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- Agnes of Aquitaine (Spanish: Inés) was a member of the House of Poitou and an Iberian queen in the 11th-century. She was first queen of León, then also of Castile by her marriage to Alfonso VI.
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Agnes of Burgundy (or Agnes de Macon; c. 995-10 November 1068) was Duchess of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William V and Countess of Anjou by marriage to Count Geoffrey II. She served as regent of the Duchy of Aquitaine during the minority of her son from 1039 until 1044. She was a daughter of Otto-William, Count of Burgundy [1] and Ermentrude ...
the Duchy of Burgundy west of the Saône. The two kingdoms of Upper and Lower Burgundy were reunited in 933 as the Kingdom of Burgundy. This kingdom in turn was absorbed into the Holy Roman Empire under Conrad II in 1032, and known from the 12th century as the Kingdom of Arles. The Duchy of Burgundy was annexed by the French throne in 1004.
Given Spain’s political reach in Europe, it is not surprising that Spanish Renaissance art displays influences from Flanders and Italy. (Flanders was a region in Northern Europe encompassing modern-day Belgium as well as parts of the Netherlands and France.) Artists from around Europe traveled to the Iberian Peninsula to seek favor with the ...
- Philip II. Philip II of Spain (reign: 1556-1598) was one of the most powerful monarchs of the 16th century, ruling over a vast global empire. His reign marked the Spanish Golden Age, characterized by flourishing arts, global exploration, and the defense of Catholicism against Protestantism.
- Charles I. Born on February 24, 1500, in Ghent, Charles was the son of Philip the Handsome of Burgundy and Joanna the Mad of Castile. Due to a series of deaths in the family and the complex network of Habsburg marriages, Charles inherited a vast realm.
- Philip III. Philip III of Spain, who reigned from 1598 to 1621, was the son of Philip II and succeeded him on the throne. His reign was marked by a policy of peace and domestic issues, with many of the kingdom’s affairs being handled by his favorite courtiers.
- Philip IV. Like his father’s reliance on the Duke of Lerma, Philip IV heavily depended on his chief minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares, for much of his reign.
Burgundy - Roman, Medieval, Renaissance: The Burgundians were a Scandinavian people whose original homeland lay on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea, where the island of Bornholm (Burgundarholm in the Middle Ages) still bears their name. About the 1st century ce they moved into the lower valley of the Vistula River, but, unable to defend themselves there against the Gepidae, they migrated ...
Agnes is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἁγνή Hagnḗ, meaning 'pure' or 'holy'. The name passed to Italian as Agnese, [1] to French as Agnès, to Portuguese as Inês, and to Spanish as Inés.
views 2,990,396 updated. Agnes of Aquitaine (c. 995–1068) French noblewoman who became duchess of Aquitaine. Name variations: Agnes of Anjou; Agnes of Burgundy; Agnes, countess of Burgundy.
