Gertrude
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- The "underwater phoneUnderwater telephoneThe underwater telephone also known as UQC , or Gertrude wasdeveloped by the U.S. Navy in 1945 , the UQC underwater telephone is used on all manned submersibles in operation. Voices communicated through the UQC are heterodyned to a high pitch for acoustic transmission through water....
" used by submarines for communication - Gertrude (Hamlet)Gertrude (Hamlet)In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet's mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent, since he resents her for marrying her husband's brother Claudius after he murdered the King...
, Hamlet's mother - Gertrud (novel)Gertrud (novel)-Plot summary:Styled as the memoir of a famous composer named Kuhn, Gertrud tells of his childhood and young adult years before it comes to the heart of the story; his relationships to two troubled artists, the eponymous Gertrud Imthor, and the opera singer Heinrich Muoth...
, by Hermann Hesse - Gertrud (play)Gertrud (play)Gertrud is a Swedish 1906 play , in three parts, by author and playwright Hjalmar Söderberg.-Story description:The play is a modern relationship drama with the middle-age Gertrud in the centre and about her relationships with three different men; her husband Gustav Kanning , her older,...
, by Hjalmar Söderberg - Gertrud (film)Gertrud (film)Gertrud is a 1964 Danish drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, based on the 1906 play of the same name by Hjalmar Söderberg. The title role of Gertrud Kanning is played by Nina Pens Rode, with Bendt Rothe as her husband, Gustav Kanning, and Baard Owe as her lover, Erland Jansson.Gertrud was...
, a 1964 Danish film based on Söderberg's play - Gertrude (crater)Gertrude (crater)Gertrude is the largest known crater on Uranus's moon Titania. It is about 326 km across, 1/5 of Titania's diameter. It is named after the mother of Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Features on Titania are named after female Shakespearean characters.The crater rim of Gertrude is...
, a crater on Uranus' moon Titania - 710 Gertrud710 Gertrud- External links :*...
, a minor planet
Places named Gertrude:
- Gertrude, Arkansas
- Gertrude, CaliforniaGertrude, CaliforniaGertrude is a former settlement in Madera County, California. It was located alongside the Fresno River near Enterprise Mine, south of Ahwahnee.Originally String Town, the name was changed to Gertude when the post office opened...
People with Gertrude as the full name:
- Gertrude of AldenbergGertrude of AldenbergBlessed Gertrude of Aldenberg was abbess of the Premonstratensian convent of Altenberg, near Wetzlar, in the Diocese of Trier. She was the daugther of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.-Life:...
(1227–1297), blessed in the Roman Catholic Church - Gertrude of Austria (1226–1288)
- Gertrude of Babenberg (d. 1150)Gertrude of Babenberg (d. 1150)Gertrude of Babenberg was the first wife of Vladislaus II of Bohemia and the Duchess of Bohemia. She was the daughter of count Leopold III, Margrave of Austria and his wife Agnes of Germany....
, Duchess of Bohemia - Gertrude of BavariaGertrude of BavariaGertrude of Bavaria and Saxony was a German noble, a duchess of Swabia as the spouse of Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, and a Danish Queen consort as the spouse of King Canute VI of Denmark....
(d. 1197), Queen of Denmark - Gertrude of Brunswick (d. 1117), Markgräfin of Meissen
- Gertrude of DagsburgGertrude of DagsburgGertrude of Dagsburg was the daughter and heiress of Albert II, count of Metz and Dagsburg . She was a trouvère, and was married three times....
(d. 1225), Duchess of Lorraine - Gertrude of HackebornGertrude of HackebornGertrude of Hackeborn was the Abbess of the Cistercian convent of Helfta, near Eisleben in modern Germany.She was a member of the Hackeborn dynasty and a sister of St. Mechtilde. At a young age she ented the Cistercian convent of Roderdorf, where she was elected abbess in 1251 at the age of only...
(1223–1292), Abbess of Hellfta - Gertrude of HohenburgGertrude of HohenburgGertrude of Hohenzollern was the first Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany.-Family:She was born to Burckhard III of Hohenzollern, Count of Hohenberg and his wife Mechtild of Tübingen....
(d. 1281), Queen of the Romans - Gertrude of MeraniaGertrude of MeraniaGertrude of Merania was the first wife of King Andrew II of Hungary and thereby Queen consort of Hungary from 1205 until her assassination.-Family:...
(1185–1213) - Gertrude of NivellesGertrude of NivellesSaint Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.She was a daughter of Pepin I of Landen and Saint Itta, and a younger sister of Saint Begga, Abbess of Andenne, Saint Bavo and Grimoald I.One day, when she was about ten years of age, her father...
(626–659) - Gertrude of PolandGertrude of PolandGertrude , princess of Poland, was the daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland and Richeza of Lotharingia.In 1043, she was married to Iziaslav I of Kiev. She had three sons, Yaropolk Iziaslavich, Mstislav and Sviatopolk II, by her husband.Her daughter Eupraxia later married her cousin's son Mieszko...
- Gertrude of SaxonyGertrude of SaxonyGertrude of Saxony , also known as Gertrude Billung, was the daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt. She married Floris I, Count of Holland c. 1050, and upon his death, her son Dirk V became Count of Holland...
(d. 1113), Regent of Holland - Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, Duchess of Bavaria and Saxony
- Princess Gertrude, daughter of Henry the LionHenry the LionHenry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180....
- Gertrude the GreatGertrude the GreatGertrude the Great was a German Benedictine, mystic, and theologian.She is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and is inscribed in the General Roman Calendar, for celebration throughout the Latin Rite on November 16.Gertrude was born January 6, 1256, in Eisleben, Thuringia...
(1256–1301) known informally as Saint Gertrude - Saint Gertrude, also known as Gertrude of Hamage, founder of the convent Hamage near Douai—see Chronological list of saints and blesseds: 7Chronological list of saints and blesseds: 7A list of 7th century saints:- See also :*Christianity in the 7th century...
- Gertrude of Holland, wife of Robert I, Count of FlandersRobert I, Count of Flandersthumb|Robert I of FlandersRobert I of Flanders , known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 to 1092.-History:...
People with the given name Gertrude:
- Gertrude (given name)Gertrude (given name)Gertrude is a female given name which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". "Trudi", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude", has developed into a name in its own right....