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2 days ago · Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right). She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria ...
2 days ago · Reinhard Heydrich. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( / ˈhaɪdrɪk / HY-drik; German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈtʁɪstan ˈʔɔʏɡn̩ ˈhaɪdʁɪç] ⓘ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust . Heydrich was chief of the Reich Security Main Office ...
May 5, 2024 · Barbara's only child, born in the purple on October 7, 1409, probably in the castle of Visegrád, was Elisabeth of Bohemia, the future queen consort of Hungary, Germany and Bohemia. Queen Barbara was unable to give birth to any further issue.[citation needed] Elisabeth II of Bohemia was thus the only surviving legitimate offspring of Sigismund.
May 22, 2024 · Franz Joseph I on the invention of the phonograph. Recorded 1900. Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of ...
2 days ago · Answer: Elisabeth of Bohemia She was the daughter of Frederick V and Elizabeth Stuart and is known for her philosophical engagements with Descartes. She requested him as a teacher of philosophy and morals and they began the correspondence that was to last until his death seven years later.
May 21, 2024 · Elisabeth OF POMERANIA Queen of Bohemia (1347 - 15 Apr 1393) Events. Birth: 1347: Pomerania, Poland: Marriage: 21 May 1363: Kraków, Małopolska, Poland - Kaiser and ...
3 days ago · Descartes began (through Alfonso Polloti, an Italian general in Dutch service) a six-year correspondence with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, devoted mainly to moral and psychological subjects. Connected with this correspondence, in 1649 he published Les Passions de l'âme (The Passions of the Soul), which he dedicated to the Princess.
