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The King requests First academy offer assistance, but headmaster Facus refuses to associate with their inferior academy. Matthias suggests holding a second inter-academy competition and Facus agrees provided Matthias does not compete. Facus brings 50 students to compete against 5 from Second academy, but they easily win using wordless casting.
Matthias was born in the Austrian capital of Vienna as the fourth son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and of Maria of Spain.His brothers were Rudolf (who became Emperor Rudolf II), Ernest, Maximilian (from 1585 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order), Albert (archbishop of Toledo, later governor of the Netherlands), and Wenceslaus (Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in Castile).
Matthias Calonius (January 7, 1738 – September 13, 1817) was Finland's most renowned jurist. Born in Saarijärvi in Central Finland as a pastor's son, he studied at the Royal Academy of Turku . He went on to become a lecturer and then (in 1773) full professor at the Faculty of Law there, despite being too poor and lacking in family ...
Johan Zoffany, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771–72, Royal Collection. The Royal Academicians in General Assembly by Henry Singleton, 1795. This is a partial list of Royal Academicians (post-nominal: RA), academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. A full list is available on the web pages of the Royal Academy Collections. [1]
The burden of Matthias's wars and splendid royal court mainly fell on the peasants, who paid at least 85% of the taxes. [ 289 ] [ 290 ] The Chronicle of Dubnic , written in eastern Hungary in 1479, says "widows and orphans" cursed the King for the high taxes. [ 291 ]
The Rt. Hon. Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton CH DL Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 1952; Minister of Food, 1940–1943; Minister of Reconstruction and member of War Cabinet, 1943–1945; Lord President of the Council, 1945 and 1951–1952; by the name, title and style of Viscount Woolton, of Liverpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Matthias II may refer to: Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine (ca. 1193 – 1251) Pope Matthew II of Alexandria, ruled in 1453–1466; Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557 ...
Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor) Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening; Matthias F. Cowley, Latter-day Saint apostle; In the arts: Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance; Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet