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Božena Černá
Božena is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Božena (Křesinová), Bohemian duchess * Božena of Bohemia, Bohemian princess and Margravine of Brandenburg * Božena Angelova, Slovenian violinist * Božena Dobešová, Czech gymnast * Božena Komárková, Czech philosopher * Božena Laglerová, Czech aviator * Božena Němcová, Czech writer * Božena Slančíková-Timrava, Slovak writer * Božena Srncová, Czech gymnast See also * Bożena Bożena () is a Polish feminine given name, originally appearing as ''Bożana'' and ''Bożechna''. It is derived from the word "Bóg" (God). This Slavic name is equivalent to Božena in Czech, Slovak and other Slavic languages. Individuals ... External links * http://www.behindthename.com/name/boz18ena {{DEFAULTSORT:Bozena Czech feminine given names Feminine given names Slovene feminine given names Croatian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena (Křesinová)
Božena (Křesinová) (died after 1052) was the second wife (and probably earlier the mistress) of Duke Oldřich of Bohemia and mother of Bretislaus I of Bohemia. Meeting of Oldřich and Božena The historian Cosmas of Prague recorded the legend of Oldřich and Božena, in his ''Chronica Boëmorum'' ("Chronicle of the Bohemians"). According to the legend, the young (and married) Oldřich set out on a hunt and travelled to Peruc. There, he spied a beautiful peasant girl, Božena, by a well known today as Božena's Spring and was immediately entranced by her. Oldřich abandoned his hunt and took Božena back to Prague, where she eventually gave birth to his illegitimate son Bretislaus. In the legend, Oldřich's first meeting with Božena took place in sight of the Oldřich Oak. Božena was indeed the savior of the Czech House of Přemysl. Oldřich had two brothers, but one of them, Jaromír, had been castrated by the eldest sibling, Boleslaus III. Boleslaus III himself was im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Of Bohemia
Beatrice of Bohemia (; 1225–1290) was a daughter of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia and his wife Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen. She married Margrave Otto III and was the mother of: * John III "of Prague" (1244-1268) * Otto V "the Tall" (-1298)John I had a son known as ''Otto IV'', which is why this numeral was skipped in the Ottonian line * Albert III (-1300) * Otto VI "the Short" (-1303) * Kunigunde (died ), married: : in 1264 to Duke Bela of Slavonia (1245-1269) : in 1273 to Duke Waleran IV of Limburg * Matilda (d. 1316), married in 1266 to Duke Barnim I Barnim I the Good ( 1217/1219 – 13 November 1278), from the Griffin dynasty, was a Duke of Pomerania (''ducis Slauorum et Cassubie'') from 1220 until his death. Life Son of Duke Bogislaw II and Miroslava of Pomerelia, he succeeded to the Duc ... of Pomerania (-1278) Ancestry References Margravines of Brandenburg Bavarian nobility 1225 births 1290 deaths 13th-century German nobility Přemyslid dynasty Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Angelova
Božena Angelova (born 1981 Maribor) is a Slovenian violinist. She has recorded for the Slovenian Broadcasting Company and has performed as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Carinthian symphony orchestra, amongst others. Biography She began playing the violin aged seven, initially taught by her father. After finishing the local music school, she moved to Austria in order to study with Helfried Fister at the Conservatory of Music in Klagenfurt where she obtained her music degree with distinction. She continued her musical studies at the College of Music and Arts in Bern, Switzerland and at the University of Music »Mozarteum« in Salzburg with Igor Ozim, where she finished her masterstudies with distinction. To complement her university education, she attended many courses by renowned musicians, including Thomas Brandis, Tibor Varga, Evgenia Tchugaeva, Mintcho Mintchev, Rainer Schmidt (violinist), Rainer Schmidt, Siegmund Nissel, Emerson String Quartet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Dobešová
Božena Dobešová (October 2, 1914 – November 28, 1990) was a Czechoslovak gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... In 1936 she won the silver medal as member of the Czechoslovak gymnastics team. References External links profile 1914 births 1990 deaths Czechoslovak female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Komárková
Božena Komárková (28 January 1903, Tišnov – 27 January 1997, Brno) was a Czech philosopher and theologian. Most of her work remained unknown both in the Czech Republic and abroad till the Velvet Revolution, since Nazism, Nazi and Communism, communist regimes persecuted her and tried to isolate her from society. In 2003 a selection of Komárková's essays was published in English under the title ''Human Rights and the Rise of the Secular Age''. External links Czechs and Germans in Our Century (article by Komárková from 1966) Czech Protestants 1903 births 1997 deaths People from Tišnov Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Czech women philosophers Czech theologians 20th-century Czech philosophers {{Czech-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Laglerová
