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Euphemia (given Name)
Euphemia, also spelled Eufemia (given name), Eufemia, is a feminine given name of Greek language, Greek origin meaning "well spoken", from a combination of the Greek word elements ''eu '', meaning "good", and ''phēmí'', "to speak". Several early Christian saints were called Euphemia. The name was in vogue in the Anglosphere during the 1800s and has traditionally been particularly well-used in Scotland. Variant forms Effie and Eppie are diminutives. Effemy was an English vernacular form. Other diminutives include Euphie, Femie and Phemie. Other Scottish vernacular forms in use were Euphame or Eupheme. Variants in other languages include the Albanian Efimia and Efthimia, Brazilian Portuguese Eufêmia, French Euphémie (given name), Euphémie, Greek Effimia, Italian and Spanish Eufemia, European Portuguese Eufémia, Russian Evfimia, Evfimiya, or Yevfimiya, with diminutives Fima or Fimka, Serbian Jefimija, and Ukrainian Yevfymiya. Usage Euphemia, a traditional name in Scotland, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia
Euphemia (; 'well-spoken f), known as Euphemia the All-praised in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was a virgin martyr, who died for her faith at Chalcedon in 303 AD. According to tradition, Euphemia was martyred for refusing to offer sacrifices to Ares. She was arrested and after suffering various tortures, died in the arena at Chalcedon from a wound sustained from a bear. Her tomb became a site of pilgrimages. She is commemorated on September 16. Historical background Euphemia's name and year of death are recorded in the 5th century '' Martyrologium Hieronymianum'', the earliest extant list of Christian martyrs. The year, 303, was the first year of the Great Persecution under Roman emperor Diocletian. The '' Fasti vindobonenses'', a collection of liturgical documents from the 4th to 6th centuries, says she died on the 16th of October. Other than this, there is no verifiable historical information about Euphemia. Egeria, who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381-384 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Münsterberg
Euphemia of Münsterberg (c. 1385 – 17 November 1447), also known as Euphemia, Countess of Oettingen, was a princess from the Münsterberg (Ziębice) branch of the Piast dynasty, by marriage Countess of Öttingen and sovereign Duchess of Münsterberg during 1435–1443. She was the third child and eldest daughter of Duke Bolko III of Münsterberg and Euphemia, daughter of Duke Bolesław of Bytom. Life In 1397 Euphemia married the widower Count Frederick III of Oettingen. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters. Perhaps under her influence, a German translation of the ''"Life of St. Hedwig of Andechs"'' with rich colors and illustrations was made, which remained in the Comital Library of Oettingen. After the death of her husband (23 January 1423), Euphemia returned to Münsterberg. After the death of her brother John in 1428, the Duchy of Ziębice was incorporated into the Bohemian Kingdom The Kingdom of Bohemia (), sometimes referenced in English literat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Fedorovna Vsevolozhskaya
Euphemia Fedorovna Vsevolozhskaya (Russian: Евфимия (Ефимья) Фёдоровна Всеволожская; 1630–1657), was a Russian noble, the fiancee of Tsar Alexis of Russia. Euphemia was chosen to be the future bride of the tsar in 1647, and brought to the imperial court. However, shortly after having been elected, she fainted. Due to political intrigues at court engineered by Boris Morozov, she was diagnosed as an epileptic and thereby disqualified as tsarina. Accused of concealing her "illness" from the tsar, she and her family were exiled to Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura ( ... (Russian: Тюмень),"Род Всеволожских", А.Н. Всеволожский, p. 11 the first Russian settlement in Siberia. References * Детл� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Stewart, Countess Of Strathearn
Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn (died c. 1434) was a medieval Scottish noblewoman, the daughter of David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathearn and Caithness. She succeeded to both her father's titles after his death between 1385 and 1389, probably March 1386. Inheritance and marriages Euphemia was born on an unknown date in Scotland, the daughter of David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathearn and Caithness. Her mother was the sister of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford; her first name is not known. As an only child she was heir to her father's earldoms. In about March 1386 her father died and she became ''suo jure'' Countess of Strathearn and Caithness. Calling herself Countess Palatine of Strathearn, she resigned the title Earl of Caithness to her uncle Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, sometime before 1402. She was married to Patrick Graham, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Dundaff. They had issue: * Malise, afterwards Earl of Menteith. * Euphemia, married, first, about 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia II, Countess Of Ross
Euphemia II, Countess of Ross (also Euphemia Leslie) was the daughter of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross and his wife Isabella Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. She was the only child and heir of Earl Alexander, and succeeded to the earldom ''de jure'' upon his death in 1402. Life She became a ward of her grandfather Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany from a precept of 11 July 1405, Paul, James Balfour, ''The Scots Peerage'', Vol. VII, (Edinburgh, 1910) and never seems to have exercised much power in the province of Ross. Governor Albany became Regent and persuaded her to resign the earldom to his own second son, John Stewart, Earl of Buchan. This action was challenged by Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles, who claimed the earldom on behalf of his wife Mariota and who became an enemy of the Albany Stewarts. In 1411 he marched an army of 10,000 Islesmen and Ross vassals against Albany's main northern ally, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. There was a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia I, Countess Of Ross
Euphemia I (d. 1394 x 1398), also called Euphemia of Ross and Euphemia Ross, and sometimes incorrectly styled ''Euphemia Leslie'' and ''Euphemia Stewart'' (Scottish women in this period did not abandon natal names for married names), was a Countess of Ross in her own right. Biography Euphemia was the elder daughter of Uilleam III, the last O'Beolan Mormaer of Ross. Her first marriage was compelled against the wishes of her father. King David II desired to bestow an earldom on Walter de Leslie, who had distinguished himself in combat in Europe and in Alexandria, Egypt. To give the earldom of Ross to Leslie, he forced Euphemia to marry him and, on 23 October 1370, renewed the earldom of Ross to Euphemia’s father only on the condition that it pass to Euphemia and Leslie upon his death. The charter of the earldom of Ross and of the lands of Skye was made to them in their own favor and that of their heirs male and female in reversion. She married Leslie, by papal dispensation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Greater Poland
