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GLEICHEN , two See also:groups of castles in See also:Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other (Ger. gleich=like, or resembling). The first is a See also:group of three, each situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill in Thuringia between See also:Gotha and See also:Erfurt. One of these called Gleichen, the Wanderslebener Gleiche (1221 ft. above the See also:sea), was besieged unsuccessfully by the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV. in ro88. It was the seat of a See also:line of See also:counts, one of whom, Ernest III., a crusader, is the subject of- a romantic See also:legend. Having been captured, he was released from his imprisonment by a See also:Turkish woman, who returned with him to Germany and became his wife, a papal See also:dispensation allowing him to live with two wives at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time (see Reineck, See also:Die See also:Sage von der Doppelehe eines Grafen von Gleichen, 1891). After belonging to the elector of See also:Mainz the See also:castle became the See also:property of See also:Prussia in 1803. The second castle is called Miihlburg (1309 ft. above the sea). This existed as See also:early as 704 and was besieged by Henry IV. in Io87. It came into the hands of Prussia in 1803. The third castle, Wachsenburg (1358 ft.), is still inhabited and contains a collection of weapons and pictures belonging to its owner, the See also:duke of-See also:Saxe-See also:Coburg-Gotha, whose See also:family obtained See also:possession of it in 1368. It was built about 935 (see Beyer, Die drei Gleichen, Erfurt, 1898). The other group consists of two castles, Neuen-Gleichen and See also:Alten-Gleichen. Both are in ruins and See also:crown two hills about 2 M. S.E. from See also:Gottingen.
The name of Gleichen is taken by the family descended from See also:Prince See also:Victor of See also:Hohenlohe-Langenburg through his See also:marriage with See also:Miss Laura See also:Seymour, daughter of See also:Admiral See also:Sir See also:George See also:Francis Seymour, a See also:branch of the Hohenlohe family having at one time owned See also:part of the See also:county of Gleichen.
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