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May 9, 2024 · 1. Bayeux Tapestry. The Bayeux Tapestry, 1066, Bayeux Museum, Bayeux, France. To begin this list, the Bayeux Tapestry felt like the perfect place to start. It is an outstanding pictorial representation of history due to its size, which measures 20 in high and is almost 230 ft long.
May 16, 2024 · About Barbara Radziwill, Queen of Poland and GDL. Barbara Radziwiłł (c.1520-1551) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as consort of Sigismund II Augustus, the last male monarch of the Jagiellon dynasty. Barbara, a great beauty and already widowed, became a royal mistress most likely in 1543 and they married in secret in July or ...
- Vilnius, Vilniaus apskritis
- October 06, 1520
- "Duchess became Queen Consort"
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Augustus' son and heir Octavius Lucius Julius Caesar Augustus takes to the throne as the next emperor. However, succession is already an issue. Octavius Lucius has no male heirs of his own and was forced to wed his daughter to a distant family member and name them the successor of the Roman Empire.
May 10, 2024 · Sigismund II Augustus I (Polish: Zygmunt II August, Ruthenian: Żygimont III Awgust I, Belarusian: Жыгімонт Аўгуст; Lithuanian: Žygimantas III Augustas I, German: Sigismund II. August) (1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the only son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded ...
4 days ago · Zygmunt II August – od 1529 wielki książę litewski, od 1530 król Polski (koregent), samodzielne rządy od 1548, od 1569 władca zjednoczonego państwa – Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów. Wikipedia PL. Links: The Peerage; Geneall; Wikipedia; King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania: Reign 1548–1569; Predecessor: Sigismund I
May 13, 2024 · Jobst Edmund von Brabeck [ de], Prince-bishop (1688–1702) Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Prince-bishop (1702–1723) Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-bishop (1723–1761) Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen [ de], Prince-bishop (1763–1789) Franz Egon von Fürstenberg, Prince-bishop (1789–1803) Holstein-Glückstadt.
May 8, 2024 · Józef Simmler, The Death of Barbara Radziwiłł, 1860, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland. Enlarged Detail. Józef Simmler’s painting captures the demise of Queen Barbara and the silent witness of King Sigismund II Augustus through its muted colors and sharp details.
