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Hace 2 días · Louis XIV had pretensions in the Palatinate in the name of his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Charlotte, and threatened further annexations of the Rhineland. Thus, Frederick-William, spurning his French subsidies, ended his alliance with France and reached agreements with William of Orange, the Emperor and King Charles XI of Sweden , the last of which by temporarily putting aside their differences ...
Hace 2 días · Previous accounts have mostly assumed that the Palatinate's restoration was a central objective of Stuart policy, and that a diplomatic solution tied to the Spanish Match provided an alternative to war. Redworth argues that, on the contrary, the return of the Palatinate was always a secondary concern in London.
Hace 1 día · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
Hace 4 días · John George also agreed to convince the two other Protestant electors, Frederick V of the Palatinate and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, to vote for Ferdinand. Ferdinand hired new troops against the Venetians and volunteers also joined his army. [83]
Hace 4 días · The Palatinate courts were abolished in 1836. Most records of the Palatinate are held within The National Archives, under collection reference DURH . Some of these records are available at Palace Green Library on microfilm, under shelfmark XM/film Palatinate (the catalogue entries show the DURH class numbers, matching references from ...
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Hace 2 días · George Washington. president of United States. Also known as: Father of His Country. Written by. Henry Graff. Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. Author of The Glorious Republic. Editor of The Presidents: A Reference History. Henry Graff, Allan Nevins. Historian.
