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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prince_Philip,_Duke_ofPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · War Cross. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › House_of_OldenburgHouse of Oldenburg - Wikipedia

    2 days ago · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current King of the United Kingdom and King of Norway are agnatic members of this house, meanwhile the King of Spain and King of ...

    • Friedrich Ferdinand, Prince of Schleswig-Holstein
    • (adoptive:)Bernadotte

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Descendants_of_ChristianDescendants of Christian IX of Denmark - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Some of these descendants would play a role in the history of ...

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  5. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 1013Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of ...

    3 days ago · Burbank and Cooper offer the definition that ‘Empires are large political units, expansionist or with a memory of power extended over space, polities that maintain distinction and hierarchy as they incorporate new people’ (p. 8), only distinguishing between empires and nation-states with the equivocating declaration that ‘the empire-state ...

  6. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 2040After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire since 1405

    2 days ago · After Tamerlane’s demise in 1405, a few great empires came into being: the Qing and Ming in present day China, the Vijayanagara and Mughal in India, the Safavid in Iran and the Ottoman in Turkey. These Asian empires co-existed with fragmentary European nation-states until the 19th century when European conquests overtook large parts of Asia ...

  7. www.ynetnews.com › culture › articleBehind the royal curtain: how the British monarchy views Israel

    4 days ago · Unofficial royal boycott, aunts who supported the Nazis, grandmother who saved Jews from them and full recognition of the Holocaust: the tumultuous relationship between the royal family and Israel

  8. facts.net › ww2-facts100 WW2 Facts About the Biggest and Bloodiest War in History

    5 days ago · 05 All in all, WW2 claimed around 73 million lives. 01 Historians officially place WW2’s beginning on September 1st, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. 02 However, the war between China and Japan began in 1937. 03 The USA also entered WW2 only towards the end of 1941.