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1 giorno fa · Boys' racing armour of Philip, made around 1490 by unknown armourer from Southern Germany. Philip was born in Bruges on 22 July 1478, the son of the future Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife Mary, Duchess of Burgundy. He was born in the County of Flanders (today in Belgium) during the reign of his grandfather Frederick III.
9 ore fa · William I, German Emperor: 6. Frederick III, German Emperor: 13. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: 3. Princess Sophie of Prussia: 14. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: 7. Victoria, Princess Royal: 15. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
1 giorno fa · It was hoped that by allying with a relative of the Western emperor, Frederick would come to the kingdom's aid. Jerusalem looked again towards the Byzantine Empire for help, and Emperor Manuel was looking for a way to restore his empire's prestige after his defeat at the Battle of Myriokephalon in 1176; this mission was undertaken by Raynald of Châtillon . [48]
9 ore fa · According to a Germanic medieval legend, revived in the 19th century by the nationalistic tropes of German Romanticism, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa—who drowned in Asia Minor while leading the Third Crusade—is not dead but asleep along with his knights in a cave in the Kyffhäuser mountains in Thuringia and is going to awaken in the hour of Germany's greatest need and ...
9 ore fa · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
9 ore fa · An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm. He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm ...
9 ore fa · The Swiss duo Miriam Terragni (flute) and Catherine Sarasin (piano), play arrangements of violin sonatas by Amy Beach (1867-1944) and Amanda Maier-Röntgen (1853-1894). This is no walk in the park for either performer, as they are technically as well as creatively demanding. The album opens with the four-movement Violin Sonata by Amy Beach ...