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30 de jun. de 2022 · By 1521, however, Charles’ election as emperor, French concerns about encirclement by Habsburg controlled lands and Charles’ refusal to give ground meant that war had broken out between Charles and Francis I. Both wanted Henry’s backing, giving England’s king a powerful position which he intended to use to the full by demanding ...
28 de nov. de 2022 · King Charles VI’s poor mental health meant that it could not be him. The Dauphin, at eighteen, had no military experience to speak of and showed little interest in military matters. His refusal to answer Henry V’s challenge to trial by single combat placed a further question mark over his suitability.
23 de jun. de 2024 · Charles IX was the king of France from 1560, remembered for authorizing the massacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 23–24, 1572, on the advice of his mother, Catherine de Médicis. The second son of Henry II and Catherine, Charles became king on the death of his brother Francis II,
29 de jun. de 2024 · Henry was the second son of Henry VII, first of the Tudor line, and Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV, first king of the short-lived line of York.When his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502, Henry became the heir to the throne; of all the Tudor monarchs, he alone spent his childhood in calm expectation of the crown, which helped give an assurance of majesty and righteousness to his willful ...
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of ...
Charles VI (3 December 1368 – 21 October 1422), nicknamed the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé) and later the Mad (French: le Fol or le Fou), was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him throughout his life.. Charles ascended the throne at age 11, his father leaving behind a favorable military situation, marked ...
When Charles King Sr was born on 27 September 1695, in Tyner, Chowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, William King, was 34 and his mother, Mary Ann Curle, was 26. ... Charles Henry King. 1743–1818. Charles King Jr. 1745–1818. Amelia King. 1762–1800. Sources (6)
