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		Hungary's beloved 19th century Queen Elisabeth, Empress of Austria-Hungary, was named after St Elisabeth of Hungary and observed her name day with particular fervor as her sympathies for her Magyar subjects grew more intense.
		In Hungary he is the patron saint of the new wine and those who raise geese (look for "St Marton's Goose" specialities on menus at this time).
		Hungary's National Day, August 20, is the feast of St Stephen, the first King of Hungary.
	www.budapestsun.com /full_story.asp?ArticleId={A3E809B06DAD4A989FE59156F7E303E0}&From=Style (896 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Elizabeth of Hungary
		She was a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary (1205-35) and his wife Gertrude, a member of the family of the Counts of Andechs-Meran; Elizabeth's brother succeeded his father on the throne of Hungary as Bela IV; the sister of her mother, Gertrude, was St.
		In 1211 a formal embassy was sent by Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia to Hungary to arrange, as was customary in that age, a marriage between his eldest son Hermann and Elizabeth, who was then four years old.
		Shortly after their marriage, Elizabeth and Ludwig made a journey to Hungary; Ludwig was often after this employed by the Emperor Frederick II, to whom he was much attached, in the affairs of the empire.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05389a.htm (2015 words)

	The Miracle of the Roses by CASTELLO, Valerio
		The subject was probably taken from the legend of St Elisabeth of Hungary.
		However, it is also assumed that the painting depicts St Rosalie, and it is a study for a larger composition made for the Order of St Cross.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/c/castello/miracle.html (80 words)

	Elisabeth of Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sophia (1224-1284), Elisabeth's second child, married Henry II, Duke of Brabant and was the ancestress of the Landgraves of Hesse, as in the War of the Thuringian Succession she won Hesse for her son Heinrich I, called the Child.
		Elisabeth was widowed while still young, relinquished her wealth to the poor, built hospitals, and thus became a symbol of Christian charity.
		St Elisabeth's skull and some of her bones can be seen at the Convent of St Elisabeth in Vienna; some relics also survive at the shrine in Marburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elisabeth_of_Hungary (934 words)

	St. Elizabeth flood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		It takes its name from the name day of Saint (additional info and facts about Elisabeth of Hungary) Elisabeth of Hungary (17 November).
		Elizabeth flood was a flooding of an area in what is now the (A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) Netherlands.
		A number of villages (by tradition 72) were swallowed by the flood and were lost, causing (again by tradition) 10,000 casualties.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/st._elizabeth_flood.htm (156 words)

	St Elisabeth Distributing Alms by SCHMIDT, Martin Johann
		The theme of the painting was a legend of the church's patron saint, St. Elisabeth of Hungary.
		However, its authenticity and the identity of its master is beyond doubt, and we can now also indicate with certainty the person who commissioned it.
		The Veresegyház commission was probably given to Kremser Schmidt around 1778, the year of the consecration of the church.
	www.wga.hu /html/s/schmidt/elisabet.html (299 words)

	All About Romance Novels -Beautiful & Mad? Elisabeth, Empress of Austria & Queen of Hungary
		The portrait on the left is perhaps the most famous of all of Elisabeth's portraits, in full court dress and with diamond stars in her hair.
		The wound was so tiny that the blood leaked out very slowly and at first, Elisabeth did not realize the extent of her injury, but then she collapsed on the boat and soon after, died.
		Eight months later, on April 24, 1854, Elisabeth and Franz Josef were married in the St. Augustine Church of Vienna, with festivities lasting over a week.
	www.likesbooks.com /sissi.html (917 words)

	Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
		Elisabeth brother in law Heinrich Raspe, who acted as regent for her son, chased her with her three infant children away from the Wartburg on the pretext that she was wasting the estates by her alms.
		Her head was earlier brought to the St. Elisabeth Cloister in Vienna.
		The younger son Ludwig succeeded his father and fell in love with Elisabeth.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8954468 (450 words)

	St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious
		(1207-1231) She was the daughter of the King of Hungary and in 1221 married Ludwig, the Landgrave of Thuringia.
		After her husband's death in 1227, she became a Franciscan tertiary, devoting herself to caring for the poor, the sick, and the aged.
	www.wf-f.org /StElizabethHungary.html (531 words)

	Great Beguinage of St
		There is still one street left along with a couple of buildings, and the Church, dedicated to St. Elisabeth of Hungary (the oldest part of this church is from the 13th century).
		The last 300 beguines who still lived there were moved to what now became the Great Beguinage of St.Amandsberg - the Mount of the Holy Lover.
		The Small Beguinage in Ghent (*) was founded a year after the Great one, in 1235, and it is situated in the "Lange Violettenstraat", the long street with the violets.
	www.cns.bu.edu /~satra/kaatvds/stamandsberg.htm (414 words)

