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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] |
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] |
Albert I, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Albert the Tall ( lat, Albertus Longus, german: Albrecht der Große; 1236 – 15 August 1279), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death. Life Albert was the oldest surviving son of the first Brunswick duke Otto the Child and his wife, Matilda of Brandenburg. When his father died in 1252, he took over the rule of the duchy; later his younger brother John joined him. Albert's rule was initially troubled by several armed conflicts as the Welf dukes still had to cope with the followers of the extinct Hohenstaufen dynasty within their dominions. In 1260/61 Albert's troops fought against the Danish duke Eric I of Schleswig on behalf of Queen Margaret Sambiria and her minor son King Eric V of Denmark. In 1263 the duke quite luckless interfered in the War of the Thuringian Succession to support the claims raised by his mother-in-law Sophie of Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |