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Hace 1 día · Osburh. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c.849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
Hace 2 días · Answer: Wellington Arch. Also known as Constitution Arch, the Wellington Arch was constructed between 1826 and 1830. Designed by Decimus Burton, the arch was originally going to have a sculpture on top, similar to the one seen today. However, when it was decided to dedicate the arch to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a statue of him ...
Hace 1 día · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
Hace 4 días · He died on 18 June 1813, and was succeeded by his son and heir, Sir Peter Pole, bart., M.P. for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1819–26, who sold the manor in 1837 to Arthur Wellesley first Duke of Wellington. The present owner is his grandson, Arthur Charles Wellesley the fourth Duke. Barrett of Belhouse.
Hace 2 días · A capital story in connection with the Admiralty is told by Mr. Cyrus Redding, in his "Fifty Years' Recollections:"—Mr. Croker, the Secretary of that department, happening to dine one day at the Pavilion at Brighton, under the Regency, entered, in the course of the evening, into conversation with the Duke of Clarence.
Hace 1 día · Events leading to World War I. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand [a] was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
Hace 1 día · Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding all these titles until his death in 814. Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the ...
