Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts

Sunday, January 28, 2018

The House of Bjelbo (House of Folkung)

Upon the marriage of Folke 'the Fat', Jarl in Sweden to Ingegerd of Denmark, the Bjelbo make the connection to Charlemagne - The Father of Europe, all the reigning royal houses of Europe can trace their descent from him. 

"The House of Bjelbo (Swedish: Bjälboätten), also known as the House of Folkung (Folkungaätten), was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings. It also provided three kings of Norway, and one king of Denmark in the 14th century"
- from Wikipedia

Ingegerd's descent from Charlemagne is thru Gisla de France a daughter of Louis the Pious from his second marriage to Judith which in turn a daughter of Welf the progenitor of the Elder House of Welf.

Her descent is something like this.
  1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800-814 - Hildegardis
  2. Louis I 'the Pious', Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 814-840 - Judith
  3. Gisla de France - Eberhard I, Margrave of Friaul
  4. Berengar I, Holy Roman Emperor (915-924), Margrave of Friaul - Bertila of Spoleto
  5. Gisela of Friaul - Adalbert 'the Rich', Margrave of Ivrea
  6. Berengar II, King of Italy - Willa of Tuscany
  7. Susanna 'Rozala' of Italy - Arnulf II, Graaf van Vlaanderen 973-987
  8. Baudouin IV, Graaf van Vlaanderen 987-1035 - Otgiva de Luxembourg
  9. Baudouin V, Graaf van Vlaanderen 1035-1067 - Adèle de France
  10. Robert I 'the Friesian', Graaf van Vlaanderen 1072-1093 - Gertrud von Sachsen
  11. Adele van Vlaanderen, Regent of Apulia 1111-1115 - Knud IV 'the Saint', King in Denmark 1080-1086
  12. Ingegerd of Denmark - Folke 'the Fat', Jarl in Sweden

More here.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

10 Countries by Length of Coastlines

1. Canada : 202,080 km
 
2. Indonesia : 54,716 km
 
3. Denmark (w/ Greenland) : 51,401 km
 
4. Russia : 37,653 km
 
5. Philippines : 36,289 km
 
6. Japan : 29,751 km
 
7. Australia : 25,760 km
 
8. Norway : 25,148 km
 
9. USA : 19,924 km
 
10. New Zealand : 15,124 km
 
*source here & the images are from google.
 

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

10 Countries in Europe


1. United Kingdom
  • Royalty, London, Castles, Stonehenge, London Eye, Trooping the Colour, London Bridge, Westminster, Heathrow. English Language..etc.
2. Spain
  • Ibiza, Salamanca, Tomatina Festival, Bullfighting, Andalucia, Marbella, Sagrada Familia, Granada, Paella, Flamenco, Pamplona..etc.

3. Greece
  • Parthenon, Acropolis, Lesbos, Mount Olympus, Corfu, Santorini, Thesaloniki, Arts, Gods & Goddesses Statues, The Greek Language and its People, Taverna & Beers, Dance, Drinks, Foods..etc.

4. Italy
  • Rome, Vatican, Colosseum, Leonardo da Vinci, Pompeii and Herculanum, Tuscany, Venice, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Churches, Castles, Paintings, Leaning Tower, Michaelangelo, Dante, Pavaroti, Pizza, Pasta, Espresso, Old Buildings..etc.

5. France
  • Chanel, Dior, Givenchy, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Bonaparte, Eiffel Tower, Charles de Gaulle Airport, French Alps, Champagne, Louvre, The Language, TGV, Airbus, Channel Tunnel, Nice, Paris, Notre-Dame de Reims, Loire valley, Monet, Auguste Rodin, French Wine, Versailles, Crème brûlée...etc.

6. Netherlands
  • Windmills, Dutch, Rotterdam, Rhine, Same-sex marriage, The Hague, Flanders, Delta Works, Willem-Alexander, Amsterdam, Heineken, KLM, Philips, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Rembrandt, Gay Pride Parade, Tulips, Leiden University, Wooden Shoes, Cheese...etc.

7. Norway
  • Vikings, fjords, snow, glaciers, The Royal Family, Oslo, Bergen, Statoil, LGBT Rights, Bryggen, Ibsen, Lefse, salmon, Winter Olympics, reindeers, northern lights..etc.

8. Germany
  • Charlemagne, Martin Luther, Nazi, Hitler, World War I, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Bundestag, Reichstag, Bavaria, Saxony, Beers, Munich, Hanover, Dresden, Luftwaffe, BMW, BASF, Siemens, Daimler, Castles, Cologne Cathedral, Heidelberg University, Oktoberfest, Christmas customs, Bach, von Goethe, Bratwursts, Karl Lagerfeld, Hugo Boss, Escada, Adidas, Puma, Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum, most populous country in Europe...etc.

9. Romania
  • Transylvania, Count Dracula, River Danube, Wallachia, Nadia Comăneci, Simona Halep, Plums, Old Castles, George Enescu, Roma, Brașov, Bran Castle, Painted churches of Northern Moldavia, Wooden churches of Maramureș, The Infinity Column, Dacia, Communism, brown bear...etc.

10. Belgium
  • Low Countries, Brussels, Flanders, Wallonia, Benelux, NATO, Ardennes, Bruges, Lemaître, Mercator, Jan van Eyck, Peter Paul Rubens, The Adventures of Tintin, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Liege, Godiva Chocolates, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Antwerp...etc.

***Google pictures, not mine.


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