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Hardrad (died after 786) was a Frankish count and a leading figure in the conspiracy of Thuringian noblemen against Charlemagne.This conspiracy resulted in many nobles being killed and their property confiscated, leading to the laws concerning the subdued Saxons established in the Diet of Aix of 802-803.
The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.
Argengau was a territory of Alemannia within East Francia in the 8th and 9th centuries, being a county in the 9th century, [1] and of the Duchy of Swabia in the 10th. It was situated north of Lake Constance, comprising Lindau. It was named for the Argen river. Later area divisions. Notes
Welf married Hedwig (Heilwig), [1] daughter of the Saxon count Isambart; Hedwig later became abbess of Chelles.The couple had the following children: Judith of Bavaria (c. 797 –843); married Louis the Pious, [1] who was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne.
The Athenian Letters [1] was a collaborative work of Ancient Greek history and geography, published by a circle of authors around Charles Yorke and Philip Yorke, and taking the form of commentary in letter form on Thucidydes. It had a “considerable vogue”.
Nevertheless, an early ancestor may have been the Frankish nobleman Ruthard (d. before 790), a count in the Argengau and administrator of the Carolingian king Pepin the Younger in Alamannia. The origin of the name Welf (also Guelph, from Italian: Guelfi) has not been conclusively established. A late medieval legend first documented in 1475 ...
In Greek mythology, Menestheus (/ m ɪ ˈ n ɛ s θ iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μενεσθεύς) was a legendary king of Athens during the Trojan War.He was set up as king by the twins Castor and Pollux when Theseus travelled to the Underworld after abducting their sister, Helen, and exiled Theseus from the city after his return.
527–565) banned the teaching of philosophy by pagans in 529, [30] an event whose impact on the city is much debated, [29] but is generally taken to mark the end of the ancient history of Athens. Athens was sacked by the Slavs in 582, but remained in imperial hands thereafter, as highlighted by the visit of the emperor Constans II (r.