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3 days ago · Following the Edict of Restitution by Emperor Ferdinand II on the height of his and the Catholic League's military success in 1629, Protestantism in the Holy Roman Empire was seriously threatened. In July 1630, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden landed in the Duchy of Pomerania to intervene in favor of the German Protestants.
3 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 ...
May 17, 2024 · Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor 1578–1637: Louis XIII King of France 1601–1643: Anne of Austria 1601–1666: Charles of Austria 1607–1632: Ferdinand of Austria 1609/1610–1641: Maria Anna of Spain 1606–1646: Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor 1608–1657: Elisabeth of France 1602–1644: Philip III (IV) King of Portugal 1605–1665 r ...
4 days ago · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. ... Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor 1608–1657: Maria Anna of ...
3 days ago · In Philip III's final years, Baltasar de Zúñiga had convinced him to intervene militarily in Bohemia and the Electoral Palatinate on the side of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Once Philip himself came to power, he was convinced by de Zúñiga, appointed his principal foreign minister, and Olivares that he should commit Spain to a more ...
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3 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55. Thursday, 27 July 2023. By Vincenzo De Meulenaere.
