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Hace 4 días · Siege of Namur. William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from ...
Hace 4 días · William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
Hace 1 día · The French-born Duke of Nevers was backed by France and the Republic of Venice, his rival the Duke of Guastalla by Spain, Ferdinand II, Savoy and Tuscany. While a relatively minor conflict, the struggle had a disproportionate impact on the Thirty Years War, since Pope Urban VIII viewed Habsburg expansion in Italy as a threat to the Papal States.
Hace 4 días · 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 · Leopold arranged for his sister, Victoria's mother, to invite the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his two sons to visit her in May 1836, with the purpose of meeting Victoria. William IV, however, disapproved of any match with the Coburgs, and instead favoured the suit of Prince Alexander, second son of the Prince of Orange.
Hace 4 días · The national flag of France (French: drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side ), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the Tricolour ( French: Tricolore ), although the flag of Ireland and others are also known as such. The design was adopted after the French Revolution, where the ...
Hace 1 día · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
