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Nizzo of Krems-Gars (or Rizzo, as he is sometimes called) was a scion of the house of Kuenring. Not much is known about this mysterious individual. What little is known is that he died before 1114 and married a woman named Truta. His father was the legendary Azzo of Gobatsburg.
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Alexander I, posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Scotland from 1107 to his death. He succeeded his brother, King Edgar, and his successor was his brother David. He was married to Sybilla of Normandy, an illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England.
Saint Nestor the Chronicler was the reputed author of the Primary ChronicleLife of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves, and Account about the Life and Martyrdom of the Blessed Passion Bearers Boris and Gleb.
Ernest, known as Ernest the Brave, was the Margrave of Austria from 1055 to his death in 1075. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.
Zwettl Abbey is a Cistercian monastery located in Zwettl in Lower Austria, in the Diocese of St. Pölten.
Zwettl is a town and district capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is chiefly known as the location of Zwettl Abbey, first mentioned in October 1139.
Göttweig Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau.
Sybilla of Normandy was Queen of Scotland as the wife of Alexander I.
Margaret Fredkulla was a Swedish princess who became successively queen of Norway and Denmark by marriage to kings Magnus III of Norway and Niels of Denmark. She was also de facto regent of Denmark. An English exonym is Margaret Colleen-of-Peace.
Agnes of Kuenring, was an Austrian noble, courtier of Queen Margaret of Austria and mistress of her spouse, King Ottokar II of Bohemia. She was the first historically documented mistress of a Bohemian sovereign.
Aggstein Castle is a ruined castle on the right bank of the Danube in Wachau, Austria. The castle dates to the 12th century. Aggstein Castle is 480 metres (1,570 ft) above sea level.
Dürnstein Castle is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in Austria. It is located in Dürnstein, in the Lower Austrian Wachau region on the Danube river, at 312 metres (1,024 ft) above sea level.
Hadmar I of Kuenring was a German nobleman who served as a ministerialis in the Margraviate of Austria (Ostarrîchi).
Saul was the heir presumptive of the Kingdom of Hungary from around 1127. He was the son of Sophia, the only sister of Stephen II of Hungary. His childless uncle appointed Saul his heir in 1127. Although Saul survived his uncle, according to a late source, he did not succeed him and died before Béla II of Hungary was crowned king in April 1131.
Hadmar II of Kuenring was an Austrian ministerialis of the Kuenring family and son of Albero III of Kuenring. In 1192 he held captive Richard the Lionheart, King of England, at Dürnstein Castle.
Count Gebhard III of Sulzbach came from the noble Counts of Sulzbach and was a son of Count Berengar II of Sulzbach and his second wife, Adelheid of Dießen-Wolfratshausen.
Albero III of Kuenring, born 1115/18 and died 15 August 1182, was a ministerialis from the noble house of Kuenring in Austria. He was the first-born son of Albero I of Kuenring, who died around 1118.
Azzo of Gobatsburg is considered the progenitor of the house of Kuenring. He died around 1100. The first mention of him comes around 1059. The nickname "of Gobatsburg" only first appears in 1074.
Henry I of Kuenring was a medieval Austrian ministerialis from the house of Kuenring and son of the Hadmar II of Kuenring, who imprisoned King Richard the Lionheart at Dürnstein castle. He was famously called the 'Hound of Kuenring', alongside his brother, Hadmar III of Kuenring, for their martial prowess. He married Adelheid of Falkenstein-Neuburg before 1205.
Hadmar III of Kuenring was a medieval Austrian ministerialis from the house of Kuenring and son of the famous Hadmar II of Kuenring, who imprisoned King Richard the Lionheart at Dürnstein castle. He was famously called the 'Hound of Kuenring', alongside his brother, Henry I of Kuenring, for their martial prowess.
Union Kuenring mostly known as Union Kuenring Flames or ukFlames now is a women's basketball club based in Vienna, Austria.