Fredi

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Fredi (singer)

Fredi, born as Matti Kalevi Siitonen (23 July 1942 in Mikkeli, Finland), is a Finnish comedic actor, musician, singer/songwriter and television presenter. Domestically he is best known as a founding member of the comedic variety ensemble Kivikasvot. Siitonen chose his stage name, Fredi, after a TV cartoon character, Fred Flintstone from "The Flintstones". In 1965 he recorded his first song, "Roskisdyykkarin Balladi" as Folk Fredi. A year later he dropped the Folk name and was simply known as Fredi. Internationally he represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 in Vienna, Austria with the song "Varjoon - suojaan" ("To the Shadow – To the Safety"), which received three points and finished 12th of 17 entries. He is also the husband of the former mayor of Helsinki, Eva-Riitta Siitonen. They were married in 1969 and on November 13, 1970, Eva-Riitta gave birth to Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, who is a singer and actress. Fredi is also the stepfather of Petri, Eva-Riitta's son from a previous relationship.

Fredi (album)

In 1969, Fredi released his self-titled debut album, Fredi. It is a compilation of songs that he released from 1965 to 1969. The songs include "Varjoon Suojaan," which he performed at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, as well as "Milloinkaan en löydä samanlaista," a Finnish cover of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Living without Love". It also includes several romantic ballads like "Roskisdyykkarin Balladi" and "Kolmatta Linjaa Takaisin" (Original: Beautiful in the Rain by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent).

Otałęż

Otałęż [ɔˈtawɛ̃ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czermin, within Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Mielec and 66 km (41 mi) north-west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

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Coordinates: 50°21′N 21°14′E / 50.350°N 21.233°E / 50.350; 21.233

Ohta

Ohta, Ōta, or Ota may refer to the following:

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Ota (wife of Arnulf of Carinthia)

Ota, also called Oda, Uota, or Uta (c. 874 – between 899 and 903) was the wife of Arnulf of Carinthia and thus Queen of the East Franks. She was the mother of Louis the Child. By birth she was probably a member of the Conradine Dynasty.

Life

Possible Conradine ancestry

Very little is known of Ota. She was probably born in Velden in 873/4. She is often thought to have been the daughter of Berengar, Count of Hesse and thus a member of the Conradine Dynasty. This view has been questioned by Donald Jackman, who has found no evidence that Ota was a member of the Conradines.

Marriage to Arnulf of Carinthia

In 888, aged about sixteen, Ota married Arnulf of Carinthia, who was king of East Francia. There is no evidence that Ota was crowned. If Ota was a Conradine, then the marriage was intended to win Arnulf support in Bavaria and Lorraine.

For the first few years of their marriage, the couple had no children together. Arnulf thus asked at an imperial assembly held at Forcheim that his two illegitimate sons, Zwentibold and Ratold, born to different mothers, should be recognised as his heirs. Yet in 893 Ota gave birth to Arnulf's legitimate heir, Louis the Child. She was not, as is sometimes conjectured, the mother of Glismut, the wife of Conrad the Elder: Glismut was the mother of Conrad I of Germany, who was born c. 890.