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3 days ago · In this extract from the book, ‘The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire’, John I of Burgundy, also known as John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur , Jan zonder Vrees) led an army to fight the nobles and burghers of Liège in the Battle of Othée, a crucial moment in shifting the Burgundian centre of gravity to the Low Countries. Sunday, 29 January 2023.
2 days ago · e. The House of Plantagenet [a] ( /plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins, who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the ...
4 days ago · The story goes back to 1842, when the marriage took place between Lady Josephine Caroline Petronella Hubertina van Aefferden (1820-1888), a Catholic, and Protestant soldier Jacob Werner Constant van Gorkum (1809-1880).
1 day ago · Margaret (then Hospers) and her twin sister Mary left Alexandria Bay, NY to attend Hope College. There she met and married Harvey Doorenbos of Morrison, IL. After his medical and surgical training ...
3 days ago · Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.
2 days ago · The Hague, seat of government of the Netherlands. It is situated on a coastal plain, with the city centre just inland from the North Sea. The Hague is the administrative capital of the country and the home of the court and government, though Amsterdam is the official capital. The city’s name recalls the hunting lodge of the counts of Holland ...
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4 days ago · Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Some of these descendants would play a role in the history of ...
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