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4 giorni fa · Anne Boleyn (/ ˈ b ʊ l ɪ n, b ʊ ˈ l ɪ n /; c. 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution by beheading for treason, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that marked the start of the English Reformation .
15 ore fa · This story highlighted an echo that came about eighty-five years after the crisis for Edward VIII in the form of his great, great nephew, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Over the past six years, royal watchers, and much of the world have watched Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in their Royal Family exit crisis with very mixed feelings.
1 giorno fa · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England ...
5 giorni fa · She was the second child of Henry VIII of England born in wedlock to survive infancy. Her mother was Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn. At birth, Elizabeth was the heir presumptive to the English throne.
2 giorni fa · Elizabeth was the elder daughter of Prince Albert, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As the child of a younger son of King George V , the young Elizabeth had little prospect of acceding to the throne until her uncle, Edward VIII (afterward duke of Windsor), abdicated in her father’s favour on December 11, 1936, at which ...
3 giorni fa · Meghan Markle’s impact on the Royal Family caused as big a crisis as Princess Diana’s death or the abdication of King Edward VIII in 1936, historian and biographer Hugo Vickers has claimed.
15 ore fa · Highlights in History: July 9. 10 mins ago. In 1540, England’s King Henry VIII had his 6-month-old marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, annulled. In 1755, British General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded as his troops suffered a massive defeat during the French and Indian War (he died four days later).
