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4 days ago · May 26, 2024. Towering over the heart of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) is much more than just another historic landmark. Over its 200+ year history, this Romanesque gateway has served as a symbol of peace, been seized as a spoil of war, and acted as a harrowing reminder of the city‘s division.
5 days ago · Daughter of Burchard V, Graf von Hohenberg and Mechtild, Gräfin von Tübingen Wife of Rudolf I, King of the Germans, Count of Habsburg Mother of Mathilde von Habsburg; Albrecht I von Österreich, Roman-German King; Catherine of Habsburg, Duchess of Bavaria; Hedwig of Habsburg, Margravine of Brandenburg; Agnes, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Wittenberg ...
4 days ago · Both bride and groom have interesting Gotha-connections. The groom’s maternal grandmother was Altgräfin Gabrielle zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Krautheim und Dyck. His uncle Count Moritz is married to Duchess Fleur von Württemberg. Camilla is a direct descendant of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. There were around 350 guests.
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5 days ago · Maria Theresa. (Show more) War of the Austrian Succession, (1740–48), a conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740. In the war for the Austrian succession itself, France unsuccessfully supported the ...
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2 days ago · The Nine Years' War, [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
5 days ago · Ancient history. Germanic peoples occupied much of the present-day territory of Germany in ancient times. The Germanic peoples are those who spoke one of the Germanic languages, and they thus originated as a group with the so-called first sound shift ( Grimm’s law ), which turned a Proto-Indo-European dialect into a new Proto-Germanic ...
2 days ago · The states of the Holy Roman Empire ranged in size from the small and complex territories of the princely Hohenlohe family branches to sizable, well-defined territories such as the Electorate of Bavaria, the Margraviate of Brandenburg or the Kingdom of Bohemia.