Euphemia of Greater Poland () (c. 1230 – 15 February after 1281), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast from the Greater Poland branch and by marriage was Duchess of Kalisz, Wieluń and Opole-Racibórz. Euphemia was the youngest child of Władysław Odonic and his wife Jadwiga, disputed daughter of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania and Swinisław, daughter of Mieszko III the Old. Euphemia's date of birth is unknown. In literature it claims Euphemia was born around 1230. It is most likely she was born between (1226–1230), fitting in with the dates of birth of her siblings and dates of death of her parents. Marriage Euphemia and her siblings married well. Her brother Przemysł I of Greater Poland married Elisabeth, daughter of Henry II the Pious. Another brother Bolesław the Pious married Helen, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary. Euphemia's only sister, Salome of Greater Poland married Konrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau. Euphemia married in 1251 Władysław Opolski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Masovia
Euphemia of Masovia (; 1395/97Kazimierz Jasiński: ''Rodowód Piastów mazowieckich''. Poznań - Wrocław 1998, p. 121. – before 17 September 1447), was Duchess of Cieszyn by marriage to Bolesław I, Duke of Cieszyn, and regent of the Duchy of Cieszyn during the minority of her sons from 1431. She was the third daughter of Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia and Alexandra, daughter of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania and sister of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland, and thus a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch. Life According to the Chronicle of Jan Długosz, Euphemia had a great and natural charm, and because of this she was also known as ''Ofka''. King Władysław II, Euphemia's uncle, wanted to make a close bond between Kraków and Upper Silesia, and for this reason he was probably instrumental in her marriage with Bolesław I, Duke of Cieszyn. Because Euphemia and Bolesław I were related in the third degree of consanguinity, a Papal dispe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Elphinstone
Euphemia Elphinstone (also written Euphame or Eupheme; born 11 May 1509) was a mistress of James V of Scotland and the mother of his son Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, born in 1532, as well as another child who died in childhood. One of her sons with her husband John Bruce was Laurence Bruce of Cultmalindie (1547–1617), the builder of Muness Castle. She was the second daughter of Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone and Elizabeth Barlow or Barlay (c. 1476 – 10 September 1518), an English woman of the household of Margaret Tudor. The family hailed from Elphinstone near Stirling. Her brother Alexander, Lord Elphinstone, died at Edinburgh following the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh. Euphemia married John Bruce of Cultmalindie (c. 1507 – March 1547), and had five children: Laurence Bruce, Robert Bruce (born c. 1536), Henry Bruce (born c. 1538), James Bruce (born c. 1540) and Euphamie Bruce (born c. 1542). There is no firm evidence for any death date. Her children and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Sicily
Euphemia of Sicily (1330–1359) was a Sicilian princess regent. She ruled the Kingdom of Sicily as regent from 1355 until 1357 during the minority reign of her brother, King Frederick the Simple. Life She was the daughter of King Peter II and his wife, Elisabeth of Carinthia.Eufemia d'Aragona, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Her father died in 1342 and her brother Louis succeeded him under the regency of their uncle and, from 1348, their mother. When their mother died in 1352, her sister succeeded her mother as regent during the minority of her brother. In 1355 she succeeded her sister Constance as regent, after the latter succumbed to the Black Death The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the list of epidemics, most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as people perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. .... Her regency had made marria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Pomerania
Euphemia of Pomerania (c. 1285 – 26 July 1330) was Queen consort of Denmark from 1320 to 1330 as the spouse of King Christopher II. She was the daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania, and his second spouse, Margarete of Rügen. The period of her reign was chaotic, marked by the dissolution of the kingdom and mounting debts. As a result, few records of her life survive and not much is known about Euphemia. She and Christopher had at least 6 children, including Erik Christoffersen, Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia, and King Valdemar IV. Marriage and children The exact date of Euphemia's marriage to Christopher is unknown. It is likely that they were married between 1300 and 1304, but they were certainly married sometime before 1307. Their marriage was likely politically motivated, and arranged to provide Christopher with established ties to Pomerania and Rügen through Euphemia's parents. When her husband was elected as king in 1320, he was living in exile with Euphem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphemia Of Sweden
Euphemia of Sweden ( Swedish: ''Eufemia Eriksdotter''; 1317 – 16 June 1370) was a Swedish princess. She was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg, heiress of Sweden and of Norway, and mother of King Albert of Sweden. (c. 1338-1412) . Biography Early life Euphemia was born in 1317 to Duke Erik Magnusson (c. 12821318), second son of King Magnus Ladulås of Sweden, and Princess Ingeborg (1300–1360), the heiress and the only legitimate daughter of King Haakon V of Norway (1270– 1319). In 1319, her infant elder brother Magnus Eriksson (1316–1374) succeeded their maternal grandfather to the throne of Norway. That same year, Swedish nobles exiled their uncle, King Birger of Sweden, and the infant Magnus was subsequently elected King of Sweden, thereby uniting Sweden and Norway in a personal union. Their mother Ingeborg had a seat in the guardian government as well as the position of an independent ruler of her own fiefs, and played an important part during their childhood and ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
