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Hace 5 días · Marlborough, Charles (Spencer) 3rd Duke of Gentleman of the Bedchamber 11 Aug. 1738 (LC 3/65, p. 80). Surr. by 17 Dec. 1743 (Ibid., p. 163).
Hace 4 días · Blenheim Palace, residence near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, built (1705–24) by the English Parliament as a national gift to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough. It was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and is regarded as the finest example of truly Baroque architecture in Great Britain.
Hace 6 días · Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (1714) Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1714-1715) (Whigs) Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (1715) (Whigs) Robert Walpole (1715-1717) (Whigs) James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1717-1718) (Whigs) Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1718-1721) (Whigs) List of Prime Ministers Great Britain
Hace 6 días · Charles succeeded as 9th Earl Spencer upon the death of his father John, 8th Earl Spencer, in March 1992. He is a historian, journalist and broadcaster, and manages the Althorp estate , the ...
Hace 6 días · The battle was fought at the village of Ramillies, 13 miles north of Namur (in modern Belgium), between a 62,000-man Allied army under Marlborough and a 60,000-man French army under François de Neufville, Duke de Villeroi. Under express orders from Louis XIV to seek battle, the French reached the plain of Ramillies ahead of the Allies but ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · On his appointment as Principal Painter to Charles I in 1632, the Flemish artist Van Dyck - Rubens's most gifted follower - was required to specialise in portraiture. This is one of the chief paintings to result from his appointment, which revolutionised British painting and provided us with the enduring image of the Stuart court. View on the ...
13 de may. de 2024 · Died: May 17, 1521, London, Eng. (aged 43) Edward Stafford, 3rd duke of Buckingham (born Feb. 3, 1478, Brecknock Castle, Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales—died May 17, 1521, London, Eng.) was the eldest son of Henry Stafford, the 2nd duke, succeeding to the title in 1485, after the attainder had been removed, two years after the execution of his ...
