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Knize
Knize may refer to: * Kníže (title), equivalent of "duke" or "prince", used in medieval Slavic countries such as Bohemia * Kniže & Comp., the Viennese clothing store named after a Czech surname * Josef Kniže (d. 1880), Czech tailor who founded Kniže & Comp. * Frederic Wolff-Knize (1890–1949), Austrian businessman and art collector * Petr Kníže, Czech martial artist {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Wolff-Knize
Frederic ("Fritz") Wolff-Knize (26 July 1890 – October 1949) was a German businessman, owner of Kniže & Comp. and an art collector. Personal life Knize married Annie (née Rothmüller), who was born on 10 October 1905, and died in November 1979 in New Canaan, Connecticut. They lived in Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 8 / III and in Dürrenast in Thun, Switzerland. Knize directed " Kniže & Comp.", in Vienna I., Graben 13 with branches in Bad Gastein, Szgb., Berlin, Prague and Karlsbad. Art collection The Wolff-Knize collection included an ethnographic collection and numerous works by Oskar Kokoschka as well as art by Marc Chagall and others. Following his death in 1949, his substantial collection was broken up and sold, partly at the Kende Galleries in New York. Among the Kokoschka's in the Knize family collection was "Zwei Mädschen" Nazi era When Austria was merged with the Third Reich in the Anschluss of 1938, Knize, his family and business were persecuted because of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kniže & Comp
Knize may refer to: * Kníže (title), equivalent of "duke" or "prince", used in medieval Slavic countries such as Bohemia * Kniže & Comp., the Viennese clothing store named after a Czech surname * Josef Kniže (d. 1880), Czech tailor who founded Kniže & Comp. * Frederic Wolff-Knize Frederic ("Fritz") Wolff-Knize (26 July 1890 – October 1949) was a German businessman, owner of Kniže & Comp. and an art collector. Personal life Knize married Annie (née Rothmüller), who was born on 10 October 1905, and died in November 197 ... (1890–1949), Austrian businessman and art collector * Petr Kníže, Czech martial artist {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kníže (title)
, or (Old Church Slavonic: Кнѧзь) is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times of history and different ancient Slavic lands. It is usually translated into English as prince or duke, depending on specific historical context and the potentially known Latin equivalents of the title for each bearer of the name. In Latin sources the title is usually translated as , but the word was originally derived from the Proto-Germanic, common Germanic (king). The female form transliterated from Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Russian language, Russian is (), in Slovene language, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: ), ''kniahinia'' (княгіня) in Belarusian language, Belarusian and ''kniazioŭna'' (князёўна) is the daughter of the prince, (княгиня) in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. In Russian, the daughter of a knyaz is (). In Russian, the son of a knyaz is ( in its old form). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
