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Hace 1 día · In 1701, French troops occupied both cities and Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, allied with France, his daughter Maria Luisa marrying Philip V. In May 1701, an Imperial army under Prince Eugene of Savoy moved into Northern Italy; by February 1702, victories at Carpi, Chiari and Cremona forced the French behind the Adda river.
Hace 5 días · In Italy Vendôme was justifiably suspicious of the loyalty of his ally Victor Amadeus II, the duke of Savoy, and demanded that he hand over Turin and Susa to the French and even disband his troops. This demand eventually pushed Victor Amadeus to abandon his uneasy alliance with France and join the emperor.
10 de may. de 2024 · Victor Amadeus II (born May 14, 1666, Turin, Savoy [Italy]—died Oct. 31, 1732, Moncalieri, near Turin) was the duke of Savoy who through his diplomacy became the first king of Sardinia-Piedmont and thus established the foundation for the future Italian national state. Victor Amadeus grew up under the protection of a regency that was headed by ...
17 de may. de 2024 · Philip II (born May 21, 1527, Valladolid, Spain—died September 13, 1598, El Escorial) was the king of the Spaniards (1556–98) and king of the Portuguese (as Philip I, 1580–98), champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation. During his reign the Spanish empire attained its greatest power, extent, and influence, though he failed to ...
16 de may. de 2024 · Emanuel Philibert, the duke of Savoy, moved the shroud across the Alps to Turin to spare the saintly archbishop the hardship of crossing the mountains on foot. Turin became the shroud’s home. Work on the exhibition started in the fall of 2019, not long before reports of a new disease began to surface in China.
Hace 2 días · Eleanor of Castile. Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso. Beginning in 1300, Edward accompanied his ...
2 de may. de 2024 · Italian Wars. Charles III, 8th duke de Bourbon (born February 17, 1490, Montpensier, France—died May 6, 1527, Rome) was the constable of France (from 1515) under King Francis I and later a leading general under Francis’ chief adversary, the Holy Roman emperor Charles V. The second son of Gilbert, comte de Montpensier, head of a junior ...
