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20 mag 2024 · The Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. While historians and literary scholars overwhelmingly reject alternative authorship candidates, including Oxford, [1] [2] public interest in the Oxfordian theory continues. [3] Since the 1920s, the ...
18 mag 2024 · George Henry Hubert Lascelles. George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7e Comte de Harewood : voilà un nom qui ne dira sans doute pas grand-chose au public francophone ; sauf peut-être aux plus anciens d’entre nous qui découvrirent l’opéra à l’aide du Kobbé, ce guide édité dans la collection Bouquins au début des années 80.
12 mag 2024 · William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC, FRS (25 January 1640 – 18 August 1707) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as Earl of Devonshire and took his seat in the House of Lords. Cavendish was part of the "Immortal Seven" which invited William of Orange to depose James II ...
9 mag 2024 · In 1922 Princess Mary married Henry Lascelles, (later 6th Earl of Harewood) and in time became the Countess of Harewood. Her long association with Filey started when she began holidaying on The Crescent throughout the 1920s and ‘30s.
4 giorni fa · Henry I ( c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Normandy and England ...
20 mag 2024 · Mary married her half-cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, in 1565, and in 1566, they had a son, James. After Darnley orchestrated the murder of Mary's Italian secretary and close friend, David Rizzio, their marriage soured. In February 1567, Darnley's residence was destroyed by an explosion, and he was found murdered in the nearby garden. James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, was generally ...
1 giorno fa · Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitutional jurisprudence, which has been recognized by many as a "Constitutional Revolution" in the liberal ...
