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5 days ago · Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen. London, Bloomsbury, 2017, ISBN: 9781408853955; 624pp.; Price: £25.00. Before beginning this review, it is important to frame the commentary that follows with two caveats; first, that I (or we as academics), am not the intended audience of this book and secondly, that although I have some ...
1 day ago · But Isabella's hostile intrigues and threats from the Ottomans led Martinuzzi to switch round. In 1549, he agreed to support Ferdinand's claim, and Imperial armies marched into Transylvania. In the Treaty of Weissenburg (1551), Isabella agreed on behalf of John II Sigismund to abdicate as king of Hungary and to hand over the Holy Crown of ...
- 27 August 1556 – 25 July 1564
- Joanna of Castile
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2 days ago · Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Which of these architects developed the St. Peter's basilica that exists today, and what were his changes from the original design? Carlo Maderno extended the nave to 636 feet, and added a new facade.
2 days ago · Originally born in Germany, Louise of Baden became a duchess of Russia at the young age of 14. After marrying Alexander I in 1793, she served as a strong and dedicated empress until her death in 1826.
3 days ago · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688
- Henrietta Maria of France
2 days ago · Research into the origins of the First World War, like the work undertaken on most controversial historical topics, is subject, at least to some extent, to the dictates of scholarly fashion. Thus, it was that, not so long ago, much of the writing on this issue focused on the cultural factors that, it is said, predisposed the people of Europe to ...
4 days ago · May 24, 1950, London (aged 67) Title / Office: viceroy (1943-1947), India. Role In: North Africa campaigns. World War II. Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (born May 5, 1883, Colchester, Essex, England—died May 24, 1950, London) was a British field marshal and government administrator whose victories against the Italians in North ...
