Search results
The Duchy of Auvergne was created in 1360 by John II of France, out of part of the Elder County of Auvergne, confiscated by Philip II of France in 1209. List of dukes of Auvergne [ edit ] John, Duke of Berry (1360–1416), first husband of Joan II, Countess of Auvergne
Sep 11, 2015 · The "mythological origins" history of Ireland was written long after by Christian scribes drawing on biblical stories to create a national history. Back in the Neolithic Age, the people of Ireland might have been far too busy establishing farms and villages and making a living to worry about their past history, or perhaps not.
- Joshua J. Mark
The extant dukedoms in the Peerage of England were all created (or restored, in the cases of Norfolk and Somerset) in the Stuart period, beginning with James I's re-creation of the dukedom of Buckingham in 1623 for George Villiers.
MonarchDukedomDate Of CreationGrantee9 February 13376 March 135113 November 136213 November 1362The history of the Peerage of Ireland can be traced back to 1175 when the Treaty of Windsor placed Ireland in the jurisdiction of the English Crown. Ireland did not become part of the system of the English parliament, but the granting of Irish peerages continued in the centuries that followed.
Apr 26, 2023 · Everything you need to know on how the Irish border was created. In 1922 Sir Austen Chamberlain described the Irish border as “a compromise, and like all compromises is illogical and ...
In 1360 it was given as a duchy to John, Duke of Berry, who also bought the area of Carlades. His daughter Marie married John I, Duke of Bourbon , who in 1416 also became Duke of Auvergne . The Dukes of Bourbon acquired the Dauphiné of Auvergne through marriage, but in the end all their territories were confiscated by Francis I (1527).
May 2, 2021 · As Northern Ireland marks its centenary, BBC News NI looks back at the earliest days of the Irish border and how its controversial 310-mile (500km) route was decided.
