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2 days ago · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. He was later given multiple positions in ...
4 days ago · The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the key events that led to World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip.
5 days ago · A crucial moment came when a large force of Russian cavalry, led by Grand Duke Constantine, launched a desperate counterattack. After initial success, they were met by the French Imperial Guard cavalry and cut to pieces.
4 days ago · So that now it is manifest, the Duke was not alone the Mark these Men shot at, but was only as a near Minister of ours, taken up, on the Bye, and in their Passage to their more secret Designs; which were only to cast our Affairs into a desperate Condition, to abate the Powers of our Crown, and to bring our Government into obloquy; that, in the ...
5 days ago · charles duke of suffolk. Grant by Charles duke of Suffolk to George Onyslow of the office of steward of all lands in Shropshire which belonged to Sir Robert Corbet, the wardship of whose son and heir, Roger Corbet, has been granted to the Duke by the King. 6 Feb. 5 Hen. VIII.
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3 days ago · Reporting that on the 26th September he had audience of the Archduke (Charles of Austria), and giving a detailed and most favourable description of His Highness's person, bearing, character, accomplishments, and possessions.—Vienna, 18 October 1567.
5 days ago · The residence, known as the Coudenberg Palace, was the seat of counts, dukes, regents, kings and emperors. It was the pride of Brussels until it was consumed in a blaze that, according to one account, was sparked by a lazy chef who let his jam overheat and catch fire.
