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  Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert was born at Ansbach and, having lost his father Casimir in 1527, he came under the guardianship of his uncle George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a strong adherent of Protestantism.
Sharing in the attack on the Saxon electorate, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by Elector John Frederick of Saxony, but was released as a result of the emperor's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg in the succeeding April.
Charles, anxious to secure such a famous fighter, gladly assented to Albert's demands and gave the imperial sanction to his possession of the lands taken from the bishops of Würzburg and Bamberg; and his conspicuous bravery was of great value to the emperor on the retreat from Metz in January 1553.
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 Albert II of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert II of Habsburg (August 10, 1397 – October 27, 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 Austria, Duke of Austria.
When Sigismund died in 1437, Albert was crowned king of Hungary on January 1, 1438, and although crowned king of Bohemia six months later, he was unable to obtain possession of the country.
Albert was an energetic and warlike prince, whose short reign gave great promise of usefulness for Germany.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Albert The Warlike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert (March 28, 1522-1557), prince of Bayreuth, (Germany), surnamed the Warlike, and also Alcibiades, was a son of Casimir[?], prince of Bayreuth, and a member of the Franconian branchof the Hohenzollern family.
Sharing in the attack on the Saxon electorate, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by John Fredeack, elector of Saxony, but was released as a result of the emperor's victory at the Battle of Muhlberg[?] in the succeeding April.
Charles, anxious to secure such a famous fighter, gladly assented to Albert's demands and gave the imperial sanction to his possession of the lands taken from the bishops of Wurzburg[?] and Bamberg; and his conspicuous bravery was of great value to the emperor on the retreat from Metz in January 1553.
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 Albert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861) Prince-consort of Queen Victoria of England
Albert III of Saxony (1443-1500) Duke of Saxony
Albert[?] is also the name of a commune of the Somme département in France.
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 Albert the Warlike - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert or Albrecht (March 28 1522-1557), prince of Bayreuth, (Germany), surnamed the Warlike, and also Alcibiades, was a son of Kasimir, Margrave of Bayreuth, and a member of the Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern family.
He was born at Ansbach and having lost his father in 1527 he came under the guardianship of his uncle George, prince of Ansbach, a strong adherent of Protestantism.
Henry II, duke of Brunswick, then took command of the troops of the league, and after Albert had been placed under the imperial ban in December 1553 he was defeated by Duke Henry, and compelled to flee to France.
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 SAXONY. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The ducal title of Saxony went to Bernard of Anhalt, a younger son of Albert the Bear of Brandenburg and founder of the Ascanian line of Saxon dukes.
Albert, founder of the Albertine branch, received ducal rank and the Meissen territories, including Dresden and Leipzig.
Duke Maurice of Saxony, a grandson of Albert and a Protestant, received the electoral title in the 16th cent.; it remained in the Albertine branch until the dissolution (1806) of the Holy Roman Empire.
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 Hughes: Albert the Great, 5
Albert was somewhere in the south of Germany when the news of the pope's death reached him, and he went at once to Würzburg where his brother Henry was probably prior and where Ulrich von Strassburg, his favorite pupil, was living.
The new archbishop, Englebert of Falkenburg, was as warlike as had been his predecessor, and very soon the war between bishop and flock, between ruler and citizens, was renewed and in 1267 the archbishop became the prisoner of a powerful noble, Wilhelm von Julich.
Albert pleaded his cause so successfully that the necessary recognition was accorded by Gregory X and a new era opened in the relation between pope and emperor.
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 Albert
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 (June 28, 1490 - September 24, 1545), elector and archbishop of Mainz (Germany), and archbishop of Magdeburg, was the younger son of John Cicero, elector of Brandenburg.
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.
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 King Albert I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert, the younger son of Philip, Count of Flanders, was born in 1875.
Albert took command of the Belgian Army in the Courtrai offensive against the Central Powers during the autumn of 1918 and on 22nd November he entered Brussels in triumph.
King Albert was killed in a climbing accident in 1934 and was succeeded by his son, Leopold III.
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 Albert Alcibiades Information
Albert (German: Albrecht Alcibiades, March 28 1522- January 8 1557) was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, also known as Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Because of his bellicose nature he was nicknamed Alcibiades (after the Athenian general) and Bellator (the Warlike).
Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, then took command of the troops of the league, and after Albert had been placed under the imperial ban in December 1553 he was defeated by Duke Henry, and compelled to flee to France.
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 Albert Gallatin Summary
Albert Gallatin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 29, 1761.
Albert Gallatin Born January 29, 1761 (Geneva, Switzerland) Died August 12, 1849 (Astoria, New York) U.S. secretary of the treasury, congressman, diplomat Albert Gallatin was the fourth U.S. secretary of the treasury, serving from 1801 until 1814.
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin(January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, founder of New York University, diplomat, and United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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 Hughes: Albert the Great, 9
While the legendary Albert is a very real person to the people of Cologne in particular and Germany in general, Albert the scientist, the philosopher, and the theologian, is only just being rediscovered by his fellow countrymen, who are still inclined to mistrust one who occupied such a place in stories and legends.
Albert is mentioned only twice, that is, in the edition which appeared during his lifetime, but each time it is as the reporter of the story which is being related.
Albert was a firm upholder of the holy patriarch's ideal at a period when it was already being disregarded in practice.
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 U.S. Treasury - Biography of Secretary Albert Gallatin
He was to play a vital part in establishing the financial soundness of the new nation.
Albert Gallatin came from an old and noble family.
In July 1800, he prepared a report entitled, "Views of the Public Debt, Receipts and Expenditures of the United States." This report, analyzing the fiscal operations of the Government under the Constitution, is still regarded as a classic.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wittenberg (City and University)
The city is in Prussian Saxony and was founded by Albert the Bear (d.
