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3 days ago · Esteemed royal biographer and journalist Christopher Wilson thinks the problem lies within the Kensington Palace communications team and their flawed strategy to manage the Princess's absence following her Royal Highness's abdominal surgery in January. "It's sad that the Princess of Wales fell victim to her own PR machine," says Wilson.
5 days ago · He was also an eminent statesman. He actively participated in the civil war between the supporters of Vladislaus III Jagiellon and the younger Ladislaus the Posthumous, two pretenders to the Hungarian throne in the early 1440s, on behalf of the former.
3 days ago · See all videos for this article. Elizabeth II (born April 21, 1926, London, England—died September 8, 2022, Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from February 6, 1952, to September 8, 2022.
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6 days ago · The Elizabethan era: your guide to life during the 'Golden Age'. The Elizabethan age (1558–1603) is named after the reign of England’s last Tudor monarch, Queen Elizabeth I. The period is often referred to as a ‘Golden Age’ of history: England became a major European power in politics, exploration, trade and the arts, while Elizabeth I ...
3 days ago · Suleiman had allocated Transylvania and eastern Royal Hungary to John II Sigismund, which became the "Eastern Hungarian Kingdom", reigned over by his mother, Isabella Jagiellon, with Martinuzzi as the real power. But Isabella's hostile intrigues and threats from the Ottomans led Martinuzzi to switch round.
2 days ago · Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.