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16 ore fa · In a notorious case in 1425, Hermann II, Count of Celje accused his daughter-in-law Veronika of Desenice of witchcraft – and, though she was acquitted by the court, he had her murdered by drowning. The accusations of witchcraft are, in this case, considered to have been a pretext for Hermann to get rid of an "unsuitable match," Veronika being born into the lower nobility and thus "unworthy ...
16 ore fa · The Hohenzollern Castle lies on an 855 meters high mountain called Hohenzollern. It still belongs to the family today. The dynasty was first mentioned in 1061. According to the medieval chronicler Berthold of Reichenau, Burkhard I, Count of Zollern ( de Zolorin) was born before 1025 and died in 1061.
2 giorni fa · The counts of Celje, a feudal family from this area who in 1436 acquired the title of state princes, were Habsburgs' powerful competitors for some time. This large dynasty, important at a European political level, had its seat in Slovene territory but died out in 1456.
16 ore fa · William VI, Count of Holland: 1365–1417 c.1399 83 John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier: d. 1400 c.1399 84 John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont: 1361–1396 c.1393–1396 85 William Scrope: c. 1350–1399 c. 1395 Later Earl of Wiltshire 86 William Arundel: d. 1400 c. 1395 87 John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset: c. 1373–1410 c. 1397 F29 Queen ...
4 giorni fa · Early history. Phalaris, who from c. 570 to 554 BCE ruled Greek-settled Agrigento in Sicily as a tyrant, was reported to have consumed suckling babies. [6] During the Peloponnesian War (5th century BCE), the Athenian siege of the Corinthian colony of Potidaea reduced its inhabitants to cannibalism, according to the Athenian historian Thucydides.
16 ore fa · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. He was later given multiple positions in ...
16 ore fa · Hermann Kugelstadt: Arno Assmann: Docudrama, Spy, War: The Females Zbyněk Brynych: Uschi Glas, Irina Demick, Françoise Fabian, Pascale Petit, George Ardisson, Alain Noury: Drama: West German-French-Italian co-production Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin – Stunde der Entscheidung Falk Harnack: Wolfgang Büttner, Gerd Baltus: Biography: Die ...
