Poppo
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Poppo can mean:
- Several bishops of Würzburg who were named Poppo
- Poppo (Frisian)Poppo (Frisian)Poppo , also known as Bubo or Bobba, was a king of Frisia from the 8th century. After Aldgisl and Radboud he is the third Frisian ruler mentioned in the literature. He is possibly the last Frisian king...
(674–734), a king of Friesland - Poppo (Babenberg), an early ninth-century ancestor of the BabenbergBabenbergOriginally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, an apparent branch of the Babenbergs or Babenberger went on to rule Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976–1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg.-One or two families:...
s - Poppo, Duke of ThuringiaPoppo, Duke of ThuringiaPoppo II or Boppo II was the Duke of Thuringia from 880 until his deposition in 892. His title was dux Sorabici or dux Thuringorum, sometimes marchio . Before that his title was comes ....
(died after 906), a margrave - Saint Poppo of Deinze (977–1048), an abbot
- Poppo, Archbishop of TrierPoppo, Archbishop of TrierPoppo von Babenberg was the Archbishop of Trier from 1016 to his death.Poppo was a son of Leopold I of Austria and Richeza. He was educated in Regensburg and appointed by the Emperor Henry II in 1007 to be the first provost of his new cathedral at Bamberg. When the Archbishop Megingod died in...
(986–1047) - Pope Damasus IIPope Damasus IIPope Damasus II , born Poppo, Pope from July 17, 1048 to August 9, 1048, was the second of the German pontiffs nominated by Emperor Henry III . A native of Bavaria, he was the third German to become Pope and had one of the shortest papal reigns...
( –1048), whose birthname was Poppo - Poppo, Patriarch of AquileiaPoppo, Patriarch of AquileiaPoppo of Treffen was the fifty-seventh patriarch of Aquileia from 1019 to 1045.In 1020, Poppo commanded the smallest of three armies which Emperor Henry II led through Italy. Poppo followed the Apennines and joined the other divisions to besiege Troia, the new fortress of the Byzantine catepan...
- Poppo II of CarniolaPoppo II of CarniolaPoppo II was the Margrave of Carniola from 1070 and Margrave of Istria from 1096 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ulric I. His mother was Sophia, a daughter of Bela I of Hungary. He was thus of royal blood....
( –1098), a Margrave of Carniola and Istria - Poppo I of BlankenburgPoppo I of BlankenburgPoppo I of Blankenburg probably came from the House of Reginbodonen and was Count of Regenstein-Blankenburg in the Harz in central Germany....
(ca. 1095 – 1161 or 1164), Count of Blankenburg - Poppo von OsternaPoppo von OsternaPoppo von Osterna was the ninth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1252-56 or 1257.Poppo hailed from a family with rich knightly traditions which resided in Osternohe, just outside Nuremberg in Franconia. He joined the Teutonic Order in 1228 and was one of the first friars to...
( –1257), a Grandmaster of the Teutonic Knights - Ernst Friedrich PoppoErnst Friedrich PoppoErnst Friedrich Poppo , German classical scholar and schoolmaster, was born at Guben in Brandenburg.In 1818 he was appointed director of the gymnasium at Frankfurt , where he died on 6 November 1866, having resigned his post three years before.Poppo was an extremely successful teacher and...
(1794–1866), a German scholar - Pidgey, the English name for Poppo in the Pokémon series.