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The Duchy of Legnica ( Polish: Księstwo Legnickie, Czech: Lehnické knížectví) or Duchy of Liegnitz ( German: Herzogtum Liegnitz) was one of the Duchies of Silesia. Its capital was Legnica ( Liegnitz) in Lower Silesia . Legnica Castle had become a residence of the Silesian dukes in 1163 and from 1248 was the seat of a principality in its ...
The history of Gibraltar, a small peninsula on the southern Iberian coast near the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, spans over 2,900 years. The peninsula has evolved from a place of reverence in ancient times into "one of the most densely fortified and fought-over places in Europe", [1] as one historian has put it.
War of the Spanish Succession. The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire amongst supporters of the claimant Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
United Kingdom - Spanish Armada, Elizabeth I, Reformation: Mary was executed on February 8, 1587. By then England had moved from cold war to open war against Spain. Philip II was the colossus of Europe and leader of resurgent Roman Catholicism. His kingdom was strong: Spanish troops were the best in Europe, Spain itself had been carved out of territory held by the infidel and still retained ...
Dec 12, 2022 · 1492 - The Christian Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon conquer the Emirate of Granada, ending nearly 800 years of Muslim rule in the south and founding modern Spain as a united state. Christopher ...
Spain was a Catholic country and England a Protestant country – meaning that the two rulers had conflicting spiritual outlooks. Marriage rejection King Philip of Spain had been married to ...
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This was done in the name of religion, because England had become Protestant and no longer accepted the Pope as the head of the Church; Spain was Catholic and the Pope had encouraged Philip...
