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List Of People Known As The Short
The epithet the Short applies to the following: * Dionysius Exiguus (), a monk, inventor of the Anno Domini era * Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1303), member of the House of Ascania and co-ruler of Brandenburg *Pepin the Short the Short (french: Pépin le Bref; – 24 September 768), also called the Younger (german: Pippin der Jüngere), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king. The younger was the son of ... (768), first King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel * Władysław I Łokietek (1261 – 1333), King of Poland, also called "the Elbow-high" See also * List of people known as the Tall {{DEFAULTSORT:Short Lists of people by epithet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epithet
An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It can also be a descriptive title: for example, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Alfred the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Władysław I the Elbow-high. Many English monarchs have traditional epithets: some of the best known are Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, Æthelred the Unready, John Lackland and Bloody Mary. The word ''epithet'' can also refer to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase. This use as a euphemism is criticized by Martin Manser and other proponents of linguistic prescription. H. W. Fowler complained that "epithet is suffering a vulgarization that is giving it an abusive imputation." Linguistics Epithets are sometimes at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysius Exiguus
Dionysius Exiguus (Latin for "Dionysius the Humble", Greek: Διονύσιος; – ) was a 6th-century Eastern Roman monk born in Scythia Minor. He was a member of a community of Scythian monks concentrated in Tomis (present day Constanța, Romania), the major city of Scythia Minor. Dionysius is best known as the inventor of Anno Domini (AD) dating, which is used to number the years of both the Gregorian calendar and the (Christianised) Julian calendar. Almost all churches adopted his ''computus'' for the dates of Easter. From around the year 500 until his death, Dionysius lived in Rome. He translated 401 Church canons from Greek into Latin, including the Apostolic Canons and the decrees of the First Council of Nicaea, First Council of Constantinople, Council of Chalcedon, and Council of Sardica, and a collection of the decretals of the popes from Siricius to Anastasius II. These '' Collectiones canonum Dionysianae'' had great authority in the West, and they continue to gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto VI, Margrave Of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, nicknamed ''Otto the Short'' ( – 1303 in Lehnin) was a member of the House of Ascania and co-ruler of Brandenburg. He was a son of Margrave Otto III and his wife, Beatrice of Bohemia. In 1267, his father died and Otto succeeded as margrave, jointly with his brothers and cousins. In 1279, Otto married Hedwig, the daughter of King Rudolph I of Germany. This marriage remained childless. In 1286, he abdicated and became a Knight Templar. Later, he became a Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ... monk. House of Ascania Margraves of Brandenburg 1250s births Year of birth uncertain 1303 deaths 13th-century German nobility {{Germany-margrave-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepin The Short
the Short (french: Pépin le Bref; – 24 September 768), also called the Younger (german: Pippin der Jüngere), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king. The younger was the son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude, Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of St. Denis. Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his older brother Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia, and Thuringia. The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons, and the Alemanni in the early years of their reign. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the Franks. Being well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław I Łokietek
Władysław I Łokietek, in English known as the "Elbow-high" or Ladislaus the Short (c. 1260/12 March 1333), was King of Poland from 1320 to 1333, and duke of several of the provinces and principalities in the preceding years. He was a member of the royal Piast dynasty, the son of Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia, and great-grandson of High-Duke Casimir II the Just. Władysław I inherited a small portion of his father's domain, but his dominion grew as some of his brothers died young. He unsuccessfully tried to incorporate the Duchy of Krakow (the Seniorate Province) in 1289, following the death of his half-brother Leszek II the Black and the withdrawal from contention of his ally Bolesław II of Masovia. After a period in exile during the rule of Wenceslaus II, Władysław regained several duchies and then Krakow in 1306 when Wenceslaus III was murdered. He temporarily took control of part of Greater Poland after the death of his ally Przemysł II, lost it, and then subsequently reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People Known As The Tall
The Tall is an epithet which may refer to: People: *Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (1236–1279) * Bolesław I the Tall (1127–1201), Duke of Wroclaw *Canute II of Sweden (died 1234), King of Sweden *Philip V of France (1292–1322), King of France *Stefan Lazarević, Serbian Despot (1402–27) *Thorkell the Tall, a Viking in the tenth and early eleventh centuries Fictional characters: *Elendil the Tall, in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe *Duncan the Tall, in George R. R. Martin's fantasy universe '' A Song of Ice & Fire'' See also *List of people known as the Short The epithet the Short applies to the following: *Dionysius Exiguus (), a monk, inventor of the Anno Domini era *Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1303), member of the House of Ascania and co-ruler of Brandenburg * Pepin the Short (768), ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Tall Lists of people by epithet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
