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East India Company This article is about the 16th–19th-century English and British trading company. For the current East India Company (founded 2010), see  Sanjiv Mehta (British businessman) . For other uses, see  East India Company (disambiguation) . For other uses of "HEIC", see  HEIC (disambiguation) . The  East India Company  ( EIC ), also known as the  Honourable East India Company  ( HEIC ),  East India Trading Company  ( EITC ), the  English East India Company  or the  British East India Company , and informally known as  John Company , [2]   Company Bahadur , [3]  or simply  The Company , was an English and later British  joint-stock company . [4]  It was formed to  trade in the Indian Ocean region , initially with the  East Indies  (India and South East Asia), and later with  Qing China . The company ended up seizing  control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent ,  colonised parts of Southeast Asia  and  Hong Kong  after the  First Opium War , and maintained tra

Open main menu Search Móði and Magni Language Watch Edit In  Norse mythology ,  Móði  (anglicized Módi or Mothi) and  Magni  are the sons of  Thor . Their names translate to "Wrath" and "Mighty," respectively. Rudolf Simek states that, along with Thor's daughter  Þrúðr  ("Strength"), they embody their father's features. [1] Móði and Magni's descent from Thor is attested by the  kennings  "Móði's father" ( faðir Móða , in  Hymiskviða ,  34 ) and "Magni's father" ( faðir Magna , in  Þórsdrápa  and  Hárbarðsljóð ,  53 ).  Snorri Sturluson  confirms it ( Gylfaginning ,  53 ,  Skáldskaparmál ,  4 ). According to  Skáldskaparmál   (17)  Magni is the son of Thor and the  Jötunn   Járnsaxa . There is no mention of Móði's mother. Poetic Edda Prose Edda In popular culture Notes References Last edited 2 months ago  by  Philoserf RELATED ARTICLES Þrúðr Valkyrie Járnsaxa Norse jötunn (giantess) Gullfaxi Norse mythical horse C

Open main menu Search Richard I of England Language Watch Edit For other uses, see  Richard I (disambiguation) ,  Richard the Lionheart (disambiguation) , and  Richard Coeur de Lion (disambiguation) . Richard I  (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was  King of England  from 1189 until his death. He also ruled as  Duke of Normandy ,  Aquitaine  and  Gascony , Lord of  Cyprus ,  Count of Poitiers ,  Anjou ,  Maine , and  Nantes , and was  overlord  of  Brittany  at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of King  Henry II of England  and Duchess  Eleanor of Aquitaine  and seemed unlikely to become king, but all of his brothers except the youngest,  John , predeceased their father. Richard is known as  Richard Cœur de Lion  ( Norman French :  Le quor de lion ) or  Richard the Lionheart  because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. [1]  The  troubador   Bertran de Born  also called him  Richard Oc-e-Non  ( Occitan  for  Yes and No ), possibly