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Edzard Johan Furnée
Edzard may refer to: Given name * Edzard I, Count of East Frisia (1462–1528) * Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532–1599) * Edzard Cirksena (born 1441), East Frisian chieftain at Greetsiel, Norden, Emden and Brokmerland * Edzard Ernst (born 1948), academic physician and researcher specializing in complementary and alternative medicine * Edzard Koning (1869–1954), Dutch painter * Edzard Reuter (1928-2024), CEO of Daimler-Benz from 1987 to 1995 * Edzard Schaper (1908–1984), German author * Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (born 1941), German jurist * Edzard Jacob van Holthe, Dutch military officer * Edzard zu Innhausen und Knyphausen (1827–1908), Frisian landowner and politician * Charles Edzard, Prince of East Frisia (1716–1744) * Count Ferdinand Edzard of East Frisia (1636–1668) Surname * Christine Edzard (born 1945), film director, writer, and costume designer, nominated for BAFTA and Oscar awards for her screenwriting * Dietz Otto Edzard (1930–2004), German scholar of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard I, Count Of East Frisia
Edzard I, also Edzard the Great (15 January 1462 in Greetsiel – 14 February 1528 in Emden) was List of Counts of East Frisia, count of County of East Frisia, East Frisia from 1491 until his death in 1528. Edzard succeeded his brother Enno I of East Frisia, Enno in 1492. He fought with George, Duke of Saxony over Friesland and Groningen. The city of Groningen (city), Groningen accepted him as its lord in 1506, but in 1514 renounced him again in favor of Charles of Guelders. After he returned from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1492, he took over the rule of East Frisia together with his mother, Theda. After his mother died in 1494, he ruled with his less significant brother Uko of East Frisia, Uko. Edzard's energetic approach against his opponents, the East Frisian leaders Hero Oomkens von Esens, Hero Oomkens of Lordships of Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund, Esens, Stedesdorf and Wittmund and Edo Wiemken of Lordship of Jever, Jever, whom he quickly managed to subdue, character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard II, Count Of East Frisia
Edzard II (24 June 1532 – 1 March 1599) was Count of East Frisia from 1561 to 1599. He was the son of Enno II of East Frisia and Anna of Oldenburg. During his reign, Edzard came into conflict with the city of Emden. Edzard was a staunch Lutheran while the city of Emden was mostly Calvinistic. In 1595 Emden revolted and, after an intercession by the Calvinistic Dutch Republic, Edzard was forced to accept a large degree of independence from Emden. Life Edzard II had a dispute with his dominant mother, Anna. She had abolished his right of primogeniture, in an attempt to curb the influence of the Swedish royal family. She decreed that Edzard should rule East Frisia jointly with his younger brothers Johan and Christopher. When Christopher died early, Edzard ran into a strong and almost hateful rivalry with his brother Johan II. The power struggle between two increasingly hamstrung their government. After Johan died in 1591, Edzard became the sole ruler, but his au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Cirksena
Edzard Cirksena (born: ''Edzard Edzardisna''; died: 1441) was an East Frisian chieftain at Greetsiel, Norden, Emden and Brokmerland. Ubbo Emmius: ''Friesische Geschichte'', Frankfurt am Main, 1980-1982Eggerik Beninga: Historie van Oost-Frieslant, Emden, 1723 He and his father Enno Edzardisna had married the last two heiresses of the great family of Syardsna from Berum; Edzard married Frauwa Cirksena; his father married her aunt Gela Cirksena. Enno and Edzard adopted their wives' family name, which was also spelled ''Sirtzena'', ''Syrtza'', or ''Zyertza''. Edzard was probably the first to spell the name as Cirksena; this spelling was retained by all later members of the family. From his father he inherited the reign over almost all of East Frisia East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernst (born 30 January 1948) is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative medicine. He was Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, the world's first such academic position in complementary and alternative medicine. Ernst served as chairman of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at the University of Vienna, but left this position in 1993 to set up the department of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter in England. He became director of complementary medicine of the Peninsula Medical School (PMS) in 2002. Ernst was the first occupant of the Laing chair in Complementary Medicine, retiring in 2011. He was born and trained in Germany, where he began his medical career at a homeopathic hospital in Munich, and since 1999 has been a British citizen. Ernst is the founder of two medical journals: '' Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies'' (of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Koning
Edzard Koning (3 May 1869 – 21 February 1954) was a Dutch painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Koning's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the S ... in Amsterdam. His elder brother, Arnold Hendrik Koning, was also a painter. References 1869 births 1954 deaths 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Winschoten 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Reuter
Edzard Hans Wilhelm Reuter (16 February 1928 – 27 October 2024) was a German businessman. He was the CEO of Daimler-Benz from 1987 to 1995. Early life Edzard Reuter was born in Berlin on 15 February 1928. His father was the popular social democratic politician and later mayor of Berlin, from 1948 to 1953, Ernst Reuter. His mother Hanna Reuter ''née'' Kleinert was a secretary at the party newspaper ''Vorwärts''. Under the Nazi regime, the family was forced to flee Germany; they found exile in Ankara, Turkey, where Reuter spent his childhood and youth. In 1946, Reuter joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). After returning to Germany in 1946, Reuter studied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Berlin, now known as Humboldt University of Berlin, but then in East Berlin. He transferred to the Georg August University of Göttingen. In 1949, he switched over to studying law at the newly founded Free University of Berlin. In 1955, Reuter completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Schaper
