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4 days ago · Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. Religion. Lutheran (1626–1654) Catholic (1654–1689) Signature. Christina ( Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [ O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa, and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.
4 days ago · Chicago, IL, Chicago University Press, 2009, ISBN: 978025276179; 224pp.; Price: £47.00. The Rule of Women in Early Modern Europe is a collection of papers which originated in a 2005 conference at the University of Miami. The women examined in the essays include queens regnant, consorts and various regents all of whom exercised power either in ...
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1 day ago · On December 22, 1793, Berlin was aflutter when two beautiful princesses of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Louise (1776-1810) and Frederica (1778-1841), made their ceremonial entry to celebrate their weddings a few days later.
2 days ago · Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire and the House of Hohenzollern's 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg.
2 days ago · Prussia ( / ˈprʌʃə /, German: Preußen, German: [ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ⓘ; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions. It formed the German Empire when it united the German states in 1871. It was de facto dissolved by an emergency decree ...
5 days ago · Ninety-five Theses, propositions for debate concerned with the question of indulgences, written (in Latin) and possibly posted by Martin Luther on the door of the Schlosskirche (Castle Church), Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517. This event came to be considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
5 days ago · An unwanted child. Christina was born on December 11, 1950, into the incredibly rich Onassis family. Her father, Aristotle, had made the family fortune as an international shipping magnate. In ...
