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Frederick IV (born Oct. 11, 1671, Copenhagen—died Oct. 12, 1730, Odense, Den.) was the king of Denmark and Norway (1699–1730), who succeeded his father, King Christian V. He continued the Danish efforts to sever the House of Gottorp’s link with Sweden, but his first attempt to do so, in 1700 at the outbreak of the Great Northern War, was ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Benjamin Borden, a land speculator, played a key role in establishing some of Virginia’s early settlements west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The New Jersey native had moved to the Shenandoah Valley by April 1734 and began receiving patents for large landholdings in the Valley of Virginia. Borden promoted settlement, notably attracting ...
Frederica of Baden was born at Karlsruhe Palace in the Grand Duchy of Baden on 12 March 1781, as the daughter of Karl Ludwig of Baden and Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt . Frederica, in her family known as Frick (Frique), was given a conventional and shallow education by a French-Swiss governess in Karlsruhe, and has been described as intellectually ...
Leopold (29 August 1790 – 24 April 1852) succeeded in 1830 as the Grand Duke of Baden, reigning until his death in 1852. Although a younger child, Leopold was the first son of Margrave Karl Friederich of Baden by his second, morganatic wife, Louise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg. Since Luise Karoline was not of equal birth with the Margrave ...
Grand Dukes of Baden, 1806–1918. Grandson of Charles Frederick. Uncle of Charles. Son of Leopold I. Ruled under the regency of his brother Frederick . Brother of Louis II. Served as regent 1852–1858. Took the title of Grand Duke in 1856. Became a subordinate ruler in the German Empire after the Unification of Germany in 1871.
Frederick V (Margrave) of BADEN-DURLACH. Born: 1594 Died: 1659. HRH Charles's 10-Great Grandfather. HRH Albert II's 11-Great Grandfather. HM Juan Carlos' 10-Great ...
Dec 15, 2023 · Frederick I (Frederick Wilhelm Ludwig) (9 September 1826 28 September 1907) was the sovereign Grand Duke of Baden reigning from 1856 to 1907. Frederick was born in Karlsruhe, on 9 September 1826. He was the third son of Grand Duke Leopold (17901852) and of his wife, Grand Duchess Sophie (1801186
