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Hace 1 día · S cottish Castles & Palaces. Castle construction in Scotland started with the reign of David I Dunkeld in the 12 th century. Living in England as a young man, he saw the castles built by the Normans.He invited Norman nobles to Scotland and granted them titles and lands on which they built their castles. Early on many of the Clan Chiefs built ...
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, modeled herself from childhood on her godmother and namesake, Elizabeth I. She plucked her hairline to imitate her father’s predecessor, the great Tudor queen, wore her godmother's jewelry and practiced her signature until it was almost exactly like Elizabeth's.
Hace 4 días · George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly was a Scottish Roman Catholic conspirator who provoked personal wars in 16th-century Scotland but was saved by his friendship with James VI (James I of England). Son of the 5th earl (George Gordon), he was educated in France as a Roman Catholic.
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Hace 5 días · Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bohemia was part of the political and religious turmoil setting off the Thirty Years' War .
Hace 3 días · Elizabeth Mure was the mother of Robert III, King of Scotland from 1390 to 1406. Robert III was the son of King John I and his second wife, Elizabeth Mure. Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir John Mure of Rowallan, a prominent Scottish nobleman. She was a devout Catholic and a patron of the arts. Elizabeth died in 1408, two years after her son's ...
Hace 4 días · Art historians have uncovered a new portrait of Elizabeth I’s cousin and potential heir, Arbella Stuart – the Queen England never had. Dating to 1592, the painting was made by talented miniaturist, Nicholas Hilliard, known for his delicate but lifelike portable images.
Hace 3 días · He was the eldest of the seven children of Ernst August, Elector of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of the Palatinate (commonly referred to as Electress Sophia of Hanover). Sophia’s mother was Elizabeth Stuart, the second child and eldest daughter of King James VI of Scotland/King James I of England.
