George William (German: Georg Wilhelm; 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death. His reign was marked by ineffective governance during the Thirty Years' War.He was the father of Frederick William, the "Great Elector"

George Rudolf of Legnica (1595–1653), Duke of Legnica, member of the Piast dynasty; Christian of Brzeg-Legnica (1618–1672), Duke of Brzeg and Legnica, member of the Piast dynasty, candidate for the Polish throne; George IV William of Legnica (1660–1675), Duke of Legnica, last ruling member of the Piast dynasty

The House of Hohenzollern (/ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, also US: /-ə n t s ɔː-, ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n,-ˈ z ɔː-/, German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊ̯s hoːənˈt͡sɔlɐn] (), Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg ...

Kathryn D. Sullivan (born 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer, and a former government official and NASA astronaut, who flew on three Space Shuttle missions. Sullivan was one of six women selected in NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first group to include women.During her first mission, STS-41-G, Sullivan performed the first spacewalk by an American woman.

From the 1220s into the 1240s, the Mongols conquered the Turkic states of Volga Bulgaria, Cumania, Alania, and the Kievan Rus' federation. Following this, they began their invasion into heartland Europe by launching a two-pronged invasion of then-fragmented Poland, culminating in the Battle of Legnica (9 April 1241), and the Kingdom of Hungary, culminating in the Battle of …

George William 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640 (aged 45) 23 December 1619: 1 December 1640: Son of John Sigismund, also Elector of Brandenburg ... Brother of Frederick William IV, Son of Frederick William III; also President of the North German Confederation ... of Legnica 1480–1547: Casimir of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1481–527: Susanna of ...

George I and Frederik IV both coveted hegemony in northern Germany, while Augustus the Strong was concerned about the ambitions of Frederick William I on the southeastern Baltic coast. Peter the Great, whose forces were spread all around the Baltic Sea, envisioned hegemony in East Central Europe and sought to establish naval bases as far west ...

Elizabeth of Austria (German: Elisabeth von Habsburg; Polish: Elżbieta Rakuszanka; Lithuanian: Elžbieta Habsburgaitė; c. 1436 – 30 August 1505) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the wife of King Casimir IV of Poland. Orphaned at an early age, she spent her childhood in the court of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III.As one of the three surviving …

The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great.. Branches of the Piast dynasty continued to rule in the Duchy of Masovia and in the Duchies of Silesia until the last male Silesian Piast died in 1675.

King William IV: 1765–1837 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen: 1792–1849 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Queen Victoria: 1819–1901 ... Dominican monastery in Legnica: Duke Bolesław V the Chaste: 1226–1279 Franciscan church in Kraków: Duke Leszek II the Black: c. 1241 – 1288