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1 day ago · Early life Anne at the age of six, 1607. Born at the Benavente Palace [es] in Valladolid, Spain, and baptised Ana María Mauricia, she was the eldest daughter of King Philip III of Spain and his wife Margaret of Austria. She held the titles of Infanta of Spain and of Portugal (since her father was king of Portugal as well as Spain) and Archduchess of Austria. Despite her Spanish birth, she was ...
3 days ago · He was born in the presence of his father Louis XIII, the Princess of Condé, and the Duchess of Vendôme, prominent members of the Bourbon dynasty. Philippe's cousin, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, noted in her memoirs that the child's birth was marked by celebratory cannons in Paris.
2 days ago · Charter of Alienor, queen of England, duchess of Normandy and Aquitaine, countess of Anjou, addressed to the archbishop of Bordeaux and all her officers of Aquitaine.
1 day ago · One of Marie Antoinette’s natural pearl and diamond pendants fetched a record-breaking $36 million at auction, a world record for a pearl. In total, the suite realized $42.7 million, with the ...
4 days ago · Tradition asserts that Margaret of Anjou was taken prisoner here after the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471), thereby ending her tenacious struggle against the House of York. Certainly Little Malvern, which is not far from Tewkesbury, does fit a contemporary description of Margaret’s place of capture: ‘a poor religious house’.
4 days ago · Marie Marguerite Reine Bernard: Birthdate: 1645: Birthplace: Beauvoir Sur Mer, Vendee, France: Death: January 11, 1719 (73-74) Port Royal, Canada Immediate Family: Wife of René le Jeune Landry Mother of Marie Cécile Landry. Managed by: Michelle Angelique Stein: Last Updated: today
2 days ago · He died of tuberculosis, leaving no children by his consort, Elizabeth of Austria, whom he had married in 1570, but one son, Charles, later duc d’Angoulême, by his mistress Marie Touchet. Charles, although emotionally disturbed, was an intelligent man.
