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Catherine Cornaro ( Venetian: Catarina Corner; Italian: Caterina Cornaro or Corner; Greek: Αικατερίνη Κορνάρο, romanized : Aikateríni Kornáro; 25 November 1454 – 10 July 1510) was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Cyprus, also holding the titles of Queen of Jerusalem and Queen of Armenia. She became queen consort of Cyprus ...
Incumbents. Monarch – Louis XI; Events. 23 February – Charles the Bold gained the titles of Duke of Guelders and Count of Zutphen. 3 November – Peter II, Duke of Bourbon married Anne of France.
João Vaz Corte-Real (c. 1420 – 1496) was a Portuguese sailor, claimed by some accounts to have been an explorer of a land called Terra Nova do Bacalhau ( New Land of the Codfish ), speculated to possibly have been a part of North America. These accounts assert that Corte-Real was awarded the donatário – captaincies of São Jorge and Angra ...
Guillaume Fillastre (died 1473) Guillaume Fillastre or Fillâtre (died 1473) was a Burgundian statesman, prelate and patron of arts. He served as a counsellor to Duke Philip the Good and was successively bishop of Verdun (1437–1448), bishop of Toul (1448–1460) and bishop of Tournai (1460–1473). He was also the abbot of Saint-Bertin from ...
Společnost UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia a.s. je součástí velké finanční skupiny, která vznikla spojením devíti italských bankovních domů, jejichž historie sahá až do poloviny 15. století. V roce 1999 započala mezinárodní expanze UniCredit Bank do dalších zemí Evropy akvizicí polského finančního domu Bank ...
Cecilia Gallerani. Cecilia Gallerani ( Italian pronunciation: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ɡalleˈraːni]; early 1473 – 1536) was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of Ludovico Sforza, known as Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan. She is best known as the subject of Leonardo da Vinci 's painting The Lady with an Ermine ( circa 1489).
Eleanor of Naples ( Leonora or Eleonora of Aragon; 22 June 1450 – 11 October 1493) was Duchess of Ferrara by marriage to Ercole I d'Este. She was the first duchess of Ferrara, and mother of many famous Renaissance figures. She was a well known political figure, and served as regent of Ferrara during the absence of her spouse.
