ZACHARIAS 491 ZALINSKI salem, and became dumb on refusing to believe the announcement, made by the angel Gabriel, that a son should be born unto him; but recovered his speech at the birth of St. John the Baptist. He is believed to have been put to death by Herod. ZACHARIAS, also known as Zachary. Pope from 741 to 752; a Greek by birth. He gave his consent to the setting aside of the Merovingian Childeric III. and the elevation of Pepin the Short to the French throne (752). He died in Rome, March 14, 752. ZAHN, THEODOR, a German theo- logian; born in Mors, Prussia, Oct. 10, 1838. He was appointed Professor of Theology in the University of Erlangen in 1878, and wrote "Marcellus of An- cyra" (1867) ; "The Shepherd of Her- mas" (1868) ; "Ignatius of Antioch" (1873) ; "The Acts of St. John" (1880) ; "Cyprian of Antioch and the German Story of Faust" (1882) ; "Researches Into the History of the New Testament Canon" (5 vols, 1881-1893) ; "The Gos- pel of Peter" (1893) ; "Introduction to the New Testament" (1897). ZAHRINGEN, the house from which the former grand-ducal family of Baden took its origin. The name is derived from the ruined castle of Zahringen, in a village of the same name, 2 miles N. of Freiburg in Baden. The first found- ers of the family were from the 8th to the 10th century Counts of Breisgau, but the authenticated history of the house really begins with Bertold I-, "the Bearded," who became duke in 1050, was much esteemed by the Emperor Hein- rich III., and received from him the re- version of the duchy of Swabia. He was, however, passed over in 1057 by Agnes, the widow of Heinrich III., in favor of Rudolf of Rheinfelden, and re- ceived in 1061 as compensation the duchy of Karnthen with the march of Verona. He became reconciled with Rudolf in 1070, and fought by his side at Melrichstadt, Aug. 7, 1078. When he saw from Lintburg the devastation of his lands by Heinrich IV. he became insane, and died soon after — Nov. 8, 1078. His elder son, Hermann, had died in 1074, leaving a son, Hermann II., who married Judith of Baden, and from whom the present house of Baden is directly descended. The younger son of Bertold "the Bearded," Bertold II., Duke of Zahringen (died 1111), inher- ited the dominions of his father-in-law, Rudolf of Swabia, and was followed by Bertold III, (fell at Molsheim, March 3, 1122), the founder of Freiburg. His brother and successor Konrad, wno founded Miinster, was made in 1127 by the Emperor Lothar, "Rektor" of Bur- gundy, where his son Bertold IV. (died 1168) and his grandson Bertold V., the founder of Bern (1191), received rich possessions. As Bertold V. died child- less (Feb. 18, 1218), his dominions fell to the nearest heirs, the Duke of Teck, who sprang from a brother of Bertold IV., and the elder Baden line. His Swa- bian possessions fell to his sister Agnes, the wife of the Graf von Urach, and his Swiss lands mostly to his youngest sister Anna, wife of the Graf von Ki- burg. The remainder, including the towns Ziirich, Bern, Solothurn, and Of- fenburg, fell by testament to the em- peror. ZAIMIS, ALEXANDER, a Greek statesman; born at Athens in 1855. He was educated in the academies at Athens, and entered politics, dabbling AL£XANDERi ZAIMIS also to some extent in literature. He was elected to the Chamber at Athens and in 1906 was made High Commis- sioner of the Protecting Powers in Crete, a position he held till 1911. Later he became Prime Minister in Greece. ZALINSKI, EDMUND LOUIS GRAY, an American military officer; born in Kurnick, Prussian Poland, Dec. 13, 1849; came to the United States in 1853 and entered the army at the age of 15 ^s a volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff
