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4 days ago · On 31 December 1660, following his brother's restoration, James was created Duke of Albany in Scotland, to go along with his English title, Duke of York. Upon his return to England, James prompted an immediate controversy by announcing his engagement to Anne Hyde, the daughter of Charles's chief minister, Edward Hyde.
2 days ago · The Wars of the Roses, a series of bloody civil wars that engulfed England in the latter half of the 15th century, can trace their origins to the bitter rivalry between two powerful noblemen: Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and Richard, Duke of York. Their personal ambitions and political maneuvering, set against the backdrop of a weakened ...
4 days ago · The eldest child of George, duke of York (later King George V ), and Princess Mary of Teck (later Queen Mary), he became heir to the throne on the accession of his father (May 6, 1910).
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4 days ago · In March of 1664, James Stuart, Duke of York, and brother to the newly reinstalled English King Charles II, asked if he could seize the land between the Delaware and Connecticut rivers from...
3 days ago · Had strongly dissuaded Francis from making an attack upon Naples, but, seeing how powerless the Pope was, he has sent the duke of Albany to attack it. The Pope in his weakness has been compelled to make terms with him.
3 days ago · Charles I (born November 19, 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland—died January 30, 1649, London, England) was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution. Charles was the second surviving son of James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark.
2 days ago · March, 1649 [17 March, 1648/9.] All people of England and Ireland discharged of Allegiance to the late Kings Issue. who are disabled to be King, Queen, Prince of; Wales, or Duke of Cornwal.
