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Objective Fleshing out details, if we can , of the people of medieval Europe (before 1550). What we want in the project are profiles of people for whom information other than name and dates and places can be found. This is a working project, not a collection . Move the Geni profile in, work on it, ask for peer review, move it out. Please do not add profiles to this project where there’s n...
This project contains links to some of the most popular databases and resources for medieval genealogy. Do not add profiles to this project. Online Genealogies Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands (MedLands). Genealogies of European royal and noble families. This is the database preferred by Geni's medieval curators. Todd Farmerie and Stewart Baldwin, The Henry Project . Ancestors of He...
Hello ! Please do not create or merge in profiles that date before 1600 1. If you've been directed here because of your merges, it's because you have been being VERY helpful in trying to clean up the world tree, but we need to create a different method of dealing with the vast number of deep historical duplicate profiles, & we'd like your help. 2. If one or more of your profiles has been is...
This project is a beginning introduction study of knights in genealogy. The mission is to help form a foundation of such membership and understanding of the family lines source for below: A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country, especially in a military capacity. Historically, in Europe, knighthood...
Talvik, Leirbotn, Årøy, Langfjordbotn, Kåfjord, Alta, Rafsbotn This project contents genealogical information about people born in Alta area and Talvik area, Finnmark, Norway. * Genealogy / Slektsforskning, wikipedia Norwegian immigrants to United States. Goldminers in Alaska. Shipwrecks along the Norwegian coast. Genealogyproject on Geni . Northernlights route, pictures and history, Tr...
Project Scandinavian sagas This project has as its aim to create on Geni an accurate representation of the genealogical information present in the parts of the Saga literature that present a reasonably coherent picture. Further, that each profile mentioned in these sagas will be represented exactly once in the Big Tree, and have in the "About me" the reference to the place in the saga where he...
The scope of this project is Europe during the Middle Ages; a period that began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and ended during the European Renaissance in the 14th century. THIS IS AN INDEX - PLEASE ATTACH ONLY PROJECTS, NOT PROFILES Discussion Link for Curators Link to an Interactive Medieval Map of Europe in 1444 List of medieval Europe projects Medieval Resou...
The Grand Princes of Novgorod (Новгород). >>> From Vadim the Bold to Ivan III of Moscow. === Overview ===The Prince of Novgorod (Russian: Князь новгородский, knyaz novgorodskii) was the chief executive of Novgorod the Great. The office was originally an appointed one until the late eleventh or early twelfth century, then became something of an elective one until the fourteenth century, after wh...
Wikipedia: English - German Ermenrich (409-438) Rechila (438-448) Rechiar (448-456) Aiulf (456-457) Maldras (456-460) Framta (457) Rechimund (460-464) Frumar (460-464) Remismund (464-469)
The Visigothic Kingdom , officially the Kingdom of the Goths (Latin: Regnum Gothorum ), was a kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries. One of the Germanic successor states to the Western Roman Empire, it was originally created by the settlement of the Visigoths under King Wallia in the province of Gallia Aquitania in sout...
A collection of Articles and Profiles. Knights in the Middle AgesThere were two ways anyone could be a knight: by holding land under a knight's fee, or by being made a knight or inducted into an order of knighthood. There are examples of both cases for women.==Female Orders of Knighthood===The Order of the HatchetThere is a case of a clearly military order of knighthood for women. It is the ord...
Earls of Northumbria Following the defeat of Northumbrian forces by the Viking Great Heathen Army, at York in 867, the Kingdom of Northumbria disintegrated. Southern Northumbria became the Viking-ruled Kingdom of York, while the north remained under Anglo-Saxon control under the high reeves of Bamburgh. A map of the routes taken by the Great Heathen Army from 865 to 878 by Hel-hama Eng...
Sub-Project of MEDIEVAL IRELAND and MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND ==Resources==* MEDLANDS: KINGS OF THE ISLE OF MAN =OUTLINE(See below for detailed annotation)==KINGS OF THE ISLE OF MAN 1. SIHTRIC . m ---. The name of Sihtric’s wife is not known. Sihtric & his wife had one child: >a) GODRED (-1076). King of Man. m ---. The name of Godred’s wife is not known. Godred & his wife had one child: >>i) FINGAL (-1...
