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3 giorni fa · 1458–1494) in his wars and led an Italian expedition against John II of Anjou (r. 1453–1470). In 1463, he was earmarked to be the chief commander of the crusading forces of Pope Pius II, but the Pope died while the armies were still gathering and the greater European crusade never took place.
- 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468
- Donika Arianiti
3 giorni fa · Blanche of Castile. Charles I (early 1226/1227 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–1285) and Forcalquier (1246–1248, 1256–1285) in the Holy Roman Empire, Count of Anjou ...
- 1246–1285
- Louis VIII of France
- Charles II
- Blanche of Castile
3 giorni fa · France. Signature. Joan of Arc ( French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
- 30 May
- 16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV
- 18 April 1909 by Pope Pius X
5 giorni fa · The battle occurred because York became convinced that his destruction was being planned by Henry’s forceful queen, Margaret of Anjou, and Henry’s Lancastrian cousin, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. The encounter ended in less than an hour, with the death of Somerset, and York’s capture of the king.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 giorni fa · Joan of Arc: A History. Helen Castor. London, Faber and Faber, 2014, ISBN: 9780571284627; 328pp.; Price: £20.00. Reviewer: Kieran Creedon. NA. Citation: Kieran Creedon, review of Joan of Arc: A History, (review no. 1764) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/1764. Date accessed: 16 May, 2024.
5 giorni fa · Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN: 9780198207931; 401pp.; Price: £65.00. This impressive study examines the consequences for land tenure in England of William of Normandy's conquest of the country, glossed by his claim to have succeeded to the throne by the bequest of King Edward. Yet he believed, in line with French practice, that ...
2 giorni fa · In the year 1554, when rash Sir Thomas Wyatt led his 4,000 Kentish men to London, to stop the impending Spanish marriage, the rebel found the drawbridge cut away, the gates of London Bridge barred, and guns planted ready to receive him. Wyatt and his men dug a trench at the bridge-foot, and laid two guns.
