Michèle Kahn Spike
Michèle Kahn Spike is an American lawyer, historian, and lecturer.
She graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1976 and became a member of the Bar of the State of New York in 1977, concentrating in international corporate law.
From the late 1980s until 2011, she lived in Florence, Italy together with her husband, noted art historian John Spike.
Since fall 2012 she has been teaching at the Marshall- Wythe School of Law at the College of William& Mary, and she was appointed as Visiting Professor of the Practice of Law in 2017.
She is known for her biography of Matilda of Tuscany," Tuscan Countess: The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa", which was published to favorable reviews in 2004.
She also collaborated with John Spike on his study of Caravaggio and Mattia Preti.
Spike has been a member of the Bar of the State of New York since 1977 and during those 40 years engaged in the practice of international corporate law.
In the spring of 2015, in honor of the 900th anniversary of the death of Matilda of Canossa, Spike curated the exhibition, Matilda of Canossa and the Origins of the Renaissance, for the Muscarelle Museum of Art in coordination with the Marshall- Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.
The catalogue for that exhibition was published by the Muscarelle Museum of Art.
In 2015, Spike also published, An Illustrated Guide to the ‘ One Hundred Churches ’ of Matilda of Canossa, Countess of Tuscany( Centro Di, Florence, 2015).
In 2016, also in honor of the 900th anniversary of the death of the Countess, she curated the exhibition," Matilda di Canossa( 1046- 1115)
La donna che mutò il corso della stori/ Matilda of Canossa( 1046- 1115) the Woman who Changed the Course of History" for the Casa Buonarroti in Florence.
The catalogue, available in Italian and in English, was published by Centro Di, Florence.
As a member of the Standing Commission on Anglican and International Peace with Justice Concerns of the Episcopal Church( USA) 2003- 2009, Spike participated in delegations to Palestine and Israel as well as to United Nations conferences in New York City and Amman, Jordan.
Since 2005, Spike has been Chancellor to the Bishop of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.
She most recently lectured on the Rule of Law at the Jerusalem Peacebuilders Camp in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Milly Shapiro
Amelia" Milly" Shapiro( born July 16, 2002) is an American actress and singer.
She starred in the 2018 horror film" Hereditary" and originated the role of Matilda Wormwood in the Broadway production of" Matilda".
She has also played Sally Brown in an Off- Broadway production of" You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown".
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Matilda of Ringelheim
Saint Matilda (– 14 March 968) was Duchess of Saxony from 912 and German queen (Queen of the Franks) from 919 by her marriage with Henry the Fowler, the first king of the Ottonian dynasty.
Upon her husband's death in 936, she founded Quedlinburg Abbey to commemorate the late king.
Matilda lived to see Western Imperial rule restored when her eldest son Otto was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962.
Her surname refers to Ringelheim, where her comital Immedinger relatives established a nunnery about 940.
Dietrich of Ringelheim
Dietrich, also known as Dietrich of Ringelheim, was a Saxon count of the Middle Ages.
Brian Saunders (weightlifter)
Brian Saunders( date of birth and death unknown) was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
Terence Robinson
Terence D. Robinson( date of birth and death unknown) was a male wrestler who competed for England.
Henry the Fowler
Henry Ι the Fowler (or) (876 – 2 July 936) was the duke of Saxony from 912 and the elected king of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936.
As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia.
An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.
He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes.
His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry.
The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia.
They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the face of internal revolts and external Magyar raids.
Henry was elected and crowned king in 919.
He went on to defeat the rebellious dukes of Bavaria and Swabia, consolidating his rule.
Through successful warfare and a dynastic marriage, Henry acquired Lotharingia as a vassal in 925.
Unlike his Carolingian predecessors, Henry did not seek to create a centralized monarchy, ruling through federated autonomous stem duchies instead.
Henry built an extensive system of fortifications and mobile heavy cavalry across Germany to neutralize the Magyar threat and in 933 routed them at the Battle of Riade, ending Magyar attacks for the next 21 years and giving rise to a sense of German nationhood.
Henry greatly expanded German hegemony in Europe with his defeat of the Slavs in 929 at the Battle of Lenzen along the Elbe river, by compelling the submission of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia through an invasion of the Duchy of Bohemia the same year and by conquering Danish realms in Schleswig in 934.
Henry's hegemonic status north of the Alps was acknowledged by King Rudolph of West Francia and King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy, who both accepted a place of subordination as allies in 935.
Henry planned an expedition to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope, but the design was thwarted by his death.
Henry prevented a collapse of royal power, as had happened in West Francia, and left a much stronger kingdom to his successor Otto I. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honor.
Matilda of Frisia
Matilda of Frisia( died in 1044) was the first queen of Henry I, King of the Franks.
Her date of birth is unknown.
She was the daughter of Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, and Gertrude of Egisheim.
Matilda and Henry were married in 1034 after the death of his fiancée Matilda of Franconia.
Around 1040, Matilda of Frisia gave birth to a daughter via Caesarian section, but four years later in 1044 both she and her daughter died only weeks apart.
Matilda was buried in St Denis Abbey, but her tomb is not preserved.
Henry married Anne of Kiev after her death.

Question: When is Matilda Of Ringelheim's husband's birthday?
Answer: 876