#hedwig of saxony

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, October 31st:

Edward, King of Portugal, 1391

Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, 1445

Henriette of Cleves, Princess of Mantua, 1542

Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Oldenburg, 1722

Charlotte Bonaparte, Infanta of Spain, 1802

Luis I, King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1838

Louise of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, 1851

Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, 1934

Norberta of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marchioness of Mariño,  1950

Leonor of Spain, Princess of Asturias, 2005

[wonder-worker]

"[Louis IV of West Francia died while in Rheims after a lengthy illness following a fall from his horse. Acting quickly, the widowed queen Gerberga of Saxony met with Duke Hugh the Great]. It seems Gerberga’s chief aim was to ensure her son, Lothair, succeeded to the throne of France. In return for supporting the boy (then around thirteen years old), Hugh received lands in Burgundy and Aquitaine. Once more, as had happened with Lothair’s father in 936, Hugh got to play kingmaker, albeit this time with Gerberga as an important part of the succession plan. Both seem to have maintained the alliance. Hugh hosted the queen mother and her son for Easter in 955. The duke and young king then campaigned together briefly in Aquitaine. [...] In 956, Hugh the Great died.

After the deaths of Louis and Hugh, the rest of Gerberga’s life is not well documented, but a few pieces of information are quite clear. Her familial-political ties seem to have increased. Not only was she ruling the kingdom closely with Lothair but she took part in endeavors with and on behalf of her siblings. For example, in 957, Gerberga accompanied her son and her sister Hedwig on a campaign to assist her brother Bruno, the archbishop of Cologne and duke of Lotharingia, against a rebellious vassal. The three—Gerberga, Lothair, and Bruno—met together often in the years following Hugh’s death, usually on the same side of a conflict. Sometimes they quarreled but never with great hostility, always coming to a peaceable resolution in the end, according to our records. During these mostly amicable meetings, Gerberga figuratively held her son’s hand as she and Bruno decided secular and episcopal offices in their adjoining lands, oversaw councils, and coordinated punishment or leniency for rebels. One of the last times we see Gerberga is in 965 accompanying Lothair to Cologne, Bruno’s see, to meet Otto. Otto had recently returned from Italy with the title of emperor and then held a placitum with his siblings. It was likely at this point when Gerberga negotiated with Emperor Otto for Lothair to marry Emma, Empress Adelaide’s daughter by her first marriage. The next year, 966, Lothair and Emma wed. Throughout this time, Gerberga attached her name to several charters and gifts to monasteries—often in a bold style, unusual even for queens-regent—proving Adso’s praise of her generosity to religious orders well founded. The date of her death is unfortunately unknown, though she is believed to have passed in 969."

— Bailey R. Poletti, "Handmaids of the Apocalypse: Queen Gerberga, Empress Adelaide, and the Ottonian Tenth Century", Church History (2023), 92

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

taylor swift lyrics x colors x textiles in art – red

Fifteen – Fearless // Augusta of Bavaria with Her Children – Andrea Appiani ❤️ Love Story – Fearless // Portrait of a Prussian Prince – Unknown Artist ❤️ Red – Red // Apples – Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin ❤️ All Too Well – Red // Birdsong – Károly Ferenczy ❤️ All Too Well – Red // Portrait of a Lady – John Opie ❤️ The Moment I Knew – Red // Portrait of Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg – attributed to Wybrand de Geest ❤️ Nothing New – Red // Sibylla Palmifera – Dante Gabriel Rossetti ❤️ Blank Space – 1989 // Tomaž Hren – unknown artist ❤️ Style – 1989 // Ernest Amadej Tomaž Attems – unknown artist ❤️ Wildest Dreams – 1989 // A Vision of Fiametta – Dante Gabriel Rossetti ❤️ New Romantics – 1989 // Portrait of Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan – Hyacinthe Rigaud ❤️ End Game – Reputation // A Genoese Lady with Her Child – Anthony van Dyck ❤️ I Did Something Bad – Reputation // Marie-Adélaïde de France – Johann Julius Heinsius ❤️ Look What You Made Me Do – Reputation // Infanta Isabel of Spain – Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve ❤️ Daylight – Lover // Self-Portrait – Gwen John ❤️ the lakes – folklore // Maria Amalia of Saxony – Anton Raphael Mengs ❤️ gold rush – evermore // Barine – Edward Poynter ❤️ Maroon – Midnights // Margaret “Peg” Woffington – unknown artist ❤️ Maroon – Midnights // Portrait of Marchessa Marianna Florenzi – Joseph Karl Stieler ❤️ Maroon – Midnights // Henry IV, King of France in Armor – Frans Pourbus the Younger ❤️ Maroon – Midnights // Elizabeth I as a Princess – attributed to William Scrots ❤️ The Great War – Midnights // Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge with Her Children – Melchior Gommar Tieleman

