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Tomb of King Conrad III in the Bamberg Cathedral [19] Conrad left no male heirs by his first wife, Gertrude von Komburg . In 1136, he married Gertrude of Sulzbach , who was a daughter of Berengar II of Sulzbach , [ 20 ] and whose sister Bertha was married to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I. Gertrude was the mother of Conrad's children and the ...
Rædwald is the first king of the East Angles of whom more than a name is known, though no details of his life before his accession are known. [5] The earliest and most substantial source for Rædwald is the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ( Ecclesiastical History of the English People ), completed in 731 by Bede , a Northumbrian monk.
Ashurbanipal, the mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of the four regions of the world, king of kings, unrivaled prince, who, from the Upper to the Lower Sea, holds sway and has brought in submission at his feet all rulers; son of Esarhaddon, the great king, the mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, viceroy of ...
Penda (died 15 November 655) [1] was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands.A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in ...
Crusader Kings III received "generally favorable" reviews for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S according to review aggregator Metacritic; [36] [37] the PC version received "universal acclaim". [35] Leana Hafer of IGN wrote that the game "is a superb strategy game, a great RPG , and a master class in how to take the best parts of existing ...
The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral Another view Shrine of the Three Kings Köln The Shrine of the Three Kings [1] (German Dreikönigsschrein [2] or Der Dreikönigenschrein), [3] Tomb of the Three Kings, [4] or Tomb of the Three Magi [5] is a reliquary traditionally believed to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi, also known as the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men.
The remains of Turnberry Castle, Robert the Bruce's likely birthplace. Robert the Bruce was born on 11 July 1274. [3] [1] His place of birth is not known for certain.It most likely was Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire, the head of his mother's earldom, [4] despite claims that he may have been born in Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, or Writtle in Essex.
The Three Wise Kings, Catalan Atlas, 1375, fol. V: "This province is called Tarshish, from which came the Three Wise Kings, and they came to Bethlehem in Judaea with their gifts and worshipped Jesus Christ, and they are entombed in the city of Cologne two days journey from Bruges."