and the Queen Mother, Sugala – had a very difficult relationship with Parakramabahu. Manabharana fought against Parakramabahu on several occasions, whilst Sugala "had not a mind capable of reflection and was inclined herself by nature to evil". It is not known what role Lilavati played in the complex scheming between them.

paragraph: Section::::Reign and Death.

paragraph: Lilavati's activities during the energetic reign of her husband are not known. As first "mahesi" ("queen consort"), she would have been the highest-ranking woman in court; her children (if any) would have had first claim to the throne, and on occasion she may even have accompanied the king on campaign. However the "Culavamsa" does not mention this, or indeed suggest she had any children by Parakramabahu.

paragraph: The queen re-emerges in the sources in the anarchy following Parakramabahu's death. Vijayabahu II, described as a 'poet king', lasted only a year before he was murdered by 'a traitor...of the Kulinga (sic) clan' named Mahinda. Mahinda in his turn was deposed by Kittinissanka, a Kalinga prince who had been Vijayabahu's chief minister. Kittinissanka reigned from 1187 to 1196 as Nissanka Malla of Polonnaruwa.

paragraph: Following Nissanka Malla's death, his younger brother Vikramabahu ascended to the throne, and was deposed after only a few months by his nephew Chodaganga. Chodaganga was then deposed by the 'powerful general' Kitti, who, rather than seizing the throne for himself, had Lilavati consecrated sovereign queen.

paragraph: Lilavati's first reign is described as "three years without mishap" in the "Culavamsa". As the first queen of Parakramabahu she would have wielded a kind of legitimacy which other claimants of the throne lacked; furthermore her ancestry was considerably more venerable than that of Kitti or any of Nissanka Malla's house. The respect afforded her could explain how she survived her first deposition, by Sahassamalla, a prince of the Okkaka people, on 23 August 1200.

paragraph: A succession of rulers followed Sahassamalla, who was deposed in 1202 by the general Ayasmanta. Like Kitti, Ayasmanta refused the throne himself and appointed Nissanka Malla's first mahesi, Kalyanavathi, queen; unlike Kitti however he reserved genuine power for himself. Kalyanavathi was succeeded by the child king Dhammasoka, also under Ayasmanta's sway. In 1209 however the invading Chola armies of Anikanga Mahadipada put both Ayasmanta and Dhammasoka (who would have been around 15 months old) to death.

paragraph: Lilavati was thrust back into the limelight just seventeen days afterwards, when Anikanga was assassinated by the general Vikkantacamunakka. The Culavamsa describes the general as a 'villain...[who] slew the Monarch Anikaiiga [sic] and had the government carried on for a year by the first consort of King Parakkamabahu [sic], Lilavati by name, who had already reigned before'. Why the previously well-regarded queen was now associating with a villain is not made clear, nor why Ankanga, a Chola invader, is held in such high regard.

paragraph: Yet another invasion from South India ('a great Damila army from the opposite shore') dethroned Lilavati in 1210; its leader, Lokissara, 'brought the whole of Lanka under his sway and reigned, dwelling in Pulatthinagara, [for] nine months'. In turn he was deposed by the general Parakrama, 'the best among men of decision, endowed with great power and courage', who inaugurates Lilavati's final stretch on the throne in 1211. The queen appears to be back in favour with the authors of the Culavamsa, as this time she is described as 'of the dynasty of the Sun and Moon...she who afterward shone in royal splendour'.

paragraph: This last stretch in power for the queen lasted a mere seven months before she was dethroned by her Parakrama of Pandya, who established himself as king in Rajarata. Following this invasion Lilavati disappears from the historical record. It seems unlikely that Parakrama of Pandya would have put her to death, but his successor, the notoriously tyrannical Magha, may well have at some point after his invasion of 1215.

paragraph: Section::::Significance.

paragraph: Queen Lilavati's life and reigns effectively spanned across the final decline and collapse of Sinhalese power in medieval Sri Lanka. The twenty-six years following her husband's death saw nine separate rulers and at least three invasions from the Chola and Pandya lands of South India. These invasions in particular would have been a blow to the pride of Lilavati's dynasty, which prided itself on having driven the Chola out and establishing native rule.

paragraph: It is difficult also to make sense of the factions at work in Rajarata, Ruhuna, and Dhakkinadesa at the time. Lilavati clearly belonged to the house of Vijayabahu, whilst Nissanka Malla, Vikramabahu, Chodaganga, Queen Kalyanavathi and Dhammasoka appear to represent a separate, Kalingan house. However adding confusion to the situation are invaders like Anikanga (who in some sources is presented as Dhammasoka's father), and the fact that there were divisions even within the clans themselves (such as Vikramabahu II and Chodaganga's fighting with each other).

paragraph: Parakramabahu I, Nissanka Malla, Vijayabahu II, and Lokissara are explicitly described in the Culavamsa as ruling the entirety of Lanka during this period, but following the invasion by Kalinga Magha and his tyrannical reign from 1215–1236, the island fractured into a series of discrete and competing kingdoms. Sri Lanka would not see geopolitical union again until 1450; It would be under the Kotte Kingdom.

paragraph: Section::::In Zoology.

paragraph: An armored spider of the family Tetrablemmidae, that is endemic to Sri Lanka was named "Shearella lilawati".