	SHP Article 30:2_3
		The 700th anniversary of her death was commemorated by Hungary in 1931 with a series of four stamps.
		Germany and the German Democratic Republic issued several stamps picturing the Wartburg Castle, the ancestral home of St. Elisabeth's spouse.
		Overseas, the countries of Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Cape Verde, and Fernando Po issued stamps in her honor.
	www.hungarianphilately.org /articles/article30_2_3.htm (377 words)

	Elisabeth Hungariae
		Haggh: Two offices for St Elizabeth of Hungary
		Text writer and composer are unknown, but Gerardus of St Quentin may have contributed to the texts
		Patron of the women of the Third Order of St. Franciscus.
	utopia.ision.nl /users/ikedl/chant/ike/saints/Elisabeth_Hungariae_st.htm (124 words)

	Book of Prayers of St Elisabeth of Hungary by MINIATURIST, German
		Book of Prayers of St Elisabeth of Hungary
		According to an inscription on page 2, St Elisabeth gave it to the Treasury of the Cividale church in 1220.
		The two scenes in a single frame depict Biblical scenes: the Annunciation and the Birth of Christ.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/zgothic/miniatur/1200-250/11g_1200.html (131 words)

	Kosice - Travelers Rate Kosice, Slovakia on RateItAll.com.
		Kosice is home to the St. Elisabeth Cathedral and has a population of approximately 242,000 residents.
		Kosice has been a part of the Slovak Soviet Republic and was a part of Hungary until the end of WWII.
	www.rateitall.com /i-22251-kosice-slovakia.aspx (137 words)

	Welcome to budapest
		Elizabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Hungary.
		Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg, 1207...Find in a Library: Gold tried by fire; St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
		Betrothed at the age of four to...Patron Saints Index: Saint Elizabeth of HungaryPatron Saint Index profile of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; illustrated...
	budapestsite77.blogspot.com /2005/08/budapest-site-budapest-sit_112484922029838394.html (137 words)

	Travel to people hungary - Detailed travel information and more about people hungary Online
		ELIZABETH of Hungary Also known as Elizabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Hungary Memorial 17 November Profile Princess, the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary.
		Elizabeth of Hungary, princess and philanthropist 19 November … the Baptist, but for this princess of Hungary.
		… Catholic Online Saints St. Elizabeth of Hungary Religious Patron services, tertiaries … young brides St. Elizabeth was born in Hungary in 1207, the daughter of Alexander II, King of Hungary.
	www.traveling-cheap.com /directory/Hungary/people_hungary (137 words)

	Encyclopedia: St. Elizabeth of Hungary
		Marburg then also became the center of the Teutonic Order, whose second patroness St. Elisabeth became, and who should stay in Marburg until its dissolution by Napoleon in 1803.
		The skull and some of her bones are displayed in Vienna 's Convent of St. Elizabeth; there are also some relics in the shrine in St. Elizabeth in Marburg today.
		Due to the cult of St. Elizabeth, Marburg became one of the 4-5 main centers of Pilgrimage of the 14th and early 15th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St.-Elizabeth-of-Hungary (137 words)

	Crystal Sims' Curriculum Vitae
		Elisabeth of Hungary under the direction of Professor Marianne E. Kalinke
		"Hagiographic Variability in the Life of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia," International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 1997.
		"The Heroism of St. Elisabeth," Deutsches Seminar, forum for Graduate Student Scholarship in German, University of Illinois, April 1996.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/barnsbury/293/crystalcv.html (137 words)

	Genealogy of the Royal Family of Bavaria
		Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, King of Lombardia-Venice, King of Illyria, Grand Duke of Cracow, Duke of Salzburg, Duke of Ragusa and Zara, Prince of Triente and Brixen, Duke of Friaul, Lord of Cattaro, December 2nd, 1848 (crowned as King of Hungary: St. Matthias Church, Budapest, June 6th, 1867)
		(Born as: HI and RH Franz Joseph Karl Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia)
		Sophie Maria Friederike Auguste Leopoldine Alexandrine Ernestine Albertine Elisabeth
	www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/genbavaria02.html (2153 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
		Elizabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Thuringia; Elisabeth of Hungary
		Her gifts of bread to the poor, and of a large gift of grain to a famine stricken Germany, led to her patronage of bakers and related fields.
		Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herself entirely to relieving the hungry.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainte01.htm (671 words)

