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4 days ago · Michel J. Mollat. Duke, Duke and Duchess equivalentsa European title of nobility, having ordinarily the highest rank below a prince or king (except in countries having such titles as archduke or grand duke). It is one of the five ranks of British nobility and peerage, which, in descending order, are duke, marquess,
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3 days ago · Final Concords. Lancaster. The Regality of the County Palatine of John, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, A.D. 1377—1399. 1 (m. 40). At Lancaster, on Tuesday next before the feast of Pentecost, in the first year of the Regality of the County Palatine of John, King of Castile and Leon, Duke of Lancaster [12th May, 1377], and afterwards recorded on Monday next after the feast of the ...
3 days ago · Here are nine quotes from the saints on the Holy Eucharist: “A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.” -St. Padre Pio. “How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him.
4 days ago · When John returned to Italy in 526, Theodoric had him arrested. Pope John died soon after he was imprisoned, perhaps as a result of the treatment he received, thus earning a martyr’s crown. John was the first of twenty-three popes of that name, and the first one to be canonized a saint. Sometimes religion is inescapably involved in politics.
5 days ago · Duke of Gandia d. 141 2: Charles III the Noble 1361–1425 King of Navarre r. 1387–1425: Eleanor of Castile aft.1363–1416: Philip b. 1368: John IV Duke of Brittany 1339–1399: Joan of Navarre 1370–1437: Henry IV 1367–1413 King of England r. 1399–1413: Blanche 1372–1385: John II the Great 1398–1479 King of Navarre r. 1425–1479 ...
4 days ago · John I, Duke of Brittany (1221-1286) John II, Duke of Brittany (1286-1305) 2 Dukes of Narbonne Toulouse Kings of France See Counts of Toulouse 3 Dukes of Lorraine Lorraine Holy Roman Emperor Simon II, Duke of Lorraine (1176-1205) Frederick I, Duke of Lorraine (1205-1206) Frederick II, Duke of Lorraine (1206-1213) Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine ...
5 days ago · Joan of Arc was neither a knight nor a trained soldier, but when she mounted a horse for the first time she was so natural on it that the Duke of Lorraine gifted it to her. Who were Joan of Arc’s parents? Joan of Arc’s parents were simple peasants, Jacque d’Arc and Isabel Romée.