[catherinesboleyn]

Every French princess ever

Other posts in this series: Every Queen of England ever, Every English princess ever, Every Queen of France ever

Rothilde - daughter of Charles the Bald and Richilde of Provence

Ermentrude - daughter of Louis the Stammerer and Ansgarde of Burgundy

Emma of France - daughter of Robert I and Beatrice of Vermandois (Queen consort of West Francia)

Emma of France - daughter of Robert I and Beatrice of Vermandois (Queen consort of West Francia)

Matilda of France - daughter of Louis IV and Gerberga of Saxony (Queen consort of Burgundy)

Hedwig of France - daughter of Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine (Countess of Mons)

Gisèle of France - daughter of Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine (Countess of Ponthieu)

Advisa of France - daughter of Robert II and Constance of Arles (Countess of Nevers)

Adela of France - daughter of Robert II and Constance of Arles (Duchess of Normandy, Countess of Flanders)

Constance of France - daughter of Philip I and Bertha of Holland (Princess of Antioch, Countess of Troyes)

Cecile of France - daughter of Philip I and Bertrade de Montfort (Princess of Galilee, Countess of Tripoli)

Constance of France - daughter of Louis VI and Adélaide of Maurienne (Countess of Boulogne and Toulouse)

Marie of France - daughter of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine (Countess of Champagne)

Alice of France - daughter of Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine (Countess of Blois)

Margaret of France - daughter of Louis VII and Constance of Castile (Queen consort of England, Queen consort of Hungary and Croatia)

Alys of France - daughter of Louis VII and Constance of Castile (Countess of Vexin, Countess of Ponthieu)

Agnes of France - daughter of Louis VII and Adela of Champagne (Byzantine Empress consort)

Marie of France - daughter of Philip II and Agnes of Merania (Duchess of Brabant)

Isabelle of France - daughter of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile (Saint)

Isabella of France - daughter of Louis IX and Margaret of Provence (Queen consort of Navarre)

Blanche of France - daughter of Louis IX and Margaret of Provence (Infanta of Castile)

Margaret of France - daughter of Louis IX and Margaret of Provence (Duchess of Brabant)

Agnes of France - daughter of Louis IX and Margaret of Provence (Duchess of Burgundy)

Blanche of France - daughter of Philip III and Maria of Brabant (Duchess of Austria)

Margaret of France - daughter of Philip III and Maria of Brabant (Queen consort of England)

Isabella of France - daughter of Philip IV and Joan I of Navarre (Queen consort of England)

Joan II of Navarre - daughter of Louis X and Margaret of Burgundy (Queen regnant of Navarre)

Joan III of Burgundy - daughter of Philip V and Joan II of Burgundy (Countess of Burgundy and Artois)

Margaret I of Burgundy - daughter of Philip V and Joan II of Burgundy (Countess of Burgundy and Artois)

Isabella of France - daughter of Philip V and Joan II of Burgundy (Dauphine of Viennois)

Blanche of France - daughter of Philip V and Joan II of Burgundy

Blanche of France - daughter of Charles IV and Joan of Évreux (Duchess of Orléans)

Joan of France - daughter of Philip VI and Blanche of Navarre

Joan of Valois - daughter of John II and Bonne of Luxembourg (Queen consort of Navarre)

Marie of France - daughter of John II and Bonne of Luxembourg (Duchess of Bar)

Isabella of France - daughter of John II and Bonne of Luxembourg (Countess of Vertus)

Catherine of France - daughter of Charles V and Joanna of Bourbon (Countess of Montpensier)

Isabella of Valois - daughter of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria (Queen consort of England, Duchess of Orléans)

Joan of Valois - daughter of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria (Duchess of Brittany)

Marie of Valois - daughter of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria

