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3 giorni fa · John, the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherited a vast and prosperous empire, but his rule was marked by a series of crises that ultimately led to his downfall. As John entered the final days of his life in the autumn of 1216, he found himself beset by enemies on all sides, his kingdom crumbling around him.
5 giorni fa · In mid-2019, it was revealed that Prince Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Head of the House of Hohenzollern had filed claims for permanent right of residency for his family in Cecilienhof, or one of two other Hohenzollern palaces in Potsdam, as well as return of the family library, 266 paintings, an imperial crown and sceptre, and the letters of Empress Augusta Victoria.
5 giorni fa · CHAPTER XXXIX. SAXON LONDON. A Glance at Saxon London—The Three Component Parts of Saxon London—The First Saxon Bridge over the Thames—Edward the Confessor at Westminister—City Residences of the Saxon Kings—Political Position of London in Early Times—The first recorded Great Fire of London —The Early Commercial Dignity of London—The Kings of Norway and Denmark besiege London in ...
5 giorni fa · Originally appeared in Der Wahre Jacob in 1903, reprinted in L'oncle de l'Europe a collection of illustrations edited by John Grand-Carteret (1906). Charles Edward inherited the ducal throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the age of sixteen when his uncle Alfred died at the age of 55 in July 1900.
2 giorni fa · John was the youngest son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. He was nicknamed John Lackland (Norman: Jean sans Terre, lit. 'John without land') because he was not expected to inherit significant lands.
2 giorni fa · Hengist and Horsa came from this country of the Angles into Britain, which from thence was called Anglia. (fn. 4) At the time the Saxons came out of the Chersonesus, in quest of new settlements, they were joined by the Angles, who, in process of time, became one nation with them. Hence they are, by most authors, comprised under the general name ...
4 giorni fa · Prussia humbled Saxony on the battlefield and reduced it to second-class status, but a war-ending treaty in 1763 gave Saxony back its independence. The next big change for Saxony was the reorganization of it as a kingdom, as established in conjunction with French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte , who abolished the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and replaced it with the Confederation of the Rhine .
