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4 days ago · Not all abdications are created equal. Some monarchs have voluntarily abdicated as a strategic move to secure their dynasty‘s future or avoid a constitutional crisis.
5 days ago · Burial sites of European monarchs and consorts. Main burial sites of European Kings include: the Wawel Cathedral for Kings of Poland. the Roskilde Cathedral for Kings of Denmark. the Westminster Abbey for Kings of England. El Escorial for Kings of Spain. the Basilica of St Denis for Kings of France.
5 days ago · Grant discusses at length the special circumstances of Blanche’s two regencies, demonstrating that there was little real challenge to the dying wish of Louis VIII that Blanche should be sole regent for her young son (pp. 280–1), though she hedges about Le Goff’s assertion that Blanche should be viewed as a ‘co-ruler’ with her son (p ...
4 days ago · Charles IX was the king of France from 1560, remembered for authorizing the massacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 23–24, 1572, on the advice of his mother, Catherine de Médicis. The second son of Henry II and Catherine, Charles became king on the death of his brother Francis II,
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4 days ago · Louis, Philip's older brother, was considered the heir to the throne of France when Philip was born in 1268. Philip only became heir apparent at age eight, when Louis died. His mother Isabella of Aragon had already passed away at that point, falling from a horse while being pregnant again.
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1 day ago · By Margaret of France, Edward had two sons, both of whom lived to adulthood, and a daughter who died as a child. His progeny by Margaret of France were: Thomas (1300–1338) Edmund (1301–1330) Eleanor (1306–1311)
4 days ago · Zarafa (January 1824 – 12 January 1845) was a female Nubian giraffe who lived in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years. A gift from Muhammad Ali of Egypt to King Charles X of France, she was one of three giraffes Muhammad Ali sent to European rulers in 1827.
