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Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", "Rick", " Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard I Of England
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and seemed unlikely to become king, but all his brothers except the youngest, John, predeceased their father. Richard is known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: ''Le quor de lion'') or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. The troubadour Bertran de Born also called him Richard Oc-e-Non ( Occitan for ''Yes and No''), possibly from a reputation for terseness. By the age of 16, Richard had taken command of his own army, putting down rebellions in Poitou against his father. Richard was an important Christian commander during the Third Crusade, leadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard I Of Normandy
Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: ''Richard Sans-Peur''; Old Norse: ''Jarl Rikard''), was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 79 Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write the "''De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum''" (Latin, "''On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of Normandy''"), called him a ''dux ''Dux'' (; plural: ''ducēs'') is Latin for "leader" (from the noun ''dux, ducis'', "leader, general") and later for duke and its variant forms (doge, duce, etc.). During the Roman Republic and for the first centuries of the Roman Empire, '' ...''. However, this use of the word may have been in the context of Richard's renowned leadership in war, and not as a reference to a title of nobility. Richard either introduce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard II, Duke Of Normandy
Richard II (died 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: ''Le Bon''), was the duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026. Life Richard was the eldest surviving son and heir of Richard the Fearless and Gunnor. He succeeded his father as the ruler of Duchy of Normandy, Normandy in 996. During his minority, the first five years of his reign, his regent was Count Rodulf of Ivry, his uncle, who wielded the power and put down a Peasants' revolt of 996 in Normandy, peasant insurrection at the beginning of Richard's reign. Richard had deep religious interests and found he had much in common with King Robert II of France, who he helped militarily against the Duchy of Burgundy. He forged a marriage alliance with Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany by marrying his sister Hawise of Normandy, Hawise to him and by his own marriage to Geoffrey's sister Judith of Brittany, Judith. By 1000, Vikings had begun raiding England again, where they would subsequently cross the channel to Normandy and sell their plu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard I Of Capua
Richard Drengot (died 1078) was the count of Aversa (1049–1078), prince of Capua (1058–1078, as Richard I) and duke of Gaeta (1064–1078). Early career in Italy Richard, who came from near Dieppe in the Pays de Caux in eastern Normandy, was the son of Asclettin I, count of Acerenza, younger brother of Asclettin II, count of Aversa, and nephew of Rainulf Drengot. Richard arrived in Southern Italy shortly after Rainulf's death in 1045, accompanied by forty Norman knights. When he first arrived in Aversa, according to Amatus of Montecassino Richard was well received by the people who followed him as if he were a count.''The History of the Normans by Amatus of Montecassino'', trans. Prescott N. Dunbar, ed. Graham A Loud (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004), p. 84 He was described as strikingly handsome, a young man of open countenance who by design rode a horse so small his feet nearly touched the ground.The eleventh-century warhorse was usually smaller, usually no taller th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Wilson (other)
Richard Wilson may refer to: Academia * Richard Wilson (scholar) (born 1950), British Shakespeare scholar * Richard Wilson (physicist) (1926–2018), British born American physicist * Richard Guy Wilson (born 1940), architectural historian and University of Virginia faculty member * Richard K. Wilson (born 1959), American professor of genetics and molecular microbiology * Richard L. Wilson (1905–1981), American journalist * Richard F. Wilson, president of Illinois Wesleyan University * R. M. Wilson (born 1945), American mathematician (combinatorics), professor at Caltech * Richard Ashby Wilson, American-British social anthropologist Arts and music * Richard Wilson (sculptor) (born 1953), British sculptor and musician * Richard Wilson (author) (1920–1987), American science-fiction writer * Rich Wilson (journalist), contemporary UK based freelance rock writer * Richard Edward Wilson (born 1941), American composer * Richard Wilson (painter) (1714–1782), Welsh lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Green (other)
Richard, Rick, Ricky, Rickey, or Ritchie Green may refer to: Entertainment * Richard Green (actor) (born 1953), American actor * Richard Green or Grass Green (1939–2002), African American cartoonist * Rick Green (comedian) (born 1953), Canadian comedian * Richard Lancelyn Green (1953–2004), English Sherlock Holmes expert * Richard Greene (1918–1985), British film and television actor * H. Richard Greene, American actor Politics * Richard Green (politician) (1907–1961), Australian politician and judge Science * Richard Green (astronomer), American * Richard Green (neuropharmacologist) (1944–2020), British * Richard Green (sexologist) (1936–2019), American sexologist, physician, lawyer * Richard J. Green (born 1964), American chemist Sports * Richard Green (cricketer) (born 1976), English cricketer * Richard Green (footballer) (born 1967), English * Richard Green (golfer) (born 1971), Australian golfer * Richard Green (referee) (1937–1983), boxing referee * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Anderson (other)
