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Hace 4 días · The foundress was the Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. The fourth daughter of Sir William Sidney, she was born in 1531, and married in 1555 Thomas Radcliffe, Viscount Fitzwalter, afterwards Earl of Sussex. She died on 9 March 1589, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Her will is a lengthy document with a large number of bequests.
Hace 4 días · The College was founded in July 1594 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, who died in 1589, the Letters Patent of foundation being obtained by her executors who, with difficulty, acquired the present site in September 1595. Henry, 6th Earl of Kent, and Sir John Harrington executed their deed of foundation in ...
Hace 1 día · Elizabeth also presided over a major expansion of England‘s naval power, culminating in the celebrated defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Her 1588 speech to the troops at Tilbury is considered one of the greatest orations in English history, with Elizabeth declaring: "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...
Hace 1 día · Pages 772-782. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 3, Henry VII.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955.
Hace 3 días · Catherine, princess of Wales (born January 9, 1982, Reading, Berkshire, England) is the consort (2011– ) of William, prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne. In 2022 Catherine became the princess of Wales, a title previously held by her mother-in-law, the late Princess Diana.
Hace 2 días · May 24, 2024 ~ Saad719. Today marks the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Elizabeth of Greece, Countess of Törring-Jettenbach, who was born on this day in 1904! The eldest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, she was the middle sister of Princess Olga of Yugoslavia and Princess Marina ...
Hace 4 días · July 1565. July. 1280. Smith to Leicester and Cecil. 1. The Spanish King offered for marriage to the King here the Infanta of Portugal, King Philip's sister, and sixteen years old. 2. The Bishop of Limoges is come to the Court. Seventysix of the Swiss have laid all this time of the interview at Limoges.
