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5 days ago · A desperate Odo turned to his archrival Charles Martel for help, who led the Frankish and remaining Aquitanian armies against the Umayyad armies and defeated them at the Battle of Poitiers in 732, killing Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi. While Moorish rule began to recede in what is today France, it would remain in parts of the Iberian peninsula for ...
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
5 days ago · Young Charles was raised at the court of his aunt, Margaret, who ruled the Habsburg Netherlands as regent from Mechelen, having relocated her court from Brussels, the place where scheming aristocrats stalked Coudenberg. Now, Charles and his siblings were brought up in one of the most sophisticated courts in 16 th century Europe. Mechelen was ...
4 days ago · March 14, 1715 (44) Québec, Quebec, Canada. Immediate Family: Son of Sieur de Lamontagne Honoré Martel dit Lamontagne and Marguerite Martel dite Lamontagne, fille du Roi. Husband of Marie-Madeleine Vanier. Father of Joseph Martel; Charles Pascal Martel; Jean-françois Martel Dit Lamontagne; Pierre Martel; Catherine Boiteau and 3 others.
4 days ago · Emission présentée par BASTIEN LALLIER. C’est une première sur RCF Anjou. En plus de 30 ans nous n’avions jamais consacré une émission entière à l’histoire de l’Anjou. Et pourtant Dieu sait si elle est riche. Les plus grands historiens locaux feront revivre sur notre antenne les plus grands moments qui ont forgé notre histoire.
3 days ago · Al-Andalus [a] ( Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France. The name describes the different Muslim [1] [2] states that controlled these territories at various times between ...
5 days ago · By Iris Goldsztajn. published 8 May 2024. King Charles has made a pretty pointed move vis-à-vis Prince Harry. On Tuesday, the monarch announced that the role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air ...
