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Hace 3 días · After the extinction of this family, Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, was, in 1603, created Earl of Devonshire. The title became extinct by his death in 1606. In 1618, William Cavendish was created Earl of Devonshire, and the title has continued ever since in this noble family, who in 1694 were elevated to the dukedom. n7.
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Hace 5 días · Elizabeth, the third sister, married four husbands, Robert Barley, Esq., Sir William Cavendish, Sir William Saintloe, and George Earl of Shrewsbury. Hardwick passed to the descendants of Elizabeth's second husband, Sir William Cavendish, and is now one of the seats of the Duke of Devonshire.
Hace 5 días · The earldom then became extinct and the property passed through the marriage of the last earl's daughter Charlotte Elizabeth, suo jure Baroness Clifford, to William Cavendish, marquess of Hartington and later duke of Devonshire (d. 1764).
Hace 1 día · The first decade of Elizabeth’s reign was relatively quiet, but after 1568 three interrelated matters set the stage for the crisis of the century: the queen’s refusal to marry, the various plots to replace her with Mary of Scotland, and the religious and economic clash with Spain.
Hace 5 días · Upon his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s Accession, the young Prince Charles became The Prince of Wales at the age of nine. On 1st July 1969, His Royal Highness (as he was then) was formally invested as The Prince of Wales at a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle.
Hace 4 días · Elisabeth was born on 25 October 2001 and is the eldest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. She is titled the Duchess of Brabant and was born into the reign of her grandfather, Albert II.
Hace 5 días · Mark Cavendish schreef gisteren wielerhistorie door voor de 35ste keer een etappe in de Tour de France te winnen. De 39-jarige Brit reed daarmee het stokoude record van Eddy Merckx uit de boeken....
