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Adbelahide, Adele, Adela or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004), [1] was Queen of France by marriage to Hugh Capet, King of the Franks (c. 939 – 14 October 996). Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France, which would rule France until the 18th and 19th centuries. As ...
Aug 12, 2024 · Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen of the United Kingdom; Credit – Wikipedia On November 6, 1817, a great tragedy struck the British Royal Family. Twenty-one-year-old Princess Charlotte of Wales , the only child of George, Prince of Wales, died after delivering a stillborn son.
Queen of William IV Queen of William IV and eldest daughter of George, Duke of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen. The untimely death of Princess Charlotte, the daughter of George, Prince Regent, in 1817 prompted the unmarried sons of George III to find brides in order to beget legitimate heirs to throne. Adelaide and William, Duke of Clarence married in 1818. She became queen on his accession to the ...
Jan 27, 2021 · Helen had many famous suitors but she would marry Agamemnon's brother Menelaus, king of Sparta. As part of the marriage deal, Tyndareus sacrificed a horse and made all the Greek leaders swear to recognise Helen as Menelaus' rightful wife and to protect his daughter from harm.
Sep 21, 2019 · Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide was the daughter of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.
May 15, 2019 · Helen of Troy is a character in Homer's classic epic poem, the "Iliad," written in the 8th century about the Trojan War, imagined by the Greeks to have occurred about 500 years earlier.
The ancient city of Troy, located in what is now modern-day Turkey, was first excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in the late 19th century. Schliemann's discoveries, including the ruins of a city and various artifacts, suggested that the Troy described by Homer in the "Iliad" might have been more than just a mythical place.