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mahavamsa

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of monarchs of Sri Lanka

paragraph: BULLET::::- History of Sri Lanka

paragraph: BULLET::::- Parakramabahu

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka

paragraph: BULLET::::- Codrington's Short History of Ceylon

paragraph: BULLET::::-  A resource on Sri Lankan history, including online texts of the Mahavamsa and Culavamsa, and images of coins from Lilavati's reign.

description: Sri Lankan Queen

wikidata_label: Lilavati of Polonnaruwa

wikipedia_title: Lilavati of Polonnaruwa


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paragraph: Conrad of Piacenza

paragraph: Conrad of Piacenza, T.O.S.F. (, 1290 [or 1284] – 19 February 1351), was an Italian penitent and hermit of the Third Order of St. Francis, who is venerated as a saint.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life.

paragraph: He was born Corrado Confalonieri, a member of one of the noblest families of Piacenza, in the town of Calendasco, a fiefdom of his family. The date of his birth is uncertain. He married an aristocratic young woman named Ephrosyne when he was quite young. Though pious, he led the normal way of life for a man of his station.

paragraph: One day, as he was engaged in his usual pastime of hunting within his family's domain, he ordered his attendants to set fire to some brushwood in which game had taken refuge. The prevailing wind caused the flames to spread rapidly to the surrounding fields and forest. A peasant who happened to be found near where the fire began was accused of starting the blaze and was imprisoned, tortured to confess, and condemned to death. As the man was being led to execution, a remorseful Conrad publicly admitted his guilt to the "Signoria" of the city. As punishment and reparation for the damages he had caused, the city seized all his assets, only sparing his life due to his noble status.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Franciscan penitent.

paragraph: Thus reduced to poverty, and seeking penance for his act of cowardice, Conrad and his wife saw the hand of God in this event. As a result, in 1315 they agreed to separate and Conrad retired to a hermitage near the town of Calendasco, joining a community of hermits, who were Franciscan tertiaries, while his wife became a nun of the Order of Poor Clares at their monastery in the city.

paragraph: Conrad soon developed a reputation for holiness, and the flow of visitors left him unable to keep the solitude he sought. He then embarked on the life of a pilgrim, going to Rome, and from there to the Holy Land and Malta and, about 1340, to Palermo in Sicily, where he was directed to an isolated site in the Val di Noto. After many years of an itinerant life, he settled there in a grotto now named for him and for the rest of his life spent a most austere and penitential life of solitude, working numerous miracles, and gifted with prophecy.

paragraph: In 1343 Conrad felt called by God to serve the local people more directly and in 1343 went to the city of Netum, where he cared for the sick at the Hospital of St. Martin there for the next two years. He lived in a hermitage attached to the Church of the Crucified Christ occupied by the Blessed , a former equerry to King Frederick III of Sicily, who had also taken up a life of solitude and prayer. Conrad would regularly return to his grotto for silent prayer. His fame was such that in 1348 the Bishop of Syracuse, Giacomo Guidone de Franchis, went to his hermitage to beg his prayers for the relief of a famine afflicting the island.

paragraph: Conrad died while in prayer, kneeling before a crucifix, on 19 February 1351, the day he had predicted. At his request, his body was buried at the Church of St. Nicholas, the principal one of the city. After the city was leveled in an earthquake in the 1690s, it was transferred to the new church of the same name built in the relocated city, now called Noto, which now serves as the cathedral of the region.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.:Miracles.

paragraph: Conrad is especially invoked for the cure of hernia. This comes from miracles attributed to him. The legend relates that he was visited at his hermitage by a former friend and companion in arms, Antonio da Stessa, from Daverio. His friend was suffering from the pain of a hernia he had developed. Seeing the pain his old comrade was suffering, Conrad was moved to pity and prayed for him. Stessa was immediately cured of the hernia.

paragraph: The same outcome was accomplished for a local tailor, who suffered severely from several hernias.

paragraph: The miracle for which Conrad is best known is the "Miracle of the Bread". This developed during the aforementioned famine which afflicted Sicily as a result of a severe outbreak of the bubonic plague on the island during 1348-49. During that catastrophe, anyone who approached the hermit for help was given a loaf of bread, still warm, which, it was said, he had received from the angels.

paragraph: Section::::Veneration.:Canonization.

paragraph: Shortly after Conrad's death, his demonstrably holy life and the large number of miracles attributed to him led the leadership of the city to request that the Bishop of Syracuse, to which diocese Noto belonged, begin the process for his canonization. When the waiting period required by Church law expired in 1485, this process was opened by Bishop Dalmazio Gabriele, O.P., who had himself witnessed the Miracle of the Bread. As part of the process, Conrad's body was exhumed for examination, and was found to be incorrupt, and placed in a silver urn for the veneration of the public.

