Heinrich von der Mark
Heinrich von der Mark (December 14, 1782 – June 14, 1865) was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and Acting War Minister from February 1 to April 5, 1848.
Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe
Conrad Fredrik" Fritz" von der Lippe( 8 October 1833 – 1901) was a Norwegian architect.
He was born at Christianssand( now Kristiansand) in Vest- Agder, Norway.
He was a son of bishop Jacob von der Lippe, a grandfather of the three brothers Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von der Lippe, and uncle of the half- brothers, admiral Jakob von der Lippe and whaler Anton Barth von der Lippe.
He studied at the Polytechnische Schule in Hanover( now University of Hanover) from 1851 to 1853, and then in Darmstadt and Vienna.
When he returned to Christianssand in 1856 and opened his own architect's firm, he was the first educated architect in the region.
He established an office in Stavanger in 1857.
From 1860 to 1870 he was the city's building inspector.
He designed urban buildings, schools and churches.
He held a similar position in Bergen from 1870 to 1900.
Between 1873 and 1881 he cooperated with Hans Heinrich Jess.
After 1881 he was only allowed to design public buildings if working within Bergen's city limits.
Von der Lippe designed Vegusdal Church in Birkenes, Villa Snøringsmoen in Lillesand, St. Petri Church and Sangsalen in Stavanger.
He has also received credit for the design of Ole Bull's villa Lysøen at Os outside of Bergen.
Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg
Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg (ca. 1525 – 1568) was Baron of Barbançon, founder of the House of Arenberg and stadtholder of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel from 1549 until his death.
He was the son of Louis de Ligne, Baron of Barbançon from the House of Ligne and Marie of Glymes, Lady of Zevenbergen (1503–1566), daughter of Cornelis of Glymes.
Jean de Ligne belonged to the closest circles around Charles V and was made a Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1546.<br>
In 1549 he became stadtholder of the Northern provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel.<br
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By his marriage to Marguerite de la Marck-Arenberg, sister of Robert III
von der Marck-Arenberg who died without children, he became the founder of the third House of Arenberg.
He participated in the campaign in France and distinguished himself in the Battle of St. Quentin (1557) where he, together with Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, led the left wing of the infantry in the final attack against the French.
At the start of the rebellion he distanced himself of his good friend William the Silent, Lamoral, Count of Egmont and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, and remained loyal to the King Philip II of Spain.
He was unable to stop the spread of Protestantism in his Northern provinces, but succeeded in 1567 to keep them loyal to the Crown without bloodshed.
Back south, he joined the army under the Duke of Alva, but objected against the arrests of Egmont and Hoorn.<br
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When Louis and Adolf of Nassau (brothers of William I of Orange) invaded Groningen, he was sent back by Alva to repulse this army.
There he was killed in the Battle of Heiligerlee on 23 May 1568.
Cardinal Granvelle described his death as a great loss for the Catholic faith and the King.
Arenberg was buried in the Saint Catherine Church in Zevenbergen, and his remains were moved in 1614 to the family vault in Enghien.
He had seven children, amongst whom:
Henry of Nördlingen
Henry of Nördlingen was a German Catholic priest from Bavaria, who lived in the 14th century, his date of death being unknown.
He was the spiritual adviser of Margaretha Ebner( died 1351), the mystic nun of Medingen.
Chris von der Ahe
Christian Friedrich (or Frederick) Wilhelm von der Ahe (October 7, 1851 – June 5, 1913) was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals.
Von der Ahe arrived in New York City but quickly moved to St. Louis, where he worked as a clerk in a grocery store.
Later, he bought out the store owner and expanded business by establishing a saloon in the back of the store.
Von der Ahe noticed that a number of his patrons visited the saloon after baseball games, so in 1882, he bought the bankrupt and scandal-ridden St. Louis Brown Stockings baseball franchise for $1,800 and joined the American Association baseball league.
He named the team the Browns and hired future Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey to play first base and eventually manage the team.
Von der Ahe took a very active role in the team, even though he knew almost nothing about baseball.
Other than player/manager/owner Albert Spalding,
Von der Ahe was the first baseball owner with a significant public persona, the predecessor of Bill Veeck, Charlie Finley and George Steinbrenner in this regard.
With his thick German accent ("I am der poss bresident of der Prowns!") bushy mustache and showmanship, he was as much of a story as his players.
The Browns dominated the American Association, winning four straight league championships starting in 1885, and the baseball, beer, and other investments made von der Ahe wealthy.
He made $500,000 off the baseball team alone.
He set the ticket price at 25 cents, hoping fans would spend money on beer.
As a result, the Browns led the league in attendance and soon had to expand his ballpark.
The term "fan" (from fanatic) is sometimes attributed to von der Ahe.
In 1885, von der Ahe erected a larger-than-life statue outside of Sportsman's Park, not of any of his star players, but of himself.
A sportswriter from Denver mockingly dubbed the statue "Von der Ahe discovers Illinois."
Although eccentric, von der Ahe made a number of innovations, including operating a farm club called the St. Louis Whites.
Also, tradition holds that von der Ahe was the first to sell hot dogs at the ballpark, although some historians dispute this.
Von der Ahe billed himself as the "Millionaire Sportsman".
In 1887, after a poor showing in the World Series, the ill-tempered von der Ahe threatened to withhold his players' share of the earnings.
In 1891, he was also majority owner of the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers which played for part of one season in the American Association.
In 1892 the team joined the National League after the American Association folded.
By this time, Comiskey had lost patience with von der Ahe and left for the Cincinnati Reds.
Without Comiskey, the Browns quickly became a last-place team.
