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4 giorni fa · The family fortune was made in 1665 when Arabella Churchill became maid of honour to Anne Hyde and began an affair with her husband, James, Duke of York. This lasted over a decade; James had four acknowledged children by her, including James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick . [8]
4 giorni fa · In Great Windmill Street lived Colonel Godfrey, whose wife, Arabella Churchill, sister of John, Duke of Marlborough, had been the mistress of James II., when Duke of York. Here, in the early part of the present century, was the great Anatomical School of the metropolis, in which nearly all the most distinguished surgeons of the last ...
5 giorni fa · Similmente Arabella Churchill, sorella del primo Duca di Marlborough, intrattenne una lunga relazione con il re Giacomo II d’Inghilterra al quale diede vari figli, la cui discendenza si trova...
23 ore fa · Catholicism (1668–1701) Signature. James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of ...
3 giorni fa · Winston Churchill (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London) was a British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory. After a sensational rise to ...
- As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat...
- Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a Tory politician, Winston was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the he...
- At Harrow School, Winston Churchill’s conspicuously poor academic record provoked his father’s decision to enter him into an army career. On his th...
4 giorni fa · Arabella Churchill (1648 - 1730) Known for being quick-witted and intelligent, Arabella Churchill was the mistress of King James II in 1665. She had four of his children.
1 giorno fa · Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.