Female Artists through the centuries= Female artists have been involved in making art in most times and places. Often certain media are associated with women, particularly textile arts; however, these gender roles in art change in different cultures and communities. Many art forms dominated by women have been historically dismissed from the art historical canon as craft, as opposed to fine art....
For naming conventions, see Medieval Kingdoms of Western Europe . The First Crusade was a military expedition from 1096 to 1099 by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem. It was launched in 1095 by Alexios I Komnenos , who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the ...
The Battle of Grunwald , Battle of Žalgiris or First Battle of Tannenberg was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German–Prussian Teutonic Knights, led by Grand Master Ulrich v...
The Grand Princes of Vladimir-Suzdal ) Великое Княжество Владимиро-Су́здальское кня́жество). >>===From Andrei Bogolyubsky to Dmitry Donskoy. == Overview ==The Vladimir-Suzdal Principality (1168–1389 AD) (Russian: Владимиро-Су́здальское кня́жество, Vladimiro-Suzdal'skoye knyazhestvo) or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus’ (Russian: Владимирско-Су́здальская Русь, Vladimirsko-Suzdal'skaya Rus’) was one of the ma...
The Grand Dukes of Moscow >=From Daniel to Ivan theTerrible (IV)=== Overview ===The Grand Duchy of Moscow (Russian: Великое Княжество Московское, Velikoye Knyazhestvo Moskovskoye) was a medieval Russian polity centered on Moscow between 1283 and 1547. The Grand Duchy of Moscow, as the state is known in Russian records, has been referred to by many Western sources as Muscovy. However, this term ...
Grand Princes of Kiev (Великий князь киевский). From the legendary Prince of Kiev, Bozh, to Simonas Olelkaitis Prince of Kiev in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. == Overview ==Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes Grand Duke of Kiev) was the title of the Kievan prince and the ruler of Kievan Rus.== Origin ==The Annals of St. Bertin (Annales Bertiniani) for the year 839 became the first written record on...
The Grand Princes of Tver (Тверь). >>=From Yaroslav to Mikhail III the Exile=== Overview ===The Grand Duchy of Tver (Russian: Великое княжество Тверское), north of Moscow, was a powerful medieval state. The first written record of Tver is dated 1135. Originally a minor settlement of Novgorodian traders, it passed to the Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1209. In 1247, Alexander Nevsky granted it to h...
Please do not edit in this project. If you have something you think need to be changed, you can contact me. Anette Guldager Boye Ragnar Lodbrog is a mythical Viking we only know from the sagas and there are various spellings of his name: Ragnar or Regnar. The same goes for his nickname: Lodbrog, Lodbrok, Lodbrock. However the oldest is Loðbrókawhich comes closest to the original name.He is most...
This project will help users diagnose fake medieval and ancient lines on Geni. Instructions Click on the profile. Geni will display the profile in Profile View. At the top you will see a relationship path from you to that profile. You might need to click the button labeled "How Are You Related?" to calculate the relationship. If the profile is not connected to the World Family Tree you wil...
In Catholicism, an abbess (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior of a community of nuns, which is often an abbey. In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic and Anglican abbeys, the mode of election, position, rights, and authority of an abbess correspond generally with those of an abbot. Catholic Encyclopedia...
For naming conventions, see Medieval Kingdoms of Western Europe . The Crusade of 1101 was a minor crusade of three separate movements, organized in 1100 and 1101 in the successful aftermath of the First Crusade. It is also called the Crusade of the Faint-Hearted due to the number of participants who joined this crusade after having turned back from the First Crusade. The Crusade of 1101 arose f...
Kings of Ancient Britannia This project will keep track of the kings of ancient Britain, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland beginning with the Roman invasion of Britain in 55 AD to 1066 AD at the coronation of Harold II and beginning of the Middle Ages. Naming Conventions We will use titles in the native language. Cadeyrn Fendigaid ap Gwrtheyrn did not speak English, so he was never once called "Ki...