Legal problems plagued von der Ahe's ownership, especially in the later years.
In an effort to recoup his losses, in 1892 he moved to a larger ballpark, which he surrounded with an amusement park, complete with beer garden, a horse track in the outfield, a "shoot-the-shoots" water flume ride, and an artificial lake (used for ice skating in winter).
The league, which prohibited gambling on its grounds, disapproved of the race track; so did von der Ahe's outfielders.
The press called the facility "Coney Island West" and nicknamed von der Ahe "Von der Ha Ha."
With losses still piling up, von der Ahe resorted to selling off his best players, mostly to Brooklyn.
In 1898, part of the ballpark burned down during an April game with Chicago; his second wife divorced him; and his bondsman kidnapped him for not paying his debts.
In a highly publicized trial connected with the fire, von der Ahe lost his baseball team.
The Browns changed hands twice and changed their name twice, first to the Perfectos (1899) and then to the Cardinals (1900).
The American League team known as the St. Louis Browns from 1902 to 1953 had no connection to von der Ahe's team aside from the name, which was designed to invoke the memory of the 1885–1889 era.
Von der Ahe soon lost his other wealth as well and was reduced to tending bar in a small saloon.
Comiskey frequently sent von der Ahe money to help make ends meet.
In April 1908, the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns played each other in a benefit game for him.
The club raised $4,300.
He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1913.
He was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, with the statue that once stood in front of Sportsman's Park adorning his grave.
In 2015 Von der Ahe was named to the Pre-Integration Committee ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Anton Barth von der Lippe
Anton Barth von der Lippe( 8 October 1886 – 1960) was a Norwegian whaler.
He was born in Tjøme as a son of dean Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe( 1838 – 1915) and his third wife.
His father's second wife had the son Jakob von der Lippe, who was Anton's half- brother.
Anton was also a grandson of bishop Jacob von der Lippe, nephew of Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and first cousin once removed of Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von der Lippe.
He established his own shipping company in 1915, and was particularly engaged in whaling.
Between 1919 and 1945 he cooperated closely with Svend Foyn Bruun.
Lippe, Bruun and Anders Jahre together founded the three whaling companies Antarctic, Globus and Kosmos in 1928.
He died in 1960.
Eberhard II von der Mark
Eberhard II von der Mark( 1365 – 1454)( Fr.:" Évrard de La Marck") was Lord of Arenberg and began styling himself Lord of Sedan in 1424.
Vali von der Osten
Vali( also, Vally) von der Osten( 29 November 1882 – 15 August 1923) was a German soprano.
She was the daughter of actor Emil von der Osten( 1847 – 1905) and Rosa von der Osten- Hildebrandt( 1850 – 1911).
Von der Osten was born in Dresden, where she studied voice and appeared primarily at the Hoftheater Kassel, excelling in spinto( or" jugendlich- dramatisch") roles of Richard Wagner operas such as Elisabeth in" Tannhäuser", Elsa in" Lohengrin", and Eva in" Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg".
She was married to the tenor Fritz Windgassen( 1883 – 1963) and thus used the name" Vali Windgassen- von der Osten".
The marriage produced one son, Wolfgang Windgassen( 1914 – 1974), who went on to become a Wagnerian tenor in his own right.
Von der Osten died in Kassel and is buried in the Johannisfriedhof cemetery in Dresden- Tolkewitz, beside her sister, singer Eva von der Osten.
Margaret de La Marck-Arenberg
Margaret de La Marck-Arenberg (1527-1599) was a ruling countess of Arenberg from 1544 to 1599.
She was the daughter of Robert II van der Marck van Arenberg (1506-1536) and Walburga van Egmond (1500-1547) and the sister of Robert III
von der Marck-Arenberg.
Her father died in 1541, and was succeeded by her brother.
Because her brother was childless, she was his heir.
In 1544, her brother died and she succeeded him.
In 1547, she married Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg (1520-1568).
To prevent her dynasty to die with her because of her gender, the emperor permitted for her spouse and children to bear her name, which was normally not permitted.
Her husband became her co-ruler, and she appears not to have been very active in the government while he was alive .
Margaret took control over the state affairs and ruled the County of Arenberg after the death of her spouse in 1576.
Her rule is described as efficient and successful.
She managed the affairs of the County via correspondence with her officials in Arenberg, as she mainly lived in Brussels - and between 1570 and 1574, she was at the French royal court, serving as "dame d'atour" to Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France.
While she herself was Catholic, the majority of the population of Arenberg was Protestant, but she avoided religious tension and largely managed to keep the County out of the religious wars raging in the region during the Dutch rebellion against Spain.
She was succeeded by her son.
Jakob von der Lippe
Jakob von der Lippe( 28 July 1872 – 1953) was a Norwegian admiral.
He was born in Fjell.
He was a grandson of bishop Jacob von der Lippe and a son of dean Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe( 1838 – 1915).
Through his uncle Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe he was a first cousin once removed of Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von der Lippe.
He had the same father, and was thus a half- brother, of Anton Barth von der Lippe.
On 13 October 1916 von der Lippe was made the first regular director of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service, after the service was permanently organized and sorted under the Royal Norwegian Navy's shooting and signals school, which von der Lippe was the head of.
On 14 February the following year von der Lippe was relieved of his position at the shooting and signals school and made full- time commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service.
He retained his command until 13 January 1930.
He reached the rank of rear admiral in 1930, and served as the Commanding Admiral of Norway from 1930 to August 1934.
He was also the Chief of the Admiral Staff from 1930 to 1933.

Question: Where did Margaret De La Marck-Arenberg's husband die?