paragraph: Pope Leo X beatified Conrad on 12 July 1515 and permitted the town of Noto to celebrate his feast day. On 30 October 1544, Pope Paul III extended permission to the whole island. On 2 June 1625, he was canonized by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, who was the Duke of Parma and Piacenza in a solemn ceremony at the cathedral of Piacenza, where it was declared an obligatory feast. On 12 September of that same year, permission was granted to the Franciscan Order by Pope Urban VIII for a distinct text for the Divine Office and Mass to be used for his feast; today it is celebrated solely by the Third Order of St. Francis to which he belonged. In Vietnam there is a popular devotion to Conrad.

paragraph: On his feast day, the Parish Church of San Corrado in Noto commemorates him by the distribution of blessed bread.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Catholic Encyclopedia: "St. Conrad of Piacenza"

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paragraph: BULLET::::- Saint of the Day

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paragraph: John Parr

paragraph: John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy-nominated English musician, best known for his 1985 US #1 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" and for his 1984 US #1 Rock single "Naughty Naughty" . Parr has sold over 10 million albums and was nominated for a Grammy award for "St. Elmo's Fire" in 1985.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Parr was born in Worksop, England, in 1952. He first entered the music scene when he was 12 years old and formed a band with two fellow schoolmates, which they named The Silence. The band had achieved some success. They eventually became professional and started to tour Europe. He then joined a band named Bitter Suite who were a huge success in the working men's clubs in Yorkshire, he then formed a supergroup with musicians from other working men's club bands, and named the band Ponders End, a band that set a new precedent for the bands in the north.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Work with Meat Loaf.

paragraph: Parr secured a publishing deal with Carlin America in 1983 and in the same year Meat Loaf asked him to write some songs for his new album. It led to a fateful meeting with John Wolff, who was tour manager for The Who. Foreseeing the initial demise of The Who, Wolff was looking for a new venture and considered Parr to be a suitable partner. Parr first visited America in 1984 and worked with Meat Loaf on "Bad Attitude". Meanwhile, Wolff secured Parr's solo Atlantic recording deal in New York.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Solo and 'The Business'.

paragraph: "Naughty Naughty" was Parr's first U.S. Top 40 hit record, reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart in 1984. In 1985 Parr toured with his band "The Business" supporting Toto---his first show with Toto at Carowinds Paladium (Charlotte NC)---and playing 10,000-seat venues across America. By the end of the tour, David Foster asked Parr to record a song for the film "St. Elmo's Fire". Parr and Foster wrote "St. Elmo's Fire" in honour of wheelchair athlete and activist Rick Hansen; it became the theme to "St. Elmo's Fire" (a "Brat Pack" film unrelated to Hansen's life or achievements). The song became a #1 hit for Parr around the world and garnered many awards, including a Grammy nomination. The song was tipped to take the Academy Award for best original song but was not allowed onto the short list as by Parr saying the song was written about Hansen and not the movie it did not meet the Academy’s criteria. Parr went on to tour with Tina Turner on the Private Dancer Tour and also with Heart and The Beach Boys. In his charity work with The David Foster foundation, Parr has shared the stage and the sports field with stars including John Travolta, Michael J. Fox, Celine Dion, Paul Anka, and Rob Lowe.

paragraph: Parr later wrote "Under a Raging Moon" with Julia Downes for Roger Daltrey, a song that paid tribute to Keith Moon and told the story of The Who. The album became Daltrey's biggest solo success in America. Parr's last concert in the U.S. was a duet of the song with Daltrey at Madison Square Garden: joining them on stage were Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon, John Entwistle and Zak Starkey. John Entwistle had wanted to include the song in the set at Live Aid but was outvoted by the band. He went on to record the song himself.

paragraph: Parr was soon singing with Marilyn Martin on the song "Through the Night", from the "Quicksilver" soundtrack (1986). Parr wrote and produced further tracks for Martin's debut album, including the hit "Night Moves". A year after, he wrote and sang the title songs "The Minute I Saw You", from "Three Men and a Baby" soundtrack, and the power ballad "Restless Heart" (a.k.a. "Running Away with You (Restless Heart)"), from "The Running Man" soundtrack (this song was re-released on "Man With a Vision" album). After the success of Meat Loaf's album, Parr contributed to the next album with the hit duet "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries". From there he began work with Albert Magnoli (director of "Purple Rain") on the film "American Anthem" for which he wrote and performed the main theme "Two Hearts". Parr's other film credits include "Naughty Naughty" from the cult horror film "Near Dark" and "Love Grammar" from the Karen Black movie "Flight of the Spruce Goose". He has also written songs for Tom Jones, The Monkees, Tygers of Pan Tang, Romeo's Daughter, David Essex and Bucks Fizz.

