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The upper half of the roundel shows a mounted knight with a hunting bird, followed by a lion wearing a richly decorated collar. Finally on the upper right, the body of an emaciated lion lies on a grave marked by a cross with what may be a church in the background. The grave is inscribed with line of runes.
Brunswick and the Brunswick Lion on the Ebstorf Map (around 1300) [1]. The medieval chronicler Abbot Albert of Stade mentioned "1166" as the year of origin. Nevertheless, according to recent research, the monument was created between 1164 and 1176, at the time when the Welf duke Henry the Lion (1129/31–1195), ruler of both Saxony and Bavaria, took his residence at Braunschweig.
Skansen Lejonet ("the Lion Sconce"), formally Westgötha Leijon ("the Westrogothic Lion"), is a redoubt on the hill Gullberg in Gothenburg, Sweden, built in 1687–92 on the site of an earlier medieval castle. It was decommissioned in 1822 and has since served a range of other purposes.
Slottslejonen ("The Castle Lions") are two bronze sculptures of lions that stand on Lejonbacken ("the Lion Slope") below the northern facade of Stockholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. The lions are not completely identical or merely mirror images: they have their heads turned east and west respectively (i.e., away from each other) and both gaze ...
The Lego Castle theme is a segment of the broader Lego product line that encapsulates a medieval world concept, prominently featuring knights and castles.Launched initially in Europe in 1979 and later introduced to North America in 1981, the theme enjoyed continuous support until 1999.
His rule was marked by several feuds, financed by pledges (Verpfändungen), involving border and property disputes with his neighbours. Otto restricted the rights of the knights and safeguarded public order. Otto II the Strict: 1266: 1277-1330: 10 April 1330: Lüneburg: Matilda of Bavaria 1288 five children Henry I the Admirable: August 1267: ...
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Viscount Castle Cuffe [citation needed] 1793: Cuffe: extinct 1934: subsidiary title of the Earl of Desart: Viscount Castle Stewart [211] 20 December 1793: Stewart-Moore: extant: created Earl Castle Stewart in 1800 Viscount Landaff [211] 4 December 1793: Mathew: extinct or dormant 1833: created Earl Landaff in 1797 Viscount Leitrim [211] 20 ...