Anna Sophie Reventlow and King Frederick IV had six children. Three were born before the legal marriage in 1721 but none survived. This was seen by many as divine punishment for their bigamy. The three children born after the 1721 marriage were styled as Prince/Princess of Denmark but none o...
Frederick Coyett, the Dutch governor, negotiated a treaty, [30] where the Dutch surrendered the fortress and left all the goods and property of the Company behind. In return, most Dutch officials, soldiers and civilians were allowed to leave with their personal belongings and supplies and ...
to be exact. My father’s father was the one who brought Welsh and Scottish into the family. Which can only mean that my grandmother (Katherine Feltham), was 100% unadulterated Wiltshire and my grandfather (Frederick Pearson) was mostly from Wiltshire, with Welsh flourishes. So, I think I’...
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth. It wasChristmas,193...
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex(1773 – 1843), married twice, both in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 1) Lady Augusta Murray, had issue, marriage annulled 2) Lady Cecilia Buggin (later 1st Duchess of Inverness), no issue ...
the kings of Hungary, Bohemia, Denmark, and Cyprus, as well as a great number of other princes. Casimir, who 30 years previously had been a humble petitioner at the Congress of Visegrád in Hungary, was now asked to arbitrate a quarrel between the Holy Roman Emperor and Louis of Hungary....
The war arose out of the attempt of the Austrian Habsburgs to win back the rich province of Silesia, which had been wrested from them by Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48).… Read More Spanish Marriages Affair In Affair of the ...
In 1125 Henry V died, and Lothar was elected German king andcrownedatAachen. Civil war between Lothar’s supporters and the heirs of the house ofHohenstaufen, the brothers Conrad and Frederick, duke of Swabia, broke out. In 1127 Conrad was elected king by his adherents. The fall of the...