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5 days ago · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold, [a] was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal. Appointed as the Count of Charolais upon his birth, Charles vied for power and ...
3 days ago · During the tumultuous years of the 13th and 14th centuries, the castle witnessed its share of royal drama and intrigue. In 1285, King Philip III of France briefly occupied Collioure during his unsuccessful invasion of Aragon, and in 1344, Peter IV of Aragon seized the castle from James III of Majorca after a bitter dynastic struggle.
4 days ago · He died on 24 September 768 at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. Pepin III, King of the Franks also went by the nick-name of Pepin 'the Short' (?). He gained the title of King Pepin of the Franks in 751. (1) Children of Pepin III, King of the Franks and Bertha de Laon-1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire+ b. 2 Apr 742, d. 28 Jan ...
17 hours ago · His father Philip, nicknamed Philip the Handsome, was the firstborn son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, and Mary of Burgundy, heiress to the Burgundian Netherlands. Charles's mother Joanna was a younger daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile , the Catholic Monarchs of Spain from the House of ...
2 days ago · Henry III, King of France: 1551–1589 1575 King of Poland 1573–1574 362 Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham: c. 1536–1624 1575 Later Earl of Nottingham 363 Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor: 1552–1612 1578 364 Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway: 1534–1588 1578 365 Johann Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern: d. 1593 1579 366
1 day ago · A village in Andalusia, Spain, showing housing typical of the region. Spain is a storied country of stone castles, snowcapped mountains, vast monuments, and sophisticated cities, all of which have made it a favoured travel destination. The country is geographically and culturally diverse. Its heartland is the Meseta, a broad central plateau ...
2 days ago · War of the Spanish Succession. The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire amongst supporters of the claimant Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
