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4 giorni fa · Known as ‘May’, she was born on May 24, 1874, at the Neues Palace, in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, now in the German state of Hesse. May was described as “enchanting” by her mother and was closest to her sister Alix, the next youngest child. The two were inseparable, sharing a nursery and often being dressed identically.
3 giorni fa · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold, [a] was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal. Appointed as the Count of Charolais upon his birth, Charles vied for power and ...
3 giorni fa · Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to lieutenant general by the age of nineteen, but he ...
1 giorno fa · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [d] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted ...
4 giorni fa · Charles of Flanders Prince Regent 1903–1983 regency 1944-1950: Marie José of Belgium 1906–2001: Umberto II King of Italy 1904–1983 r.1946: Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1921–2019 r.1964–2000: Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium 1927–2005: Fabiola de Mora y Aragón 1928–2014: Baudouin King of the Belgians 1930–1993 r.1951–1993 ...
5 giorni fa · King Charles I 1600–1649: Duke of Gloucester (4th creation), 1659: Sophia of Hanover 1630–1714: King James II 1633–1701: Prince Henry 1640–1660 Duke of Gloucester: Dukedom of Gloucester (4th creation) extinct, 1660: King George I 1660–1727: Queen Anne 1665–1714: King George II 1683–1760: Prince William 1689–1700 styled Duke of ...
1 giorno fa · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire. His nominated heir was Philip of Anjou, a grandson of Louis XIV of France, whose main backers were ...
