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4 days ago · Battle of Mons. John French, 1st earl of Ypres (born September 28, 1852, Ripple, Kent, England—died May 22, 1925, Deal, Kent) was a field marshal who commanded the British army on the Western Front between August 1914, when World War I began, and December 17, 1915, when he resigned under pressure and was succeeded by Gen. (afterward Field ...
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1 day ago · Life France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow till ...
- 9 April 1137 – 1 April 1204
- Aénor de Châtellerault
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15 hours ago · Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.
- Ripple, Kent
- Field Marshal
- 1866–1921
5 days ago · The portrait of the queen was completed in 2000 and conveys a steady and reliable reign. PA Images/Alamy. The late queen’s image depicts her in her official uniform for portraiture, the ...
2 days ago · Father. Louis VIII of France. Mother. Blanche of Castile. Charles I (early 1226/1227 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–1285) and Forcalquier (1246–1248, 1256–1285) in the Holy ...
- 1246–1285
- Louis VIII of France
- Charles II
- Blanche of Castile
3 days ago · Louis IX, king of France. His reign saw an era of great cultural, intellectual and theological evolution. Saint Louis loved to host his Saint Bonaventure and Saint Thomas Aquinas at his table. With Robert of Sorbon, he founded the Sorbonne University in 1257. He followed with great care the completion of the cathedral of Notre Dame, in ...
4 days ago · St. John I was a sixth-century pope and martyr. John was born in the Italian province of Tuscany, and was elected Bishop of Rome (that is, pope) in 523. The Mediterranean world was, by this time, divided into the Eastern and Western Empires, each having a separate emperor. Christianity was also divided (though not in a geographic sense) by the ...
