- Elisabeth of Luxembourg Elisabeth Duchess of Luxembourg
Elisabeth von Görlitz of Bohemia, Duchess of Luxembourg was reigning Duchess of Luxembourg from 1411 to 1443. - Elisabeth of Hohenberg Elisabeth Duchess of Hohenberg
Elisabeth Hilda Zita Marie Anna Antonia Friederike Wilhelmine Louise, Duchess of Hohenberg (b. December 22, 1922, Schloß Berg), is a daughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Born a Princess of Luxembourg, Nassau, and Parma, she married Franz, Duke of Hohenberg (1927 - 1977) on May 9, 1956. - Sophie Elisabeth Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a German poet and composer. She began studying music at the court of her father, Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, where there was an orchestra known for its use of fine English musicians, such as William Brade. She moved to the court of Kassel, which also had strong music, when the Thirty Years War threatened her court in 1628. In 1635 she married the learned Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. - Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (born 27 December 1948,) is an Academy Award-nominated French actor. His most significant English-language productions include "Green Card" with Andie MacDowell and "1492: Conquest of Paradise". Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre to Anne Jeanne Joséphe "Eliette" (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, a metal worker. He first married Elisabeth (née Guignot), with whom he had two children. - Elizabeth
Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva (Arabic: إشاع) was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias, according to the New Testament and the Quran. - Elisabeth Of Austria
Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, was a Polish-Lithuanian queen. In Polish, she is known as "Elżbieta Rakuszanka" and "Elżbieta Austriaczka", both names meaning "Elisabeth of Austria", or "Elżbieta Habsburżanka", meaning "Elisabeth of Habsburg". She was the daughter of Albert II of Germany (1397-1439) and his wife Elisabeth (1409-42), heiress of Bohemia. She was a princess of Hungary, princess of Bohemia, and duchess of Austria. - Maya Hakvoort
Maya Hakvoort (born on September 19, 1966 in Nijmegen) is a very successful Dutch musical actress in Europe. Maya debuted 1989 in "Jeans". Haakvoort studied at the conservatory of Maastricht and at the kleinkunstacademy "De Trap" in Amsterdam, before she started gatheric practical musical experience in Holland, Germany, Austria and Belgium. - Deborah Voigt
Deborah Voigt is an American opera singer. She is most famous for her interpretations of the Strauss and Wagner roles, including Isolde, Sieglinde, Elsa, Elisabeth, Senta, Ariadne, Chrysothemis, the Empress in "Die Frau ohne Schatten", Salome, Helen of Troy, Marie in "Friedenstag", and the Marschallin. - Monika Mann
Monika Mann, a novelist, was born on June 7 1910 in Munich and died March 17 1992 in Leverkusen, Germany. She was the daughter of novelist Thomas Mann. Also sister to Klaus, Erika, Elisabeth, Michael and Golo Mann, and niece of the novelist Heinrich Mann. - Elisabeth Waldheim
Elisabeth Waldheim (born 13 April 1922 in Vienna) is the widow of the former UN Secretary-General and Austrian federal president Kurt Waldheim. She was born as the eldest of three sisters to Wilhelm Ritschel and his wife Hildegard. His father was a military official in the imperial army. After the fall of the Habsburg empire, he became an entrepreneur. His daughter Elisabeth was named after the former Austrian empress Elisabeth and she even got her nickname "Sissy". - Princess Ludovika Of Bavaria
Marie Ludovika Wilhelmine (or Louise), Princess of Bavaria (August 30, 1808 - January 25, 1892) was the sixth child of King Maximilian I of Bavaria and his second wife, Frederica Caroline Wilhelmina of Baden. She was born and died in Munich. Ludovica married Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (October 4, 1808 - November 15, 1888), who was also her cousin, on September 9, 1828, in Tegernsee. They had ten children: * Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria ("Louis") (June 21, … - Elisabeth Of Carinthia
Elisabeth or Elizabeth (1298 - after 1347) was the daughter of Otto III of Carinthia and Tyrol (also numbered as Otto II) by his wife Euphemia of Silesia-Liegnitz. She was born in Gorizia. - Elisabeth Of Nuremberg
Elisabeth, Burggravine of Nuremberg, was the daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen. She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. She was born in 1358, and on 27 June 1374 married Rupert, then heir to the Elector Palatine, Rupert II. Elisabeth became Electress Palatine when Rupert succeeded to his father's estate 6 January 1398, and Queen of the Romans when Rupert was elected King of the Romans on 21 August 1400. - Elisabeth Radziwill
Elisabeth or Elisa Radziwill "Elisa Friederike Luise Martha" (28 October, 1803, Berlin – 27 August, 1834, Bad Freienwalde) was a member of Polish high nobility of royal ancestry who was the desired bride of the Prince who later became Wilhelm I, German Emperor. Elisabeth was a daughter of Prince Anton Radziwill and Princess Louise of Prussia, niece of King Frederick the Great. She was a cousin of the Prussian Royal Family. - Henriette Mendel
