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2 giorni fa · Using Stralsund as a bridgehead, he marched south along the Oder towards Stettin and coerced Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, into agreeing an alliance which secured his interests in Pomerania against his rival Sigismund.
1 giorno fa · The Teutonic Knights launched a series of crusades over the next half century, defeating the Prussians and constructing a powerful state along the southeastern Baltic. By the early 14th century, the Order‘s domain stretched from Pomerania to Estonia, with its capital at Marienburg Castle, the largest brick castle in the world.
5 giorni fa · Eric of Pomerania had a wild life. He was born a son of a duke, but he was crowned king of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden at a young age. But he didn't die a ki...
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21 ore fa · The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a ...
21 ore fa · The earliest parts of Schwerin Castle date from 1471. But the castle in its present, spectacular form was renovated extensively by Grand Duke Frederich Franz II in the mid 1800’s. Frederich Franz II was Grand Duke from 1842 to 1883 and he wanted to live in a grand style. For that reason, Schwerin Castle is suitably ornate.
21 ore fa · Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , Edward, nicknamed "Bertie", was related to royalty throughout Europe.
4 giorni fa · Birthplace: Rügen, Pommern, RP, Germany. Death: May 27, 1272 (24-25) Ågård, Denmark. Immediate Family: Daughter of Fürst Jaromar II von Rügen; Graf Jaromar II von Rügen; Euphemia Świętopełkówna von Rügen, Princess of Eastern Pomerania and Eupfemia Jaromsdatter von Rügen.
