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Gertrude De Pélichy
Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to: Places In space *Gertrude (crater), a crater on Uranus's moon Titania *710 Gertrud, a minor planet Terrestrial placenames *Gertrude, Arkansas * Gertrude, Washington *Gertrude, West Virginia People *Gertrude (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) People with Gertrude as the full name: *Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg (1227–1297), daughter of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia and abbess near Trier *Gertrude of Austria (1226–1288), Duchess of Austria and Styria * Gertrude of Babenberg (c. 1118–1150), Duchess of Bohemia * Gertrude of Baden (c. 1160–1225), Margravine of Baden *Gertrude of Bavaria (died 1197), daughter of Henry the Lion, Queen consort of Denmark *Gertrude of Brunswick (c. 1060–1117), Margravine of Frisia and Meissen * Gertrude of Comburg (died 1130), Queen consort of Germany * Gertrude of Dagsburg (died 1225), Duchess of Lorraine *Gertrude of Delft (died 1358), Dutch Beguine and mystic *Gertrude of Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude (crater)
Gertrude is the largest known Impact crater, crater on Uranus's natural satellite, moon Titania (moon), Titania. A Peak ring, peak-ring impact basin, it is roughly 326–400 kilometers across, 1/5 to 1/4 of Titania's diameter. Gertrude was first observed by the ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft on its January 1986 flyby of the moons of Uranus, Uranian system. It is named after Gertrude (Hamlet), Gertrude, the mother of Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet''. The name Gertrude was officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1988. Features on Titania are named after female Shakespearean characters. Geology and characteristics Gertrude's depth was estimated to be roughly 1–3 kilometers by planetary scientist P. M. Schenk in 1989. The crater rim of Gertrude is elevated by 2 km over the crater floor. In the center of the crater there is a large dome, which resulted from the uplift of the surface immediately after the impact. The dome has the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Hackeborn
Gertrude of Hackeborn (1232–1292) was the abbess of the Benedictine convent of Helfta, near Eisleben in modern Germany. Gertrude was born in 1232 near Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. She was a member of the Thuringian Hackeborn dynasty and elder sister of Mechtilde. At a young age, she entered the Benedictine convent of Roderdorf, which followed Cistercian traditions.Schaus, Margaret. "Gertrude of Hackeborn", ''Women and Gender in Medieval Europe'', Taylor & Francis, 2006 She was elected abbess in 1251 at the age of nineteen. She founded the convent of Hederleben in 1253 with the help of her two brothers, Albert and Louis, but it suffered from a lack of water, so she received the castle of Helpeda (Helfta) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Gertrude
''Alice Gertrude'' was a wooden steamship which operated on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound from 1898 to January 1907, when she was wrecked at Clallam Bay in Washington. Career ''Alice Gertrude'' was a freight and passenger steamship built in 1898, either at Seattle, Washington, according to one source, or at Port Angeles. Washington, according to another source. The ship was built either by or for the brothers John Rex Thompson and Fred Thompson, who were prominent citizens of early Port Angeles doing business as the Thompson Steamboat Company. The Thompsons ran steamboats to Neah Bay from Port Angeles, and ''Alice Gertrude'' was built for this route. The vessel was named for two cousins, Alice Thompson, the daughter of Fred Thompson, and Gertrude Thompson, the daughter of John Rex Thompson. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrud (play)
''Gertrud'' is a Swedish 1906 play (drama), in three parts, by author and playwright Hjalmar Söderberg. Story description The play is a modern relationship drama. The main characters are the middle-aged Gertrud and three men she has a relationship with: her husband Gustav Kanning, a politician; her former lover Gabriel Lidman, an older poet; and her newfound love Erland Jansson, a young composer. All three desire her and have desired her in a different way. The first act is set in Gustaf Kanning's study at his home, where Gertrud, in the first scene, sits in the dark awaiting her husband's return from work. She is going to tell she is leaving him for her newfound love, and her former love interest suddenly returns from a long trip overseas. Gertrud is faced with questions about the sacrifice she is making for Jansson, and the reactions of Kanning and Lidman. The play tackles themes of love, passion, the feeling of being trapped and confined in a marriage, the need of love, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrud (novel)
''Gertrud'' is a novel written by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1910. It has been published into English by Peter Owen Publishers, London. Plot summary Styled as the memoir of a famous composer named Kuhn, ''Gertrud'' tells of his childhood and young adult years before it comes to the heart of the story; his relationships to two troubled artists, the eponymous Gertrud Imthor, and the opera singer Heinrich Muoth. Kuhn is drawn to Gertrud upon their first encounter, but she falls in love with and marries Muoth, whom the composer befriended as well some years before. The two are hopelessly ill-matched, and their destructive relationship provides the basis for Kuhn's magnum opus. Analysis Like many of Hesse's novels, there is a strong influence derived from Nietzsche, specifically his work '' The Birth of Tragedy''. Muoth represents the passionate Dionysian The Apollonian and the Dionysian are philosophical and literary concepts represented by a duality between the fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrud (film)
''Gertrud'' is a 1964 Danish drama film written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer; it is based on the 1906 play of the same name by Hjalmar Söderberg. The title role of Gertrud Kanning is played by Nina Pens Rode, with Bendt Rothe as her husband, Gustav Kanning, and Baard Owe as her lover, Erland Jansson. ''Gertrud'' was Dreyer's final film. It is notable for its many long takes, one of which is a nearly ten-minute take of Gertrud and her ex-lover, Gabriel, talking about their pasts. The film opened to divided responses but is now considered one of Dreyer's major works. Plot Gertrud, a former opera singer in Stockholm in the early 20th century, is married to the lawyer and politician Gustav Kanning. Gertrud tells her husband that he has become more in love with his career and status than with her. She also tells him that she has met another man who loves her more than anything else, and that she therefore prefers him to her husband and wants a divorce. Gertrud meets he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Süpplingenburg