paragraph: The Pepsi Company and Jack Calmes Satellite TV Corporation wanted to try something new: a gig from London beamed live across America, Japan & Australia. Parr was the featured act, having done two similar shows (one from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where the flame was lit for a special performance of "St. Elmo's Fire", and was beamed live for Japan, and the New Year Christmas Show from London). The show was a great success, reaching almost 50 million people and making broadcast history for the network. That same year Parr was signed by US clothing designer "Chams De Baron" to promote their sports leisure range, and featured in fashion magazines followed and a US-wide poster campaign used Parr's image on America's major city buses for the summer. Later that year, Parr co-presented the UK leg of the American Music Awards with Phil Collins.

paragraph: In 1988 Parr was offered the opportunity to collaborate with "Mutt" Lange; (co)producing an album for Romeo's Daughter.

paragraph: In 1989, Parr played the lead role in the soundtrack album for Paris, an epic rock opera written by Jon English and David Mackay. Parr performed with the London Symphony Orchestra alongside Harry Nilsson, Demis Roussos, Francis Rossi and Barry Humphries.

paragraph: Parr is also known for co-writing "The Best (A Man Can Get)", the theme used in a series of highly successful Gillette razor commercials from the 1980s onwards, also spawning the company's chief slogan. A solo acoustic version appears on the album "Letter to America".

paragraph: After ten years out of the music business Parr returned in 2006. An unconnected dance remix of "St. Elmo's Fire", entitled "New Horizon" went Top 40 that same year.

paragraph: In 2007, Parr joined Canadian pop-rock artist Bryan Adams on his tour.

paragraph: On 26 March 2007, Parr released "Walking Out of the Darkness", a tribute to Doncaster Rovers F.C. ahead of the club's appearance in the Football League Trophy final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 1 April 2007.

paragraph: In May 2007 Parr returned to Canada to perform at the Man in Motion 20th anniversary. Parr's song "St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" was wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen's anthem, helping him wheel 40,000 kilometres (25,000 miles) around the globe and raising awareness and money for spinal research. To date the Rick Hansen foundation has raised $200 million and helped build a research centre, ICORD, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

paragraph: In June 2007 Parr wrote and recorded the main title for Sony Pictures "The Brothers Solomon", directed by Bob Odenkirk.

paragraph: On 20 July 2007, Parr and his band opened for Bryan Adams at the Keepmoat Stadium in Parr's home town Doncaster. Twenty years earlier, Parr joined Adams in his home town where they played to 75,000 at the Canadian Exhibition Centre in Vancouver.

paragraph: In June 2008, Parr was a special guest for the U.S. rock band Journey on their UK Tour.

paragraph: In May 2011 Parr performed an acoustic set as Special Guest of Richard Marx on his UK Tour.

paragraph: Parr released a double album titled "Letter to America" on 1 June 2011, and subsequently toured in America.

paragraph: On 11 October 2011, Parr was a guest on ESPN show SportsNation where he sang a special rendition of "St. Elmo's Fire" replacing the words with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. A reworking of the song's lyrics, sung by Parr and titled "Tim Tebow's Fire", went viral on YouTube: as of 13 January 2012 it had received over 19,000,000 views. The video was uploaded by Denver Fox Network affiliate, KDVR.

paragraph: Throughout 2012 Parr toured America as ambassador for the USO playing concerts and benefits for American servicemen and women.

paragraph: In 2012 Parr wrote and produced a new studio album "The Mission". The funds went to the USO, USA Cares and Military Families charities. Parr's quest is to raise funds and awareness of military personal's welfare when they return home from active duty as they make the transition back into normal life.

paragraph: In 2014, Parr reunited with The Who, Jeff Beck, Mick Hucknall and other rock musicians for Kenney Jones' Rock & Horsepower concert to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. Back at his studio "Somewhere in Yorkshire" he joined forces with Guns N' Roses producer Mike Clink, who along with Slash and Nikki Sixx, collaborated on the forthcoming Pete Way album. At the O2 Parr joined producer Tony Visconti, Woody Woodmansey (Spiders From Mars), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) and many members of the original Bowie band to perform in the "Man Who Sold the World" concert. Parr continued his work with the military playing concerts and fund raisers for Help For Heroes. Christmas 2014 saw the release of "Ring Out The Bells", a charity single produced by David Mackay, which featured Charlie Norman and the children of St Catherine's School along with guest performances by Parr and Meatloaf duetist Lorraine Crosby ("I Would Do Anything For Love"). The proceeds went to the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.

paragraph: 2015 saw Parr on the road doing international and UK shows with Bonnie Tyler, Kenney Jones and Cockney Rebel. He also wrote and recorded "Man of Steel" for the late international rugby league player Steve Prescott.

paragraph: In 2016 the 88th Academy Awards (Oscars) included the launch of Google's Android campaign featuring Parr and "St Elmo's Fire" as the theme tune.

paragraph: After a year of travel in 2017, in 2018 Parr returned to the studio to begin work on his seventh album and to do some shows close to his heart, namely the BBC Tracks of My Years show with Ken Bruce, The Story Behind the Song for the BBC "One Show" anchored by Carrie Grant and Foreigner’s 40th Anniversary tour, culminating at the Albert Hall and later as special guest for Jeff Beck.

paragraph: Section::::Family life.

paragraph: One of Parr's sons, Ben, an actor is best known for the role of Freddie in the soap "Hollyoaks". His first appearance was in the episode broadcast on 4 January 2007. He also appeared in the BBC drama "The Curse of Steptoe".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Studio albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "John Parr" (1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Running the Endless Mile" (1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Man With a Vision" (1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Under Parr" (1996)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Mission" (2012)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Live albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Letter to America" (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Soundtrack albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Paris" (1989)

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paragraph: Joe Denly

paragraph: Joseph Liam Denly (born 16 March 1986) is an English professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional leg break bowler who plays as a top-order batsman. Denly played age group cricket for Kent and began his professional career with the county before moving to Middlesex for three seasons between 2012 and 2014. He won the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year award in 2018 and was named the seasons Most Valuable Player.

paragraph: Denly has represented England in One Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. He played age group cricket for England and made 14 one-day appearances for the international team between 2009 and 2010 before falling out of favour with the national selectors. He was called back into the England Test match and one-day squads in 2018 following two seasons of good performances for Kent, making his Test debut for England in January 2019.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Denly was born in Canterbury in 1986. He attended Chaucer Technology School in the city. Denly played football for Charlton Athletic's academy as a teenager and played for Whitstable Town under-18s, breaking his arm in a match. His brother, Sam, is manager of Kent-based football club Hythe Town. Denly, his brother and his father Nick have all played cricket for Whitstable Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League.

paragraph: Section::::Domestic career.

paragraph: Denly played for Kent County Cricket Club at every age level and was a member of the county's cricket academy. He made his first-class cricket debut for the county in 2004 against Oxford University aged 18 before playing his first County Championship match against Gloucestershire the following season. At the end of the 2005 season he was given an extension to his contract.

paragraph: Denly scored his maiden professional century in 2007, carrying his bat for 115 not out out of a Kent total of only 199 against Hampshire at Canterbury. In July Denly was called up to the England Lions squad for the match against India, and made 83 off 90 balls. In his first season, he brought up 1,000 first-class runs.

paragraph: The 2008 season began slowly with a series of low scores. He did, however, make a career best score of 149 against Somerset at Tunbridge Wells and go on to end the season as one of the year's highly rated players.

paragraph: Denly has spent several English off-seasons, starting in 2006–07, playing in Australia in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition for UTS Balmain (now known as Sydney Cricket Club), in part to improve his back foot play. He returned to the club for the 2016–17 season.

paragraph: On 9 September 2011, Denly surpassed his previous high score of 149 and recorded a score of 199 against Derbyshire. On 28 September 2011, Denly moved from Kent to newly promoted Middlesex. He returned to Kent in October 2014 after three seasons with Middlesex, ending his contract with Middlesex a year early to do so. His time at Middlesex was disappointing with him unable to perform consistently, scoring "just 1,829 Championship runs" in his time with the club and after averaging around 20 runs per innings in his final season with the club.

paragraph: Denly improved on his first-class high score in May 2016 when he scored 206 not out in the first innings of a match against Northamptonshire, his maiden first-class double century. He signed a long-term contract extension during August 2016, having made headlines earlier in the year when he retired not out in a County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby when his wife went into labour unexpectedly early with the couple's first child. At the beginning of 2016, Denly gave up alcohol for a year in order to raise money for Cancer Research UK and the Professional Cricketers' Association benevolent fund, raising more than £4,000. After signing a contract extension in August 2016, Denly further improved his first-class high score on 21 May 2017 when he made 227 in the second innings of a Championship match against Worcestershire. His innings put Kent on course for victory, but Worcestershire successfully chased a target of 399 the following day.

paragraph: The 2018 domestic season saw Denly lead the MVP rankings in the Royal London Cup and T20 Blast and win the overall MVP award. He signed a contract extension during the season and scored centuries in both one-day competitions, setting a new List A record highest score for Kent with a score of 150 against Glamorgan at Canterbury and, against Surrey at The Oval, became the first player in any form of T20 cricket to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same match. During the season he scored three Championship centuries, scored 1,729 runs and bowled far more frequently than in the past, taking 57 wickets in all formats of the game, including 23 in the County Championship at a bowling average of 18.5. At the end of the season he was voted Players' Player of the Year at the Professional Cricketers' Association awards, beating team mate Matt Henry and Surrey batsman Rory Burns and was called into the England squad for the first time since 2010.

paragraph: Section::::International career.

paragraph: Denly played for England age group sides from under-17 to under-19 levels, scoring three half-centuries in consecutive matches for the under-19s in India in 2005. He captained the ECB Development of Excellence team and first played for England Lions in 2007. He was called up to England's squad for the One Day International (ODI) series against Australia on 17 August 2009, and made his international debut in the ODI match against Ireland on 27 August 2009, opening the innings and top-scoring with 67. Denly made his international Twenty20 debut against Australia on 30 August 2009, though the result was a golden duck, the same result was achieved in his second Twenty20 against South Africa. He injured his knee in a football warmup ahead of a match against Australia in 2009 and missed the first three matches of the ODI series.

