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1 day ago · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine
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- Duchess of Aquitaine
The Duke of Aquitaine (Occitan: Duc d'Aquitània, French: Duc...
- Duchy of Aquitaine
The Duchy of Aquitaine (Occitan: Ducat d'Aquitània, IPA:...
- Alix, Countess of Blois
Alice of France (French: Alix; July/August 1150 – 1197/1198)...
- Joan
Joan of England (October 1165 – 4 September 1199) was a...
- Eleanor, Queen of Castile
Eleanor of England (Spanish: Leonor; c. 1161 – 31 October...
- Ramnulfids
The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French...
- Marie, Countess of Champagne
Marie of France (1145 – 11 March 1198) was a Capetian...
- William X, Duke of Aquitaine
4 days ago · This house of Robert Oen's in St. Ebbe's was one of the 'mural mansions,' on the occupiers of which the duty of repairing the city wall fell. This duty was now undertaken by the city. (fn. 7) All the houses acquired hitherto were within the city wall, lying between it and Freren Street (now Church Street). Here the friars erected their first ...
3 days ago · Francis I and Sixteenth-Century France. Surrey, Ashgate, 2015, ISBN: 9781472461490; 350pp.; Price: £81.00. This book, a collection of essays and articles ranging from 1963 to 2008, is published at an opportune moment, the year of the 500th anniversary of Francis I’s accession on 1 January 1515, a year marked by conferences, exhibitions and ...
3 days ago · St. Francis Saverio (© Compagnia di Gesù) One change of plans… Forged in the fire of the Spiritual Exercises given to him by a master and friend, Fr. Francisco de Jasso (1506-1552) – or Francis Xavier, as he would be remembered – was a different man from the young aristocrat who had set off to Paris to study.
2 days ago · Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), nicknamed the Citizen King, was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France.As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to lieutenant general by the age of nineteen, but he broke with the Republic over its decision to execute ...
4 days ago · spouse Albert II, prince of Monaco. Princess Charlene (born January 25, 1978, Bulawayo, Rhodesia [now in Zimbabwe]) is the consort (2011– ) of Albert II, prince of Monaco. She previously was a champion swimmer. When Wittstock was 12 years old, her parents, a sales manager and a swimming instructor, moved her and her two brothers to South Africa.
2 days ago · John George Caradja, also known by his regnal name Ioan Gheorghe Caragea (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γεωργίου Καρατζάς, romanized: Ioanni Georgiou Karatzas; pre-modern Romanian: Ioan Gheorghie Caragea, Cyrillic: Їωан Геωргïє Караџѣ; French: Jean Georges Caradja, Caradgea, or Caradgia; Italian: Giovanni Caradza, Caragia, or Caraggia; Turkish: Yoan Corc Karaca; 1754 ...
