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3 days ago · At the time of Wilhelm's birth, his granduncle Frederick William IV was king of Prussia. Frederick William IV had been left permanently incapacitated by a series of strokes, and his younger brother Wilhelm, the young prince's grandfather, was acting as regent.
3 days ago · Frederick V 1723–1766 King of Denmark r. 1746–1766: Louise of Great Britain 1724–1751: Frederick 1707–1751 Prince of Wales: Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1758–1794: Frederick 1753–1805 Hereditary Prince of Denmark: Frederick II 1720–1785 Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel: Friedrich Karl 1757–1816 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein ...
4 days ago · He and his descendants would go on to face several conflicts to gradually expand and transform a small kingdom into the nation of France. 987–996 Hugh Capet. 996–1031 Robert II (the Pious) 1031–1060 Henry I. 1060–1108 Philip I. 1108–1137 Louis VI (the Fat) 1137–1180 Louis VII (the Young) 1180–1223 Philip II Augustus.
2 days ago · ‘It was very overwhelming and moving,’ recounted King Frederik, who ascended to the throne following the shock abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II, in January. The King thanked the Danish public for their welcoming reception, calling the day ‘one of the most amazing things to experience in my life.’ A particular highlight, he ...
5 days ago · In an audacious attempt to rid itself of the Staufen dynasty following the death of Emperor Frederick II, the papacy sought English men and money, totalling 135,000 marks (£90,000), to oust the present incumbent and king of Sicily, Conrad IV.
3 days ago · The real reason Queen Margrethe II chose to step down from the throne might have nothing to do with Margrethe's health issues and everything to do with her determination to keep King Frederik X and Queen Mary together. On December 31, 2023, Queen Margrethe formally announced that she planned to abdicate the throne, sending shockwaves through ...
2 days ago · He was the son of Prince Vlad II Dracul ("Dracula" means "son of Dracul," son of the dragon, as King Sigismund of Hungary had knighted and inducted Vlad the Elder into the Order of the Dragon).