paragraph: He toured Bangladesh with England in 2010 and played in the Champions Trophy team which reached the semi-finals in the same year. Denly was dropped from the England squad in the run up to the 2010 World T20.

paragraph: In September 2018 he was named in England's Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka in November. Following an injury to Liam Dawson, Denly was called into the England limited-overs squad during the tour of Sri Lanka, though he did not play in the ODI series. He made his return to international cricket in the single T20I match played on the tour, 3,102 days after his last international appearance. He scored 20 runs, opened the bowling and took four wickets on his return to the England side, winning the player of the match award. His figures of 4/19 were the second best bowling figures by an England bowler in T20Is.

paragraph: Despite not playing in any of the three Tests on the Sri Lankan tour, Denly was subsequently named in both the Test and one-day squads for England's tour of the West Indies in early 2019. He made his Test debut for England against the West Indies on 31 January.

paragraph: In April 2019, he was named in England's provisional squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The following month, Denly played in his first ODI match for ten years, in the one-off fixture against Ireland in Malahide. On 21 May 2019, England finalised their squad for the World Cup, with Denly not named in the final fifteen-man team.

paragraph: Section::::T20 franchise cricket.

paragraph: After playing for Barisal Burners in the 2012–13 Bangladesh Premier League and returning to the country in 2014 to play for Brothers Union in domestic limited overs cricket, Denly was selected in 2017 by Dhaka Dynamites as an overseas player in the Bangladesh Premier League draft. He made his Dhaka debut in late November in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League, scoring 44 runs on debut against Chittagong Vikings. He played in Dhaka's final six matches of the tournament as the team reached the final of the competition where they lost to Rangpur Riders.

paragraph: In 2018, Denly joined the Sydney Sixers as a replacement for Jason Roy when he was selected by the national team in the 2017-18 Big Bash League season. He performed well in his four games, scoring 146 runs at an average of 73.00 with a top score of 72 not out. He was player of the match in the Sixers final match of the tournament against Melbourne Stars, making 72 runs from 45 balls and taking one wicket. After captaining Kent in the Caribbean Regional Super50 competition, Denly played 12 matches for Karachi Kings in the 2018 Pakistan Super League where he was the fourth highest run scorer in the competition with 323 runs.

paragraph: In September 2018 Sydney Sixers announced that they had re-signed Denly for whole of the 2018–19 Big Bash, although following his selection for the England tour to the Caribbean he was only able to play of the side until early January. Later that year, Denly was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2019 IPL Auction.

paragraph: Section::::Career best performances.

paragraph: As of the end of June 2019, Denly has scored 28 first-class centuries, including two double-centuries and a score of 199. His highest individual score of 227 runs was made in June 2017 against Worcestershire at New Road. Denly's first double-century was scored the previous season against Northants, surpassing his previous highest score of 199 made against Derbyshire in 2011. His maiden first-class century, a score of 115 not out, was made in his first full season as a professional in 2007 against Hampshire, an innings in which Denly carried his bat.

paragraph: In July 2017 Denly, batting with Sean Dickson, made 182 runs in a second wicket partnership of 382 runs against Northants at Beckenham. This set a new Kent record for any partnership in first-class cricket, surpassing the previous record of 368 runs set in 1990.

paragraph: He has made a further eight List A centuries and four in Twenty20 matches. He set the Kent record for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 match with a score of 116 not out made in July 2017 against Surrey at The Oval. During the same match he and Daniel Bell-Drummond set the record for any wicket partnership for the county, scoring 163 runs for the first wicket. He broke his own record in August 2017, scoring 127 against Essex at Chelmsford. Remarkably during the same match, Denly and Bell-Drummond again broke the county's record partnership for any wicket, this time adding 207 for the first wicket. This was also a world record opening partnership in Twenty20 cricket, and the third highest in the world for any wicket in the format. In May 2018 Denly went on to set the Kent record for the highest individual score in List A cricket, scoring 150 not out against Glamorgan at Canterbury.

paragraph: Denly has been described as an "occasional" leg-spin bowler with a style of bowling which is best suited to limited-overs cricket - his approach has been described as "he stands tall and brings the ball down with plenty of over-spin to pitch near the batsman’s toes and go under flailing bats". His best bowling figures in first-class cricket of 4/36 were taken during the 2018 season against Derbyshire at Derby, the first time he had taken four wickets in a first-class innings. Earlier in the same season he had taken 3/24 against Warwickshire at Tunbridge Wells with the wickets taken in six balls at the end of Warwickshire's second innings to win the match for Kent. In June of the same season he took a hat-trick in Kent's opening T20 match of the season, having scored his fourth T20 century during Kent's innings. This was the first time in professional T20 cricket that a player had scored a century and taken a hat-trick in the same match. In October 2018 he took four wickets in a T20 match for the first time with figures of 4/19 on his return to the England side against Sri Lanka – at the time the second best bowling figures by any England bowler in T20I matches and the best by a spin bowler.

paragraph: "As of 27 October 2018"

