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3 giorni fa · William I was the first of the hereditary stadtholders (1572–84) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands and leader of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule and the Catholic religion. William, the eldest son of William, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, grew up in a cultivated Lutheran.
4 giorni fa · Royal sign manual to Spencer Lord Wilmington, Paymaster of the Guards, Garrisons, and Land Forces, for the issue to the Duke of Brunswick Lüneburg Wolfenbüttel, of sums not exceeding 25,000l. for one year's subsidy, pursuant to a treaty dated 1727, November 15.
1 giorno fa · In contrast, Frederick's mother Sophia, whose father, George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg, had succeeded to the British throne as King George I in 1714, was polite, charismatic and learned. The political and personal differences between Frederick's parents created tensions, [8] which affected Frederick's attitude toward culture, his role as a ruler, and his relationship with his father.
5 giorni fa · Danneskiold-Samsøe (illegitimate branch) The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.
2 giorni fa · When the elementary teachers noticed his intellectual abilities, they brought him to the attention of the Duke of Brunswick who sent him to the local Collegium Carolinum, which he attended from 1792 to 1795 with Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann as one of his teachers.
5 giorni fa · Appendix: Charters (William I to John) A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. Public Domain. Citation: John Noorthouck, 'Appendix: Charters (William I to John)', in A New History of London Including Westminster ...
1 giorno fa · His first Italian campaign was also motivated by political developments in Germany, including the competing ambitions in Italy of his son Liudolf, duke of Swabia, and Otto’s brother Henry I, duke of Bavaria.
