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Hace 1 día · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
Hace 5 días · It might be summed up as a re-evaluation of how this quirky man – Cosmo Gordon Lang – occupied this quirky office – archbishop of Canterbury – and how he dealt with three particular and distinct crises affecting the life of the Church of England: the Abdication of Edward VIII, the on-going crisis following the Commons' rejection of the Revised Prayer Book.
Hace 1 día · India, officially the Republic of India ( ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya ), [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; [22] [23] and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
Hace 4 días · James's son was known as "James III and VIII" to his supporters, and "The Old Pretender" to his enemies. James's younger daughter Anne succeeded when William died in 1702. The Act of Settlement provided that, if the line of succession established in the Bill of Rights were extinguished, the crown would go to a German cousin, Sophia, Electress of Hanover , and to her Protestant heirs. [157]
Hace 3 días · Wallis Simpson and Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII) Profession before the royal title: Socialite. Royal Title: Duchess of Windsor. Wallis Simpson met Prince Edward at a ...
Hace 3 días · Recorded 17 March 1943. Éamon de Valera [a] [b] ( / ˈeɪmən ˌdɛvəˈlɛərə, - ˈlɪər -/, Irish: [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ dʲɛ ˈwalʲəɾʲə]; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; [2] 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as ...
Hace 2 días · John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