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wikidata_label: Joe Denly

wikipedia_title: Joe Denly


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paragraph: Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal

paragraph: Waldemar the Great (; – 14 August 1319), a member of the House of Ascania, was Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal from 1308 until his death. He became sole ruler of the Margraviate of Brandenburg upon the death of his cousin John V of Brandenburg-Salzwedel in 1317. Waldemar is known as the last in the line of Ascanian margraves starting with Albert the Bear in 1157; he was only succeeded by his minor cousin Henry II, who died one year later.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was a son of Margrave Conrad of Brandenburg-Stendal and his wife Constance, eldest daughter of the Piast duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland. Waldemar was co-regent from 1302, and succeeded as margrave upon the death of his uncle Otto IV in 1308.

paragraph: In 1307 Waldemar signed an agreement with the Swienca family ceding him the lands of Pomerelia (Gdańsk Pomerania), whereafter Brandenburg troops occupied Świecie, Tczew and all strategic locations up to Gdańsk (Danzig). In turn, the Polish king Władysław I called for the support of the Teutonic Knights, and after their takeover of Danzig, Waldemar by the 1309 Treaty of Soldin relinquished his claims on Pomerelia east of the Łeba River to the Teutonic Order for a payment of 10,000 silver Mark. The castle districts Schlawe and Stolp including the Swienca residence of Rügenwalde at first remained with Brandenburg.

paragraph: In 1312, Waldemar also waged war against Margrave Frederick I of Meissen. Frederick was captured and arrested; to regain his freedom, he had to cede the March of Lusatia as well as the towns of Torgau and Großenhain to Brandenburg and to pay a ransom of 32,000 silver Mark. In the Imperial election of 1314, Waldemar voted for the Wittelsbach candidate Louis IV against his Habsburg rival Frederick the Fair. In 1316, Waldemar again occupied Dresden until the feud with Meissen was finally brought to an end in 1317.

paragraph: In the ongoing conflict with Prince Henry II of Mecklenburg, Waldemar supported the citizens of Stralsund against an impending Mecklenburg invasion and occupied the Lordship of Stargard, a former possession of Henry's late wife Beatrix of Brandenburg. Thereby, he provoked a large coalition of Mecklenburg, Werle, and the Kingdom of Denmark against him. In August 1316, Waldemar's troops were defeated near Gransee. According to the 1317 Treaty of Templin, the margrave had to surrender Stargard and Neubrandenburg to Mecklenburg. He also had to waive the previous Pomerelian acquisitions of Schlawe and Stolp, which passed to Duke Wartislaw IV of Pomerania.

paragraph: In 1319 Waldemar acquired the Silesian towns of Züllichau and Schwiebus.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: In 1309 he married his cousin Agnes (–1334), a daughter of Margrave Hermann of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. The marriage remained childless.

paragraph: Waldemar was the last governing member of the Brandenburg line of the Ascanian House. With the death of his cousin John V in 1317, the younger Salzwedel line of the Brandenburg margraves became extinct. From 1318 Waldemar also acted as a guardian for his minor cousin Henry II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. His advance towards the Prussian lands was resumed more than 200 years later, when both Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia were under the rule of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

paragraph: After Waldemar's death, his wife Agnes secondly married Duke Otto of Brunswick-Göttingen in December 1319. When Waldemar's ward Henry II died in July 1320, the Brandenburg branch of the Ascanian house died out in 1320. As a reverted fief, the margraviate fell back to the Wittelsbach king Louis IV. In 1323, he enfeoffed his eldest son Louis with Brandenburg, ignoring the claims of the Ascanian princes of Anhalt.

paragraph: Section::::False Waldemar.

paragraph: In 1348, an impostor appeared in the Archbishopric of Magdeburg and successfully claimed that he was Waldemar, returning from pilgrimage to the Holy Land after somebody else had been buried in his place. Quickly gaining support due to the rivalries between the Wittelsbach and Luxembourg dynasties, King Charles IV reinvested him for about two years before "the last Ascanian" was unmasked and fled to the Anhalt court in Dessau, where he spent the rest of his life.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

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

paragraph: BULLET::::- Absatz "Der falsche Waldemar" aus Artikel "Waldemar von Brandenburg" in der Allgemeinen Deutschen Biographie (ADB), Bd. 40, Seiten 682-687

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paragraph: Yves Delage

paragraph: Yves Delage (13 May 1854 – 7 October 1920) was a French zoologist known for his work into invertebrate physiology and anatomy. He also discovered the function of the semicircular canals in the inner ear. He is also famous for noting and preparing a speech on the Turin Shroud, arguing in favour of its authenticity. Delage estimated the probability that the image on the shroud was not caused by the body of Jesus Christ as 1 in 10 billion.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: He was born in Avignon on 13 May 1854. He became the director of the Station Biologique de Roscoff in 1901. From 1902 he was Professor of Zoology at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Delage performed influential experiments on the fertilization of sea urchin egg.

paragraph: Delage was a critic of Darwinism. He argued for a version of neo-Lamarckism.

