• Gero II (c. 975 – 1 September 1015 at Krosno Odrzańskie) was the eldest son of Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen, and Schwanehilde (Suanhild), daughter of...
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    Ernő Gerő ([ˈɛrnøː ˈɡɛrøː]; born Ernő Singer; 8 July 1898 – 12 March 1980) was a Hungarian Communist leader in the period after World War II and briefly...
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    Gero I (c. 900 – 20 May 965), sometimes called the Great (Latin: magnus), was a German nobleman who ruled an initially modest march centred on Merseburg...
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    the Brave, against the army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Henry II, Gero, and Gero II. It was fought in Lower Silesia, on the land that belonged to the...
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    territorial gains east of the Oder River. During the retreat to Germany, Gero II, margrave of the Eastern March, was ambushed by Polish forces and killed...
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    965–993 Gero II, 993–1015 Thietmar, 1015–1030 Odo II, 1030–1032 Bolesław the Brave, 1002–1025 Mieszko Lambert, 1025–1031 Dedi I, 1046–1075 Dedi II, fl. 1069...
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    Gero's son Thietmar IV and allied with Duke Mieszko II of Poland in the German–Polish War. Thietmar IV prevailed with the support by Emperor Henry II...
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  • of Gero. 965-979: Thietmar I 979-993: Hodo I 993-1015: Gero II Meissen, also called March of Thuringia (from 965). Carved from the March of Gero. 965-979:...
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  • married Siegfried II, Count of Stade. No other counts of Alsleben are recorded until the 12th century. Gero was accused before Emperor Otto II by the Saxon...
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    Hermann Billung, acting Duke of Saxony from 961. The couple had one son: Gero II, who in 993 would succeed Thietmar's brother, Odo, as Margrave of the Saxon...
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    The Gero Cross or Gero Crucifix (German: Gero-Kreuz), of around 965–970, is the oldest large sculpture of the crucified Christ north of the Alps, and...
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  • Gero II. His mother was Adelaide. In 1028, the Ostmark, with the rest of the eastern marches of the Duchy of Saxony fell under attack from Mieszko II...
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    gains. After this event, Bolesław's forces took the initiative. Margrave Gero II of Meissen was defeated and killed during a clash with the Polish forces...
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    1002, Margrave Gero II lost Lusatia to the Polish Duke Boleslaw I the Brave, who took the region in his conquests, acknowledged by Henry II first in the...
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    bishop July 15 – Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev September 1 – Gero II, margrave of the Saxon Ostmark September 12 – Lambert I, count of Louvain...
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  • Alsleben (died 979) Gero II (ca. 975–1015), medieval margrave of the Holy Roman Empire Gero, Archbishop of Cologne (900–976) Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg...
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    Liri Gero (1926–1944) was a young Albanian communist activist and resistance member during World War II. Fighting along the partisan forces, she was killed...
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    Prince Karl Gero Albrecht Joseph Wilhelm Anton Maria of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 3rd Duke of Urach (19 August 1899 – 15 August 1981) was the head of...
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  • Edward Gero is an American stage actor active primarily in the Washington, DC area, acclaimed for his performances in Shakespeare and other classical plays...
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    Gero (c. 900 – 29 June 976) was Archbishop of Cologne from 969 until his death. Gero originated from Saxony, probably a son of the Billung count Christian...
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    Thietmar I (died 979) Margrave of Meissen. They had the following issue: Gero II (970/975 - 1015), Graf im Hassegau and Markgraf der Lausitz who died in...
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    count Gero in the course of his campaigns against the Polabian Slavs from 939 onwards. Odo I became the first margrave; his successor Gero II from 1002...
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    of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach (Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius; German: Fürst Wilhelm von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 2. Herzog...
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    in Schwabengau in 992 Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (died 993) Gero II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (died 1015) Thietmar, Margrave of the Saxon...
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    subjugation of pagan tribes. Emperor Otto I's lieutenants, Herman Billung and Gero, harassed Slavic settlers beginning in the 940s. As part of the Slavic revolt...
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    Tswafu; Ung. Sarki Manigi; Edangi Maianguwan; Ung. Buhari; Tungan Gero I; Tungan Gero II; Dapagi; Bakin Kasuwa Manigi; Gidan Garba; Phizhi; Ung. Makeri;...
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    51-5173." Aviation Safety Network, 21 October 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2011. Gero, David B. "Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908". Sparkford...
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  • (Eilica) and possibly a relative of the family of Gero the Great. Gero was the candidate of King Henry II following the death of the Archbishop Walthard...
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    Beth Nuhadra (d. 1046) Gerard I, bishop of Cambrai (approximate date) Gero II, German nobleman (d. 1015) Guo, empress of the Song Dynasty (d. 1007) Hugh...
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  • count of Wettin Gero (ca. 1020–1089), count of Brehna Konrad (died 1040), count of Camburg. Rikdag Ida (Hidda), married to Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia. Loud...
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