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May 18, 2024 · Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 or 2 February 1493 – 19 November 1557) was a member of the powerful Milanese House of Sforza. In 1518, she became the second wife of Sigismund I the Old, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and became the Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. She was the third child of Gian Galeazzo Sforza ...
May 24, 2024 · George I was the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27). George Louis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the son of Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and Sophia of the Palatinate, a granddaughter of King James I of England. George married his cousin Sophia.
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May 13, 2024 · Caroline of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born May 17, 1768, Braunschweig [Germany]—died Aug. 7, 1821, London, Eng.) was the wife of King George IV of the United Kingdom who—like her husband, who was also her cousin—was the centre of various scandals. The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Caroline married George ...
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May 17, 2024 · 15 October 1712 saw her marriage to Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, son of Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Christine of Hesse-Eschwege. The marriage was very happy and Antoinette was the mother of eight sons and six daughters. After 1735, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg her father died and her husband succeeded him.
May 23, 2024 · The House of Hohenzollern (/ ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, US also /-n ˈ z ɔː l-,-n t ˈ s ɔː l-/; German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊs hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ; Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German ...
May 20, 2024 · Sophia: 1300: 1320–1356: 1356: Margraviate of Brandenburg (at Landsberg) Magnus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1327 eight children: After her death, the Margraviate of Landsberg was annexed to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
5 days ago · 42 years old. –. 31 years old. Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg. Born on 4 July 1535. Died on 20 August 1592. 57 years old. Married on 12 October 1561 to.
