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1 day ago · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
1 day ago · Signature. Charles II of Spain [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, neither of his marriages produced children, and he died without a direct heir. He is now best remembered for his physical disabilities, and the War of the ...
1 day ago · Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (German: Heinrich der Erlauchte) Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (German: Luitpold der Erlauchte) "~ the Impaler": Vlad III of Wallachia "~ the Impotent" Henry IV of Castile (Spanish: Enrique el Impotente) "~ the Inconstant" or "~ the Fickle": Ferdinand I of Portugal (Portuguese: Fernando o Inconstante)
22 hours ago · If you were born on this date: Your heart has experienced approximately 22,058,023,603 heartbeats since your birth.. You've slept for 66,245 days or 181.49 years!. You've had about 994,675 dreams.
4 days ago · Who succeeded Henry II? Henry II (born 1133, Le Mans, Maine [now in France]—died July 6, 1189, near Tours) was the duke of Normandy (from 1150), count of Anjou (from 1151), duke of Aquitaine (from 1152), and king of England (from 1154), who greatly expanded his Anglo-French domains and strengthened the royal administration in England.
2 days ago · A fine in the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272) was an agreement to pay the king a sum of money for a specified concession. The rolls on which the fines were recorded provide the earliest systematic evidence of what people and institutions across society wanted from the king and he was prepared to give. They open a large window onto the ...
1 day ago · King Henry, by the contrivance of Alvarez, at twelve years of age was married to Mafalda, sister to Alphonsus, king of Portugal, but upon an impediment of consanguinity which was proved before commissaries, pope Innocent III. declared the marriage null, and Mafalda returning to Portugal, founded a Cistercian nunnery at Arouca, took herself the ...