	Elisabeth of Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		St Elisabeth's skull and some of her bones can be seen at the Convent of St Elisabeth in Vienna; some relics also survive at the shrine in Marburg.
		Elisabeth (Erzsebet) of Hungary (b.1207 – 17 November 1231) was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary (1175-1235) and his wife Gertrude of Andechs-Meran (murdered in 1213).
		Ludwig was not upset by the distribution of his wealth to the poor believing that his wife's charitable efforts would bring eternal reward; he is venerated in Thuringia as a saint.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elisabeth_of_Hungary (941 words)

	bfemale.htm
		Elisabeth of Thuringia (or of Hungary; +1231): Jeanne Ancelet-Hustache, Gold Tried by Fire: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, trans.
		Beguines were particularly drawn to the cult of Christ and the Passion, see Walter Simons and Joanna Ziegler, "Phenomenal religion in the Thirteenth Century and its Image: Elisabeth of Spalbeck and the Passion Cult," Women in the Church (Studies in Church History, 27; Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1990), p.
		Bona of Pisa (+1208): Elizabeth Petroff, "The Rhetoric of Transgression in the Lives of Italian Women Saints," in Body and Soul: Essays on Medieval Women and Mysticism (Oxford, 1994), pp.
	www.the-orb.net /encyclop/religion/hagiography/bfemale.htm (941 words)

	Places To Visit: Marburg - LivingInGermany.de :: Living & Working in Germany : Expat Advice
		In 1228 Duchess Elisabeth von Thuringia had a hospital built in Marburg and nursed the sick and infirm there.One of the most beautiful Gothic buildings in Germany, Elisabeth Church, now reminds us of this saint today.
		The countess dedicated her life to the sick and would become after her early death in 1231, aged 24, one of the most eminent female Saints, St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
		The Landgraviate of Hesse, a principality directly under the Emperor, was established in Marburg in 1247 by Sophie von Brabant, St. Elizabeth's daughter, comprising territories previously belonging to Thuringia.
	www.bonoestente.com /content/view/482 (941 words)

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		1780-1790: JOSEPH II (Josef II; Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, German king, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Luxembourg)
		He was crowned with his second consort Maria Theresa of Naples-Sicily in 1792 in St Vitus' Cathedral in Prague.
		Issue of marriage: Mieszko II (990,†1034; King of Poland); Otton (c.
	homepage.mac.com /crowns/cz/avtxt.html (1258 words)

	Untitled Document
		Coronation of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth to King and Queen of Hungary in Budapest.
		April: Marriage of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth in the church of St. Augustine in Vienna.
		April: Birth of Elisabeths favourite daughter Marie Valerie in Budapest.
	www.kaiserin-elisabeth.net /titania/mitte4_1e.htm (330 words)

	Casimir IV of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elisabeth's brother Ladislas V was at that time King of Bohemia and Hungary, and just recently freed from the imprisonment where the Emperor had kept him almost all his childhood.
		His son named Casimir was to have been married to the daughter of emperor Frederick III but he instead chose a religious life, eventually becoming canonized as St.
		Casimir IV the Jagiellonian (Polish: Kazimierz Jagiellończyk, Lithuanian: Kazimieras Jogailaitis) (1427 - 1492), of the House of Jagiello was grand duke of Lithuania from 1440 and king of Poland from 1447 until his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casimir_IV_of_Poland (395 words)

	International Travel News: Empress Elisabeth - travel in France - Brief Article
		169), mention was made of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (and Queen of Hungary) being among those who had discovered this area during its "Golden Age" (1890-1914); however, a picture of a well-known.
		This park could be a 15- to 20-minute walk from Montreux, though there is also a trolley that stops in front of this church next to the funicular that is shown in the May '00 issue, page 148.
		The statue is worth a look-see and is located in a small park next to St. John's Anglican church, which holds a coffee hour for those attending the Sunday morning service.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_9_26/ai_79829648 (260 words)

	EMIGRATION US
		More to the South, during the 12th century the Kings of Hungary Géza II, Béla III, Andreas II (father of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia) called on the "Saxons" to colonize Transylvania.
		During the period from the 9th to 14th century, an eastward movement of the populations of the Holy Roman Empire (Drang nach Osten) pushed back or assimilated progressively the Slavic populations installed East of the River Elbe and displaced the Germanic frontier towards the Vistula.
	www.igd-leo.lu /igd-leo/emigration/mighist.html (260 words)

	Casimir IV of Poland Jagiellonian
		Elisabeth's brother Ladislas V was at that time King of Bohemia and Hungary, and just recently freed from the imprisonment where the Emperor had kept him almost all his childhood.
		He married in 1454 Elisabeth (1438-1505), the daughter of Albert II of Habsburg, the previous Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife Elisabeth of Luxembourg, heiress of Bohemia.
		His son named Casimir was to have been married to the daughter of emperor Frederick III but he instead chose a religious life, eventually becoming canonized as St. Casimir.
	www.cyberancestors.com /cummins/PS70_264.HTML (398 words)

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