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Alduin II Of Angoulême
Alduin may refer to: * Alduin I of Angoulême (died 916), Count of Angoulême from 886 * Alduin II of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême; son and successor of William II of Angoulême * Alduin or Audoin (died 563/5), king of the Lombards from 546 to 560 * Alduin (dragon), the antagonist in ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' See also * Aldwin (other) Aldwin may refer to: * Aldwin (bishop) (died between 1015 and 1018), medieval Bishop of London * Aldwin (prior), 11th century Anglo-Saxon prior, first prior of Durham monastery * Aldwin Ferguson (1935–2008), Trinidad and Tobago footballer * Aldwi ... {{disambiguation, hn Germanic given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alduin I Of Angoulême
Alduin (or Hildouin) I (died 27 March 916) was the Count of Angoulême from 886. He was the son of Wulgrin I, Count of Angoulême, whom he succeeded on 3 May 886. Like his father, he was charged with defending parts of Aquitaine against the Viking invaders. Alduin's wife is unknown, but they had a son, William II of Angoulême, (William Taillefer I; 926–945) Count of Angoulême Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: .... References Sources *http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html Histoire P@ssion (in French) 916 deaths Counts of Angoulême Year of birth unknown House of Girard {{France-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alduin II Of Angoulême
Alduin may refer to: * Alduin I of Angoulême (died 916), Count of Angoulême from 886 * Alduin II of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême; son and successor of William II of Angoulême * Alduin or Audoin (died 563/5), king of the Lombards from 546 to 560 * Alduin (dragon), the antagonist in ''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' See also * Aldwin (other) Aldwin may refer to: * Aldwin (bishop) (died between 1015 and 1018), medieval Bishop of London * Aldwin (prior), 11th century Anglo-Saxon prior, first prior of Durham monastery * Aldwin Ferguson (1935–2008), Trinidad and Tobago footballer * Aldwi ... {{disambiguation, hn Germanic given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William II Of Angoulême
William Taillefer (c. 952 – March 1028), numbered William II (as the second with the sobriquet Taillefer) or William IV (as the fourth William in his family), was the Count of Angoulême from 987. He was the son of Count Arnald II ''Manzer'' and grandson of Count William Taillefer I. He stood at the head of the family which controlled not only the Angoumois, but also the Agenais and part of Saintonge. By the time of his death he was "the leading magnate in he westof Aquitaine but hiseminence ... proved temporary and illusory," evaporating on his death in succession squabbles, revolts and the predations of his erstwhile allies.A. R. Lewis, 'The Development of''''Southern French and Catalan Society,'' '718–1050''(Austin: University of Texas Press, 1960), 347–48. The principal sources for William's career are Ademar of Chabannes and the anonymous '' Historia pontificum et comitum Engolismensium''. Between 994 and 1000 William married Ermengarde-Gerberga, widow of Conan I o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audoin
Alduin (Langobardic: ''Aldwin'' or ''Hildwin'', ; also called Auduin or Audoin) was king of the Lombards from 547 to 560. Life Audoin was of the Gausi, a prominent Lombard ruling clan, and according to the ''Historia Langobardorum'', the son of Menia, the Lombard wife of Basinus, king of the Thuringii.Wolfram Brandes, "Das Gold der Menia: Ein Beispiel transkulturellen Wissenstransfers", ''Millennium'' 2 (2005): 175–226, esp. 181ff. Audoin was half-brother to Hermanafrid (king of the Thuringii peoples) and Raicunda, the wife of the Lombard king Wacho. According to the ''Decem Libri'' of Gregory of Tours, in 531, Hermanafrid was defeated at the Battle of Unstrut, and so Thuringia was annexed to the Frankish empire. Hermanafrid traveled under safe conduct to meet with Theuderic at Zülpich. While walking along the city walls with Theuderic, Hermanafrid was thrown from the ramparts to his death. According to Procopius (History of the Wars V, 13), after Hermanafrid's death, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alduin (dragon)
''The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' is an Action role-playing game, action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in ''The Elder Scrolls'' series, following 2006's ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'', and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011. The game is set 200 years after the events of ''Oblivion'', and takes place in Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel. Its main story focuses on the player's character, the Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater, a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world. Over the course of the game, the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills. The game continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time, and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely. ''Skyrim'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldwin (other)
Aldwin may refer to: * Aldwin (bishop) (died between 1015 and 1018), medieval Bishop of London * Aldwin (prior), 11th century Anglo-Saxon prior, first prior of Durham monastery * Aldwin Ferguson (1935–2008), Trinidad and Tobago footballer * Aldwin Ware () American former basketball player * ''Aldwin'' (Stargate), a character in the TV series ''Stargate SG-1'' See also * Aldwyn * Alduin (other) Alduin may refer to: * Alduin I of Angoulême (died 916), Count of Angoulême from 886 * Alduin II of Angoulême, Count of Angoulême; son and successor of William II of Angoulême * Alduin or Audoin Alduin ( Langobardic: ''Aldwin'' or ''Hild ... {{given name Old English given names Germanic given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
