Louis-Philippe’s trip marked the first meeting between French and British monarchs on English soil in some 500 years. The British were finally alienated by Louis-Philippe’s policy on the “Spanish marriages.” In an attempt to revive the traditional family alliance between the French and ...
The following table provides a chronological list of the sovereigns of Britain.SeeKings and Queens of Scotlandfor a list of monarchs who ruled Scotland from the 9th century through the 17th century. Sovereigns of Britain Kings of Wessex (West Saxons) ...
Mary and Catherine are alike in more ways than one - but their biggest common ground is that they are both female monarchs who bear the brunt of what it means to be a ruling queen - sacrifice, back-stabbing, and hardening your heart against the world. First Episode Pilot After an ...
Elizabeth I is now known as one of the greatest monarchs England ever had, but she faced many disagreements and challenges against her ability to properly control England during her reign because she was a woman. Those religious oppositions against her gender influenced her rule greatly, eventually...
When Catholicism became the official religion ofthe Roman Empirein 380, the power of the pope increased, although he was still subordinate to the emperor. ... Throughout the Middle Ages, popes struggled with monarchs over power. How did Christianity differ from the Roman religion?
Saint Edward's Crownis also likely to make an appearance at the coronation, as it has at the coronation of almost every English sovereign for more than 700 years. The crown has a checkered history among Charles' namesakes: The original was broken up by order of Parliament in 1649, duri...
Anne was the second daughter of James, duke of York (KingJames II, 1685–88), and Anne Hyde. Although her father was a Roman Catholic, she was reared a Protestant at the insistence of her uncle, KingCharles II. In 1683 Anne was married to the handsome, if uninspiring, Prince George ...
in order to be under the king’s eye. At first the opposition to Henry IV gathered around Alfonso, but when the latter died in July 1468, the rebellious magnates naturally turned to Isabella. She did not, however, play the role thus designed for her, and the fruit of her wisdom was ...
with a great love of hunting and a readiness to travel that gave him a knowledge of England matched by few other monarchs. He was the first king of England since theNorman Conquestwho could speak English. He took a personal interest in judicial and financial administration, and his reign saw...
The early Romanovs were weak monarchs. Crowned at age 17, Michael shared the throne during the crucial years of his reign with his father, the patriarch Philaret. Michael’s son Alexis came to the throne in 1645 at age 16; he was much under the influence first of Boris Ivanovich Morozov...