paragraph: Section::::Publications.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "L’Appareil circulatoire des crustacés édriophalmes" (1881)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Contribution à l'étude de l'appareil circulatoire des crustacés édriophthalmes marins" (1881)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Évolution de la sacculine" (1884)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sur le système nerveux et sur quelques autres points de l'organisation du Peltogaster" (1886)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Embryogénie des éponges" (1892)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Faune de Cynthiadées de Roscoff et des côtes de Bretagne" (1893)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "L’Hérédité et les grands problèmes de la biologie générale" (1895)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Traité de zoologie concrète" (six volumes, 1896-1903)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Nature des images hypnagogiques et le rôle des lueurs entoptiques dans le rêve" (1903)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Théories de l’évolution" (1909)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Comment pensent les bêtes" (1911)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Parthénogénèse naturelle et expérimentale" (1913), with Marie Goldsmith (secrétaire de L'Année biologique) ; chez Ernest Flammarion, 342 pages

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Theories of Evolution" (1913)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Mendélisme et le mécanisme cytologique de l'hérédité" (1919)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Rêve" (1920)

description: French zoologist

wikidata_label: Yves Delage

wikipedia_title: Yves Delage


text:
Dantidurga
Rashtrakuta Empire
Kirtivarman II
Govinda III
copper plate
Gujarat
Baroda
Jain
Akalanka
Western Ganga Dynasty
Sripurusha
Shilahara
Konkan
Eastern Chalukya
Kailasa temple
Ellora
Govinda II

categories: Rashtrakuta dynasty,774 deaths,Hindu monarchs,8th-century Indian monarchs,756 births

paragraph: Krishna I

paragraph: Krishna I () (756–774 CE), an uncle of Dantidurga, took charge of the growing Rashtrakuta Empire by defeating the last Badami Chalukya ruler Kirtivarman II in 757. This is known from the copper plate grant of Emperor Govinda III of 807 and a copper plate grant of the Gujarat Rashtrakuta Emperor Karka from Baroda. He is also known as Kannara or Kannesvara and took the titles "Akalavarsha", "Shubatunga", "Prithvivallabha" and "Shrivallabha". He patronised the famous Jain logician Akalanka Bhatta, the author of "Rajavartika".

paragraph: Some historians are of the opinion that Krishna I usurped the throne from his nephew Dantidurga. But others disagree as the term "demise of Dantidurga" occur in the Kavi and Navasari copper plates indicating Krishna I must have ascended the throne after the death of Dantidurga. However, from the Baroda inscription it seems that Krishna I may have had to subdue another claimant to the throne, perhaps a Rashtrakuta princes or a son of Dantidurga.

paragraph: He successfully fought the Western Ganga Dynasty King Sripurusha (and acquired some territory in Gangavadi, modern Southern Karnataka) and the Shilaharas of South Konkan. He defeated the Eastern Chalukya ruler Vishnuvardhana IV. He was responsible for building 18 Shiva temples. 1800 coins of his, discovered recently, have the legend "Parama Maheshvara" which indicates his strong Shaiva faith. The Kailasa temple at Ellora is generally attributed to him, based on certain epigraphs.

paragraph: His eldest son, Govinda II came to power after him.

description: Indian monarch

wikidata_label: Krishna I

wikipedia_title: Krishna I


text: U.S. Representative

text: Kentucky

text: Jonesboro

text: Washington County, Tennessee

text: Laurel County, Kentucky

text: London, Kentucky

text: Tusculum College

text: Greenville, Tennessee

text: Union Army

text: Mountain Echo

text: Republican

text: Cumberland Valley Land Co.

text: Grand Army of the Republic

text: Fifty-sixth

text: Fifty-seventh

text: Fifty-eighth

text: Boreing, Kentucky

categories: Kentucky Republicans,1839 births,1903 deaths,Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky,Union Army officers,Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives,Tusculum University alumni,People from Washington County, Tennessee

paragraph: Vincent Boreing

paragraph: Vincent Boreing (November 24, 1839 – September 16, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Boreing was born near Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee in 1839. He moved with his father to Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1847.

paragraph: He attended Laurel Seminary, London, Kentucky, and Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee, and was enlisted as a private in the Union Army in Company A, 24th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry on November 1, 1861. Boreing was commissioned as the first lieutenant for meritorious conduct.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early careers.

paragraph: In 1868 through 1872, Boreing served as the county superintendent of public schools. Later in 1875, he established the "Mountain Echo" in London, the first Republican newspaper published in southeastern Kentucky.

paragraph: Boreing served in various positions in the 1880s. He served as a county judge in 1886, president of the Cumberland Valley Land Co. in 1887, president of the First National Bank of London in 1888, and as a department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Kentucky in 1889.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:U.S. Representative career.

paragraph: Boreing was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1899, until his death in London on September 16, 1903. He was buried at the Pine Grove Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy.

paragraph: Vincent Boreing is the namesake of the community of Boreing, Kentucky.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

description: American politician

wikidata_label: Vincent Boreing

wikipedia_title: Vincent Boreing