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	Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Albert III (in German Albrecht Achilles), (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486), Margrave of Brandenburg, given the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities, was the third son of Frederick I of Brandenburg of Hohenzollern, elector of Brandenburg, later Burgrave of Nuremberg, and was born at Tangermunde.
		In 1470 Albert, who had inherited Bayreuth on the death of his brother John in 1464, became Margrave of Brandenburg owing to the abdication of his remaining brother, the elector Frederick II.
		Albert was a man of relentless energy and boundless ambition, who by reason of his physical and intellectual qualities was one of the most prominent princes of the 15th century.
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	ALBERTUS MAGNUS - LoveToKnow Article on ALBERTUS MAGNUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert's works (published in twenty-one folios by the Dominican Pierre Jammy in 1651, and reproduced by the Abbe Borgnet, Paris, 1890, 36 vols.) sufficiently attest his great activity.
		The philosophical works> occupying the first six and the last of the twenty-one volumes, are generally divided according to the Aristotelian scheme of the sciences, and consist of interpretations and condensations of Aristotle's relative works, with supplementary discussions depending on the questions then agitated, and occasionally divergences from the opinions of the master.
		Albert's knowledge of physical science was considerable and for the age accurate.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALBERTUS_MAGNUS.htm (572 words)

	History of Bavaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert I's duchy of Bavaria-Straubing passed on his death in 1404 to his son William II, and in 1417 to his younger son John, who resigned the bishopric of Liege to take up his new position.
		Albert, called the Wise, added the district of Abensberg to his possessions, and in 1504 became involved in the war which broke out for the possession of Bavaria-Landshut on the death of George the Rich.
		Albert's rival was George's son-in-law, Rupert, formerly bishop of Freising, and also successor of Philip, count palatine of the Rhine.
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	Albert Achilles - Wikipedia
		On the division of territory which followed his father's death in 1440, Albert received the principality of Ansbach?; and although his resources were very meagre he soon took a leading place among the German princes, and was especially prominent in resisting the attempts of the towns to obtain self-government.
		The sharp dissensions which existed among the princes over the question of reform culminated in open warfare in 1460, when Albert was confronted with a league under the leadership of the elector palatine, Frederick I., and Louis IX.
		In 1470 Albert, who had inherited Bayreuth on the death of his brother John in 1464, became elector of Brandenburg owing to the abdication of his remaining brother, the elector Frederick II.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_Achilles (722 words)

	ALBERT ALCIBIADES - LoveToKnow Article on ALBERT ALCIBIADES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The result of Custozza was the retreat and complete immobilization of the whole Italian army, so that Albert was able to despatch the greater part of his troops to reinforce the Bohemian army, when, after being defeated by the Prussians, it fell back on Vienna.
		She was twice married, about 1825 to Albert Rodrigues, an actor who played under his Christian name, and in 1846 to Eugene Bignon (1812-1858), the actor and playwright.
		Albert never visited the Holy Land, but he appears to have had a considerable amount of intercourse with returned crusaders, and to have had access to valuable correspondence.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALBERT_ALCIBIADES.htm (847 words)

	Albert Achilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert III (in German Albrecht Achilles), (1414-1486), Margrave of Brandenburg, given the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities, was the third son of Frederick I of Brandenburg of Hohenzollern, elector of Brandenburg, later Burgrave of Nuremberg, and was born at Tangermunde on the 9th of November1414.
		In 1470 Albert, who had inherited Bayreuth on the death of his brother John in1464, became Margrave of Brandenburg owing to the abdication of his remaining brother, the elector Frederick II.
		Albert was a man of relentless energy and boundless ambition, who by reason of his physical and intellectual qualities was oneof the most prominent princes of the 15th century.
	www.therfcc.org /albert-achilles-195354.html (686 words)

	AllRefer.com - Brandenburg, state, Germany, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The Spree Forest, in Lower Lusatia, is inhabited by Slavic-speaking Wends, remnants of the population that inhabited Brandenburg at the time of its acquisition (12th cent.) by Albert the Bear.
		Albert expanded his territory, and in 1150 he inherited the principality of Brandenburg from its last Wendish prince.
		Among Frederick's early successors were Albert Achilles (reigned 1470–86), who introduced primogeniture as the law of inheritance of the Hohenzollern family, and Joachim II (reigned 1535–71), who accepted the Reformation in 1539.
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	Albert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert II Habsburg (1397 - 1439), German ruler, king of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) duke of Austria, was born on August 10, 1397, the son of Albert IV of Habsburg, duke of Austria.
		Albert married in 1853 Carola, daughter of Prince Gustavus of Vasa, and granddaughter of Charles XIII, the last king of Sweden of the house of Holstein-Gottorp.
		Albert and his elder brother, Ernest, spent their youth in a close companionship scarred by their parents' turbulent marriage and eventual separation; their adored mother, exiled from court and barred from seeing her children again due to an affair, died young, at age 31, of cancer.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Al/Albert.html (7616 words)

