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2 days ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
5 days ago · Edward VIII (born June 23, 1894, Richmond, Surrey, England—died May 28, 1972, Paris, France) was the prince of Wales (1911–36) and king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the British dominions and emperor of India from January 20 to December 10, 1936, when he abdicated in order to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson of ...
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14 hours ago · King Charles II (pictured) was born at St James's Palace on May 29, 1630 and was the eldest surviving son of Charles I By the time Charles II (pictured with his siblings) was 19, his father ...
5 days ago · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
2 days ago · The castle was occupied by the English for twelve years, until 1186, when it was returned to William as the dowry of his English bride, Ermengarde de Beaumont, who had been chosen for him by King Henry.
3 days ago · King Thibaw‘s Palace in Mandalay, shortly after his exile in 1885 (Source: Wikimedia Commons) In the early hours of November 29, 1885, the ancient royal capital of Mandalay awoke to a scene of chaos and carnage. 10,000 heavily armed British troops had stormed up the Irrawaddy River, breached the city walls, and swiftly crushed the meager Burmese defenses.
2 days ago · A photograph taken on May 16, 2024 shows the face of King Charles III as depicted in his official portrait painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo, displayed at the Philip Mould gallery, on Pall ...
