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23 hours ago · The House of Ascania ( German: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt. [1] The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as Schloss Askanien in German, which was located near and named after Aschersleben.
23 hours ago · Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Пловдив, pronounced [ˈpɫɔvdif]) is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, 93 miles southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 346,893 as of 2018 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub in Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 2019. The city is an important ...
23 hours ago · John George II, Elector of Saxony: 1613–1680 1668 471 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle: 1653–1688 1670 472 John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale: 1616–1682 1672 473 Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester: 1629–1700 1672 Later Duke of Beaufort 474 Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans: d. 1684 1672 475 William Russell, 5th Earl ...
23 hours ago · Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
