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3 days ago · On June 12, 1348, German king and later emperor Karl IV granted the Duchy of Pomerania as a whole and the Rugian principality as a fief to the dukes of both Pomerania-Stettin and Pomerania-Wolgast, erasing Brandenburg's claims, which however was not accepted by Brandenburg until 1529.
4 days ago · On June 10, 1570 Duke Magnus of Holstein arrived in Moscow, where he was crowned King of Livonia. Magnus took an oath of allegiance to Ivan the Terrible as his overlord and received from him the corresponding charter for the vassal kingdom of Livonia in what Ivan termed his patrimony.
3 days ago · In 1407, the Teutonic Order reached its greatest territorial extent and included the lands of Prussia, Pomerelia, Samogitia, Courland, Livonia, Estonia, Gotland, Dagö, Ösel, and the Neumark, pawned by Brandenburg in 1402.
1 day ago · The conquered territories submitted to Ivan or his vassal, Magnus, who was declared as king of Livonia in 1570.
May 17, 2024 · During the 19th century, Queen Victoria bred Pomeranians that were significantly smaller than the dog’s original size of 30 pounds (14 kg); they became widely popular and gave rise to today’s breed standard. Theodore Roosevelt and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have been credited with owning Poms.
May 19, 2024 · Although Louis wasn't the king of the modern entity we call France, all the later French Louises (culminating with Louis XVIII in 1824) were numbered sequentially, using him as the starting point. Also, it's important to remember that Hugh Capet, the first king, didn't invent France; there was a long, complicated history before him.
2 days ago · The remains of Ferdinand Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the first king of Bulgaria following five centuries of Ottoman rule, were repatriated from Germany Wednesday to be interred in a family mausoleum, 76 ...
