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Anton De Franckenpoint
Anton de Franckenpoint (known as Langer Anton, "Long Anton"; 16th century AD) (died 1596) was the first verified person to reach , or more in height. Anton was working as a personal guard of Christian von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Skeleton In 1810, his skeleton was added to the Museum Anatomicum in Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate .... His skeleton is not complete, one arm is missing, his shoulder blades are not connected, his breastbones are missing, and his feet are made of cork. See also * List of tallest people * List of people with gigantism References People with gigantism Year of birth unknown {{Germany-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
Christian the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (20 September 1599 – 16 June 1626), a member of the House of Welf, titular Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt, was a German Protestant military leader during the early years of the Thirty Years' War, fighting against the forces of the Imperial House of Habsburg, Habsburg Spain, and the Catholic League. Life Christian was born in 1599 at the Gröningen Priory near Halberstadt (in today's Saxony-Anhalt), the third son of Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564–1613) with his second wife Elizabeth (1573–1626), daughter of the late King Frederick II of Denmark. After his father's death, he was educated by his maternal uncle, King Christian IV of Denmark, and attended the University of Helmstedt. After the death of his brother Rudolf in 1616, Christian, at the age of 17, was elected his successor as Lutheran administrator of the Halberstadt bishopric. Though he did not ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |