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 ...
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After striking a deal with her old friend Marie de Rohan, who was able to impose the nomination of Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf as minister of justice, Anne arrested Condé, his brother Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, and the husband of their sister Anne Genevieve ...
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Charles IVCharles IV receiving his sister Isabella and her son Edward from England, miniature from Jean Froissart'sChronicles, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Municipale, Besançon, France (MS. Fr. 864). The duchy was overrun again (1324–25) by the forces of Charles ofValois. Even so...
fell in his turn whenConstantius Iinvaded Britain in 296. Allectus hadwithdrawntroops from the north to oppose the landing, andHadrian’s Wallseems to have been attacked, for Constantius had to restore the frontier as well as reform the administration. He divided Britain into four provinces, an...
Offa died in 796, and his son died a few weeks later.Cenwulf, their successor, suppressed revolts in Kent and East Anglia, but he never attained Offa’s position. Cenwulf allowed Charles to intervene in Northumbria in 808 and restore Eardwulf (who had been driven from his kingdom) to...
His sisters were married to continental princes—Charles the Simple, king of the Franks; Otto, son of Henry the Fowler; and Hugh, duke of the Franks. Among those brought up at his court were Louis, Charles’s son; Alan of Brittany, Athelstan’s godson; and Haakon, son ofHarald Fair...
The state finances primary and secondary education out of central and local tax revenues. Most expenditures take place at the local level, though about half of local revenues derive from the central government. Under the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, a new type of school was introduced...