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Hace 1 día · Signature. Charles II of Spain [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, neither of his marriages produced children, and he died without a direct heir. He is now best remembered for his physical disabilities, and the War of the ...
Hace 2 días · Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
Hace 21 horas · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , a state of the German Empire , from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918.
Hace 2 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 5 días · Luxembourg's Head of State Grand Duke Henri met King Charles III during a royal visit to Windsor Castle this week. Highlighting the enduring ties between the United Kingdom and Luxembourg, the Grand Duke's visit underscored the strength of bilateral relations. According to the official account from the Grand Ducal Court, Grand Duke Henri was ...
Hace 5 días · In sact, the Bill of Exclusion was his Death-warrant. He was beheaded in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields in July. And the Earl of Essex, for the same Conspiracy being sent to the Tower, was found in his room with his throat cut the very morning of his friend's tryal (fn. 1). Colonel Sidney was tried next, and upon the single evidence of Lord Howard, added ...
Hace 4 días · LONDON — On March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, a Roman Missal from the 17th century was making news. Media outlets in the United Kingdom reported that for sale was a missal that had once belonged to a priest who had helped King Charles II when he was fleeing Cromwell’s soldiers after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
