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1 day ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
1 day ago · Marlow. John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington. United Kingdom. Monmouth House. (demolished in 1773) Soho Square. James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch. United Kingdom.
11 hours ago · The Iron Duke: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington: George Arliss: Love Time: Franz Schubert: Nils Asther: Madame Du Barry: Madame Du Barry: Dolores del Río: Louis XV of France: Reginald Owen: The Mighty Barnum: P. T. Barnum: Wallace Beery: Nell Gwynn: Nell Gwynn: Anna Neagle: The Rise of Catherine the Great: Catherine II of Russia ...
3 days ago · John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria: Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe: Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont: 25 October 1844: George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Adolphus Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin: Anna Maria of Ostfriesland: 4 September 1622
May 2, 2024 · Also Duke Max and Duchess Elizabeth in Bavaria were present, as were Hereditary Prince Carl-Eugen zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein and his wife Anna, George, Earl Percy and his younger siblings Lord Max Percy (the boyfriend of the groom’s sister Nora) and Lady Catherine Percy, Hereditary Prince Maximilian zu Hohenlohe ...
1 day ago · Depictions of missing works. Just Judges from the Ghent Altarpiece. The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest (1628), by Willem van Haecht, which includes the lost Van Eyck Woman Bathing as well as the lost Portrait of Albrecht Dürer in Black Hat and Cloak. Cornelis Bos' engraving of Leda and the Swan by Michelangelo.
4 days ago · The daughter of Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen set her dress on fire while trying to hide a cigarette from her father, who had forbidden her to smoke. [124] [125] Clement Vallandigham
