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4 days ago · May 26, 2024. Towering 240 meters above the Elbe River, the Konigstein Fortress has guarded the strategic trade routes through Saxony for over 800 years. This awe-inspiring bastion sprawls across a 9.5-hectare plateau, making it one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe. With its 42-meter tall sandstone walls, 152-meter deep well, and ...
4 days ago · The great and decisive battle of Mühlberg, in which the Protestants for a time were crushed, and the deposed Elector of Saxony, John Frederick, was captured by Charles, 24 April, 1547. 5. Dr. Thirlby, the English envoy with the Emperor.
5 days ago · Gertrude of Hohenburg (c. 1225 – 16 February 1281, Vienna) was the first Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany. Family. She was born to Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg (d. 1253) and his wife Mechtild of Tübingen. Her paternal grandparents were Burchard IV, Count of Hohenberg and his unnamed wife.
4 days ago · source: Wikipedia. King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. King Maximilian I Joseph was the first King of Bavaria, reigning from 1806 until his death in 1825. He was born on May 27, 1756, in Schwetzingen, Electorate of the Palatine, now in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the son of Friedrich Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and ...
2 days ago · The League of Augsburg was not strong enough to meet the threat, but on 22 October 1688 the powerful German princes, including the Elector of Brandenburg, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, reached an agreement in Magdeburg that mobilised the forces of north Germany.
5 days ago · Question 4 of 25. 4. In autumn of 1700 Charles XII moved to relieve Narva, besieged by Tsar Peter the Great. After marching 7 days through rain and sleet, the Swedish army of 8,000 immediately stormed the Russian garrison of 40,000 under the cover of ___, and achieved a sweeping victory. Hint.
4 days ago · Order for Mr. Lowther to pay, out of the King's money in his hands, 300 l. to John Walthoe for 900 double “Courants” sent to the Post Office every post day, 1733, May 22 to August 21. Same for same to pay Stephen Whatley 50 l. as Royal Bounty. [ Treasury Minute Book XXVII. p. 211.] September 4. 112.
