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Hace 2 días · In 1640, the House of Braganza revolted against Spanish rule and reasserted Portugal's independence. When Spain's first Habsburg ruler Charles I became king of Spain in 1516 (with his mother and co-monarch Queen Juana I effectively powerless and kept imprisoned till her death in 1555), Spain became central to the dynastic struggles ...
Hace 3 días · Formerly known as the island of mice (ilha dos Ratos), the island is called Fiscal Island because its palace was built to house the office of the Fiscal Guard (customs), taking advantage of the strategic location of the small island within the Guanabara Bay, very close to the mooring places of the ships that took or entered merchandise through t...
Hace 2 días · Catherine of Braganza, the poor neglected queen of Charles II., invited over to England some members of a sisterhood at Munich, called the Institute of the Blessed Virgin, and these she settled and supported during her husband's life in a house in St. Martin's Lane.
Hace 3 días · The Portuguese Empire ( Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ] ), also known as the Portuguese Overseas ( Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire ( Império Colonial Português ), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by ...
Hace 3 días · The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins , who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and ...
Hace 5 días · Introduction. In 1542 a number of Crown estates in the hundred of Cleley and elsewhere in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire were combined by Act of Parliament to become the honor of Grafton, centred on the manor of that name, which became known as Grafton Regis and where the existing manor house was greatly enlarged.
Hace 3 días · Age: Unknown. While Game of Thrones failed to stick the landing, House of the Dragon seems to be doing a perfect job of offering a reset for the iconic franchise. Interestingly, neither the show nor the book gives an exact age for Larys Strong, the creepy spymaster at Alicent Hightower's employ.
