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Ekbert of Andechs-Meranien (also called Ekbert of Bamberg) (after 1173 – 5 June 1237 in Vienna) was bishop of Bamberg, Germany from 1203 until his death. He was the son of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania and Agnes of Rochlitz , and a brother of Saint Hedwig of Silesia and Gertrude of Merania , Queen of Hungary .
The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves.Descending from the Popponids and originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria from its creation in 976 AD until its elevation to a duchy in 1156, and from then until the extinction of the line in 1246, whereafter they were succeeded by ...
He backed the election of Duke Henry IV of Bavaria as King of the Romans in 1002, however, the new king (Henry II) responded with ingratitude. Count Henry soon after joined a revolt (the Schweinfurt feud [ de ] of 1003) in association with the German–Polish War (1002–1018) against the Polish ruler Bolesław I the Brave , after which he was ...
A premature obituary is a false reporting of the death of a person who is still alive. It may occur due to unexpected survival of someone who was close to death. Other reasons for such publication might be miscommunication between newspapers, family members, and the funeral home, often resulting in embarrassment for everyone involved.
Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll, KStJ, DL, FRSA (28 August 1937 – 21 April 2001), styled Marquess of Lorne between 1949 and 1973, was a Scottish peer and Chief of Clan Campbell. He was the 12th Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland , 5th Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute.
The former "Dukes of Hazzard" star, 63, told People that he decided to comfort his wife with a "lie" while she was in her final days of hospice care at home. “I of course told her it was OK ...
Musician Steve Harley has died of cancer, aged 73. The singer , who performed as part of Cockney Rebel, was touring up until January but was forced to cancel dates last month after being diagnosed ...
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamberg (lat. Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bambergensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Bavaria, one of 27 in Germany. In 2015, 32.9% of the population identified as Catholic, and 15.6% of those reported that they attend Mass on Sunday—a relatively high number in Germany.