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Hace 3 días · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
Hace 1 día · If there was a pre-eminent 'peaceweaver' at Paris in 1254 it was Louis IX, and one of his trickiest problems was to cope with the sharp antagonism of Beatrice of Savoy towards her son in law Charles of Anjou.
Hace 4 días · While the history of the monastery of Streoneshalch, so intimately associated with the Abbess Hilda, forms an important chapter in the early history of Christianity in the north of England, that of the Benedictine house, which after a lapse of two centuries was founded on its site, is devoid of exceptional interest or importance.
Hace 5 días · Ælfwen, who cannot have been a young woman when her nunnery was founded, probably ruled it as abbess, in the tradition of noble Saxon ladies.
Hace 4 días · The abbess and convent were granted in 1386 reversion of the manor of Brydesyerd for the support of a chaplain officiating in a place called 'le Belhous' in Shaftesbury and of the twelve poor inmates there.
Hace 5 días · La boda de una descendiente de la emperatriz Sissi ha reunido en Austria a varios miembros de la realeza europea, a destacar los reyes Guillermo y Máxima de Países Bajos y su hija mayor, la ...
Hace 4 días · Beatrice looked stunning in her Emilia Wickstead dress at Royal Ascot. Our favourite though, has to be the style she wore on Friday afternoon. Prince William and Prince Harry's cousin wore a ...
