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Apr 13, 2024 · Maximilian I (born April 17, 1573, Munich, Bavaria [Germany]—died Sept. 27, 1651, Ingolstadt, Bavaria) was the duke of Bavaria from 1597 and elector from 1623, a champion of the Roman Catholic side during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). After a strict Jesuit education and a fact-finding trip to Bohemia and Italy, Maximilian succeeded to ...
May 3, 2024 · Maximilian was the eldest son of the emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal. By his marriage in 1477 to Mary, daughter of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, Maximilian acquired the vast Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands and along the eastern frontier of France.
May 3, 2024 · Duke of Bavaria: Judith of Bavaria 1103–1131: Frederick II 1090–1147 Duke of Swabia: Agnes of Saarbrücken d. c. 1147: Gertrude of Comburg d. 1130/1131: Conrad III 1093–1152 King of Germany r. 1138–1152: Gertrude of Sulzbach c. 1110 –1146: Henry the Lion 1129–1195 Duke of Bavaria: Matilda of England 1156–1189: Matthias I 1119 ...
May 2, 2024 · Henry II became king of Germany in 1002 and Holy Roman emperor in 1014. His father, Henry II the Quarrelsome, duke of Bavaria, having been in rebellion against two preceding German kings, was forced to spend long years in exile from Bavaria.
Apr 30, 2024 · Mary was courted by Philip, Duke of Bavaria, from late 1539, but he was Lutheran and his suit for her hand was unsuccessful. Over 1539, the king's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, negotiated a potential alliance with the Duchy of Cleves.
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May 4, 2024 · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
Apr 27, 2024 · St. Henry II Feast day: Jul 13. On July 13, the Catholic Church celebrates the memory of St. Henry II, a German king who led and defended Europe's Holy Roman Empire at the beginning of the first...