Michelle of Valois - daughter of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria (Duchess of Burgundy)

Catherine of Valois - daughter of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria (Queen consort of England)

Radegonde of Valois - daughter of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou

Yolande of Valois - daughter of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou (Duchess of Savoy)

Magdalena of Valois - daughter of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou (Princess of Viana)

Joan of France - daughter of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou (Duchess of Bourbon)

Catherine of France - daughter of Charles VII and Marie of Anjou (Countess of Charolais)

Anne of France - daughter of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy (Duchess of Bourbon)

Joan of France - daughter of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy (Queen consort of France)

Claude of France - daughter of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany (Queen consort of France, Duchess of Brittany)

Renée of France - daughter of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany (Duchess of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio)

Madeleine of Valois - daughter of Francis I and Claude of France (Queen consort of Scotland)

Margaret of Valois - daughter of Francis I and Claude of France (Duchess of Berry, Duchess of Savoy)

Elisabeth of Valois - daughter of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici (Queen consort of Spain)

Claude of Valois - daughter of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici (Duchess of Lorraine)

Margaret of Valois - daughter of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici (Queen consort of France, Queen consort of Navarre)

Marie Elisabeth of France - daughter of Charles IX and Elisabeth of Austria

Elisabeth of France - daughter of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici (Queen consort of Spain, Queen consort of Portugal)

Christine of France - daughter of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici (Duchess of Savoy)

Henrietta Maria - daughter of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici (Queen consort of England)

Marie Thérèse - daughter of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain (Madame Royale)

Louise Élisabeth of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska (Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla)

Henriette of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska

Marie Louise of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska

Marie Adélaïde de France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska (Duchess of Louvois)

Victoire of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska

Sophie of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska (Duchess of Louvois)

Thérèse of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska

Louise of France - daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leszczyńska (Saint)

Marie-Thérèse - daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (Queen consort of France)

Sophie of France - daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Sophie d'Artois - daughter of Charles X and Maria Theresa of Savoy

Louise of Orléans - daughter of Louis Philippe I and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (Queen consort of the Belgians)

Marie of Orléans - daughter of Louis Philippe I and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (Duchess of Württemberg)

Clémentine of Orléans - daughter of Louis Philippe I and Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony)

[venicepearl]

Magdalena of Saxony (7 March 1507 – 25 January 1534) was Margravine of Brandenburg, its "Electoral Princess", the Electoral equivalent of a crown princess.

She was the daughter of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony and his wife Barbara. Magdalena's maternal grandparents were Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and his wife queen Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of Albert II of Germany.

Magdalena was married, at Dresden, on 6 November 1524, to her second cousin's son Joachim Hector, the future Elector of Brandenburg. Their son was John George, another future Elector of Brandenburg. After Magdalena's death which occurred well before Joachim ascended the electorate, Joachim II Hector married Hedwig Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland.

[germanaustriannoblesandroyals]

Master Post - Members by birth

Disclaimer: Houses that rule(d)/reside(d) in other countries but originally came from German and/or Austrian territories and/or are generally regarded as belonging to this cultural room are listed among the German & Austrian Houses.

German & Austrian Houses

House of Ascania

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst aka Catherine the Great

House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico, Archduchess of Austria

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, The German Empress

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Princess of Leiningen, The Duchess of Kent

House of Griffin

Elizabeth of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empress

House of Habsburg

Archduchess Johanna of Austria, The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess of Lorraine and Bar

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France and Navarre

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria, The Empress of Brazil, Queen of Portugal & the Algarves

Maria Theresia, The Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Archduchess Sophie of Austria

House of Hanover (Cadet branch of the House of Welf)

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Empress of India

House of Hesse

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

House of Hohenstaufen

Elisabeth “Beatrix” of Swabia, The Queen of Castile, León & Galicia

Konstanze “Anna” of Hohenstaufen, The Empress of Nicaea

House of Hohenzollern

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, The Electress of Hanover

Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg, The Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Princess Luise of Prussia, Princess Radziwiłł

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, The Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

House of La Marck

Amalia of Cleves

Anne of Cleves, The Queen of England

Sybille of Cleves, The Electress of Saxony

House of Leiningen

Princess Feodora of Leiningen, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

House of Liechtenstein

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy de Galantha

House of Mecklenburg

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland & Hanover

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

Friederike (Federica) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Northeim

Richenza of Northeim, Holy Roman Empress

House of Oldenburg

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress

Princess Cecilie of Greece & Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

House of Reuß

Princess Hermine Reuß of Greiz, “German Empress”

House of Thurn and Taxis

Princes Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Duchess of Württemberg

House of Welf

Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, The Queen of the United Kingdom & Hanover

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen in & of Prussia

Princess Juliane of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Denmark and Norway

House of Wettin

Adelheid (Adelaide) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empress

Princess Christina of Saxony, The Landgravine of Hesse

Princess Luise (Louise) of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Countess of Pölzig and Beiersdorf

House of Wied-Neuwied

Princess Elisabeth of Wied, The Queen & Princess of Romania

House of Wittelsbach

Princess Alexandra of Bavaria

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth “Sisi” in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Elisabeth (Isabeau) of Bavaria, The Queen of France

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Helene “Néné” in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, The Duchess in Bavaria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Marie in Bavaria, The Queen of Two Sicilies

Baroness Marie Louise of Wallersee, Countess of Larisch

Mathilde in Bavaria, The Countess of Trani

Sophie in Bavaria, The Duchess of Alençon

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

House of Württemberg

Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, Empress of India

Princess Sophie of Württemberg, The Queen of the Netherlands

Minor Nobles

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, The Imperial Countess of Cosel

Katharina von Bora, Mrs Martin Luther

Baroness Louise Lehzen

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Sophie Botta, The Dark Countess of Hildburghausen

Sophie of Pannwitz, Countess of Voß

Foreign Houses

House of Albret

Jeanne d’Albret, The Queen of Navarre, 1. The Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and 2. The Duchess of Vendôme

House of Aviz

Infanta Eleonor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress

House of Bourbon

Princess Louise d’Orléans, Princess Alfons of Bavaria

Byzantine Imperial Family

Princess Eudokia Laskarina of Nicaea, The Hereditary Duchess of Austria

Irene of Byzantium, The Queen of the Germans, The Duchess of Swabia

Princess Theodora Angelina, The Duchess of Austria & Styria

Princess Theodora Komnene of Byzantium, The Duchess of Bavaria & Austria

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

House of Chotek

Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin, The Duchess of Hohenberg

House of Este

Maria Beatrice d’Este, The Duchess of Massa & Carrara, Archduchess of Austria

House of Jagiellon

Jadwiga (Hedwig) Jagiellon, The Electress of Brandenburg

House of Stuart

Elizabeth Stuart, The Queen of Bohemia & Electress Palatine

House of Trastámara

Queen Joanna “The Mad” of Castile, Léon & Aragon, The Duchess of Burgundy, Archduchess of Austria

House of Valois

Mary, The Duchess of Burgundy, Archduchess of Austria

Commoners

Fatima Kariman aka Maria Aurora (von) Spiegel

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

Louise Rump, Mrs Ebert

Margot Großmann, Mrs Sauerbruch

Maria Anna Mozart, The Imperial Baroness Berchthold

Maria “Mizzi” Kaspar

Ottilie Richter, Baroness of Faber

Sophie Scholl

[medievalart]

Hedwig of Saxony (911-c.958)

Sister of emperor Otto I who was married to Robertian duke Hugh the Great. power politcs. Regent for her son Hugh Capet. Founder of Capetian dynasty.

Their other son became Dukes of Burgundy

Source: AnonymousUnknown author [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

[prose2passion]

Every picture tells a story

#EveryPicture season 2, No.9: Some more horses for Hedwig, this time in Brase, now part of Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony

[todayclassical]

September 29 in Music History

1634 FP of Lawes masque Comus, with text by Milton, at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. 1641 Franz Tunder becomes organist at Marienkirche in Lubeck. Establishes evening music, Abendmusiken. 1652 Gala concert for Jakob Froberger by his French peers at Convent of the Jacobins in Paris. 1654 Birth of German organist and composer Vincenz Lubeck. 1674 Birth of composer Jacques Hotteterre.  1727 Birth of English composer Dr. Henry Harrington in Somerset. 1739 Handel finishes his Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, no. 1 in London. 1746 Birth of German organist and composer Ernst Ludwig Gerber. 1753 Birth of composer Johann Gottfried Schicht.

