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6 days ago · This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
1 day ago · In 1661, Mumbai was given as part of Catherine de Braganza’s dowry to Charles II of England. Such was the extent of power of the Portuguese India at that time that till the 18th century, the viceroy at Goa held sway over all the Portuguese possessions around the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Southern Africa.
10 hours ago · 4. 1661: Bombay was given to England as part of the dowry of Catherine de Braganza when she married Charles II. Step 5/16 5. 1690: Job Charnock establishes a factory in Sutanuti, which later becomes Calcutta.
10 hours ago · A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and can span across executive, legislative, and judicial domains.
5 days ago · spouse George VI. daughter Elizabeth II. daughter Princess Margaret. Elizabeth (born August 4, 1900, St. Paul’s Waldenbury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England—died March 30, 2002, Windsor, Berkshire) was the queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1936–52), wife of King George VI.
6 days ago · The Church of England ( C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the origin of the Anglican tradition, which combines features of both Reformed and Catholic Christian practices. Its adherents are called Anglicans.
2 days ago · Definition. Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) was a Stuart king who, like his father James I of England (r. 1603-1625), viewed himself as a monarch with absolute power and a divine right to rule. His lack of compromise with Parliament led to the English Civil Wars (1642-51), his execution, and the abolition of the monarchy in 1649.