Edzard Schaper (30 September 1908 – 29 January 1984) was a German author. Many of his works describe the persecution of Christians. Awards *1967 Gottfried-Keller-Preis *1969 Konrad Adenauer Prize for literature Works * ''Der letzte Gast''. Bonz, Stuttgart 1927. * ''Die Bekenntnisse des Försters Patrik Doyle''. Bonz, Stuttgart 1928. * ''Die Insel Tütarsaar''. Insel, Leipzig 1933. * ''Erde über dem Meer. Roman einer kämpfenden Jugend''. Die Buchgemeinde, Berlin 1934. * ''Die sterbende Kirche''. Insel, Leipzig 1935. * ''Der Henker''. Insel, Leipzig 1940; durchgesehene Neuausgabe: Artemis, Zürich 1978, . * '' Der letzte Advent''. Atlantis, Freiburg 1949. * ''Die Freiheit des Gefangenen''. Hegner, Köln 1950. * ''Die Macht der Ohnmächtigen''. Hegner, Köln 1952. * ''Der Gouverneur oder Der glückselige Schuldner''. Hegner, Köln 1954. * ''Die letzte Welt''. Hegner, Köln 1956. * ''Attentat auf den Mächtigen''. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1957 * ''Das Tier oder Die Geschicht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (born 8 October 1941) is a German jurist. He currently holds the chair for public law at the University of Kiel. A member of the Free Democratic Party, he served as Federal Minister of Justice in the Fifth Kohl cabinet between 1996 and 1998. Born in Berlin, Schmidt-Jortzig was raised in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. He studied law and received his first Staatsexamen in 1966, and the second in 1969. In 1984, he became a professor of public law at the University of Kiel and joined the Free Democratic Party. In the 1994 German federal election, he earned a seat in the Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ..., and in 1996, he succeeded Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger as Federal Minister of Justice of Germany. External linksBiography at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Jacob Van Holthe
Vice admiral Edzard Jacob van Holthe (29 January 1896 – 17 July 1967) was a Dutch military officer who served as Chairman of the United Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands The Netherlands Armed Forces () are the military forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (mainland Netherlands in Europe and islands of the Dutch Caribbean). The armed forces consist of four service branches: the Royal Netherlands Navy (), the ... between 1951 and 1953. References External links * 1896 births 1967 deaths Royal Netherlands Navy admirals Royal Netherlands Navy officers Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edzard Zu Innhausen Und Knyphausen
Count Edzard Friedrich Ludwig zu Innhausen und Knyphausen (14 December 1827 – 16 January 1908) was a East Frisia, Frisian landowner and politician. He travelled across India in 1904 and wrote a book on his experiences including his hunts. Von Knyphausen was born in Hanover to Carl Wilhelm Georg von Innhausen and Knyphausen (1784–1860) and Luise Sophie Charlotte Friederike von Kielmansegg (1798–1874). He joined the Academy in Lüneburg in 1847 and then studied law at Bonn before joining Corps Borussia Bonn. He passed the state law exam in Berlin in 1851 and served briefly at the Berlin District Court. He then travelled and became the largest landowner in East Frisia following the death of his father in 1860. He bought Knyphausen Castle in 1862 and Innhausen Castle in 1876. After Prussian annexation, he held a set representing East Frisia. He was elected to the Reichstag for the German-Hanoverian Party, German Hanoverian Party in 1893. He helped establish the East Frisian Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edzard, Prince Of East Frisia
Charles Edzard (18 June 1716 in Aurich – 25 May 1744 in Aurich) was the last prince of East Frisia. He ruled from 12 June 1734 until his death. Early life He was born at the castle in Aurich, as the fourth child of the reigning prince George Albert and his wife, Princess Christine Louise of Nassau-Idstein (1691-1723). Biography Charles Edzard received a harsh, authoritarian education from his father George Albert, in an atmosphere of bigotry and ascetic piety, which did not leave the child any freedom or opportunities for self-development. The fact that all of his siblings died during their first year of life, had caused the father to panic and fear of the extinction of the male line of the Cirksena. He was meticulously planning the daily schedule. Every week, every day, every hour has been prescribed by a precise timetable to be followed to the prince. Even the recovery phase, the hours to ride and to walk were scheduled exactly. Charles Edzard was taught Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Ferdinand Edzard Of East Frisia
Count Ferdinand Edzard of East Frisia (12 July 1636, Aurich – 1 January 1668, Norden) was known as the Count of Norden. Life Ferdinand Edzard was a member of the Cirksena ruling house of East Frisia. He was the youngest son of Count Ulrich II of East Frisia and Landgravine Juliana of Hesse-Darmstadt. From the age of 14, he attended the academies of Breda and Tübingen. As part of his training, he undertook extensive travels to France, Switzerland, Italy and England. In 1658, he returned to the court of his brother Prince Enno Louis at Aurich. After Enno Louis's sudden death in March 1660, Ferdinand Edzard demanded that power be shared between himself and his brother George Christian. He could not prevail. His request to have his share of the inheritance paid out, did not succeed either. On 18 January 1661 the brothers came to an agreement. Ferdinand Edzard dropped his request for a share of power in return for an annual sum of money and an apanage consisting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
