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Hace 1 día · Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe.
Hace 3 días · The ancient Royal Palace of Westminster was a magnificent and extensive pile, in part covering the ground now occupied by the two large areas or courts known as Old Palace Yard and New Palace Yard, and it consisted of a great number of buildings destined to various purposes.
Hace 4 días · Westminster was the second mitred abbey in the kingdom, and its abbot, before the Reformation, had a seat among the peers of Parliament; but it would astonish most readers, even devout Roman Catholics, to learn that at this day there are in existence four "reverend" or "very reverend" gentlemen who style themselves the "Abbots" of ...
Hace 5 días · Henry VII. wrote to Pope Alexander, desiring him to exercise his authority in prohibiting sanctuary to all such as had once enjoyed it; and to adjudge all Englishmen who fled to the sanctuary for the offence of treason, to be enemies to the Christian faith.
Hace 2 días · María huyó a Inglaterra buscando la protección de su prima, la reina Isabel I, tras ser derrotada en la batalla de Langside y verse obligada a abdicar del trono de Escocia. Lo cierto es que la llegada de María Estuardo a Inglaterra en 1568 marcó un punto de inflexión en la historia de ambas reinas y en las relaciones entre Escocia e ...
Hace 1 día · Completed in 1903, Westminster Cathedral is a Catholic Cathedral like no other. Itself a supreme achievement of art, the Cathedral is home to many distinguished works of artistic merit including hundreds of beautiful mosaics and Stations of the Cross produced by renowned English sculptor Eric Gill.
Hace 3 días · All eyes are on Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, as he ties the knot with Olivia Henson at the ‘society wedding of the year’ this week. Ahead of the big day, Tatler looks into the life of the Duke, who is a close friend of Princes William and Harry, an Olympic athlete, and one of the richest men in the UK.
