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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
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 ...
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.
Hemma (c. 803 –876); married Louis the German, King of East Francia and son of Louis the Pious Mathilda d'Andech von Altdorf Through her marriage to Welf, she is the matriarch of the dynastic Welf family [ 7 ] and is an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty , the kings of Italy , Russia, Britain and the Bavarian Welfs .
In 1910, the American historical novelist Charles Major wrote "The Little King: A Story of the Childhood of King Louis XIV". Louis is a major character in the 1959 historical novel Angélique et le Roy ("Angélique and the King"), part of the Angélique series. The protagonist, a strong-willed lady at Versailles, rejects the King's advances and ...
The Persian embassy to Louis XIV caused a dramatic flurry at the court of Louis XIV in 1715, the year of the Sun King's death. [1] Mohammad Reza Beg ( Persian : محمد رضا بیگ , romanized : Mohammad Rezâ Beg ; in French sources Méhémet Riza Beg ), was a high-ranking official to the Persian governor of the Iravan (Erivan) province .
The appartement du roi or King's Apartment [1] is the suite of rooms in the Palace of Versailles that served as the living quarters of Louis XIV. Overlooking the Marble Court ( cour de marbre ), these rooms are situated in the oldest part of the chateau in rooms originally designated for use by the queen in Louis XIII 's chateau.