WebLudwig is a German name, deriving from Old High German Hludwīg, also spelled Hluotwīg. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name *hlūdazwiganą, which is composed of two elements: *hlūdaz ("loud, famous") and *wiganą ("to battle, to fight") respectively, the resulting name meaning "famous warrior" or …

WebLouie, Clovis, Lewis, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, Ludvig, Ludwig, Lodewijk, Lodewyk, Alois: See also: Lothar Robert, name with a similar meaning: Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one of two English forms, the other being Lewis (/ ˈ l uː ɪ s. Etymology. The name Louis (through ...

WebLudwig von Mises was born in the city of Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine).The Christian family of his father, Arthur Edler von Mises, had been elevated to the Austrian nobility in the 19th century (Edler indicates a noble landless family) and they had been involved in financing and constructing railroads.His Jewish mother Adele (née …

WebEarly life. Leichhardt was born on 23 October 1813 in the hamlet of Sabrodt near the village of Trebatsch, today part of Tauche, in the Prussian Province of Brandenburg (now within the Federal Republic of Germany). He was the fourth son and sixth of the eight children of Christian Hieronymus Matthias Leichhardt, farmer and royal inspector and his wife …

WebGermanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix.For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from æþele, for "noble", and ræd, for "counsel". However, there are also names dating from an early time which seem to be monothematic, consisting only of a single element.

WebL. L. Zamenhof (15 December 1859 – 14 April 1917) was an ophthalmologist who lived for most of his life in Warsaw.He is best known as the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.. Zamenhof first developed the Esperanto language in 1873 while still in school. He grew up fascinated by the idea of a world …

WebLudwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King or der Märchenkönig ('the Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Franconia, and Duke in Swabia.. Ludwig ascended to the …

WebLudwig I or Louis I (German: Ludwig I.; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars.As king, he encouraged Bavaria's industrialization, initiating the Ludwig Canal between the rivers Main and the Danube.In …

WebNeuschwanstein Castle (German: Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced [ˈʃlɔs nɔɪˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa) is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany.The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as a …

WebList of people with the given name Emil. Emil Aaltonen (1869—1949), Finnish industrialist and philanthropist; Emil Andersson (sport shooter) (born 1979), Swedish running target shooter Emil Andersson (table tennis) (born 1993), Swedish table tennis player Emil Artin (1898–1962), Austrian mathematician; Emil Atlason (born 1993), Icelandic footballer; Emil …