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4 days ago · John II was King of Portugal for a decade and a half during the latter half of the 15th Century. He encouraged an expansion in his country's naval explorations and engineered one very famous world-changing treaty negotiation. He was born on March 3, 1455, in the Castle of São Jorge. His father was the reigning monarch, Afonso V, and his mother ...
2 days ago · The Sultanate of Rûm [a] was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples ( Rûm) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert (1071). The name Rûm was a synonym for the medieval Eastern Roman Empire and its peoples, as it ...
2 days ago · John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was the king of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.
5 days ago · In addition, Manuel's sister Leonor was the wife of King John II. King John II adopted Manuel when the boy was 15. The king and Queen Leonor had had a son, Afonso, whom they hoped would be the next king. The boy died in a horse riding accident in 1491. John had another son, Jorge, whose mother was not Leonor, and John wanted to name this other ...
4 days ago · Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile were joint rulers of their Spanish kingdoms during the Middle Ages. They were two of the most well-known of all Spanish rulers. Isabella was born on April 22, 1451, in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila. Her father was King John II of Castile, and her mother was also named Isabella.
3 days ago · Apolytikion of John the Russian Confessor Fourth Tone. He that hath called thee from earth unto the heavenly abodes, doth even after thy death keep thy body unharmed, O righteous one; for thou wast carried off as a prisoner to Asia, wherein also, O John, thou didst win Christ as thy friend. Wherefore, do thou beseech Him that our souls be saved.
4 days ago · John (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n / JON) is a common male name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, which is from the Greek ...
