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Hace 1 día · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
Hace 3 días · Si se analiza superficialmente la vida de Winston, el lector podría pensar que el nieto de George Spencer-Churchill, duque de Marlborough, el hijo de Lord Randolph Churchill, varias...
Hace 5 días · John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, leading a cavalry charge (centre) against the French, with the support of Prince Eugene of Savoy (right foreground, with sword), in the Battle of Blenheim, August 13, 1704, during the War of the Spanish Succession; from an engraving by Jan van Huchtenburg.
Hace 1 día · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire. His nominated heir was Philip of Anjou, a grandson of Louis XIV of France, whose main backers were ...
Hace 5 días · La institución de la esclavitud empañó los enormes beneficios que forjaron la fortuna de los condes de Harewood, comerciantes de azúcar. La construcción de su finca homónima de 400 hectáreas en el norte de Inglaterra en 1751, con mobiliario suministrado por Thomas Chippendale y paisajismo de Capability Brown, se financió con el trabajo de personas esclavizadas.
Hace 5 días · The quarter-manor was bought in 1718 by Benjamin Swete (d. 1744), former army paymaster under John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. (fn. 60) Swete devised it to Anne, daughter of his cousin Francis Fulford; (fn. 61) it presumably formed part of the former Swete estate bought in 1771 by Thomas Walker, town clerk of Oxford and agent to ...
Hace 5 días · It was built on gifts of land and with money bestowed on John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough by Queen Anne for his part in winning the 1704 Battle of Blenheim. A tour through the extraordinary rooms of the palace is a fascinating experience.