	History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 3 - Chapter IV.
		Albert, his Brother, had plenty of fighting in his time: but it was in the Nurnberg and other distant regions; no fighting, or hardly any, needed in Brandenburg henceforth.
		Albert's funeral was very grand; the Kaiser himself, and all the Magnates of the Diet and Reich attending him from Frankfurt to his last resting-place, many miles of road.
		Albert is buried at Heilsbronn in Frankenland, among his Ancestors,--burial in Brandenburg not yet common for these new Kurfursts:--his skull, in an after-time, used to be shown there, laid on the lid of the tomb; skull marvellous for strength, and for "having no visible sutures," says Rentsch.
	www.worldwideschool.com /library/books/hst/prussia/HistoryofFriedrichIIofPrussiaV3/chap4.html (1871 words)

	Achilles
		Achilles, in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis.
		Thetis, knowing that Achilles was fated to die at Troy, disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at the court of King Lycomedes of Skyros.
		Achilles died of a wound inflicted by Paris.
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	Albert - Wikipedia
		Francis Charles Augustus Albert (1819-1861) Prince-consort of England
		Albert of Prussia (1490-1568) First duke of Prussia
		Albert III of Saxony (1443-1500) Duke of Saxony
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert (75 words)

	Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
		Albert IV The Saxons were the last German tribe to be conquered by the Franks and Christianized.
		Albert's grandson Rudolf II becames Elector of Saxony through the Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV in 1356.
		Albert's elder brother, Ernest II, succeeded to the Duchy; but when Ernest died in 1893, the Duchy was passed to Albert and Victoria's son Alfred, and when he died in 1900, to their grandson Charles Edward.
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		Albert Achilles Albert AchillesekĬl´ēz, 1414-86, elector of Brandenburg (1470-86); third son of Elector Frederick I. He succeeded his brother in 1470.
		Anxious to consolidate Hohenzollern power in Brandenburg, he issued (1473) the Dispositio of Achillea, which decreed that the title of elector should pass to the eldest son.
		Albert of Brandenburg Albert of Brandenburg, 1490-1568, grand master of the Teutonic Knights (1511-25), first duke of Prussia (1525-68); grandson of Elector Albert Achilles of Brandenburg.
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	Albert III, Margrave de Brandenburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert III (en Albrecht alemán Achilles), (1414-1486), Margrave de Brandenburg, dado el apodo Achilles debido a sus knightly calidades, era el tercer hijo de Frederick I de Brandenburg de Hohenzollern, elector de Brandenburg, un Burgrave más último de Nuremberg, y nació en Tangermunde el 9 de noviembre de 1414.
		Albert Achilles tenía un hijo nombrado Frederick V, Margrave de Ansbach.
		Albert era un hombre la energía implacable y la ambición ilimitada, que por causa de sus calidades físicas e intelectuales era uno de los príncipes de más prominentes del décimo quinto siglo.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/al/Albert%20III,%20Margrave%20de%20Brandenburg.htm (781 words)

	eMedicine - Achilles Tendonitis : Article by David Y Lin, MD
		Achilles tendonitis was the term originally used to describe the spectrum of tendon injuries, ranging from inflammation to tendon rupture.
		Functional Anatomy: The Achilles tendon (tendo calcaneus) is formed from the tendinous contributions of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, coalescing approximately 15 cm proximal to its insertion.
		Achilles tendon injuries often occur in older recreational athletes (eg, athletes who usually are sedentary and deconditioned) but may occur in younger well-conditioned athletes.
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	eMedicine - Achilles Tendon Rupture : Article by David Y Lin, MD
		Achilles tendon pathology, other than rupture, can be classified into a spectrum of injuries including peritenonitis, tendinosis, and peritenonitis with tendinosis.
		The Achilles tendon is formed from the tendinous contributions of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles coalescing approximately 15 cm proximal to its insertion.
		The sheath of paratenon is composed of a visceral layer and a parietal layer.
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	Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Albert - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861) Prince-consort of Queen Victoria of England
		Albert[?] is also the name of a commune of the Somme département in France.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/al/Albert (132 words)

