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  1. Apr 19, 2024 · When Ladislav began his rule in 1453, George’s importance waned; but, after the king’s sudden death in 1457, he was elected king (March 2, 1458) despite accusations, probably false, that he had poisoned Ladislav. Bohemia prospered under his rule, and he enhanced his prestige by trying to organize an anti-Turkish league of Christian states ...

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  2. He succeeded Albert as King of Saxony on 19 June 1902, albeit for just a brief two-year reign. On 15 October 1904 he died in Pillnitz and was succeeded by his eldest son, Frederick Augustus III (1865–1932), who was deposed in 1918. King George was a controversial figure.

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  4. Dresden, Aug. 27, 1471; d. there, April 17, 1539. The son of Albert the Brave, founder of that line of the Wettin house that bore his name, and Sidonia, daughter of Bohemian King George of Podie-brad. George was the cousin of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, who became Martin Luther's protector and strongest supporter.

  5. War of the Grand Alliance. John George III (born June 20, 1647, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died September 12, 1691, Tübingen, Württemberg) was the elector of Saxony (1680–91). He forsook the vacillating foreign policy of his father, John George II, and in June 1683 joined an alliance against France. Having raised the first standing army in ...

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  6. Apr 24, 2024 · Royal Academy of Arts. House / Dynasty: House of Hanover. George III (born June 4 [May 24, Old Style], 1738, London—died January 29, 1820, Windsor Castle, near London) was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760–1820) and elector (1760–1814) and then king (1814–20) of Hanover, during a period when Britain won an empire in the Seven ...

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  7. Queen Anne died on August 1, 1714, and George became King George I of Great Britain, the first of the Hanover monarchs. George made his state entry into London on September 20, 1714. He was accompanied by his mistress, Melusine von der Schulenburg, who was nicknamed “the Maypole” by the English because of her tall thin appearance.

  8. Nov 25, 2020 · He was staid, dutiful, hesitant and insecure – and the public loved him for it. Here, Denis Judd reveals how the George VI's sheer ordinariness – including his famous stammer – helped make him the darling of the nation. On 6 February 1952, King George VI died in his sleep at the age of 56. Greatly respected and admired by the vast ...

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