Božena Gabriela Vítězslava Laglerová (11 December 1888 – 8 October 1941) was a Czechs, Czech pioneer aviator. She become the first female pilot in Austria-Hungary. She competed in air competitions. Biography Laglerová was born in Vinohrady (now part of Prague), Bohemia, Austria-Hungary on 11 December 1888. She was a accomplished opera singer and sculptor before embarking on her aviation career. Laglerová was the seventh and final child of Jozefa Počtová and Vojtěch Lagler. A graduate of the Prague Conservatory in 1906, she initially joined the vocal ensemble of the Vinohrady Theatre, where she was later promoted to soloist in 1908. During the dress rehearsal of her first performance, she lost her voice , and despite retraining in Paris, a vocal cord injury ended her performance career. To supplement her musical pursuits, Laglerová studied sculpture at the School of Applied Arts, however her interests soon turned towards aviation. Upon returning home to Prague, she b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Němcová
Božena Němcová () (4 February 1820 in Vienna – 21 January 1862 in Prague) was a Czech writer of the final phase of the ''Czech National Revival'' movement. Her image is featured on the 500 CZK denomination of the Česká koruna. Biography According to the dating up to now accepted by the majority of Czech authors, Božena Němcová was born in 1820 as ''Barbara Pankl'' (or ''Barbora Panklová'' according to the usual Czech name-giving for women) in Vienna as a daughter of Johann Pankl from Lower Austria and Teresie Novotná, a maid of Bohemian origin. In her childhood she lived near the small town of Ratibořice, where her grandmother Magdalena Novotná played an important part in her life. Němcová would later write her most famous novel with the main character inspired by her grandmother. When she was 17 years old, she married Josef Němec, fifteen years her senior, who worked as a customs officer and was therefore a state employee. The marriage was arranged by Barbora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Slančíková-Timrava
Božena Slančíková (October 2, 1867, Polichno - November 27, 1951, Lučenec ), better known by the pen name Timrava, was a Slovak novelist, short story writer and playwright. She also wrote under the name "Aunt Polichna". "Timrava" was taken from the name of a popular small lake with a fountain, where she liked to sit while writing. Biography She was born into the family of Paul Slančík, a Lutheran pastor and one of the co-founders of Matica Slovenská. She had ten siblings of whom six survived to adulthood. At fifteen, she briefly attended a public boarding school at Banská Bystrica, otherwise her education took place entirely at home, where she lived until her father's death in 1909.Introduction to "That Alluring Land" by N. Rudinsky Although she made several attempts to leave, she had little success finding a job. For three months, she was a companion to a wealthy widow in Dolný Kubín, and later became the caretaker of collections at the Slovak National Museum in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Božena Srncová
Božena Srncová, née Krejcarová (11 June 1925 in Prague – 30 November 1997 in Semily) was a Czech gymnast. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ..., winning team event gold and bronze medals, respectively. References External links * * 1925 births 1997 deaths Czech female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Czechoslovakia Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Prague {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bożena
Bożena () is a Polish feminine given name, originally appearing as ''Bożana'' and ''Bożechna''. It is derived from the word "Bóg" (God). This Slavic name is equivalent to Božena in Czech, Slovak and other Slavic languages. Individuals named Bożena may celebrate their name day on 13 March, 20 June or 27 July (in Slovakia). Notable people with this name include: * Bożenna Bukiewicz - Polish politician * Bożena Dykiel - Polish actress * Bozenna Intrator - Polish-American writer, lyricist and translator See also * Polish name * Slavic names Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), * ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Bozena Slavic feminine given names Polish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Feminine Given Names
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surname) *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Check (other) * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) The Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and ... * Czechia (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
