Constantia
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People
- Flavia Julia ConstantiaFlavia Julia ConstantiaFlavia Julia Constantia was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and his second wife, Flavia Maximiana Theodora....
, daughter of Roman EmperorRoman EmperorThe Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor...
Constantius ChlorusConstantius ChlorusConstantius I , commonly known as Constantius Chlorus, was Roman Emperor from 293 to 306. He was the father of Constantine the Great and founder of the Constantinian dynasty. As Caesar he defeated the usurper Allectus in Britain and campaigned extensively along the Rhine frontier, defeating the...
and Flavia Maximiana TheodoraFlavia Maximiana TheodoraFlavia Maximiana Theodora was the stepdaughter of Maximian. Her parents were Flavius Afranius Hannibalianus and wife, divorced before 283, Eutropia, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292, and praetorian prefect under Diocletian... - Flavia Maxima Constantia, daughter of Constantius IIConstantius IIConstantius II , was Roman Emperor from 337 to 361. The second son of Constantine I and Fausta, he ascended to the throne with his brothers Constantine II and Constans upon their father's death....
and his third wife Faustina - Constantia CzirenbergConstantia CzirenbergConstantia Zierenberg was a singer and musician from Danzig in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth..Constantia, the daughter of Anna Kerlin and Johann Zierenberg, who would be mayor from 1630 to 1642, was raised as a Calvinist. She received an excellent musical education and was also a painter...
, Zierenberg (1605–1653) was a Danzig singer, musician, daughter of Danzig mayor Johann Zierenberg - A pseudonym of the writer Judith Sargent MurrayJudith Sargent MurrayJudith Sargent Murray was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essayist, playwright, poet, and letter writer. She was one of the first American proponents of the idea of the equality of the sexes—that women, like men, had the capability of intellectual accomplishment and should be...
, who published essays as "Constantia" in post-Revolutionary American magazines
Places
- Constantia, CaliforniaConstantia, CaliforniaConstantia is a former settlement in Lassen County, California. It was located near the south end of Long Valley southeast of Susanville.The Constantia post office opened in 1912 Constantia is a former settlement in Lassen County, California. It was located near the south end of Long Valley ...
- Constantia (town), New YorkConstantia (town), New YorkConstantia is a town in Oswego County, New York, USA. The population was 5,141 at the 2000 census.The Town of Constantia is in the southeast part of the county.- History :...
- Constantia (CDP), New YorkConstantia (CDP), New YorkConstantia is a census-designated place in the town of Constantia in Oswego County, New York, United States. Located on Oneida Lake, the community lies along State Route 49 and Scriba Creek...
, a subdivision of Constantia, New York
- Constantia (CDP), New York
- Constantia, Cape TownConstantia, Cape TownConstantia is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, situated about 15 kilometres south of the centre of Cape Town. The Constantia Valley lies to the east of and at the foot of the Constantiaberg mountain. Constantia Nek is a low pass linking to Hout Bay in the west.-History:Constantia is...
- Salamis, CyprusSalamis, CyprusSalamis was an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his...
, renamed Constantia in the 4th Century - ConstanţaConstantaConstanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region....
or Constantia (Κωνστάντια), Romania - CoutancesCoutancesCoutances is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-History:Capital of the Unelli, a Gaulish tribe, the town took the name of Constantia in 298 during the reign of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Other
- Constantia (orchid)Constantia (orchid)Constantia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.- References :*Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. . Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press....
, an orchid genus - Constantia (gastropod) a genus of sea snailSnailSnail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, wentletrapWentletrapWentletraps are small, often white, very high-spired, predatory or ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Epitoniidae.The word wentletrap originated in Dutch , and it means spiral staircase...
s - Constantia (wine)Constantia (wine)Constantia, or vin de Constance, is a South African dessert wine. It is made from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains grapes grown in the district of Constantia, south of Cape Town. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was widely exported to Europe...
, a South African wine - Constantia (typeface)Constantia (typeface)Constantia is part of the suite of typefaces that come with Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Office 2007. The development began in 2003....
, a new typeface part of Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs... - Constantia, Lucknow Palace of Claude MartinClaude MartinMajor General Claude Martin was an officer in the French, and later the British, army in India. He rose to the position of Major General in the British East India Company...
in Lucknow - Chevrolet ConstantiaChevrolet ConstantiaThe Chevrolet Constantia is an automobile which was marketed by General Motors in South Africa from 1969 to 1978.-First series:The first series Chevrolet Constantia was introduced in 1969. It was based on the Australian Holden Brougham four door sedan, but featured a unique frontal treatment and a...
, an automobile marketed in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
from 1969 to 1978