Albert's son, Bernhard, became Duke of Saxony, and founded the Ascanian line of he Dukes of Saxony.
His grandson, Albert II (1260-98), was the ancestor of the line of Saxe-Wittenberg whose capital was Wittenberg.
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 The Rutherford Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Father Lacombe is shown with raised crucifix in one of his many courageous attempts to pacify the warlike Indians.
Three famous early churches are shown – the Morley church, the original MacDougall church and Father Lacombe's chapel, now at St. Albert, which was the first school.
The painting is done in casein and demar varnish in a fresco technique, and we are told that it is the only mural of its kind in Alberta.
www.ualberta.ca /ALUMNI/history/buildings/51sprruth.htm   (1396 words)

  
 Biography Base Letter A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert II of Habsburg - (1397-1439), German emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, and (as Albert V) duke of Austria
Albert III of Brandenburg - (1414-1486), Margrave of Brandenburg
Albert of Mainz - (June 28, 1490-September 24, 1545), elector and archbishop of Mainz (Germany), and archbishop of Magdeburg
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 albert the warlike - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
albert the warlike - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Albert (March 28 1522-1557), prince of Bayreuth, (Germany), surnamed the Warlike, and also Alcibiades, was a son of Casimir, prince of Bayreuth, and a member of the Franconian branch of the Hohenzollern family.
Sharing in the attack on the Saxon electorate, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by John Fredeack, elector of Saxony, but was released as a result of the emperor's victory at the Battle of Mhlberg in the succeeding April.
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 Page 4 - Articles in the Papers - Albert C. Funkhouser
Albert was the last of the two sons.
Albert C. Funkhouser, son of Attorney and Mrs.
In attempting to speak of the gold star name, Albert C. Funkhouser, he broke down, and it was for several minutes he could not speak.
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 Missouri Jayhawking Raids 1861 by Albert Castel
Albert Castel, over a published career that is approaching fifty years, has proven himself to be the leading historian of the Civil War in the West.
His other titles on the war in the West will also be read for many years to come, and his Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 (1992) is an award-winning title that is likely to remain the definitive statement on what was arguably the most important campaign of the war.
Robinson hoped, fatuously, that if Jennison were given a legitimate outlet for his warlike propensities he would cease his marauding and be of service to the state and the Union.
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 albert information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Theoretical physicist, developer ofthe theory of relativity
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861)Prince-consort of Queen Victoria of England
Albert I of Belgium reigning 1909 - 1934
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443-1500) Duke of Saxony
Albert is also the name of several living people:
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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 Founding Of The House Of Hapsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hartman, and Rudolph, the ecclesiastical fiefs held by the dukes of Austria.
Heunburg, and the two sons of Constantia by Albert of Misnia.
Albert with the administration, convoked, on August 9, 1281, a diet at
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 Albert Hofmann: LSD, My Problem Child · Radiance from Ernst Junger
Radiance is the perfect term to express the influence that Ernst Junger's literary work and personality have had on me. In the light of his perspective, which stereoscopically comprises the surfaces and depths of things, the world I knew took on a new, translucent splendor.
This powder is sniffed by the Indians with the help of a hollow, forked bird bone, as already reported by Alexander von Humboldt in Reise nach den Aequinoctiat-Gegenden des Neuen Kontinents [Voyage to the equinoctial regions of the new continent] (Book 8, Chapter 24).
The warlike tribe, the Otomaco, especially use this drug, called niopo, yupa, nopo or cojoba, to an extensive degree, even today.
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 Barnes New Testament Notes | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
It was given to them as an expression of their beauty or comeliness.
The expression here rather denotes peaceful, not warlike; not with pomp, and state, and the ensigns of ambition.
He came in the manner in which kings were accustomed to ride, but with none of their pride and ambitious feeling.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Salzburg
Rudolph's son, Duke Albert I of Austria, engaged in an almost uninterrupted feud for ten years with Archbishops Rudolph of Hoheneck and Conrad IV of Praitenfrut.
The mischief-maker was Abbot Henry of Admont, who enjoyed Albert's confidence; no sooner had this warlike cleric met death from an arrow-would received in the chase, than duke and archbishop found themselves on terms of peace and friendship (1297).
During the succeeding period German history is dominated by the conflicts of the houses of Wittelsbach and Habsburg.
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Albert of Aix: Historia Hierosolymita
Albert of Aix (or Aachen) wrote a history of the Crusades down to c.
There, after pitching their tents, they lodged, a strong and powerful band, protected by armor and all warlike equipment.
And, behold, at the meeting Hugh, Drogo, William Carpenter, and Clarebold, set free by the Emperor, were present, rejoicing because of the arrival of the Duke and of his multitudes, and meeting the embrace of the Duke and of the others with many a kiss.
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 www.myspace.com/alberttuning
Albert Tuning's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
Piece by piece I am Albert Tuning and will slowly but surely take a hairdryer to your sister!
I have included the phrase "I am Albert Tuning" twice in this piece.
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 Warlike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Method for learning to play the trumpet in a warlike way as well as musically: With the organ, with a mute, with a harpsichord, and every other instrument
Winning a primitive people;: Sixteen years' work among the warlike tribe of the Ngoni and the Senga and Tumbuka peoples of Central Africa
Albert (March 28 1522-1557), prince of Bayreuth, (Germany),
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 AH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Cree — FactMonster.com
A warlike tribe, the Cree were nevertheless friendly toward French and English fur traders, and their history is closely connected with the activities of the Hudson's Bay and the North West companies.
Albert Lacombe - Lacombe, Albert, 1827–1916, French Canadian Roman Catholic missionary.
Prince Albert - Prince Albert, city (1991 pop.
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