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Hace 4 días · Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (/ ˌ t æ l ɪ r æ n d ˈ p ɛr ɪ ɡ ɔːr /, French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat.
Hace 1 día · Early life Grand prince Alexander Nikolaevich, 1830. Born in Moscow, Alexander Nikolayevich was the eldest son of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia (eldest daughter of Frederick William III of Prussia and of Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz).His early life gave little indication of his ultimate potential; until the time of his accession in 1855, aged 37, few imagined that posterity ...
Hace 18 horas · When Alexander I came to the throne in March 1801, Russia was in a state of hostility with most of Europe, though its armies were not actually fighting; its only ally was its traditional enemy, Turkey. The new emperor quickly made peace with both France and Britain and restored normal relations with Austria.
Hace 19 horas · The pro-Prussian foreign and military policy pursued by Peter III (who abruptly ended Russia’s victorious involvement in the Seven Years’ War) and his treatment of his wife, Catherine, provoked much resentment.
Hace 3 días · Francis I and the prince von Metternich of Austria, Frederick William III and the prince von Hardenberg of Prussia, Alexander I of Russia, Viscount Castlereagh of England, Talleyrand of France, and the representatives of the secondary states were all intellectual heirs of the 18th century.
Hace 3 días · Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
Hace 3 días · Alexander of Macedon earned his epithet “Great”—awarded to him in antiquity and not, as one might think, only later—by conquering an empire of two million square miles, stretching from modern...
