Adelheid dietrich biography for kids
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When Graf Dietrich von Oldenburg was born in 1390, in Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany, his father, Graf Christian V von Oldenburg, was 50 and his mother, Countess Agnes of Honstein Heiringen x, was 36. He married Helvig of Schauenburg on 23 November 1423, in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 February 1440, in Delmenhorst, Oldenburg, Germany, at the age of 50, and was buried in Roskilde, Denmark.
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Women in the Fine Arts/Women in the Fine Arts
Aarestrup, Marie Helene. Born at Flekkefjord, Norway, 1829. She made her studies in Bergen, under Reusch; under Tessier in Paris; and Vautier in Düsseldorf. She excelled in genre and portrait painting. Her "Playing Child" and "Shepherd Boy" are in the Art Union in Christiania; the "Interior of Hotel Cluny" and a "Flower Girl" are in the Museum at Gottenburg.
Abbatt, Agnes Dean. Bronze medal, Cooper Union; silver medal, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association. Member of American Water Color Society.
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Abbema, Mme. Louise. Officer of the Mérite des Arts; honorable mention, Salon of 1881; bronze medal, Paris Exposition, 1900; Hors Concours, 1903, at Exposition of Limoges. Born at Étampes, 1858. Pupil of Chaplin, Henner, and Carolus-Duran. She exhibited a "Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt," 1876; "The Seasons," 1883; "Portrait of M. Abbema," 1887; "Among the Flowers," 1893; "An April Morning
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Geschichte der Deutschen Podcast
"Es geschehen viele Dinge, manche gut, manche schlecht" (Gregor von Tours 539-594)
Rudolf II King of Burgundy
On this day, 12th of July 937 Rudolf II, king of Burgundy died. After a long career trying to gain the Italian crown, he had to finally accept defeat. In a final settlement between him, Berengar of Italy and Hugh of Provence, he abandoned claims on the Italian crown in exchange for inheritance of lower Burgundy (~today’s Provence + Piedmont).
He secured the support of king Henry I, the Fowler of East Francia by handing him the Holy Lance, the most revered of the Imperial insignia that is supposed to make its bearer invincible. Upon his death the previous agreements with Italy and Provence fell apart and Hugh of Provence invaded. Hugh in turn was sent packing by Otto I, king of East Francia and future emperor but took away Rudolf II’s daughter, the formidable Adelheid. Adelheid managed to outwit the whole lot and ended up as