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5 days ago · War of the Austrian Succession, (1740–48), a conglomeration of related wars, two of which developed directly from the death of Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor and head of the Austrian branch of the house of Habsburg, on Oct. 20, 1740. In the war for the Austrian succession itself, France.
4 days ago · By the early 18th century, the Habsburg Netherlands had changed hands again, awarded to the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty. The new regents sent by Vienna also used the Coudenberg Palace as their power base. Archduchess Maria-Elizabeth, sister of Emperor Charles VI, arrived in 1724. She would be the last ruler to live there. Fire and ...
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4 days ago · The following year, William did homage to King Louis VI of France for the Duchy of Normandy, further securing his position. As historian Frank Barlow writes: "In an age when primogeniture was becoming the norm, the future of the Anglo-Norman dynasty looked more secure in 1120 than for many years past.
5 days ago · Jewish Persecution in Strasbourg, 1349. A medieval drawing of the 2,000 Jews of Strasbourg who were killed on February 14, 1349 in the Strasbourg Massacre during the Black Death persecutions. The Jews were accused of causing the Black Death by poisoning the wells. Print.
5 days ago · Answer: Anne of Cleves. The Lady Mary was much dismayed to find that her father was to marry a Protestant and it was partly Mary's influence that changed Anne to the Catholic Faith. 12. King Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth of York had eight children altogether: Arthur, Margaret, Henry, Elizabeth, Edward, Edmund, Mary and Catherine.
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,
4 days ago · That was the situation that Charles VI confronted when his brother Leopold died, leaving no male heir. In 1713, Charles VI issued the Pragmatic Sanction, declaring by imperial decree that the imperial throne could be occupied by a female heir. Charles and Leopold had made a Mutual Pact of Succession before the latter died, and so Charles was ...
