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Kayser (surname)
Kayser is a surname derived from the German imperial title '' Kaiser'' (English: emperor). The title ''Kaiser'' is in turn derived from the Latin title ''Caesar'', which again is a derivation from the personal name of a branch of the ''gens'' (clan) Julia, to which belonged Gaius Julius Caesar, the forebear of the first Roman imperial family. The further etymology is unclear. Other names with the same origin are Kaiser and Keiser, and Kiser; Keyser is more common as a Dutch spelling, Kiser is more common in Sweden and the United States, and Qaisar is an Arabic version. * Karl Ludwig Kayser (1808-1872), German philologist and classical scholar * Adolph H. Kayser (1851–1925), Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, United States * Allan Kayser (born 1963), American actor * Alois Kayser (1877–1944), German missionary * Benjamin Kayser (born 1984), French rugby player * Bernhard Kayser (1869–1954), German ophthalmologist. * Carl Gangolf Kayser (1837–1895), Austrian architect * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiser
''Kaiser'' is the German word for "emperor" (female Kaiserin). In general, the German title in principle applies to rulers anywhere in the world above the rank of king (''König''). In English, the (untranslated) word ''Kaiser'' is mainly applied to the emperors of the unified German Empire (1871–1918) and the emperors of the Austrian Empire (1804–1918). During the First World War, anti-German sentiment was at its zenith; the term ''Kaiser''—especially as applied to Wilhelm II, German Emperor—thus gained considerable negative connotations in English-speaking countries. Especially in Central Europe, between northern Italy and southern Poland, between western Austria and western Ukraine and in Bavaria, Emperor Franz Joseph I is still associated with "Der Kaiser (the emperor)" today. As a result of his long reign from 1848 to 1916 and the associated Golden Age before the First World War, this title often has still a very high historical respect in this geographical area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
