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  1. 11 hours ago · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current King of the United Kingdom and King of Norway are agnatic members of this house, meanwhile the King of Spain and King of ...

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    2 days ago · Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; [a] 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 . Born during the reign of his granduncle ...

  3. 4 days ago · 16 Mar 2024 - 18:20. My 2nd Great Grandfather is Niels Christian Pedersen born 28 Jan 1837 Naesgard, Them, Vrads, Skanderborg. He was a soldier in the 2nd Schleswig War. I am looking for his military records. Here in the USA, there are military records available at the Family Search library in Salt Lake, UT. However, none of these records are ...

  4. 4 days ago · Battle of Bosworth Field, (August 22, 1485), battle in the English Wars of the Roses, fought 12 miles (19 km) west of Leicester and 3 miles (5 km) south of Market Bosworth, between the forces of the Yorkist king Richard III and the Lancastrian contender for the crown, Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII).

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  6. 3 days ago · Role In: Mysore War. Mysore Wars. Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (born June 20, 1760, Dangan, County Meath, Ireland—died September 26, 1842, London, England) was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the ...

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  7. 3 days ago · The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine ( German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918. The grand duchy originally formed from the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1806 as the Grand Duchy of Hesse (German: Großherzogtum Hessen ). It assumed the name Hesse und bei Rhein in 1816 ...

  8. 3 days ago · Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick (born January 25/28, 1382, Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England—died April 30, 1439, Rouen, France) was a soldier and diplomatist, a knightly hero who served the English kings Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI.