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Hace 3 días · Republic of Ireland. United Kingdom. The term Angevin Empire ( / ˈændʒɪvɪn /; French: Empire Plantagenêt) describes the possessions held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further ...
Hace 2 días · Northampton, and his in-house antiquarian, Sir Robert Cotton, had been gathering documentation and reviewing remedies for the problem since 1609, when Henry IV of France had highlighted the whole problem by issuing his own anti-duelling edict.
Hace 4 días · He died on 5 Nov. last. Henry his son and next heir is aged 14 years and more. C 137/1, no. 3A: 4: HENRY DE HETON, KNIGHT: Writ 28 Jan. 1400. NORTHUMBERLAND. Inquisition. Alnwick. 23 Feb. He held in his demesne as of fee: Chillingham, the manor, of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, of the barony of Vescy by knight service, annual value £20.
Hace 3 días · Napoleon I (born August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island) was a French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15), one of the most celebrated personages in the history of the West.
- Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–...
- Napoleon first seized political power in a coup d’état in 1799. The coup resulted in the replacement of the extant governing body—a five-member Dir...
- Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code...
- After a series of military defeats in 1812–13, Napoleon was forced to abdicate the French throne on April 6, 1814. Napoleon returned to power in ea...
- No! “Le Petit Caporal” wasn’t petite—at least not by 19th-century standards. The estimated average height of a French man in 1820 was 5 feet 4 inch...
Hace 5 días · Henry I (r. 1100-1135) Henry I (r. 1100-1135) is best known for strengthening royal justice and administration. Henry I, also known as Henry Beauclerc, was the fourth son of William the Conqueror. He became king after the death of his brother, William II, in a hunting accident. Henry I is noted for his administrative reforms and efforts to ...
Hace 5 días · After years of battling various illnesses, and possibly leprosy, King Henry IV died on March 20, 1413. ... Although he invaded France in 1415, Henry attempted to negotiate for peace.
Hace 3 días · Mariana's strictures rebounded upon him and upon the reputation of the Spanish monarchy when, in 1610, Henry IV of France was murdered by a Catholic fanatic. Philip III had to disclaim responsibility, but the accusation that Mariana had urged (and justified) regicide stuck to him, to Spain and to the Society of Jesus.
