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Hace 2 días · Dinastía Tudor. Inglaterra. La dinastía Tudor comenzó del modo más improbable: un noble oportunista y más bien insignificante que vivía desde hacía años exiliado en Francia, con muy escasa legitimidad para reinar –por no decir ninguna–, volvió en 1485 a Inglaterra, acompañado de otros exiliados y un ejército de mercenarios, y ...
Hace 4 días · In reference to the King's requests, to admit Thomas, the King's almoner, to the see of Lincoln, and remit part of the taxation usually paid for expediting the same, is sorry he cannot comply with the latter, as it has been rejected by the College of Cardinals as detrimental to the Holy See.
23 de jun. de 2024 · Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG, (7 July 1585 – 4 October 1646) was an English peer, diplomat and courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician.
25 de jun. de 2024 · First to be explored is how the earldom of Norfolk came into being – how the fortunes of the Bigod family were made. By 1107, Morris shows, the Bigods had become 'barons of the first rank' (p. 1) and by 1166 were the fifth richest family in England.
Hace 6 días · — The noble family of Howard first became connected with this county by the marriage of Philip, Earl of Arundel, and Lord William Howard, sons of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who was beheaded in 1572, with Anne and Elizabeth, sisters and coheiresses of George, Lord Dacre, Baron of Greystock and Gilsland, who died in 1569.
Hace 3 días · Philip Howard, who should have been the 5th Duke of Norfolk, died at the Tower of London in 1595, accused of being a Catholic and a Jesuit conspirator. Philip’s father, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, was beheaded at the same location despite denying being a Catholic before the axe came down.
Hace 3 días · Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk, used Norfolk House, Lambeth, as a suburban residence until his attainder in 1547. His life was saved by the death of Henry VIII, but his estates were seized and granted to William Parr, Marquess of Northampton.
