Who Was King Edward VI? A portrait of King Edward VIView Video Only Save Timeline Video Quiz Course 12K views Early Life and Family of Edward VI Edward VI was born into the English royal family in 1537. His father, King Henry VIII, famously had six wives, partially in a bid to...
Portrait of King Charles II by Juan Carreño de Miranda King of Spain Reign 17 September 1665 – 1 November 1700 Predecessor Philip IV Successor Philip V Regent Mariana of Austria (1665–1675) Born (1661-11-06)6 November 1661Madrid, Crown of Castile, Spain Died 1 November 1700(1700-11...
Christensen, Jean MarieRenaissance Papers
brother-in-law Henry Fanshawe Tozer was an authority. Satow kept a diary for most of his adult life which amounts to 47 mostly handwritten volumes. As a celebrity, albeit not a major one, he was the subject of a cartoon portrait by Spy in the British Vanity Fair magazine, 23 April ...
The caryatids are modelled on those on the Erechtheum on the Acropolis in Athens – Henry William Inwood, who designed the church with his father William Inwood, apparently brought plaster casts of the original back to England to help with their plans for the building. ...
Effigies of King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth of York. PICTURE:Ann Longmore-Etheridge/Public domain The couple were the first to be buried in a vault under the floor rather than a tomb but still features an elaborate monument above the floor. ...
Henry IV, King of France and of Navarre, 1553–1610 Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre, 1601–1643 Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1638–1715 Issue Name Birth Death Notes By Maria Theresa, Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of France and of Navarre (20 Septembe...
The King's Colonials - The Badges, History, Uniforms, Medals and Nominal Rolls of the King's Colonials, King Edward's Horse and 2nd King Edward's Horse
He was not, however, the first bear to live there – King Henry III had been given a polar bear by King Haakon IVHaakonsson of Norway in 1251 (George, however, was apparently unimpressed with his gift, said to have commented in private that he would have preferred a tie or pair of ...
Frederick Henry Boland, Secretary of the Department of External Affairs, says caustically that the affair demonstrates that “the Taoiseach has as much notion of diplomacy as I have of astrology.” The British envoy, John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby, is equally critical of what he calls a “...