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  2. 5 days ago · Isabella of Bourbon. Mary of Burgundy ( French: Marie de Bourgogne; Dutch: Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), epithet: 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 ...

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  3. 1 day ago · Charles Jean, King of Sweden and Norway. Bernadotte acted as regent for the remainder of Charles XIII's rule, before becoming Charles Jean (Karl Johan in Swedish) as King. From February 5, 1818 ...

  4. 4 days ago · King of France: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen of France c. 1122 –1204: King Henry II 1133–1189 r. 1154–1189 King of England: Geoffrey VI 1134–1158 Count of Nantes: William FitzEmpress Viscount of Dieppe 1136–1163/1164: William IX 1153–1156 Count of Poitiers: Margaret of France 1157–1197 Queen of England and Hungary: Henry the Young ...

  5. 5 days ago · The name Normandy occurs in the history of World War II as the site of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in June of 1944. In 2016 the Basse-Normandie région was joined with the région of Haute-Normandie to form the new administrative entity of Normandy. Cherbourg. Cherbourg, France.

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  6. 5 days ago · The Queen of Denmark attends a state banquet at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on May 6, 2024 (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau/Alamy) With the dress, Mary wore the tiara and jewels from the Danish Ruby Parure. Fittingly, the set’s first owner was Désirée Clary, who became Queen of Sweden through her marriage to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later King ...

  7. 3 days ago · Catherine de Medici was one of the most powerful women in Europe for a considerable amount of time during the 16th Century, serving as Queen of France and Regent for three Kings of France. She was born on April 13, 1519, in Florence, Italy. She was a member of the powerful Medici family. Her father was Lorenzo, the ruler of Florence; her mother ...

  8. 3 days ago · Church, Society and Religious Change in France, 1580-1730. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780300150988; 506pp.; Price: £35.00. Over the past 15 years Joseph Bergin has produced two monographs on French bishops which are notable for their ambitious scopes and for their contributions to our understanding of the French Church ...

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