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1 day ago · The Treaty of Troyes, sealed on May 21, 1420, was a diplomatic masterstroke that reshaped the political destinies of England and France. Orchestrated by England‘s King Henry V at the height of his military successes in France, the treaty declared Henry to be the regent and heir to the French throne, with the unprecedented goal of uniting the two rival crowns.
1 day ago · Monarchy of Sweden. The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, [3] by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. [4] There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th ...
3 days ago · The Wakefield Lodge Estate, 1706-1811. Queen Catherine finally died on New Year's Eve 1705 (fn. 106) and thus the honor of Grafton passed to the 2nd duke of Grafton, who had tried unsuccessfully to buy out the queen's interest three years before. (fn. 107) Grafton House and the demesnes, however, remained in the hands of his mother and her ...
5 days ago · Konrad I, the Polish Duke of Masovia, had unsuccessfully attempted to conquer pagan Prussia in crusades in 1219 and 1222. In 1226 Duke Konrad invited the Teutonic Knights to conquer the Baltic Prussian tribes on his borders.
1 day ago · This is a list of Hungarian monarchs; it includes the grand princes (895–1000) and the kings and ruling queens of Hungary (1000–1918). Holy Crown of Hungary The Hungarian Grand Principality was established around 895, following the 9th-century Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin .
4 days ago · Born in 1028, he shaped England's destiny from 1066 until his final breath in 1087. His Norman lineage, tracing back to Rollo, Duke of Normandy, and the seismic Norman Conquest, sets the stage for the Patens' journey.family's life and history. DISCUSSION: Patton Family Origins, in 1095, in Chelmsford, Essex, England.
2 days ago · Katharine, Duchess of Kent. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, married the Duke of Kent in 1961, and at 90 years old became the oldest living royal family member following the passing of Elizabeth II ...
