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Hildegard
Hildegard is a female name derived from the Old High German ''hild'' ('war' or 'battle') and ''gard'' ('enclosure' or 'yard'), and means 'battle enclosure'. Variant spellings include: Hildegarde; the Polish, Portuguese, Slovene and Spanish Hildegarda; the Italian Ildegarda; the Hungarian Hildegárd; and the ancient German Hildegardis. Notable people with the name * Hildegard (music duo), 2021 electronic music project by Canadian musicians Helena Deland and Ouri * Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825-1864), Bavarian royal * Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Christian saint * Hildegarde of Burgundy (ca. 1056-1104), French noble * Hildegard of Fraumünster (828–856 or 859), daughter of Louis the German and first abbess of Fraumünster * Hildegard, second wife of Charlemagne * Hildegard, Countess of Auvergne or Matilda (c. 802–841), daughter of Emperor Louis the Pious and Ermengarde of Hesbaye * Hildegard Appeltauer (born 1927), Austrian figure skater and Olympian * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen Benedictines, OSB (, ; ; 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictines, Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mysticism, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages.Bennett, Judith M. and Hollister, Warren C. ''Medieval Europe: A Short History'' (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001), p. 317. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been considered by a number of scholars to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany. Disibodenberg, Hildegard's convent at Disibodenberg elected her as (mother superior) in 1136. She founded the monasteries of Rupertsberg in 1150 and Eibingen Abbey, Eibingen in 1165. Hildegard wrote theological, botanical, and medicinal works, as well as letters, hymns, and antiphons for the liturgy. She wrote poems, and supervised minia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard (queen)
Hildegard ( – 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen and the wife of Charlemagne from until her death. Hildegard was a noblewoman of Frankish and Alemannian heritage. Through eleven years of marriage with Charlemagne, Hildegard helped share in his rule as well as having nine children with him, including the kings Charles the Younger and Pepin of Italy and the emperor Louis the Pious. Life Hildegard was the daughter of the Frankish count Gerold and his wife, the Alemannian noblewoman Imma. Thegan of Trier, a ninth-century biographer of Hildegard's son Louis emphasizes her Alemannian heritage and descent from duke Gotfrid through her mother, indicating that Imma was of higher status than Gerold. Hildegard was likely born in 757 or 758. Gerold held lands in the vicinity of the Middle Rhine under the Frankish king Carloman I. Carloman died on 4 December 771 and his brother king Charlemagne sought to bring Carloman's lands under his rule. Charlemagne arranged to marry Hildegard and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Burjan
Hildegard Lea Burjan (née ''Hildegard Freund''; 30 January 1883 – 11 June 1933) was a German Roman Catholic convert from Judaism and the founder of the Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis. Burjan set up several organizations for the promotion of women's rights and for the rights of all workers and their families and this even saw her elected to the Austrian Parliament where she served until her retirement due to ill health. The beatification process commenced under Pope John Paul II in 1982, and Pope Benedict XVI named her as Venerable in 2007; that same pope beatified Burjan in 2012 though Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the celebration on the pope's behalf. Life Hildegard Freund was born to non-practicing Jewish parents in the German Empire in 1883 as the second-born to Abraham and Berta Freund. The Freunds relocated to Berlin in 1895, where she was sent to high school and the Freunds relocated once more in 1899 to Switzerland where she studied in Zurich at the college ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Behrens
Hildegard Behrens (9 February 1937 – 18 August 2009) was a German operatic soprano with a wide repertoire including Wagner, Weber, Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg roles. She performed at major opera houses around the world, and received several Grammy Awards for performances with the Metropolitan Opera. Life and career Behrens was born in Varel in 1937. She graduated from the University of Freiburg as a junior barrister before becoming serious about her talents as a singer, studying at first with Ines Leuwen at the Freiburg Academy Of Music. Her stage debut was as the Countess in Mozart's '' Le nozze di Figaro'' in Freiburg in 1971. Anthony Tommasini"Hildegard Behrens, Soprano Acclaimed for Wagner, Is Dead at 72" ''The New York Times'' (obituary), 19 August 2009 In 1973, she joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. In the 1975–76 season, while rehearsing for Alban Berg's '' Wozzeck'', she was "discovered" by Herbert von Karajan, who was then looking for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Brom-Fischer
Hildegard Brom-Fischer (1908-2001) was a Dutch textile artist, specializing in ecclesiastical embroidery. Biography Brom-Fischer was born on 16 July 1908 in Coesfeld, Germany. She studied at the training center for applied arts ''Werkkunstschule'' in Münster, Germany. She studied with Joos Jaspert. By 1937 she had located to the Netherlands, living in Amsterdam, Oudenrijn, Utrecht, and Bunnik. Brom-Fischer was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art. She was married to Jan Eloy Brom. Focusing on Christian themes, she created multiple pieces featuring Saints Cosmas and Damian. Brom-Fischer exhibited at the 1933 Milan Triennial and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Brom-Fischer died on 22 April 2001 in Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. He united most of Western Europe, Western and Central Europe, and was the first recognised emperor to rule from the west after the fall of the Western Roman Empire approximately three centuries earlier. Charlemagne's reign was marked by political and social changes that had lasting influence on Europe throughout the Middle Ages. A member of the Frankish Carolingian dynasty, Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. With his brother, Carloman I, he became king of the Franks in 768 following Pepin's death and became the sole ruler three years later. Charlemagne continued his father's policy of protecting the papacy and became its chief defender, remo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Hildegard Of Bavaria
Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (German language, German: ''Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike von Bayern''; 10 June 1825 – 2 April 1864) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Life Marriage On 1 May 1844 in Munich, Hildegard married Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen, Archduke Albert of Austria, eldest son of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. She thereafter became known as Archduchess Hildegard. She and her husband had 3 children: Issue During her stay in Munich for the funeral of her brother Maximilian II of Bavaria, King Maximilian II (1811-1864) in March 1864, Archduchess Hildegard became ill with a lung inflammation and pleurisy, and died in Vienna. Ancestry References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hildegard of Bavaria, Princess 1825 births 1864 deaths 19th-century German people 19th-century German women House of Wittelsbach Bavarian pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Björck
Thora Maria Fredrika Hildegard Björck (1 May 1847 – 7 April 1920) was the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree.Hypokrates kjolar . Ergo.ronne.se.Studentlivet förändrar ditt liv UNT.se. She is today considered a female academic pioneer in Sweden. Björck received the opportunity to enlist and graduate with degrees from both and |
Hildegard (abbess Of Fraumünster)
Hildegard (828December 23 856 or 859) was the daughter of Louis the German, Carolingian king of East Francia, and his wife Hemma. She was the abbess of Fraumünster, an abbey founded by her father. Life Hildegard was the eldest child of Louis the German and the countess Hemma, born a year after their marriage. In 844, she became the abbess of Münsterschwarzach Abbey, Münsterschwarzach in Bavaria, the Proprietary church, ''Eigenkloster'' of the Carolingian court, founded in 780. On June 21, 853, Louis the German founded the abbey at Fraumünster The Fraumünster (; lit. in ) is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the l ..., placing his daughter Hildegard as the abbess, while her younger sister Bertha succeeded her as abbess of Münsterschwarzach. According to legend, the two sisters were living a clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Deland
Helena Deland McCullagh is a Canadian singer-songwriter. To date she has released five EPs: ''Drawing Room'' (2016) and ''From the Series of Songs "Altogether Unaccompanied"'' Vol. I, II, III & IV (2018) that she has written and composed. Her first full-length album ''Someone New'' was released on 15 October 2020. Her second full-length album ''Goodnight Summerland'' was released on 13 October 2023. Deland is currently signed to Luminelle Recordings (label founded by Gorilla vs. Bear & Fat Possum Records) for the world as well as Chivi Chivi for Canada. She has toured consistently since the beginning of her career in Canada, United States and Europe. Biography Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Deland spent the first years of her life in Summerland, British Columbia before moving to Quebec City where she grew up. Deland currently lives in Montreal. Her native languages are French and English; however, she primarily writes and sings in English. She began playing piano and guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegarde Of Burgundy
Hildegarde of Burgundy (–1104) was a French noble, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine by marriage to William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine. She was the only daughter of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy with his second wife, Ermengarde of Anjou. She was, and by marriage, Duchess of Gascony and Aquitaine. She married William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine; she was his third wife. William and Hildegarde had these children together: * William IX, Duke of Aquitaine * Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre * Beatrice?''Chronicon Regum Legionensium'' married firstly to Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile and secondly to Elias I, Count of Maine. William’s birth was a cause of great celebration at the Aquitanian court, but the Church at first considered him illegitimate because of his parents’ consanguinity. This obliged his father to make a pilgrimage to Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegard Bachert
Hildegard Bachert (April 3, 1921 – October 17, 2019) was a German-born American art dealer and gallery director. Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1921, Bachert moved to America in 1936 to seek refuge from the Nazi regime. In 1940, she began working at the Galerie St. Etienne, a Manhattan gallery specializing in Austrian and German expressionist art, where she worked until her death. Germany Hildegard Bachert spent her childhood in Mannheim, Germany with her mother, father, and older sister Edith. She was twelve when the Nazis came to power in 1933. Her parents quickly made plans to send Hildegard and her sister to the United States, where they had relatives working in the meat industry. They escorted Edith and Hildegard to the US in 1936, but had to return to Germany soon after. After their return, their family home in Mannheim was plundered during Kristallnacht, but the Bachert parents escaped the country shortly thereafter and rejoined their children in America. America and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
