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Gambara is characterized as phitonissa in Latin which means 'priestess' or 'sorceress', and as sibylla, i.e. 'seeress'. [4] Pohl comments that Gambara lived in a world and era where prophecy was important, and not being a virgin like Veleda, she combined the roles of priestess, wise woman, mother and queen. [32]
15 October 821 as sole queen 15 June 844 as senior queen: 20 March 851 Lothair I: Engelberga of Parma: Adelchis I, Count of Parma 830 5 October 851 12 August 875 husband's death: 896/901 Louis II: Richilde of Provence: Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes 845 870 12 August 875 husband's ascession: 6 October 877 husband's death: 2 June 910
The Origo Gentis Langobardorum (Latin for "Origin of the tribe of the Lombards") is a short, 7th-century AD Latin account offering a founding myth of the Longobard people. The first part describes the origin and naming of the Lombards, the following text more resembles a king-list, up until the rule of Perctarit (672–688).
$2 million (U.S. and Canada rentals) [2] Nothing Sacred is a 1937 American Technicolor screwball comedy film directed by William A. Wellman , produced by David O. Selznick , and starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March with a supporting cast featuring Charles Winninger and Walter Connolly .
Gundeberga or Gundeperga, (c. 591 – after 653), was queen of the Lombards in 626–652 by marriage to the kings Arioald, (king of the Lombards; 626–636) and his successor Rothari, (king of the Lombards; 636-652). [1] She acted as Regent during the minority of her stepson Rodoald after the death of her second husband in 652. [2]
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata (The Lombards on the First Crusade) is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on an epic poem by Tommaso Grossi, which was "very much a child of its age; a grand historical novel with a patriotic slant". [1]
Based on the 1902 J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton, the film is about a beautiful yacht owner (Lombard) who becomes stranded on an island with her socialite friends, a wacky husband-and-wife research team (Burns and Allen) and a singing sailor (Crosby). The supporting cast features Leon Errol and Ray Milland.
The Princess Comes Across is a 1936 American mystery comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray, the second of the four times they were paired together. Lombard, playing an actress from Brooklyn pretending to be a Swedish princess, does a "film-length takeoff" on MGM's Swedish star Greta Garbo. [2]