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2 days ago · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current King of the United Kingdom and King of Norway are agnatic members of this house, meanwhile the King of Spain and King of ...
May 9, 2024 · Augustus II (born May 12, 1670, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died February 1, 1733, Warsaw, Poland) was the king of Poland and elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I). Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power.
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May 13, 2024 · John Louis II, co-Prince (1742–1746) Christian August, co-Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg (1704–1747), of Anhalt-Zerbst (1742–1747) Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Regent (1747–1752) Frederick August, Prince (1747–1793) divided among Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau, and Anhalt-Köthen
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1 day ago · t. e. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for four periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four ...
May 2, 2024 · Second Vatican Council, (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, announced by Pope John XXIII on January 25, 1959, as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search for Christian unity.
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May 8, 2024 · Katarina II av Ryssland föddes som tysk prinsessa, med namnet Sophie Friederike Auguste av Anhalt-Zerbst den 21 april 1729 (gamla stilen). Hon var dotter till Christian August av Anhalt-Zerbst och Johanna Elisabeth av Holstein-Gottorp.
3 days ago · Before becoming Great, Catherine was born Sophie Friedrich August von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg on May 2, 1729, in what was then called Prussia to a family from a sector of German royalty with four ...
