WebHenry Frederick, Prince of Wales KG (19 February 1594 – 6 November 1612), was the eldest son and heir apparent of James VI and I, King of England and Scotland; and his wife Anne of Denmark.His name derives from his grandfathers: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley; and Frederick II of Denmark.Prince Henry was widely seen as a bright and promising heir to …

WebHenry the Lion did not relinquish his claims to his inheritance, and Conrad returned Saxony to him in 1142. A participant in the 1147 Wendish Crusade, Henry also reacquired Bavaria by a decision of the new emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, in 1156.However, the East Mark was not returned and became the Duchy of Austria.. Henry was the founder of Munich …

WebPforzheim (German pronunciation: [ˈpfɔʁtshaɪm] ()) is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany.. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City"). With an area of 97.8 square kilometres (37.8 sq mi), it is situated …

WebThe county of Löwenstein belonged to a branch of the family of the counts of Calw before 1281, when it was purchased by the German king Rudolph I of Habsburg, who presented it to his natural son Albert.In 1441 Henry, one of Albert's descendants, sold it to Frederick I, Count Palatine of the Rhine, head of the Palatine branch of the house of Wittelsbach, …

WebBiography. Wenceslaus was born in the Imperial city of Nuremberg, the son of Emperor Charles IV by his third wife Anna von Schweidnitz, a scion of the Silesian Piasts, and baptized at St. Sebaldus Church.He was raised by the Prague Archbishops Arnošt of Pardubice and Jan Očko of Vlašim.His father had the two-year-old crowned King of …

WebNassau Castle was founded around 1100 by Dudo, Count of Laurenburg, the founder of the House of Nassau.In 1120, Dudo's sons and successors, Counts Rupert I and Arnold I, established themselves at Nassau Castle, taking for themselves the title "Count of Nassau".In 1255 the Nassau possessions were split between Walram and Otto, the sons …

WebPietism (/ ˈ p aɪ. ɪ t ɪ z əm /), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a vigorous Christian life. It is also related to its non-Lutheran (but largely Lutheran-descended) Radical Pietism offshoot that either diversified or spread into …

WebFrederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (14 February 1515 – 16 October 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim.He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559.He was a devout …

WebDuke Philipp of Württemberg (30 July 1838 – 11 October 1917) was a German prince, head of the Roman Catholic cadet branch of the dynasty which ruled the Kingdom of Württemberg Biography. He was the son of Duke ... Brunswick: Grand Cross of the Order of Henry the Lion, 1863

WebShakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames.The original theatre was built in 1599, destroyed by the fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern Globe Theatre is an …