Blondi d. April 29, 1945 Blondi (sometimes called Blonda) was a female Alsatian (German Shepherd) that belonged to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during most of his life as German Chancellor (1933-1945). As the Soviet Army closed in on Hitler's bunker in Berlin, Hitler and some of his staff planned suicide by cyanide poisoning. However, Hitler was mistrustful of the poison capsules that had been supplied by SS Chief Himmler (whom he now saw as a traitor), so he ordered his personal doctor Werner Hasse to try one of the...[Read More] Unmarked site, Klausenerstrasse, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Edith of Wessex b. 910 d. January 26, 946 English and German Royalty. Born Eadgyth, the daughter of Eadward I, King of Wessex and Queen Aelflaed. Sometime between 925 and 930 she married Otto I von Sachson, Holy Roman Emperor, who was considered by many historians to be the founder of the Holy Roman Empire. The couple had at least four surviving children including their youngest who would become Otto II. She died young, and was buried at the Cathedral in Magdeburg, Germany. (Bio by: Iola) Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Katharina, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Otto I The Great b. November 23, 912 d. May 7, 973 Holy Roman Emperor. Born in 912 in Wallhausen, his parents where Henry I, King of the Romans (The Fowler) and Matilda of Ringelheim. He married Edith, the daughter of Edward I. (the Elder) in 930. They had a happy marriage and had six children. He succeeded his father as King in July 936, and was crowned in Aachen on August 7. He had to defend his kingship mainly against relatives that thought they had better reasons to be Henry’s successor. The fighting stopped in 954 when the Hungarians...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Cathedral of Saints Maurice and Katharina, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
d. April 29, 1945