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Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, 1957. It lasted four centuries since February 1615, when Galileo Galilei wrote an important Letter to Mary Christine of Lorraine, the mother of Cosimo de’ Medici, the Duke of Tuscany, in the court of whom Galileo worked as mathematician and philosopher. This letter is entirely dedicated to the relationship ...
Jul 27, 2018 · Louise noticeably resembled Marie of Clèves, the wife of Henri’s enemy the Prince de Condé. Henri was obsessed with Marie and wanted to marry her even though she was already married and the relationship was idealized and platonic. Louise was born on April 30, 1553 at the castle of Nomeny.
Claude of Valois. Christina of Lorraine ( French: Christine de Lorraine, Italian: Cristina di Lorena) (16 August 1565 – 19 December 1637) was a French noblewoman of the House of Lorraine who became a Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage. She served as Regent of Tuscany jointly with her daughter-in-law during the minority of her grandson from ...
Aug 16, 2019 · The Grand Duchess Christina of Lorraine was born Aug. 16, 1565. Christina was the grand-daughter of Catherine d’ Medici, and she re-cemented her ties to the family in 1589, when she married Ferdinando I de’ Medici of Florence in a lavish wedding. Christina hired Galileo Galilei, then at Padua, to tutor her eldest son, Cosimo II, and when ...
Christina would never return to the country of her birth. Christina was married twice. First, in 1533, she was wed to Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan, by proxy. She went to live in Milan in 1534. As part of the marriage contract, if Francesco died without any heirs, the Duchy of Milan would become part of the Holy Roman Empire.
Feb 26, 2015 · Margaret of Anjou was born on 23 March 1430 in Lorraine as the daughter of René of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. At the age of 15, Margaret married Henry VI of England, who was eight years older than her. Henry’s mental condition was very unstable, and he had a complete breakdown around the time of the birth of their only child ...
Nov 9, 2022 · Birthplace: Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium. Death: before October 06, 1111. Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. Immediate Family: Daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony, Countess of Flanders. Wife of Gebhard, Graf von Süpplingenburg; Theodoric II "the Valiant", duke of Lorraine and Count Henry III of Leuven and Brussel.
