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1 day ago · In January 1745, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII of Bavaria died, taking Bavaria out of the war and allowing Maria Theresa's husband Francis of Lorraine to be eventually elected Holy Roman Emperor. Now able to focus solely on Frederick's army, the Austrians, who were reinforced by the Saxons, crossed the mountains to invade Silesia.
3 days ago · The War of the Austrian Succession [f] was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Related conflicts include King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the First Carnatic War, and the First and Second Silesian Wars .
May 20, 2024 · Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316–1378: Elizabeth of Pomerania c. 1347 – 1393: Albert III of Austria 1349–1395: Frederick of Bavaria 1339–1393: John Henry of Moravia 1322–1375: Margaret of Opava 1330–1363: Frederick III of Thuringia 1332–1381: Elisabeth of Meissen 1329–1375: Frederick V of Nuremberg 1333–1398: False Waldemar ...
6 days ago · Holy Roman Empire Federation under the Roman-German emperor resp. the German king from 800 until 1806. Under the Habsburg reign, the Kapuzinergruft in Vienna ("Imperial Crypt") became the family burial site of the Roman-German emperors; in earlier times the emperors used to be buried in different cities of the Empire (Aix-la-Chapelle, Speyer ...
May 13, 2024 · Bonne of Luxemburg (also Bona) (May 20, 1315 – September 11, 1349), was born Jutta, the daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia and his first wife Elisabeth of Bohemia. Jutta was referred to in French historiography as Bonne de Luxembourg. She was a member of the House of Luxembourg.
May 20, 2024 · The Theatine Church in Munich, Germany, was built from 1663 to 1690, as a thanksgiving for the birth of Prince Max Emanuel, the heir of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and his wife, Henriette Adelaide of Savoy. It was built in the Italian high-baroque style and was designed by Agostino Barelli. The facade was only completed in 1768.
May 22, 2024 · 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.
