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Feb 23, 2024 · Louis II de Bourbon, victorious at the Battle of Rocroi during the Thirty Years' War. Louis II de Bourbon, 4e prince de Condé (born Sept. 8, 1621, Paris, France—died Dec. 11, 1686, Fontainebleau) was the leader of the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648–53). He later became one of King Louis XIV ...
3 days ago · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the Age ...
3 days ago · of Bourbon 1339–1361: Peter the Just King of Castile, Galicia, and León 1334–1369 r. 1350–1369: Juana de Castro?–1374: Juana Manuel 1339–1381: Henry II King of Castile, Galicia, and León 1334–1379 r. 1366–1379: Sancho Count of Alburquerque 1342–1374: Beatrice of Portugal 1347–1381: Ferdinand I King of Portugal 1345–1383 ...
3 days ago · History of Italy. The European country of Italy has been inhabited by humans since at least 850,000 years ago. Since classical antiquity, ancient Etruscans, various Italic peoples (such as the Latins, Samnites, and Umbri ), Celts, Magna Graecia colonists, and other ancient peoples have inhabited the Italian Peninsula.
3 days ago · Signature. Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Before this, she was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
2 days ago · The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, [1] while its values and institutions ...
3 days ago · The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1] One of its most notorious episodes was the ...