Richard Anderson (1926–2017) was an American actor. Richard, Rich, Richie, or Dick Anderson may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor *Richard L. Anderson (sound effects editor) (1977–2013), American sound effects editor * Richard Anderson (artist), American concept designer and artist * Richie Anderson (presenter), TV and radio personality who works for the BBC Military * Richard Clough Anderson Sr. (1750–1826), American Revolutionary War veteran, surveyor of Virginia Military District *Richard H. Anderson (general) (1821–1879), American army officer and Confederate general in the American Civil War * Richard H. Anderson (pilot), U.S. Army Air Force pilot *Richard Anderson (British Army officer) (1907–1979), British Army general * Richard B. Anderson (1921–1944), American Marine and World War II Medal of Honor recipient ** USS ''Richard B. Anderson'' (DD-786), US Navy destroyer named in his honor * Richard A. Anderso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard, Duke Of Burgundy
Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858–921), also known as Richard of Autun or Richard the Justiciar, was Count of Autun from 880 and the first Margrave and Duke of Burgundy. He eventually attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mâcon and by 890 he was referred to as ''dux'' (duke) and by 900 as ''marchio'' (margrave). By 918 he was being called ''dux Burgundionem'' or ''dux Burgundiae'', which probably signified less the existence of a unified Burgundian dukedom than feudal suzerainty over a multiplicity of counties in a specific region. Life Richard was a Bosonid, the son of Bivin of Gorze and Richildis. His elder brother was Boso of Provence and his younger sister was Richildis, second wife of Charles the Bald. In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II, Richard and Boso accompanied Charles to Italy for his imperial coronation. In February 876, in Pavia, while preparing for his return journey, Charles nominated Boso "Duke and Viceroy of Italy and Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Greene (other)
Richard Greene (1918–1985) was a British film and television actor. Richard Greene may also refer to: * H. Richard Greene, American actor * Richard Greene (The Younger) (1560–1617), Knight and Lord of Bowridge Hill * Richard Greene (colonist) (died 1622), first Governor of Wessagusset Colony in New England * Richard Greene (antiquary) (1716–1793), English antiquary and collector of curiosities * Richard Greene (musician) (born 1942), American violinist * Richard Greene (politician) (born 1950), Irish politician * Richard Greene (journalist) (born 1954), journalist and author who created and hosted Air America's show ''Clout'' * Richard Greene (writer) (born 1961), Canadian poet * Richard D. Greene (born 1950), Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals * Richard Plunket Greene (1901–1978), English racing driver, jazz musician, and author * Richard Ward Greene (1792–1875), attorney * Richard Wilson Greene (1791–1861), Irish judge * Richard Greene, pastor of God's Ark o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick (nickname)
Dick is a nickname most often for Richard, which likely originated in the Middle Ages as rhyming slang for "Rick", as did William → Will → Bill and Robert → Rob → Bob. The modern association with "penis" is more recent, arising from Dick becoming a cliché name for any man, as in Tom, Dick and Harry. Occasionally it was given as a nickname for other proper names as well but has generally fallen out of favour except for comic intent. Notable people * Dick Assman (1934–2016), Canadian gas station worker * Dick Gregory (1932–2017), American civil rights activist and comedian * Dick Lee (other), multiple * Dick Wolf American television producer Business * Richard S. Fuld Jr. (born 1946), American banker best known as the final chairman and chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers * Dick Graves (1912-1990), American casino owner * Dick Smith (entrepreneur), Australian businessman * Dick Teague (1923–1991), American industrial designer Crime * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rogers (other)
Richard Rogers (1933–2021) was a British architect. Richard Rogers may also refer to: * Richard Rogers (bishop) (1532/33–1597), British religious leader *Richard Birdsall Rogers (1857–1927), Canadian civil & mechanical engineer * Richard Reid Rogers (1867–1949), American jurist & military governor of Panama Canal Zone * Richard Dean Rogers (1921–2016), American jurist and politician in the Kansas state legislature * Richard Rogers (psychologist) (born 1950), American psychologist & academic * Richard Rogers (sound engineer), American sound engineer * Richard Rogers (died 1643) (c. 1611–1643), English soldier who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642 * Richard Rogers (theologian) (1550–1618), English nonconformist clergyman *Dick Rogers (1912–1970), American jazz musician, composer, comedian * Richard Saltonstall Rogers (1790–1873), East Indies merchant & Salem politician *Richard Sanders Rogers (1861–1942), Australian medical doctor and authority on Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walsh (other)
Richard or Dick Walsh may refer to: * Richard Walsh (actor) (born 1952), British television actor * Richard Walsh (Australian publisher) (born 1941), Australian publisher and one of the original co-editors of 1960s satirical magazine ''Oz'' * Richard Walsh (English politician), High Sheriff of Worcestershire * Richard Walsh (fighter) (born 1988), martial artist * Richard Walsh (Irish politician) (1889–1957), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, TD for Mayo South * Richard A. Walsh (1930–2005), American politician * Richard Ambrose Walsh (1862-1949), American politician and lawyer * Richard Hussey Walsh (1825–1862), Irish political economist and colonial official * Dick Walsh (1877–1958), Irish hurler * Dick Walsh (executive) (1925–2011), sporting executive * Richard Walsh (IATSE), former president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
