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unusual facts about Albert I, Duke of Saxony



Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

Margaret had been Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault in succession to her brother William IV, who was killed in battle.

Albert I. Prettyman

After spending time at Columbia University and the Nicholas School in Buffalo, New York, Prettyman moved to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York to teach physical education and coach.

Prettyman was the head coach for 1936 United States Hockey Team in the Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Albert of Monaco

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), who reigned as Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889 to June 26, 1922

Brunonids

This daughter, Richenza (d. 1141) married Lothar of Süpplingenburg, who was Duke of Saxony and later became Holy Roman Emperor.

Dagmar of Bohemia

Adelheid with her children found a new home at the court of her brother Albert, Margrave of Meissen, and her husband Ottokar became a mercenary for German rulers.

De Panne

Famous people who lived or died in De Panne include King Albert I and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium (who lived there during World War I), and John Aidan Liddell, VC, who died in De Panne in August 1915.

Gérard de Dainville

As bishop of Cambrai, Gérard received permission from the Emperor Charles IV to invest Duke Albert I of Bavaria-Straubing as regent of the County of Hainaut.

Hymne Monégasque

The modern version was created by Léon Jehin in 1914 and was played for the first time during the 25th anniversary of the beginning Prince Albert's reign.

John George, Elector of Brandenburg

Upon the death of his kinsman Albert I, Duke of Prussia in 1568, the Duchy of Prussia was inherited by the latter's underage son Albert Frederick.

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

Louis released Holland and Hainaut for his brothers William I and Albert I in 1349, since he expected to acquire the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland, a daughter of Casimir III and Aldona Ona of Lithuania.

Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

He was Duke, Prince-Elector of Saxony and Arch-Reichsmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from 1298 until his death.

Sigmund Ringeck

If it is Albrecht I, who reigned from 1353 to 1404, this would signify that Ringeck was likely a direct associate or student of Liechtenauer.

Tasziló Festetics

In 1880 Festetics married Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (11 December 1850, Hamilton Palace – 14 May 1922, Budapest), former wife of Albert I, Prince of Monaco.

Treaty of Ribe

Their united forces formed a very respectable array, and they took and destroyed a number of towns, and had recovered a great part of the County of Holstein, when they were opposed by Schauenburg Count Adolf IV of Holstein, who had been joined by his liege lord Albert I, Duke of Saxony and Prince-Archbishop Gerhard II of Bremen.


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