Henriette Mendel, Baroness von Wallersee Henriette Mendel was born Auguste Henriette Mendel in Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, the daughter of Adam Mendel and of Anna Sophie Müller. In English she is usually known as Henrietta Mendel. She was an actress at Darmstadt's "Großherzoglich Hessischem Hoftheater" when she and Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria fell in love. - Claude Of France
Claude of France (14 October 1499 - 20 July 1524), Queen consort of France and duchess of Brittany in her own right, was the eldest daughter of Louis XII, King of France and Anne, Duchess of Brittany. As the first wife of Francis I, King of France, she was the mother of King Henry II, King of France, and thus grandmother of the last three kings of the Valois line and also of Elisabeth, Queen of Spain, Claude, Duchess of Lorraine, and Marguerite, the queen of Henry IV, … - Joan Cross
Joan Cross, was a British soprano, closely associated with the operas of Benjamin Britten. She attended St Paul's Girls' School where her music teacher was Gustav Holst. She studied singing at Trinity College of Music, and in 1923 joined the chorus of the Vic-Wells opera company at the Old Vic, later taking on a wide range of solo soprano roles for the Sadler's Wells company and a few at the Royal Opera House, … - Kuthen
Kuthen (variously "Kuthens", "Kotyan", "Koteny", "Kötöny", "Zayhan", or "Jonas") was the Khan of Cumania from about 1192 to 1223. He was deposed from power in that year, but he remained leader of the clan of Kun (or Kuni). At the start of his reign, the Cumans (or Kipchaks), a Turkish people, followed a shamanist religion, but, in 1238, Kuthen led his tribes into Hungary in flight from the advancing Mongol hordes. - Barbara Of Celje
Barbara of Celje or Barbara of Cilli was Holy Roman Empress. She received the sobriquet "Messalina of Germany". She was the daughter of Herman II, Count of Celje, and his wife Anna, Countess of Schaunberg (daughter of Heinrich VII, Count of Schaunberg). Herman II was the son of Herman I, Count of Celje and Princess Katarina Kotromanic of Bosnia, who was the older sister of Elisabeth of Bosnia (Kotromanic), the wife of Louis I of Hungary. - Archduchess Marie Valerie Of Austria
Marie Valerie, Archduchess of Austria (April 22, 1868 - September 6, 1924) was the fourth and last child of Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria-Hungary and Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria ("Sissi"). Her given name was Marie Valerie Mathilde. Princess Marie Valerie was born at Ofen (Buda) in Hungary. The Empress Elisabeth was especially attached to Marie Valerie, … - Maximilian Joseph Duke in Bavaria
Maximilian Joseph, Duke in Bavaria (Bamberg, 4 October, 1808 - 15 November, 1888 in Munich) was the husband of Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, a daughter of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. He is most famous for being the father of Elisabeth, who became Empress of Austria. He was the owner of Possenhofen Castle since 1834. - Princess Marie Of Hesse And By Rhine
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (Marie Victoria Feodore Leopoldine), (24 May 1874 - 16 November 1878), was the youngest daughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Ludwig IV, the Grand Duke of Hesse. Her mother was the second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. She died of diphtheria at the age of four and was buried with her mother, who died a few weeks later of the same disease. - Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue (Elisabeth Judson Shue) was born on Sunday, October 06, 1963 in Delaware, USA and she is a famous actress. She is best known for her actress and producer career, in which she won several trophies and awards. The most important films of her career are: Hamlet 2, Gracle, Underneath, Dream On, Hale the Hero, Twenty Bucks, Palmetto and City of Angels among others.General appearance:-... - Sophie Of Pomerania
Sophie of Pomerania (1498 - 1568) was Queen of Denmark. She was the daughter of Duke Bogislaw "the Great" of Pomerania and Anna Jagiello of Poland (a daughter of Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria). After the death of his first wife Anna of Brandenburg, she married King Frederick I of Denmark. They had six children: # Duke John of Holstein (28 June 1521 - 2 October 1580) # Elisabeth (14 October 1524 - 15 October 1586), … - Elisabeth II of Bohemia II of Bohemia
Empress and Queen Elisabeth (February 28 1409 - 25 December 1442) was the only daughter of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, by his second wife Barbara of Celje. Her father was the last Luxemburg on the Imperial Throne. - Eleanor Of Habsburg
Eleanor of Habsburg, also called Leonor of Castile or Eleanor of Austria (November 15 1498 - February 25 1558) was born Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile, became subsequently in turn queen consort of Portugal (1518-1521) and of France, also duchess of Touraine (1547-1558) as dower. Named Leonor de Austria in Spanish, Leonor(a) in Portuguese and "royne Eleonore" or Alienor in French. - Ernest Cassutto
Ernest H. Cassutto (1919-1985) was a Dutch Holocaust survivor who converted to Christianity during his captivity by the Nazis in World War II. Born December 1, 1919, in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) he was the middle son of secular Jewish parents. His father was a law professor in the Dutch East Indies. The family returned to The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1934. During the Nazi occupation of Holland, his family was hidden in several locations throughout the country. - Thérèse Karlsson
Thérèse Karlsson is a Finnish singer (soprano) and actor (from the Åland islands). She did the part of Yvette in Brecht's Mutter Courage, Swedish Theatre (Svenska Teatern) 2004. She rose to stardom when she got the title role in The Municipal Theatre of Turku's (Turun Kaupunginteatteri) musical "Elisabeth" 2005-2006 (with over 50 000 tickets sold it is the greatest success in the history of The Municipal Theatre of Turku). - Isabella Of Habsburg
Isabella of Habsburg (also known as Isabella or Elisabeth of Burgundy, of Austria, or of Castile (18 July 1501-19 January 1526), Archduchess of Austria, Infanta of Spain and Princess of Burgundy by birth and Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage, was the daughter of Philip I and Joanna of Castile and the sister of Emperor Charles V. She was born at Brussels. - William II, Landgrave of Hesse
William II, was Landgrave of Hesse from 1493 until his death. William II is also called "William the Middle" to distinguish him from his elder brother "William I the Elder", and his cousin "William III, the Younger". William's parents were Louis II the Frank (1438-1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis II of Württemberg. William II became Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493, after his brother William I resigned. - Elisabeth Rouffaer
Elisabeth Rouffaer (born April 15, 1979 in Santa Cruz, California) is a model, gymnast and dancer. Rouffaer was a contestant on the 2005 WWE Diva Search, making it to the final three. Along with having her own local clothing line, she has also participated in the 2005 Lingerie Bowl. - Elisabeth Kemeys-Tynte 10th Baroness Wharton
Elisabeth Dorothy Kemys-Tynte, 10th Baroness Wharton (born 1906 died 1974). Daughter of Charles Theodore Halswell Kemeys-Tynte, 8th Baron Wharton. Inherited the barony from her brother John Kemeys-Tynte, 9th Baron Wharton. Married first David George Arbuthnot (divorced) and had two daughters. After her death, the Barony went into abeyance until 1990 when it was brought out of abeyance in favour of her elder daughter, Ziki Robertson. She married second 1946 St John Vintcent. - Christopher Myngs
Sir Christopher Myngs (1625-1666), British admiral and pirate, came of a Norfolk family. Pepys' story of his humble birth, in explanation of his popularity, is said to be erroneous. His name is often given as "Mings". It is probable that he saw a good deal of sea-service before 1648. He first appears prominently as the captain of the "Elisabeth", … - Adolf Of Limburg
Adolf of Limburg, count of Limburg (died 1506), son of Wilhelm I of Limburg, count of Limburg. He married in 1487 Elisabeth von Reichenstein (d.1529) and they had issue: * Wilhelm II of Limburg, count of Limburg (died before 1522); * Georg of Limburg, count of Limburg (died 1552); * Anna, Abbess of Herford and Gerresheim (died 1585); * Elisabeth, … - Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton
Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and the infamous incipit "It was a dark and stormy night." Despite his popularity in his heyday, today his name is known as a byword for bad writing. - Elizabeth Of Vermandois
Elizabeth de Vermandois, or Elisabeth or Isabel de Vermandois (c. 1081-13 February 1131), is a fascinating figure about whose descendants and ancestry much is known and about whose character and life relatively little is known. She was twice married to influential Anglo-Norman magnates, and had several children (among whose descendants are numbered many kings and some queens of England and Scotland). - Gloria Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josefine Wilhelmine Huberta, Princess of Thurn and Taxis, born February 23, 1960 as Countess Mariae Gloria of Schönburg in Glauchau and Waldenburg ("Gräfin Mariae Gloria von Schönburg zu Glachau und Waldenburg"), daughter of Count Joachim and Countess Beatrix (born Countess Széchényi of Sárvár), is a German princess and socialite. The mother of Albert, the head of the princely house of Thurn and Taxis, … - Elisabeth Hevelius
Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann Hevelius (1647 - 1693) was the second wife of Johannes Hevelius. Like her husband, she was also an astronomer. Elisabeth Koopmann (or Kaufmann,) was, like Hevelius and his first wife, a member of a rich merchant family in the Hanseatic League city of Danzig. Her marriage to Hevelius in 1663 allowed her to pursue her own interest in astronomy by helping him manage his observatory in Danzig. - Elisabeth St Michel
Elisabeth St Michel (Elisabeth de Saint Michael) 1640-1669 was the wife of Samuel Pepys whom she married in 1655, shortly before her fifteenth birthday. Her father, Alexandre de St. Michel, was born a French catholic, but converted to the Protestant faith. He married Dorothea, the daughter of Sir Francis Kingsmill, in Ireland. Elizabeth and her brother Balthasar were both likely born in Devon. Elisabeth was second cousin once removed to the writer Anne Kingsmill Finch. - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (December 9, 1915 - August 3, 2006) was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf.
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