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"Greenfields is a historic home located at Cecilton, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is a -story, Georgian-style brick dwelling with a hip roof, built about 1770. The home features a central door with engaged Doric columns and a fanlight in a one-bay pedimented pavilion. It was home to Governor Thomas Ward Veazey (Governor from 1836 to 1839) and John Ward, Colonel of the Provincial Militia of Cecil County (1756). This fine Georgian manor house was probably built earlier than 1770, more likely 1740 to 1760. It was built on land patented to John Ward in 1674. The Ward family occupied it for at least 100 years. It was one of the fox hunting centers of Cecil County Maryland, that sport being one of the early settlers' favorites. The mansion is noted for its architectural purity and for its paneling and fine woodwork. Especially noteworthy are the Wall of Troy and the Rose of Sharon molding. The original brick dependencies were still standing in 1967. Other noteworthy features are the large reception hall with its graceful, easy-tread stairway; the big fireplaces in both wings, as well as smaller ones in each of the rooms the fanlights over the double door entrances to each of the wings; the family graveyard; the old boxwood and the large maple tree, one of the largest in the state of Maryland. Greenfields is privately owned. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. References External links *, including photo from 1995, Maryland Historical Trust *Greenfield Castle & Outbuildings, U.S. Route 213, Cecilton vicinity, Cecil, MD at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Cecil County, Maryland Houses completed in 1770 Georgian architecture in Maryland Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Cecil County, Maryland 1770 establishments in Maryland "
"Louis II of Brieg; (1380/85 – 30 May 1436), was a Duke of Brzeg (Brieg) from 1399 (until 1400 with his older brother as a co-ruler) and Duke of Legnica from 1413. He was the second son of Henry VII with a Scar, Duke of Brzeg, but the eldest born by his second wife Margareta, daughter of Siemowit III, Duke of Masovia. Life Little is known about Louis II's first years. The death of his father in 1399 left him and his older half-brother Henry IX as the co- rulers of the Duchy of Brieg; however, one year later (October 1400) they decided to make a formal division of their domains: Louis II retained Brieg and Henry IX took Lubin (Lüben), Chojnów (Haynau) and Oława (Ohlau). On 17 July 1402 both brothers appeared in a meeting of Piast Dukes in Wroclaw, in which they concluded with each other and the other Dukes a defensive alliance and paid homage to King Wenceslaus IV. In 1404 Louis II made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, during which he was imprisoned by the Saracens. The unfortunate news reached Brzeg only at the end of the year. Henry IX, in order to gather the ransom for his brother, imposed on the inhabitants of Brzeg, as well on his own subjects of Chojnów and Oława an additional tax. The needed sum of 4,000 fines was collected shortly after; however, Louis II wasn't returned to Silesia until the end of 1405. During his captivity, his brother held the regency over his Duchy of Brieg. Relations between the brothers (which since their childhood had always been close and warm) suffered a total breakdown in connection with the issue of the succession over the Duchy of Legnica. In March 1409 Duke Wenceslaus II of Legnica, Bishop of Wroclaw, decided to name Louis II as his heir, left him Legnica and a half of Złotoryja (Goldberg). The rights over the other half of Złotoryja and a rent of 6,000 fines were assigned to Henryk IX. Wenceslaus II also decided that both brothers had the option to take control over all Złotoryja if one paid the other in compensation. In the same year Louis II purchased from Henry IX his part of Złotoryja. At this point, the Duke of Lubin (already infuriated by the favoritism of Wenceslaus II over Louis II) and his younger brother broke their friendly relations. Soon the dispute turned into an open war, begun by Henry IX, which occurred during the years 1411–1414. Eventually, on 16 March 1413 Wenceslaus II resigned from the government of Legnica, and gave it to Louis II. The war continued despite the mediation of Wenceslaus II, who tried to persuade Henry IX to stop. The dispute only ended thanks to the action of King Wenceslaus IV, who forbade his vassals from fighting. The brothers were finally reconciled and issued a document on mutual help. The residents of the Duchy of Legnica-Złotoryja were obliged to pay homage to both Dukes. In 1419 Ludwik II obtained the town of Krnov for life, and in 1427 Strzelin. In 1413 he had already pledged the towns of Kluczbork, Wołczyn and Byczyna to Conrad VII the White, Duke of Oleśnica, who finally bought them in 1420. In 1434 Conrad VII also pledged these lands, this time to the Dukes of Opole. Marriages and Issue Before 14 August 1409, Ludwik II married firstly Hedwig Zápolya (d. 1414), daughter of a Hungarian baron. They had no children. In Konstanz on 9 April 1418, Ludwik II married secondly Elisabeth (b. 1 May/29 September 1403 – d. Legnica, 31 October 1449), daughter of Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg. They had four children: #Louis (b. 1419/20 – d. bef. 7 January 1435) #Elisabeth (b. 5 January 1426 – d. bef. 7 January 1435) #Magdalena (b. ca. 1430 – d. 10 September 1497), married by February 1442 to Duke Nicholas I of Opole. #Hedwig (b. ca. 1433 – d. 21 October 1471), married in February 1445 to Duke Jan I of Lubin. The death of his only son left Louis II without heirs. On his death, one year later, he left the duchies of Legnica and Brieg to his wife as dower. Eventually, both duchies were obtained by his grandson Frederick I of Legnica -Hedwig's son- in 1481. References *This article was translated from his original version in Polish Wikipedia. 1380 births 1436 deaths Dukes of Brzeg "
"A shell of Aporrhais pespelecani, from Catalonia, Spain Aporrhais pespelecani, common name the "pelican's foot" (or more precisely "common pelican's foot" to distinguish it from congeners), is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aporrhaidae. Until the early 20th century the scientific name was usually written with a hyphen and spelled "pes-pelicani". Etymology and nomenclature The specific name pespelecani is Latin, and means the same thing as the common name: "pelican's foot". This name is based on the shape of the three-pointed (or four-pointed) expanded outer lip of the adult shell, which resembles the webbed foot of a sea bird such as a pelican. The specific name is often spelled pespelicani by analogy with the modern spelling of the word "pelican", however this is incorrect. It was not the original spelling as used by Linnaeus, the original authority of the species, which he called Strombus Pes pelecani. The rules of the ICZN state that the original spelling of a species name is the correct one, even in cases where the word was originally misspelled, or is not in line with current spelling. However, in this case, the specific name must now be written as one word, not two, and cannot be hyphenated. Distribution This snail lives in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea and also in the Black Sea. Habitat This species of sea snail lives below the low tide level, in the sublittoral zone, from 10 to 130 m depth, on mud or muddy sand. The empty shells do sometimes wash up on beaches however. Three beachworn shells of Aporrhais pespelecani from Italy A thick, very mature, pelican's foot shell References * MarLIN info for the British Isles at: * Info for the Black Sea at: External links * Image of two live individuals on mud Aporrhaidae Gastropods described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus "