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Hace 4 días · A younger son, John III, became Prince-Bishop of Liège. However, on William's death in 1417, a war of succession broke out between John and William's daughter Jacqueline of Hainaut. This last episode of the Hook and Cod wars finally left the counties in Burgundian hands in 1433.
7 de jun. de 2024 · John III was the king of Portugal from 1521 to 1557. His long reign saw the development of Portuguese seapower in the Indian Ocean, the occupation of the Brazilian coast, and the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition and of the Society of Jesus.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 de jun. de 2024 · John II of the Palatinate-Simmern 1492–1557: Frederick III of the Palatinate 1515–1576: Christine of Saxony 1505–1549: Anna of Austria 1528–1590: Albert V of Bavaria 1528–1579: William I/X of Mantua-Montferrat 1538–1587: Eleanor of Austria 1534–1594: Maximilian II 1527–1576 King of Bohemia r. 1562–1576
21 de jun. de 2024 · Jan (John III) Sobieski, engraving by Carel Allardt. Connected with France by marriage and by political sympathies, Sobieski, although he had half a lifetime of wars against the Turks behind him, stood at first, in accordance with French policy, for peaceful relations with Turkey.
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19 de jun. de 2024 · Louis ordered a scorched-earth campaign, which became known as the “Devastation of the Palatinate.” By December 20, Louis had marked the cities, towns, villages, and châteaux fated for destruction on a map.
Hace 10 horas · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
Hace 6 días · Jonathan Scott has recently called for a systematic rethinking of the period based on a recognition of the fundamental importance of the European context of the Thirty Years’ War, but even he has relatively little to say about the Stuart monarchy's attempts to intervene in continental politics.
