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Wichmann II the Younger (also spelled Wigmann or Wichman) (about 930 – 22 September 967) was a member of the Saxon House of Billung. He was a son of Count Wichmann the Elder and his wife Frederuna, [1] a niece of Queen Matilda. The cousin of Emperor Otto I became known as a fierce enemy of the ruling Ottonian dynasty.
The Battle between Mieszko I and Wichmann was the decisive last battle of Polish–Veletian War, fought on 21 or 22 September 967, between Duchy of Poland led by Mieszko I, with aid of the Duchy of Bohemia against the Confederacy of the Veleti led by Wichmann the Younger, with aid of Wolinians. [1]
Polish–Veletian War [a] was a military conflict fought between 963 and 967, by the Duchy of Poland led by Mieszko I, with later aid of the Duchy of Bohemia against the Confederacy of the Veleti led by Wichmann the Younger, with later aid of Wolinians.
Wichmann (crater), a lunar impact crater; Wichmann the Elder (d. 944), medieval German nobleman; Wichmann the Younger (d. 967), son of the Elder, medieval German nobleman; Wichmann von Seeburg (1115–1192), Archbishop of Magdeburg, in modern Germany; Wichmann Diesel (1903–1986) Norwegian marine engine manufacturer (now part of Wärtsilä ...
Siegfried Wichmann (10 February 1921 – 6 May 2015) was a German art historian and authority on Japonisme. Selected publications Eduard ...
A telling incident took place after the battle, a testimony to Mieszko's high standing among the Empire's dignitaries, just one year after his baptism: Widukind of Corvey reported that the dying Wichmann asked Mieszko to hand over Wichmann's weapons to Emperor Otto I, to whom Wichmann was related.
Pieter Brueghel the Younger's dated copies range between 1601 and 1626. [12] Since 2000 the discussion has continued and possibly this painting employs motifs from some earlier lost original by Bruegel's younger son Jan Brueghel the Elder, along the lines of The Hunters in the Snow. [13] This view has not attracted support in subsequent ...
Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling is an oil-on-oak portrait completed in around 1526–1528 by German Renaissance painter Hans Holbein the Younger.The painting shows a demurely dressed young woman sitting against a plain blue background and holding in her lap a squirrel on a chain eating a nut; a starling sits on a grape vine (Vitis vinifera) in the background with its beak ...