For lukewarm, useless, or impotent friends, France has the Pope, who is indifferent; the King of England [James II] expelled from his country; the Grand Duke of Tuscany; the Dukes of Mantua, Modena, and Parma [all in Italy]; and the other faction of the Swiss. Some of these are sun...
In October 1698, France, England and the Dutch Republic attempted to impose a diplomatic solution to the Succession on Spain and Austria, by the Treaty of the Hague or First Partition Treaty. This made Joseph Ferdinand heir to the bulk of the Spanish monarchy, with France gaining the Kingdoms...
Most of it was built between 1699 and 1712 designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. It is a Grade I listed house with spectacular landscaped gardens.Castle Howard has been the home of part of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It is one of the largest country houses in England, with a...
On August 4, 1699, when João was nearly ten years old, his 32-year-old mother Maria Sophia died fromerysipelas, a bacterial infection of the skin that can spread to other areas of the body through the bloodstream. His mother’s death caused changes in João’s behavior. He became wi...
King William's War actually began a year earlier than the European war, as a struggle between Native Americans and English settlers in northern New England, and was then absorbed into the larger hostilities. Thus, it became the first in a string of American wars that would draw Indians into...
Edward Charles Grenfell, 1st Baron St Just (29 May 1870 – 26 November 1941), was a British banker and politician. His father, Henry Riversdale Grenfell, was Governor of the Bank of England between 1881 and 1883. William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, was his first cousin.He was educated...
King said: "Perhaps the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced." Amazon Apple Books Barnes & Noble Against the Wind By J. F. Freedman Will Alexander was once a famous and flamboyant criminal lawyer, raking in cash and making headlines with his high society wife. But...
Renatio et Gloriam: The Sun King’s Warscontains list for European armies from 1640 to 1699, including - Bourbon France, Habsburg Austria & Spain, the Dutch Republic, Palatinate-Zweibrücken Sweden, Brandenburg-Prussia & Orange-Nassau England. ...
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