* Alberich becomes Archdeacon of Reims.

Das Rheingold received its premiere at the National Theatre in Munich on 22 September 1869, with August Kindermann in the role of Wotan, Heinrich Vogl as Loge, and Karl Fischer as Alberich.

In 1242, to help Milan who was fighting against Frederick II, the archpriest of Monza Alberich from Oreno, agreed to commit the treasures of the city, but unfortunately at the time of their return a golden cup heavy magnum was missing.

Many manuscripts have been found at this monastery, most notably those of Alberich Mazak ( 1609 – 1661 ).

However, some versions would say that Alberich was the one holding a helm, named as the Tarnkappe, which has the power to make the user invisible.

Ælfric ( m .; German Alberich ) " elf-ruler ", Ælfweard ( m .) Ælfwaru ( f .) " elf-guardian ", Ælfsige " elf-victory ", Ælfflæd ( f .) " elf-beauty ", Ælfwynn ( f .) " elf-bliss ", among others.

In the German middle-age epic the Nibelungenlied, a dwarf named Alberich plays an important role.

Alberich literally translates as " elf-sovereign ", further contributing to the elf – dwarf confusion observed already in the Younger Edda.

The Nibelung of the title is the dwarf Alberich, and the ring in question is the one he fashions from the Rhinegold.

* Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges ( b. 1085 )

** Alberich Mazak, Austrian composer ( d. 1661 )

* Alberich of Reims ( d. 1141 )

The German army was given the order to begin the withdrawal from the Somme front Operation Alberich on 16 March 1917, despite the new line being unfinished and poorly sited in some places.

A young German Sommekämpfer in 1916On 24 February 1917, the German army made the strategic scorched earth withdrawal ( Operation Alberich ) from the Somme battlefield to the Siegfriedstellung ( Hindenburg Line ), thereby shortening the front line they had to occupy.

The Alberich Bewegung (' movement ') shortened the Western Front and saved the German army the manpower of 13 divisions.

Alberich, by Arthur Rackham.

In the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, Alberich is a dwarf, who guards the treasure of the Nibelungen, but is overcome by Siegfried.

In Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, Alberich is chief of the Nibelungen race of dwarfs and the main antagonist driving events.

Wagner's Alberich is a composite character, mostly based on Alberich from the Nibelungenlied, but also on Andvari from Norse mythology.

In Richard Wagner's cycle of music dramas, Der Ring des Nibelungen, the character Alberich is based in some part on Andvari, but more on the Frankish sorcerer Alberich.

Oberon's status as king of the fairies comes from the character of Alberich ( from Old High German alb-" elf " and-rîh -, " ruler ", " king "), a sorcerer in the legendary history of the Merovingian dynasty.

Alberich wins for his eldest son Walbert the hand of a princess of Constantinople.

In the Nibelungenlied, a Burgundian poem written around the turn of the 13th century, Alberich guards the treasure of the Nibelungen, but is overcome by Siegfried.

* Master Rheims AMES 7912 became AMES 7913

This " Cernunnos " type in Celtic iconography is often portrayed with animals, in particular the stag, and also frequently associated with the ram-horned serpent, and less frequently bulls ( at Rheims ), dogs and rats.

Eisenhower & Allied Commanders at Rheims Surrender

He first appears in the historical record as bishop of Angers at the synod of Rheims in 1049, and for a long time had been an adherent of Berengar's doctrine of the Lord's Supper.

* 1575 – Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims, marrying Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont on the same day.

It was agreed that pope and emperor should meet at the Château de Mousson, near Rheims, and in October the new Pope opened the council at Rheims attended by Louis VI of France with most of the barons of France and more than four hundred bishops and abbots.

Calixtus II, fearing that force was likely to be used to extract prejudicial concessions, remained at Rheims.

In early October, the Pope and Emperor met at Rheims, where Louis prostrated himself three times before Stephen.

Some years later, Otto I gave Gerbert leave to study at the cathedral school of Rheims where he was soon appointed a teacher by Archbishop Adalberon.

Eugene held synods in northern Europe at Paris, Rheims, and Trier in 1147 and 1149 that were devoted to the reform of clerical life.

In declining health, Louis VII had him crowned and anointed at Rheims by the Archbishop William Whitehands on 1 November in 1179.

The union was arranged in 1049, but Pope Leo IX forbade the marriage at the Council of Rheims in October 1049.

* Fire destroys the roof and the spires of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Rheims.

* December 25 – Clovis I is baptized into the Catholic faith at Rheims, by Saint Remigius.

* June 3 – Louis XIV of France is crowned at Rheims.

In this context, Clovis was baptized at Rheims around 496 AD.

Clovis was baptised at Rheims on Christmas Day 496, by Saint Remigius.

According to Roger of Wendover, William was present at Gisors in France in 1188 when Henry II of England and Philip II of France agreed to go on crusade: " Thereupon the king of the English first took the sign of the cross at the hands of the Archbishop of Rheims and William of Tyre, the latter of whom had been entrusted by our lord the pope with the office of legate in the affairs of the crusade in the western part of Europe.

Louis-Auguste was crowned King Louis XVI of France on 11 June 1775 at the cathedral of Rheims.

It was on the very day of the Battle of the Herrings that a young French peasant girl, Joan of Arc, was meeting with Robert de Baudricourt, the Dauphinois captain of Vaucouleurs, trying to explain to the skeptical captain her divinely-ordained mission to rescue the Dauphin Charles and deliver him to his royal coronation at Rheims.