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  1. 3 days ago · Mary of Burgundy (French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482.

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      Childhood and life in France Portrait of Margaret aged ten...

  2. 4 days ago · In 1569, the duchy was elevated to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany after territorial expansion. The Medici ruled the Grand Duchy from its inception until 1737, with the death of Gian Gastone de' Medici. The grand duchy witnessed degrees of economic growth under the early grand dukes, but was bankrupt by the time of Cosimo III de' Medici (r. 1670 ...

    • By Medico, Castellan of Potrone, considered the first ancestor of the house
    • 1230; 793 years ago
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  4. 5 days ago · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire. His nominated heir was Philip of Anjou, a grandson of Louis XIV of France, whose main backers were ...

    • 9 July 1701 – 6 February 1715, (13 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
    • Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt, and Baden
  5. Apr 12, 2024 · House of Savoy. Victor Amadeus I (born May 8, 1587, Turin, Savoy [Italy]—died Oct. 7, 1637) was the duke of Savoy from 1630 to 1637, son of Charles Emmanuel I. The French were again occupying Savoy when his father died in 1630, but by an alliance with France (his wife Christine was a daughter of King Henry IV), Victor Amadeus managed to ...

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  6. Apr 9, 2024 · Il Sodoma (born 1477, Vercelli, duchy of Savoy [Italy]—died Feb. 14/15, 1549, Siena, republic of Siena) was an Italian painter whose works reflect the transition from High Renaissance to Mannerist style. Sodoma was the son of a shoemaker. From 1490 to 1497 he was apprenticed to G.M. Spanzotti, a minor Piedmontese artist, but he was afterward ...

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  7. Apr 2, 2024 · Philip III (born July 31, 1396, Dijon, Burgundy [now in France]—died June 15, 1467, Bruges [now Brugge, Belgium]) was the most important of the Valois dukes of Burgundy (reigned 1419–67) and the true founder of the Burgundian state that rivaled France in the 15th century. Philip was the son of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria.

  8. Apr 14, 2024 · April 17, 2024 - 12:30 pm. Holy Communion – 12.30pm. April 21, 2024 - 11:00 am. The Fourth Sunday of Easter – 11.00am Chapel Eucharist. April 24, 2024 - 12:30 pm. Holy Communion – 12.30pm. The public are welcome to join the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy congregation at 11.00 am on Sundays. Take part in the service and listen to the chapel ...

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