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Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἁγνή Hagnḗ, meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as Agnese , [ 1 ] to French as Agnès , to Portuguese as Inês , and to Spanish as Inés .
It is the English spelling of the Spanish and Portuguese name Inés/Inês/Inez, the forms of the given name "Agnes". The name is pronounced as / iː ˈ n ɛ z /, / aɪ ˈ n ɛ z /, or / aɪ ˈ n ɛ θ /. [citation needed] Agnes is a woman's given name, which derives from the Greek word hagnē, meaning "pure" or "holy".
Agnes of Aquitaine (Spanish: Inés) was a member of the House of Poitou and an Iberian queen in the 11th-century. She was first queen of León , then also of Castile by her marriage to Alfonso VI .
Agnes was the daughter of Duke William IX of Aquitaine [2] and Countess Philippa of Toulouse. [ 3 ] [ a ] [ 4 ] She was the namesake of her aunt Agnes , wife of King Peter I of Aragon and Navarre . Her first marriage, to Viscount Aimery V of Thouars, was celebrated some time prior to 9 January 1117, when the couple confirmed the possessions of ...
The oldest Olympic winner, 103-years-old Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion in artistic gymnastics, Agnes Keleti reacts next to the wax figure of Hungarian-Spanish football ...
Agnès Armengol i Altayó (1879) signature Agnès Armengol de Badia (1908) Armengol's portrait by Lluïsa Vidal (1914) Agnès Armengol i Altayó (also known as Agnès Armengol de Badia; pseudonym, Graziella; Sabadell, August 1852 - Sabadell, January 30, 1934) was a Spanish writer, pianist, composer, promoter of women's participation in the Catalanist movement.
Inês de Castro is a novel by Maria Pilar Queralt del Hierro in Spanish and Portuguese. Works written in English include Aphra Behn's novel [10] Agnes de Castro, or, the Force of Generous Love (1688); and Catharine Trotter Cockburn's play Agnes de Castro (1695). Mary Russell Mitford also wrote a drama from the story entitled Inez de Castro.
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