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Charlemagne (c.742 or 747–28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus) was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 781. He was crowned Imperator Augustus in Rome on Christmas Day, 800 by Pope Leo III and is therefore regarded as the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, a reincarnation of the ancient Western Roman Empire. Through military conquest and defence, he solidified and expanded his realm to cover most of Western Euro ...

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787 - Events. Second Council of Nicaea ends the first iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire Canual succeeds Talorgen as king of the Picts. Mass slaughter of heathen Saxons at Verden by Charlemagne; see Verden's bloody trial the first three Viking ships landed in Wessex/England and the Norsemen started to plunder towns and coastal monasteries 787 - Births. Abu Mas'har, scholar 787 - Deaths. Including:

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Much of what is known of Charlemagne's life comes from his biographer, Einhard, who wrote a Vita Caroli Magni (or Vita Karoli Magni), which translates The Life of Charlemagne. Charlemagne - Early life. Charlemagne was the eldest child of Pippin the Short (714 – 24 September 768, reigned from 751) and his wife Bertrada of Laon (720 – 12 July 783), daughter of Caribert of Laon and Bertrada of Cologne. He was the elder brother of Carloman and Gisela. Some sources indicate that he was ...

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Charlemagne, Charlemagne - Background, Charlemagne - Date and place of birth, Charlemagne - Personal appearance, Charlemagne - Dress, Charlemagne - Life, Charlemagne - Early life, Charlemagne - Joint rule, Charlemagne - Conquest of Lombardy, Charlemagne - Saxon campaigns, Charlemagne - Spanish campaign, Charlemagne - Charles and his children, Charlemagne - During the Saxon peace, Charlemagne - Avar campaigns, Charlemagne - The Saracens and Spain, Charlemagne - Imperator, Charlemagne - Danish attacks, Charlemagne - Death, Charlemagne - Administration, Charlemagne - Monetary reforms, Charlemagne - Learning, Charlemagne - Writing reforms, Charlemagne - Political organisation, Charlemagne - The division of the empire, Charlemagne - Cultural significance, Charlemagne - Family, Charlemagne - Marriages and Heirs, Charlemagne - Concubinages and Bastards, Charlemagne - Notes, Charlemagne - Sources

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Cato was the eldest of three children. She spent her childhood and youth in the Worpswede/Fischerhude artists' colony near Bremen. Cato's parents, potter Jan Bontjes van Beek and dancer and painter Olga Bontjes van Beek (née Breling) offered their children no material wealth, but rather an abundance of artistic and mental stimulation, which had a decisive effect on the children. The family's political leanings were unequivocally anti-fascist. Cato did not join the Bund Deutscher Mädel. She and her sister Mietje lived with their fath ...

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Cato Bontjes van Beek, Cato Bontjes van Beek - Early years, Cato Bontjes van Beek - Resistance activities, Cato Bontjes van Beek - Literature, Cato Bontjes van Beek - Sources

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The region is noted for its beautiful centuries-old homes and churches, fine wines, and mushroom caves. At the Musée du Champignon visitors can find out how mushrooms are grown underground. The city is also famous for its factory where the Edict of Nantes. During the French Wars of Religion, Huguenots used the troglodyte caves to hide. In recent years many of the troglodyte houses have been rebuilt and are open to visitors while others ...

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Saumur, Saumur - Sights, Saumur - Miscellaneous, Saumur - Births, Saumur - Twin towns, Saumur - Related usages, Saumur - External link

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Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony. The state's principal cities include Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Osnabrück, Oldenburg, and Göttingen. The northwestern portion of Lower Saxony is a part of Frisia; it is called Ostfriesland (East Frisia) and lies on ...

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Christian IV was now a broken man. His energy was temporarily paralysed by accumulated misfortunes. Not only his political hopes, but his domestic happiness had suffered shipwreck. In the course of 1628 he discovered a scandalous intrigue of his wife, Christina Munk, with one of his German officers; and when he put her away she endeavoured to cover up her own disgrace by conniving at an intrigue between Vibeke Kruse, one of her discharged maids, and the king. In January 1630 the rupture became final, and Christina retired to her estates in J ...

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Christian IV of Denmark, Christian IV of Denmark - The King as Reformer, Christian IV of Denmark - The Kalmar War, Christian IV of Denmark - The Thirty Years' War, Christian IV of Denmark - Court Intrigues and Foreign Adventures 1629-1643, Christian IV of Denmark - Renewed War with Sweden, Christian IV of Denmark - Last Years and Legacy

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Charles XI of Sweden had carefully provided against the contingency of his successor's minority; and the five regents appointed by him, if not great statesmen, were at least practical politicians who ha not been trained in his austere school in vain. At home the "Reduktion" was cautiously pursued, while abroad the successful conclusion of the great peace congress at Ryswick was justly regarded as a signal triumph of Sweden's pacific diplomacy. The young king was full of promise, and had he been permitted gradually to gain experience and deve ...

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Sweden after the Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Age of Liberty, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Arvid Horn, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Hats and Caps, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Pomeranian War

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From the 12th century to 1585 Diepholz was an earldom within the Holy Roman Empire. At the beginning of the 16th century there was great pressure from the powerful duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, which tried to annex the smaller states. By forming an alliance with the neighbouring Hoya and asking help from the emperor himself the state of Diepholz managed to survive some more decades. In 1585 the ruling family became extinct, and Diepholz w ...

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Diepholz district, Diepholz district - History, Diepholz district - Geography, Diepholz district - Coat of arms, Diepholz district - Towns and municipalities

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In medieval times the counties of Lüchow and Dannenberg occupied the area (from the early 12th century on). These counties were originally Slavic states that lost their independence to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the beginning of the 14th century. The area was ruled by Lüneburg until 1705 and became then a part of the Duchy of Hanover. When Hanover was annexed by Prussia (1866), the districts of Lüchow and Dannenberg were established. In 1932 the two districts of Lüchow and Dan ...

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From the early Middle Ages to the end of the 16th century this region was the heart of the county of Hoya. The ruling family became extinct in 1582, the central and southern parts of the county were annexed by the Lüneburg branch of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1705 the area of Nienburg and Hoya became subordinate to Hanover. In 1866 the kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia. The Prussian government established the districts of Nienb ...

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Nienburg district, Nienburg district - History, Nienburg district - Geography, Nienburg district - Coat of arms, Nienburg district - Towns and municipalities

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In medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of Bremen and Verden. After the Protestant Reformation the bishoprics became secular principalities and finally parts of the kingdom of Hanover. The present district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Rotenburg and Bremervörde. ...

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A district called Hamelin was established in 1885 within the Prussian province of Hanover. At that time the city of Pyrmont was part of the sovereign principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont. In 1922 Pyrmont decided in a plebiscite to leave Waldeck-Pyrmont and to join Prussia. The Prussian administration assigned the city to the district of Hamelin, which was renamed to Hamelin-Pyrmont. In 1923 Hamelin became a district-free city and was not part of the district until 1973, when it was reincorporated. Further enlargements of the district's territory took place in 1974 and 1977, when the cities of Bad Münder ...

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Between 1560 and 1660, Sweden created a Baltic empire centered on the Gulf of Finland and comprising the provinces of Karelia, Ingria, Estonia, and Livonia. During the Thirty Years' War Sweden gained tracts in Germany as well, including Western Pomerania, Wismar, the Duchy of Bremen, and Verden. At the same period Sweden conquered Danish and some Norwegian provinces north of the Sound (1645; 1660). These victories may be ascribed to a good training of the army, which was far more professional than most continental armies, and could maintain ...

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Great Northern War, Great Northern War - Background, Great Northern War - Swedish victories, Great Northern War - Russian victories, Great Northern War - Conclusion

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Frederick was born at Haderslev in Schleswig, the son of Christian IV and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. His position as a younger son profoundly influenced his future career. In his youth and early manhood, there was no prospect of his ascending the Danish throne, and he consequently became the instrument of his father's schemes of aggrandizement in Germany. While still a lad, he became successively bishop of Bremen, bishop of Verden, and coadjutor of Halberstadt. At the age of eighteen, he was the chief commandant of the fortress of Stade. ...

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Frederick III of Denmark, Frederick III of Denmark - Before becoming king, Frederick III of Denmark - Defeated by Sweden, Frederick III of Denmark - Siege of Copenhagen repelled, Frederick III of Denmark - Absolute monarch

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List of twin towns and sister cities - Albania. Tirana - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996) List of twin towns and sister cities - Austria. Graz - Coventry, UK (1948); Darmstadt, Germany (1968); Dubrovnik, Croatia; Groningen, Netherlands (1964); Maribor, Slovenia (1987); Montclair, New Jersey, USA (1950); Pécs, Hungary (1989); Pula, Croatia (1972); Trieste, Italy 1973; Trondheim, Norway (1968 Innsbruck - Kraków, Poland; Sarajevo, Bosnia and He ...

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The small district of Bentheim is protruding into Dutch territory. The Vechte River (Dutch Vecht) crosses the district from south to north and leaves to the Netherlands. All major towns are situated along that river. The district is roughly identical with the medieval earldom of Bentheim, but excluding Steinfurt and Tecklenburg. ...

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1792, before the vast changes inspired by the French Revolutionary incursions into Germany, is a good year to look at and examine the structure of the Empire. The empire was, at this time, divided into several thousand immediate (unmittelbar) territories, but only about three hundred of these had Landeshoheit (the special sort of sovereignty enjoyed by the states of the Empire), and had representation in the Reichstag (Imperial Diet). The Imperial Diet was divided into three so-called collegia - the Council ...

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List of Reichstag participants 1792, List of Reichstag participants 1792 - Structure of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792, List of Reichstag participants 1792 - The Council of Electors, List of Reichstag participants 1792 - The Council of Princes, List of Reichstag participants 1792 - The Council of Cities, List of Reichstag participants 1792 - Supplemental lists of the membership of the single-vote colleges mentioned above

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In the 4th century some Germanic tribes, notably the Goths, adopted Arianism. From the 6th century, Germanic tribes were converted (and re-converted) by missionaries of Celtic Christianity. The influence of the Roman Catholic Church over Germania also began in the 6th century, firstly among the Franks, after Clovis I embraced Catholicism in 496. The Lombards adopted Catholicism as they entered Italy, during the 6th century. Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England began around AD 600, influenced by Celtic Christianity from the north-we ...

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Germanic Christianity, Germanic Christianity - Timeline, Germanic Christianity - Characteristics, Germanic Christianity - List of missionaries

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List of cathedrals - Hong Kong. St John's Cathedral (聖約翰座堂) (The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (香港聖公會) (Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopalian)) Immaculate Conception Cathedral, (聖母無原罪主教座堂) (Catholic) Roman Catholic Cathedral The Cathedral of St Luke the Evangelist (Russian Orthodox) List of cathedrals - Macau. A Sé Catedral (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança de São Lázaro) (Catholic) See also:

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