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3 days ago · Afonso IV (born Feb. 8, 1291, Lisbon—died May 28, 1357, Lisbon) was the seventh king of Portugal (1325–57). Afonso IV was the son of King Dinis and of Isabella, daughter of Peter II of Aragon. Afonso resented his father’s generosity toward two illegitimate sons and in 1320 demanded to be given power, remaining in open revolt until May 1322.
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2 days ago · This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
2 days ago · As part of the celebration, Shah and company president Raju Datla were being lowered from the ceiling to the stage in a cage or basket, when a cable broke and both men fell 20 feet (6.1 m), killing Shah and leaving Datla in critical condition. [542] [543] Yogish (Unknown last name) 25 March 2024.
3 days ago · Isabella I ( Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), [2] also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica ), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II.
3 days ago · Although the year 1530 is best known for Henry the Eighth’s successful effort to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, marry Anne Boleyn, throw off the Catholic Church of Rome, and establish the Anglican Church of England of which he was the head, it was also a year when there were 6.5 billion fewer people on the planet than there are today.
4 days ago · Aymer (also Aymar, Adhemar or Adomar; c. 1160 – 16 June 1202) was the last Count of Angoulême of the House of Taillefer. He was the third of the six children of Count William IV and Marguerite de Turenne.
4 days ago · When Pope Alexander IV added usury to the activities prosecuted by the Inquisition in 1257, James II of Aragon informed the Inquisition that his Jews were not to be tried for heresy. Around 1293 Philip the Fair of France forbade the Inquisitors from acting in matters that affected his Jews,!® but in 1306 he would expel them.
