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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 ...
2 days ago · For that reason, Anne of Cleves deserves a prominent place in the pantheon of Tudor women who defied the odds and made history. References. Acts of the Privy Council of England. (1547-1557). London: H.M. Stationery Office. Chronicle of Calais. (1846). London: Camden Society. Darsie, H. (2019). Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King‘s ‘Beloved ...
5 days ago · Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564.
6 days ago · Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( German: Franz Joseph Karl [fʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈkaʁl]; Hungarian: Ferenc József Károly [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈjoːʒɛf ˈkaːroj]; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916. [1] .
4 days ago · The young boy was named after his larger-than-life great-grandfather, Charles the Bold who had died in battle fighting the Swiss at Nancy in 1477. He was the latest addition to the powerful Habsburg family, the clan that was slowly but surely gaining footholds across Europe, amassing a formidable collection of crowns.
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5 days ago · The psychological offensives launched by Austria-Hungary against Russia, Serbia and Italy in 1917 are completely absent from the historiography in any language. Chapters 3 and 4 of the book go far in filling this omission and deserve to be highlighted.
4 days ago · Within 24 hours in May 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed and Jane Seymour was betrothed. King Henry VIII was the catalyst in these two inextricably linked events. Portraits of Henry have remained fixed in the nation’s consciousness for the past 500 years, but of the queens, there ar…
