Charles II[a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700)[b] was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without children, leading to a European conflict over his successor. For reasons still debated, Charles ...
Spain, in 1913. The translation was begun byFranz Wrightdecades ago (“I have been working on it, in a hundred versions, since I was in college,” he says). Wright’s most recent collection of poems isF(2013). HisWalking to Martha’...
England's last encounter with a King Philip was when Philip II of Spain technically co-ruled the country with his wife, Queen "Bloody" Mary, in the 16th century. Philip not only abandoned Mary, he tried to come back after she died to take the country from her sister Elizabeth. Beloved ...
Charles I of England (1600–1649) is followed by Charles II of England (1630–1685). The Province of Carolina is named during the rule of Charles II, after Charles I. Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661–1742). Carlism is a political movement in Spain seeking the establishment of ...
The treasures of Peru, loaded on Spanish ships, had not all reached the ports of Spain. Some cargoes of silver had gone to the bottom of the Atlantic. Phips had heard of such a wreck on the Bahamas, had sailed thither, and had made enough money by the enterprise to pay him for a ...
Again and again, therefore, the indomitable spirit rose, founding free towns with charters and guilds; embanking the streams, draining the meres, fighting each other and the neighboring princes; till, in their last great struggle against the Pope and Spain, they rose once and for all, "Hea...
Going through some the other day I found a few from Lake Charles, LA. This is a special place full of culture, music, beautiful scenery, great food, and fantastic cooks. It's a Louisiana city where folks love to have a good time with family and friends. ...
You might almost think you were reading a description of ‘red’ Spain by a partisan of General Franco. One ought, of course, to remember that when Dickens was writing, the London ‘mob’ still existed. (Nowadays there is no mob, only a flock.) Low wages and the growth and shift of...
Philip III; War of the Spanish SuccessionFamily tree of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Inner Austria.(more) Of the two daughters of Philip III of Spain (Charles II’s grandfather), the elder, Anne, married Louis XIII of France, and the younger, Maria Anna, married the future Habsbu...
each year it hosts a traditional celebration complete with a parade, military reenactments, and a walk to the cemetery. TheColumbus Chapeland Boal Mansion Museum has what are said to be two pieces of the True Cross of Jesus that the bishop of Leon in Spain gave to the Columbus family. ...