Hace 2 días · A sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. He was a patron, president, or member of over 780 organisations, including the World Wide Fund for Nature, and served as chairman of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a youth awards program for people aged 14 to 24. [2]
- Glücksburg (until 1947), Mountbatten (from 1947)
- Elizabeth II (m. .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}1947)
Hace 1 día · This is an incomplete list of those who were made Knights/Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815. Knights/Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal GCB. Those Knights living at the time of the reorganisation of the ...
Hace 1 día · Established in 1896, it is one of the most distinguished international theatre and music festivals in the world. The festival features performances of plays, musicals, operas, and ballets. Concerts from a wide array of music are featured, as are artistic circus acts and modern dance presentations.
Hace 1 día · He was the youngest child and the second son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Mountbatten's maternal grandparents were Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse , and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom , who was a daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
20 de mar. de 2023 · The construction of this Baroque “bergpark”(mountain park) began in 1689 when the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Charles I, created a display of waterworks that cascade from a building topped by a...
Hace 6 días · Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis ( German pronunciation: [noˈvaːlɪs] ), was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an idiosyncratic and influential figure of Jena Romanticism.
18 de mar. de 2023 · [Maurice , Landgrave of Hesse was a very eminent figure during the Reformation. He hosted English travelling players, and was a fine musician, playing and composing for the lute. There is a pub in the East End of London called the Grave Maurice. with a rather weathered sign depicting the head of 16th century nobleman.