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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › War_of_the_Spanish_SuccessionWar of the Spanish Succession - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · In 1701, French troops occupied both cities and Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, allied with France, his daughter Maria Luisa marrying Philip V. In May 1701, an Imperial army under Prince Eugene of Savoy moved into Northern Italy; by February 1702, victories at Carpi, Chiari and Cremona forced the French behind the Adda river.

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   2 days ago · To the Czar, in January, 1712, succeeded, as a great foreign visitor, Prince Eugene, "a little, ugly, yellow wizened man, with one shoulder higher than the other." He was the hero of the populace, for the English people were eager to carry on the war, and the Prince was against the impending peace which the new Tory Government were just about ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_Churchill,_1st_DukeJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...

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4. www.beograd.rs › en › discover-belgradeImportant Years in City History - Belgrade

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   3 days ago · Prince Eugene of Savoy captures Belgrade. 1723-1736 Construction of Belgrade fortress by the plans of colonel Nikola Doksat de Mores. 1739 Belgrade peace treaty, made between Austria and Turkey, giving Belgrade again to the Turks . 1789 Marshal Gideon Ernst Laudon captures Belgrade. 1791 Peace treaty of Svishtov gives Belgrade back to the Turks ...

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   Why did Savoy join the Grand Alliance?

   • During the Nine Years' War in 1690, Savoy joined the Grand Alliance before agreeing a separate peace with France in 1696. The accession of Philip V in 1701 led to a reversal of long-standing strategic policy, with France now supporting the Spanish position in Lombardy, rather than seeking to weaken it, and Austria doing the opposite.

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   How did Prince Eugene win the Battle of Turin?

   • Reinforced by German auxiliaries led by Leopold of Anhalt-Dessau, Prince Eugene broke the siege of Turin in September; despite a minor French victory at Castiglione, the war in Italy was over. To the fury of his allies, in the March 1707 Convention of Milan Emperor Joseph gave French troops in Lombardy free passage to Southern France.

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   Why did Napoleon ask for Savoy & Nice?

   • In exchange, Napoleon III asked for Savoy (the ancestral land of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia) and the then bilingual County of Nice, which had been taken from France after Napoleon's fall in 1815 and returned to Piedmont-Sardinia. Cavour protested that Nice was Italian, but Napoleon responded that "these are secondary questions.

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   How many duchies did Saxony have until 1918?

   • Eleven duchies survived until 1918: Oldenburg, the two Mecklenburgs (east and west), Saxe-Weimar (as the grand duchy of Saxony), Baden, and Hesse-Darmstadt were grand duchies; and Anhalt, Brunswick, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha were sovereign duchies.

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6. historum.com › t › the-great-captains-of-history-howThe Great Captains of History - How Many Battles? - Version 5

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   2 days ago · Military Career of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Early engagements 1-2. Skirmises at Sarai Nurdin and Verowal Nader Shah's Indian Campaign 3. Planned and carried out raids on Nader's army as it made its way out of India. Freed enslaved men and women from Nader's forces. Engagements against Durrani...

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   2 days ago · Napoleon III. Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.

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   5 days ago · Michel J. Mollat. Duke, Duke and Duchess equivalentsa European title of nobility, having ordinarily the highest rank below a prince or king (except in countries having such titles as archduke or grand duke). It is one of the five ranks of British nobility and peerage, which, in descending order, are duke, marquess,