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (18 April 1115 – 18 April 1143) was Duchess of Bavaria, Margravine of Tuscany, and Duchess of Saxony by marriage to Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, and Margravine of Austria and Duchess of Bavaria by marriage to Henry II, Duke of Austria. She was regent of Saxony during the minority of her son Henry the Lion in 1139–1142. Life Gertrude was the only child of Lothair of Supplinburg, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Richenza of Northeim. After the death of the last Salian emperor Henry V, her father, backed by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz was elected King of the Romans in 1125, and ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. First marriage Gertrude was married to Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria, a dynastic arrangement meant to strengthen ties to the Welf dynasty. The lavish wedding ceremony was held on 29 May 1127 on the Lech fields near Augsburg. Indeed, Duke Henry became a loyal supporter in Lothair's struggle with the rivalling House of Hoh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Sulzbach
Gertrude of Sulzbach (; – 14 April 1146) was German queen from 1138 until her death as the second wife of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III. Life She was the daughter of the Bavarian count Berengar II of Sulzbach (c.1080–1125) and Adelheid of Wolfratshausen (d. 1126). The identity of Gertrude's mother is mentioned in the ''Kastler Reimchronik'', Vers 525. Adelheid of Wolfratshausen is mentioned in various other documents of the 12th century as "Countess of Sulzbach", without mentioning her husband. ''De Fundatoribus Monasterii Diessenses'' contains a rather confused genealogy concerning her two most prominent daughters. Otto II, Count of Wolfratshausen, father of Adelheid, is given as father to Richenza of Northeim, "Empress" and "Maria, Empress of the Greeks". Richenza was actually the wife of Lothair II. The author of the text had apparently confused her with Gertrude von Sulzbach. Maria is probably a confusion for "Irene", the baptismal name of Gertrude's sister Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Saxony
Gertrude of Saxony ( 1030 – August 4, 1113), also known as Gertrude Billung, was a countess of Holland by marriage to Floris I, Count of Holland, and countess of Flanders by marriage to Robert I, Count of Flanders. She was regent of Holland in 1061-1067 during the minority of her son Dirk V, and regent of Flanders during the absence of her spouse in 1086–1093. Biography She was the daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt. Countess of Holland In c. 1050, she married Floris I, Count of Holland (c. 1017 – June 28, 1061). Upon the death of her spouse in 1061, her son Dirk V became Count of Holland. Since he was a minor, she became regent. When Dirk V came into power, William I, Bishop of Utrecht, took advantage of the situation, occupying territory that he had claimed in Holland. Gertrude and her son withdrew to the islands of Frisia (Zeeland), leaving William to occupy the disputed lands. Countess of Flanders In 1063 Gertrude married Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Poland
Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025 – 4 January 1108), was a Polish princess and the grand princess consort of Kiev by marriage to Iziaslav I. She was the daughter of Mieszko II Lambert and Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. Early life Getruda was probably born just before or just after the royal coronation of her father Mieszko II as King of Poland, which probably took place on April 18, 1025. Her grandfather King Boleslaw II the Brave died shortly thereafter, leaving his son as the sole ruler of the Kingdom of Poland. Gertrude's mother was Richeza, the daughter of Count Palatine of Lorraine Ezzo and Matilda of Germany. Matilda was the daughter of Roman Emperor Otto II and Theophanu of the Macedonian dynasty ruling Byzantium. Through these colligations, Gertrude was related to the most important families of Europe at the time. Gertrude probably grew up in the royal residence in Gniezno, along with her siblings, about a decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Nivelles
Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled ''Geretrude'', ''Geretrudis'', ''Gertrud''; c. 628 – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium. She is venerated in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. Life Family and childhood The early history of Gertrude's family is not well documented. The anonymous author of her Early Middle Ages biography, '' Vita Sanctae Geretrudis'', only hints at her origins: "it would be tedious to insert in this account in what line of earthly origin she was descended. For who living in Europe does not know the loftiness, the names, and the localities of her lineage?"Vita Sanctae Geretrudis Gertrude's father, Pepin of Landen (Pippin the Elder), a nobleman from east Francia, had been instrumental in persuading King Clothar II to crown his son, Dagobert I, as the King of Austrasia. Due to her position at the palace, Gertrude's mother, Itta of Metz, was likely acquainted with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Of Merania
Gertrude of Merania ( 1185 – 28 September 1213) was Queen of Hungary as the first wife of Andrew II from 1205 until her assassination. She was regent during her husband's absence. Life Gertrude was the daughter of the Bavarian Count Berthold IV of Andechs, Margrave of Carniola and Istria, and his wife Agnes from the Saxon House of Wettin. Gertrude's elder sister was Agnes of Merania, a famous beauty, who married King Philip II of France. Her younger sister was St. Hedwig of Silesia, wife of the Piast duke Henry I the Bearded, the later High Duke of Poland. Their brothers were Otto, who inherited the title of Duke of Merania and succeeded their father in his Bavarian domains, Henry who took over the rule in Carniola and Istria, and Berthold who became a close advisor to Gertrude and was named Archbishop of Kalocsa. Marriage Gertrude's parents arranged political marriages for their daughters, creating alliances for her father, Duke Berthold. Gertrude married the Árp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
