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Hace 3 días · Until the age of six, Charles was brought up by his cousins, John and Agnes of Cleves, who both were the children of Mary of Burgundy, the daughter of John the Fearless, with Adolph I, Duke of Cleves. From the two, the presence of Agnes was more prominent in Charles' early education.
Hace 1 día · In the grand drama of King Henry VIII‘s six wives, Anne of Cleves is often relegated to a footnote as the bride he rejected. However, the real story of the German princess who became Queen of England for just six months is far more nuanced and fascinating. Through her unwavering resilience, clever political maneuvering, and steadfast spirit ...
Hace 2 días · Indeed, only yesterday he said that the young duke of Cleves would soon be one of the most highly-connected princes in the world, and that this King's reconciliation with his sister Anne would promote other very important alliances, meaning the Princess's marriage.
Hace 4 días · The Emperor will see by his letter of the 5th what little information he has been able to get about the Cleves marriage. Never believed what Francis said about the duke of Cleves when the Emperor passed through this kingdom. Francis' discontent with the Emperor.
Hace 4 días · July 1540, 21–31. [21 July.] 898. Anne of Cleves to the Duke of Cleves. R. O. St. P. i. 645. Perceives by his letter of the 13th to the king of England, her “most dear and most kind brother,” that he takes the matter lately determined between them somewhat to heart.
Hace 4 días · The king had sent the Duke of Norfolk to the French king Francis I to offer Henry's support in his unresolved dispute with Emperor Charles V, and the mission had been received favourably. This changed the balance of power in England's favour and demonstrated that Cromwell's earlier foreign policy of wooing support from the Duchy of Cleves had unnecessarily caused his king's conjugal difficulty ...
Hace 5 días · The last Grand Duke of the Medici family is remembered as a sensitive collector of gems and bronze statues but also, as in the case of Cosimo II, it is the promotion of a popular work on the museum collection to offer a place in the “compendious history” skilfully outlined by Lanzi, i.e., the Museum Florentinum by Anton Francesco Gori (1691-1757), a work in six volumes published between ...
