1 day ago · Clovis II King of Neustria and Burgundy 637–657/658: Balthild of Ascania ~626/627–680: Chilperic King of Aquitaine 630s–632: Ansegisel c. 602/610 – bef.679/662: Begga 615–693: Grimoald the Elder Mayor of Austrasia 616–657: Sigebert II King of Austrasia and Burgundy 602–613: Dagobert II King of Austrasia c. 650 –679: Bilichild ...
Mar 23, 2023 · Sicilian Vespers, (1282) massacre of the French with which the Sicilians began their revolt against Charles I, Angevin king of Naples and Sicily; it precipitated a French-Aragonese struggle for possession of that kingdom. Its name derives from a riot that took place in a church outside Palermo at the hour of vespers on Easter Monday, March 30, 1282. Peter III of Aragon, Charles’s rival for ...
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2 days ago · Its culmination came in 1492 with the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the united Spanish Crown of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. In the late 10th century, the Umayyad vizier Almanzor waged a series of military campaigns for 30 years in order to subjugate the northern Christian kingdoms.
2 days ago · The monarchy of Spain or Spanish monarchy ( Spanish: Monarquía Española ), constitutionally referred to as The Crown ( Spanish: La Corona ), is a constitutional institution and the highest office of Spain. [1] The monarchy comprises the reigning monarch, his or her family, and the royal household organization which supports and facilitates ...
Mar 27, 2023 · From his prison he had written to Catherine of Aragon in expectation of immediate death, probably in 1534; he was then sixty-four years of age, and had spent forty-three of these in religion. (fn. 72) He was, however, transferred to the Grey Friars, London, in consequence probably of having made his submission.
Mar 23, 2023 · Some examples include, but are hardly limited to: Maria of Monpellier (chapter seven) in the early-13th century who appealed Pope Innocent III’s decision to annul her marriage to Pere II of Aragon and won; Margaret of Scotland (chapter 18) who, in the 1520s, started annulment proceedings against her husband Archibald Douglas, the Earl of ...
Mar 25, 2023 · Peter's son, Peter of Eyton (II), who was referred to between c. 1220 and 1238, is known to have held land in Eyton. Peter (II) was dead by 1242 when William of Eyton, presumed to be his son, held 1 knight's fee in Eyton. By 1255 William had been succeeded by his son Peter (III), a minor in ward to Peter Peverel.