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Euphrosyne of Opole (Polish: Eufrozyna opolska) (1228/30 – 4 November 1292) was Polish Duchess and regent. She was a daughter of duke Casimir I of Opole and his wife Viola, Duchess of Opole, and a member of the House of Piast.
- between 1228 and 1230
- Casimir I of Opole
- 4 November 1292, Brześć Kujawski
- Viola, Duchess of Opole
Euphrosyne of Opole (d. 1293) Mother of Ladislas I, king of Poland. Died in 1293; married Casimir of Kujawy; children: Leszek II the Black, duke of Cracow; Wladyslaw I the Short also known as Ladislas I Lokietek, king of Poland (r. 1306–1333); Siemowit of Dobrzyn.
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Jul 17, 2010 · Euphrosyne of Opole (in Polish Eufrozyna Opolska) was born around 1229 and died on 4 November 1292 or 1293. She is duchess of Kuyavian, then Pomerania. The dynasty of Piasts, she is the daughter of Casimir I, the Duke of Opole and Racibórz.
- Opole, Opole Voivodeship
- circa 1229
Euphrosyne (born no later than the end of the 12th century, died on May 23 or 25, earliest in the beginning of the 13th century) was a princess of Racibórz and Opole, and probably also of Kraków between 1210 and 1211, the daughter of Duke Mieszko IV Tanglefoot and Ludmila (most likely from the Přemyslid dynasty).
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According to Hesiod, Euphrosyne and her sisters Thalia and Aglaea are the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid nymph Eurynome. Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Coronis; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle. The Roman author Hyginus, in his Fabulae, also mentions a figure named Euphrosyne, who is the daught...
Euphrosyne is a goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth. Her name is the female version of the word euphrosynos, "merriment". Pindar wrote that these goddesses were created to fill the world with pleasant moments and good will. The Charites attended the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. In art, Euphrosyne is usually depicted with her sisters dancing.
In art and literature
1. Euphrosyne is depicted with the other two Graces, Aglaea and Thalia, at the left of the painting in Botticelli's Primavera. The sculptor Antonio Canova made a well-known piece in white marble representing the three Graces, in several copies including one for John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford. 2. Joshua Reynolds painted Mrs. Mary Hale, wife of General John Hale, as Euphrosyne in 1766. 3. John Milton invoked her in the poem L'Allegro. 4. Virginia Woolf set her novel The Voyage Out on a ship...
In science
1. The asteroid 31 Euphrosyne is named after the goddess, as is the Euphrosinidaefamily of marine worms. 2. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle named a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae Euphrosyne.
Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online versi...Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Tex...Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd....Euphrosyne of Opole (Polish: Eufrozyna opolska) (1228/30 – 4 November 1292) was a daughter of Casimir I of Opole and his wife Viola, Duchess of Opole. She was a member of the House of Piast and became Duchess of Kuyavia from her first marriage and Duchess of Pomerania from her second marriage.
Euphrosyne of Opole (Q3060432) From Wikidata. ... Euphrosyne Eufrozyna Opolska (Piast) aka von Oppeln (aft. 1228 - uncertain 4 Nov 1292) 0 references . Sitelinks.