1789 Mozart completes Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, written for clarinetist Anton Stadler, who gave the first public performance in December 1789. 1794 Birth of composer William Michael Rooke.

1841 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Enrico Bevignani in Naples.  1847 FP of Franz Doppler's "Benjowsky" Budapest. 1849 Birth of composer Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal.

1854 Birth of composer Martin Plüddemann.

1855 Birth of Italian composer, pianist, and conductor Michele Esposito. 1858 Birth of composer Leopoldo Mugnone.

1869 Birth of English soprano Hedwig Helbig, in Plauen, Saxony. 

1879 Birth of Dutch cellist Willem Willeke in The Hague.  1879 Birth of Cuban-Spanish composer Joaquin Nin Castellano in Havana.  1881 Birth of American bandmaster and march composer William C. White in Centerville UT.

1893 Birth of Russian-American conductor Fabien Sevitzky.

1894 Birth of Italian conductor Franco Capuana in Fano.

1901 Death of Italian mezzo-soprano Adelaide Borghi-Mamo.  1903 Birth of cellist Karl August Andersen.

1903 Death of German soprano Marie Geistinger in Klagenfurt. 1915 Death of German composer Rudi Stephan fighting WW I in Tarnopol.  1915 Death of Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto in Helsinki. 1916 Birth of German tenor Josef Traxel in Mainz. 

1916 Birth of composer Minao Shibata

1918 Birth of American composer and conductor Harold Lawrence Walters. 1918 FP of Gustav Holst's The Planets in Queen's Hall, London 1920 Birth of Czech conductor Václav Neuman.  1921 FP of Sigmund Romberg's operetta Blossom Time in NYC. 1927 Birth of Iranian composer Hussein Dehlawi in Teheran. 1930 Birth of Australian conductor Richard Alan Bonynge in Sydney.  1942 Birth of French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty in Arranches

1943 Birth Welsh conductor and composer Alun Francis.

1945 Birth of Greek composer Kyriakos Sfetsas in Amphilochia. 1945 Birth of American soprano Lella Alice Cuberli, in Austin, TX.  1949 Birth of American composer Eric Funk in Deer Lodge, MT. 1949 FP of Arthur Bliss' opera The Olympians in London. 1949 Birth of mezzo-soprano Tuula Nieminen. 1953 Birth of Italian soprano Adelina Scarabelli, in Milan. 1955 Birth of American composer Steve Perillo in The Bronx, NYC. 1968 FP of Henze's Piano Concerto No. 2, in Bielefeld, Germany. 

1968 FP of DALLAPICCOLA's "Ulisse" in Berlin. 1969 FP of Dimiti Shostakovich' Symphony No. 14 on poems of Lorca, Apollinaire, Küchelbecker, and Rilke. Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai conducting, with soloists Galina Vishnevskaya and Yevgeny Vladimirov in Leningrad. 1977 Death of Russian composer and conductor Alexander Tcherepnin. 1983 FP of Witold Lutoslawski's Symphony No. 3, in Chicago. 1997 FP of Michael Torke's Overnight Mail for chamber ensemble. Orkest de Volharding, Jurjen Hempel conducting in Carre, Amsterdam.

[insani-tae]

Landshuter Hochzeit (Landshut Wedding), Bavaria (Germany) or a small German city turns onto real life Game of Thrones every four years. In 1475 George of Bavaria married Hedwig Jagiellon. It is still celebrated to this day.

[widvile-blog]

Hedwig of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (5 August 1581 - 26 November 1641)

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, October 31st:

Ferdinand I, King of Portugal, 1345

Edward, King of Portugal, 1391

Władysław III, King of Poland/Hungary/Croatia, 1424

Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, 1445

Yeongjo of Joseon, Korean King, 1694

Luis I, King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1838

Louise of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, 1851

Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, 1934

Norberta of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marchioness of Mariño , 1950

Leonor of Spain, Princess of Asturias, 2005

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, October 31st:

Ferdinand I, King of Portugal, 1345

Edward, King of Portugal, 1391

Władysław III, King of Poland/Hungary/Croatia, 1424

Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, 1445

Yeongjo of Joseon, Korean King, 1694

Luis I, King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1838

Louise of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, 1851

Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, 1934

Norberta of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, 1950

Leonor of Spain, Princess of Asturias, 2005