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4 days ago · King of Denmark r. 1559–1588: Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1557–1631: Dorothea of Denmark 1546–1617: William the Younger Duke of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1535–1592: Anne of Denmark 1532–1585: Augustus 1526–1586 Elector of Saxony: Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1564–1613: Elizabeth of Denmark 1573–1626: Anne of ...
2 days ago · Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Before this, she was Queen of England , Scotland , and Ireland from 8 March 1702.
5 days ago · Historians believe that the Saxons were among the various tribes that migrated from Scandinavia to the southern parts of the North Sea. They gradually settled in the area that became known as Saxony, which encompassed parts of modern-day Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
4 days ago · The need for the act was obvious. It decreed that, in default of issue to either William or Anne, the crown was to pass to Sophia, electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James I, and to “the heirs of her body being Protestants.”
1 day ago · Sub-Roman Britain (410– c. 449) Heptarchy (c. 449–927) Kingdom of England (927–1066) Engla land (Old English) 410–1066 Britain around the year 540. Anglo-Saxon kingdoms' names are coloured red. Britonnic kingdoms' names are coloured black. Common languages Old English Demonym(s) Anglo-Saxon, Angle, Saxon History • Abandonment of the Roman province Britannia 410 • Start of the Anglo ...
1 day ago · They had “no answer than compliments and German entertainment” from Duke Casimir, the Duke of Deux-Ponts, the Landgrave, the administrator of Maghden-borgh, the Duke of Saxony, and others. In Denmark they obtained the repeal of the extra Sound duty, of 3 thallers upon every last of grain, which the late King imposed.
3 days ago · In a petition to the Earl of Salisbury, undated, but evidently belonging to the period 1605–1612, the "inhabitantes of the dwellinges at the newe gate neere Drewry Lane" state that they have petitioned the Queen (obviously Anne of Denmark, the consort of James I.) "to gyve a name unto that place," and have been referred to him; they therefore ...
