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1 giorno fa · Frederick's love of French culture was not without limits either. He disapproved of the luxury and extravagance of the French royal court. He also ridiculed German princes, especially the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Augustus III, who imitated French sumptuousness.
8 ore fa · On June 16, 1426, an army dispatched by the elector of Saxony to protect his endangered possessions in north Bohemia was defeated by the joint Hussite armies. The disaster of Ústí nad Labem brought crusade preparations in the Empire to a temporary halt and spread fears of imminent counter-attacks, fears which were soon confirmed.
8 ore fa · Frederick II and The Later Hohenstaufen (1190-1258) Henry VI – 1190-1197; Philipp von Schwaben / Otto IV – 1197-1214; Frederick II – 1196-1250; Epilogue; Saxony and Eastward Expansion (772-1400) The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) From the Interregnum to the Golden Bull (1250-1356) All Episodes. The Ottonian ...
1 giorno fa · Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (German: Friedrich der Eiserne) "~ Ironside": Edmund II of England; Björn Ironside; J "~ the Just": Casimir II, Duke of Poland (Polish: Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy) Ferdinand VI of Spain (Spanish: Fernando el Justo) James II of Aragon (Spanish: Jaime el Justo)
3 giorni fa · The success of Russia, Prussia and the "Last Name" was also promoted by the death of Augustus’s successor, Friedrich Christian. Frederick Christian became Elector of Saxony in October 1763, but after only two months of reign died from smallpox. Only hetman Branitsky could now become the main opponent of Stanislav Ponyatovsky.
4 giorni fa · Home. Culture & Life. Travel. the week recommends. Puglia's rich medieval heritage. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II built 'the most flawless of all medieval European castles' in the southern...
3 giorni fa · At its onset, the war was merely a conflict between the Catholic Austrian Habsburg Emperor and the Protestant Bohemian rebels and their protector, the Elector Palatine Frederick V. When the war broadened to also affect the Palatinate, it started to pull in other Protestant German princes, making it a broader but still German civil war.