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2 days ago · Frederick II ( German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. His most significant accomplishments include his ...
5 days ago · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
1 day ago · The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe , an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
5 days ago · Frederick I’s son, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412 – 1464), a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, married Margaret of Austria, daughter of Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377 – 1424), of the House of Habsburg and a member of the Order of the Dragon. Ernest was the son of Leopold III, Duke of Inner Austria and Viridis Visconti.
3 days ago · 1503 John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532-47), born in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1554) 1641 Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1719) 1669 Mauritius Vogt, German composer, born in Königshofen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roamn Empire (d. 1730)
1 day ago · Divides Saxony between Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Albert, Duke of Saxony. 1488 Treaty of Sablé: Duke Francis I of Brittany becomes a vassal of King Charles VIII of France. 1489 Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489) Primarily a marriage contract between Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon. Treaty of Frankfurt (1489)
Jun 18, 2024 · King of Saxony r. 876–882: Liutgard of Saxony c. 845 –885: Gisela of Alsace c. 840 –895: Berthold I c. 838 –896 Count Palatine of Swabia: Charles III the Fat 839–888 King of East Francia: Richardis c. 840 –c. 895: Conrad d. 906 Duke of Thuringia: Ota c. 874 – 899/903: Arnulf of Carinthia 850–899 King of East Francia r. 887–899 ...
