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Albert believed in the power of art and design to improve the quality of life for everyone. By 1841, Victoria and Albert had both taken up etching as a hobby and often worked on the same piece together. This sketch depicts Victoria, Princess Royal and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as young children playing together.
Duchess of Swabia. The Duchess of Swabia was the wife of the Duke of Swabia, ruler of the Duchy of Swabia which existed from 915 to 1313 as part of the Kingdom of Germany. If the duke was unmarried there was no duchess. This is a list of holders of the title.
Ernest I (German: Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig; 2 January 1784 – 29 January 1844) served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844. He was the father of Prince Albert, who was the husband of Queen Victoria.
Apr 26, 2022 · Conrad I, Duke of Swabia. Conrad I (died August 20, 997) was Duke of Swabia from 983 until 997. His appointment as duke marked the return of Conradine rule over Swabia for the first time since 948. When Conrad’s predecessor, Duke Otto I, unexpectedly died during the Imperial campaign in Italy of 981-982, he left no heirs so to fill the ...
Father. Frederick I Barbarossa. Mother. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. Conrad II (February/March 1172 [1] – 15 August 1196), was Duke of Rothenburg (1188–1191) and Swabia from 1191 until his death. He was the fifth son of Frederick I Barbarossa and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy .
The Duchy of Swabia ( German: Herzogtum Schwaben; Latin: Ducatus Allemaniæ) was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German Kingdom. It arose in the 10th century in the southwestern area that had been settled by Alemanni tribes in Late Antiquity . While the historic region of Swabia takes its name from the ancient Suebi, dwelling in ...
Catherine, Duchess of Calabria. House. House of Gorizia. Father. Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia. Mother. Elisabeth of Bavaria. Elisabeth of Carinthia (also known as Elisabeth of Tyrol; c. 1262 – 28 October 1312), was a Duchess of Austria from 1282 and Queen of the Romans from 1298 until 1308, by marriage to King Albert I of Habsburg .
