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5 giorni fa · The titles of Margrave of Brandenburg and Elector of Brandenburg were abolished along with the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and Brandenburg was formally integrated into Prussia. Despite this, the Prussian kings still included the title "Margrave of Brandenburg" in their royal style.
14 mag 2024 · His findings were reviewed by Johan Sigismund von Møsting, who held central positions in the king’s administration, and the professor of history, Laurids Engelstoft. Both rejected the duke’s hereditary claims to anything beyond Holstein and parts of Schleswig, and advised him to burn his memorandum from fear that it might earn him a charge of treason.
2 giorni fa · In the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), the defeated Order renounced any claims to the territories of Gdańsk/Eastern Pomerania and Chełmno Land, which were reintegrated with Poland, and the region of Elbląg and Malbork, and the Prince-Bishopric of Warmia, which were also recognized as part of Poland, while retaining the eastern territories in historic Prussia, but as a fief and protectorate of ...
3 giorni fa · Wilhelm was born in Berlin on 27 January 1859—at the Crown Prince's Palace—to Victoria, Princess Royal ("Vicky") and Prince Frederick William of Prussia ("Fritz", the future Frederick III). His mother, Vicky, was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
5 giorni fa · Sigismund was indeed the first to die; he died on September 15th, 1866. He was only one Prince Frederick of Prussia, making him the grandson of Victoria and Albert. A mere 115 years later, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone died.
4 giorni fa · As the guns of the First World War pounded the countryside, the Russian army advanced on a small village in East Prussia. An old man packed a wagon with hay and straw and gathered up his pregnant daughter and grandson and a few family belongings.
5 giorni fa · Prince Harry marked the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday with a speech honoring the legacy of the event he founded in 2014.