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		Albert III (in German Albrecht Achilles), (1414-1486), Margrave of Brandenburg, given the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities, was the third son of Frederick I of Brandenburg of Hohenzollern, elector of Brandenburg, later Burgrave of Nuremberg, and was born at Tangermunde[?] on the 9th of November 1414.
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	Brandenburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		German conquest began with the capture by the German king Henry I the Fowler (reigned 919–936) of Branibor (Brennabor, or Brennaburg), capital of the Slavic Havelli.
		The revival of stronger central government in Brandenburg began with the appointment of Frederick of Hohenzollern as elector by the Holy Roman emperor Sigismund in 1415.
		Joachim I (reigned 1499–1535) introduced the Roman law into Brandenburg; under his sons and heirs, Elector Joachim II and John, Lutheranism was accepted and the lands of secularized bishoprics were taken over by the dynasty.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Brandenburg/Brandenburg.html (1001 words)

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		Remaining steady for an instant, the blind went upward framed as a picture by the window architrave, and unconsciously held in her left hand, close to her face, her right hand being of some kind, whilst down her shoulders fell a twining profusion.
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	Time1c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		1397 - Albert V of Hapsburg (Albert II), King of Germany and Duke of Austria, born.
		1401 - Albert III (the Pious) (Albrecht), Duke of Bavaria-Munich, born.
		1414 - Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, born.
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		Albert's predecessor, chosen on this principle, was a Saxon Prince, Friedrich of Meissen; cadet of Saxony; potently enough connected, he too; who, in like manner, had undertaken to refuse the Homage.
		Albert, we may believe, is greatly at a loss; and deep deliberations, Culmbach, Berlin, Liegnitz, Poland all called in, are held:--a case beyond measure intricate.
		Albert returns to a Sister he had, to her Husband's Court in Baden; a broken, bare and bankrupt man;--soon dies there, childless, leaving the shadow of a name.
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	AllRefer.com - Albert of Brandenburg (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert of Brandenburg 1490–1568, grand master of the Teutonic Knights (1511–25), first duke of Prussia (1525–68); grandson of Elector Albert Achilles of Brandenburg.
		The knights' lands had been held as a fief from the king of Poland, and the new duchy remained under Polish suzerainty.
		On the extinction of Albert's line (1618), Prussia passed to the senior line of Brandenburg, and in 1701 it was made a kingdom.
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	AllRefer.com - Albert Achilles (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Albert Achilles (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Albert Achilles[ukil´Ez] Pronunciation Key, 1414–86, elector of Brandenburg (1470–86); third son of Elector Frederick I.
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	HawaiiThreads.com - Will Homer get an Oscar?
		It portrayed him as a quick on the feet, hard hitting warrior but not of the type were bullets or arrows would bounce off him.
		Achilles, I'm assuming, they wanted to portray as a more realistic invincible hero.
		According to mythology, Achilles' downfall was being struck in the heel, yet in the movie, it seemed his heart lead to his death.
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	Quadrant: Albert Jacka and the choice of Achilles. (History).@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Quadrant: Albert Jacka and the choice of Achilles.
		IT IS REMARKABLE how, seventy years after his death, historians seem unfamiliar with the basic facts of the life of Australia's most acclaimed war hero, Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar.
		One can understand why ideologues like Manning Clark and Stuart Macintyre would want to caricature Jacka's last months, but the desire of Michael Evans ("On Military Courage", Quadrant, October 2001), without adequate evidence, to see him as an "enigmatic and flawed" personality like the USA's most decorated warrior, Audie Murphy, is impenetrable.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:85280960&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (175 words)

	Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation - Achilles A. Demetriou (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Achilles A. Demetriou, MD, is a pioneer in the development of the bioartificial liver, a device that provides a "bridge to transplant" or a "bridge to recovery" by extending the lives of patients whose livers have failed.
		With his appointment in 1982 as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Demetriou began a distinguished teaching and professional career that has included a number of positions at Einstein, Vanderbilt University and the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Nashville.
		Among his appointments, he was a member of the Marion Bessin Liver Research Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Paul W. Sanger Chair in Surgery at Vanderbilt, and Director of the S.R. Light Surgical Research Laboratory at Vanderbilt.
	www.csmc.edu /624.html (398 words)

	Albert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861)Prince-consort of Queen Victoria of England
		A.D. Albert Mecklenburg, King of Sweden reigning 1363 - 1389
		Albert I of Belgium reigning 1909 - 1934
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