Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg ( also Saint Albert of Magdeburg ) ( died 20 June 981 ), sometimes known as the Apostle of the Slavs, was the first Archbishop of Magdeburg ( from 968 ) and a successful missionary to the Slavic peoples to the east of Germany.

Its prison walls have witnessed the tragic fate of many ' criminals ' who spent their days there-maybe their last-under inhumane conditions, and, periodically, various highly ranked noblemen have also been imprisoned there including rulers such as Archbishop Adalbert III, arrested by his own ministeriales in 1198, Count Albert of Friesach ( in 1253 ), the Styrian governor Siegmund von Dietrichstein, captured by insurgent peasants in 1525, and Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau, who died here in 1617 after six years of imprisonment.

* Adalbert or Albert II The Devout, Markgraf ( 1136 – 1137 ), d. 1137

* Albert / Adalbert

Adalbert of Hamburg-Bremen ( also Albert, Count Palatine of Saxony ; probably in Goseck, c. 1000 – 16 March 1072 in Goslar ) was a German prelate, who was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1043 until his death.

Saint Albert or St. Albert ( earlier forms Adalbert, Adalbero, Adalbéron ) may refer to:

John Adalbert Lukacs ( born Lukács János Albert on 31 January 1924 ) is a Hungarian-born American historian who has written more than thirty books, including Five Days in London, May 1940 and A New Republic.

* Adalbert Gyrowetz () ( 1763 – 1850 ), composer

Saint Adalbert, Czech: ;, ( c. 956 – April 23, 997 ), Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians.

Adalbert ( Vojtěch ) was born into a noble Czech family of Prince Slavník and his wife Střezislava in Libice nad Cidlinou, Bohemia.

Adalbert was a well-educated man, having studied for about ten years ( 970-80 ) in Magdeburg under Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg.

The Calendar of Saints states that her first husband was poisoned by the holder of real power, his successor, Berengar of Ivrea, who attempted to cement his political power by forcing her to marry his son, Adalbert ; when she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como.

In 1066 or 1067 he was invited by archbishop Adalbert of Hamburg to join the Church of Bremen.

At the age of six he was sent to be educated in Magdeburg, seat of Adalbert of Magdeburg, the teacher and namesake of Saint Adalbert.

The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was founded in 968 at the synod of Ravenna ; Adalbert of Magdeburg was consecrated as its first archbishop.

Thietmar of Merseburg says that the first archbishop of Magdeburg, Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, before being promoted to this high rank, was sent by Emperor Otto to the country of the Rus ' ( Rusciae ) as a simple bishop but was expelled by pagan allies of Svyatoslav I.

The German bishops, again led by Adalbert of Mainz, excommunicated Conrad, an act that was confirmed by Honorius in a synod held in Rome at Easter ( 22 April 1128 ).

Sergius was then forcibly exiled by Lambert, fleeing to his see at Caere, where he placed himself under the protection of Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany.

However, on the one occasion that Sergius agreed to crown Berengar in around 906, Berengar was prevented from reaching Rome by the forces of Alberic I of Spoleto and Adalbert II of Tuscany, both of whom had been supporters of Sergius, but were unhappy with his decision to support Berengar.

The Bonner Durchmusterung itself was published by Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander, Adalbert Krüger, and Eduard Schönfeld between 1852 and 1859.

According to his legends, Vajk was baptized a Christian by Saint Adalbert of Prague.

The town was first mentioned in the records in 1121 in connexion with Count Adalbert of Haimar who had moved here from the region near Hildesheim and henceforth was titled the Count of Wernigerode.

In 1764 a porcelain factory was started in Fulda under Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Heinrich von Bibra, but shortly after his death it was closed down in 1789 by his successor, Prince-Bishop, Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Harstall.

Stephen, who was baptized by Bishop Adalbert of Prague, married Gisela, the daughter of Bavarian Duke Henry II and distant niece of Otto III.

In 999 Bishop Adalbert was canonized as Saint Adalbert by Pope Sylvester II.

In 905, Louis, after again listening to the Italian nobles who were tired of Berengar ’ s rule, this time led by Adalbert I of Ivrea, launched another attempt to invade Italy.

In the discussion of the pronunciation of Latin he was naturally led to consider the various old Italian dialects, and the results of his investigations appeared in miscellaneous communications to Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn's Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Schriftforschung.

Dissatisfied with the emperor, who had ceased his policy of grants and family alliances in favour of paying Magyar mercenaries, several Italian nobles — led by Adalbert and many of the bishops — invited Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy to take the Italian throne in 921.

He attempted to legitimize his kingship by forcing Lothair's widow Adelaide, the respective daughter, daughter-in-law, and widow of the last three Italian kings, into marriage with Adalbert.

He and his son Adalbert remained Italian kings as Otto's vassals, though they had to cede the territory of the former March of Friuli to him, which the German king enfeoffed to his younger brother Duke Henry I of Bavaria as the Imperial March of Verona.

* The Synod of Soissons meets at the instigation of Pippin, and Boniface, the Pope's missionary to pagan Germany, secures the condemnation of Frankish bishop Adalbert and Irish missionary Clement.

Together, Otto III and Bolesław I worked to canonize Adalbert, becoming the first Slavic bishop to become a saint.

The first Icelandic bishop, Ísleifr Gizurarson, was consecrated by bishop Adalbert of Bremen in 1056.

In 744 the Synod of Soissons met at the instigation of Pippin III, and Saint Boniface, the Pope's missionary to pagan Germany, secured the condemnation of the Frankish bishop Adalbert and the Irish missionary Clement.

* Adalbert of Prague ( c. 956 – 997 ), bishop of Prague, was martyred in his efforts, to convert the Baltic Prussians

Thus, Adalbert became the first Slavic bishop to become a saint.

Adalbert of Pomerania, who had participated in Otto's mission as an interpreter and assistant, was made the first bishop.

He showed genuine episcopal generosity in the liberal manner with which he met the views of the Emperor Otto II regarding the intended reduction in size of his diocese for the benefit of the new Diocese of Prague ( 975 ), to which Saint Adalbert was appointed first bishop.

They were brothers of Czech missionary and bishop st. Adalbert of Prague (, ).

Béla was a member of the house of Árpáds and was named after the Prague bishop Adalbert, who had baptized King Stephen, the cousin of Béla's father, some decades ago.

Led by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz, the Archchancellor of the empire, and under the watchful gaze of two papal legates, Cardinals Gherardo and Romano, the clerical and lay nobles of the empire elected Lothair of Supplinburg, Duke of Saxony.

Meanwhile Pope John had entered on negotiations with Berengar's son Adalbert, which in 963 caused Otto to move into Rome, where he deposed the pope and had Leo VIII elected.

Kristián also mentions Saint Adalbert of Slavník's dynasty to be elected here into his bishopic office on 19 February 982.