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2 days ago · After a power struggle, Bolesław III the Wry-mouthed (son of Władysław Herman, ruled 1102–1138) became the Duke of Poland by defeating his half-brother in 1106–1107. Bolesław's major achievement was the reconquest of all of Mieszko I's Pomerania , a task begun by his father and completed by Bolesław around 1123.
5 days ago · Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Death: January 10, 1266 (83-84) Poland. Place of Burial: Danzig, Danzig (since 1945 Gdansk), Pomerania (since 1945 Poland) Immediate Family: Son of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania and Zwinisława. Husband of Salomea Romanovna Pommern; Euphrosyne of Poland and Ermengarda von Pommern-Danzig.
3 days ago · The one legitimate female left, his half-sister Catharine, came to be excluded in 1615 when she married John Casimir, a non-Lutheran. Christina became the undisputed heir presumptive . From Christina's birth, King Gustav Adolph recognized her eligibility even as a female heir, and although she was called "queen," the official title the Riksdag ...
4 days ago · The duke's party asserted that the absolute monarchy in Sweden, which his grandfather King Charles XI had created, made that marriage clause irrelevant. When Charles Frederick was confronted with Ulrika Eleonora, he was forced by Arvid Horn to greet her as queen. [21]
1 day ago · The society wedding of the year is here as the Duke Of Westminster prepares to marry his bride-to-be Olivia Henson in a beautiful ceremony surrounded by their loved ones.. Hugh Grosvenor, 33, is ...
3 days ago · Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh Duke of Westminster, will marry Olivia Henson in a high-profile wedding attended by Prince William this week. His sister's however, chose to wed out of the...
5 days ago · The Queen suffered with sword this day within the Tower, upon a new scaffold, and died boldly. I can hear nothing of Mr. Russell of the King's pleasure. I fear he will profit me little in your affairs, but I will be in hand with him, and learn if you shall come over this Parliament.
