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May 5, 2023 · Here is everything to know about Spain's royal family, including King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and their two daughters.
420. Died: 484 (aged 64) Euric (born 420—died 484) was the king of a great Visigothic realm (usually called the kingdom of Toulouse) in the western part of the Roman Empire that included what is now southwestern France (south of the Loire and west of the Rhône) and most of Spain.
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Charles II of Spain [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, neither of his marriages produced children, and he died without a direct heir.
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Aug 15, 2023 · Philip II of Spain (reign: 1556-1598) was one of the most powerful monarchs of the 16th century, ruling over a vast global empire. His reign marked the Spanish Golden Age, characterized by flourishing arts, global exploration, and the defense of Catholicism against Protestantism.
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- King Philip II of Spain
- Robert Dudley
- King Eric XIV of Sweden
- Archduke Charles of Austria
- Francois, Duc d’Anjou
- Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Following the death of Henry VIII, Elizabeth’s father, she was sent to live with her former step-mother Catherine Parr, and her new husband Thomas Seymour, Baron Sudeley. Quite what the relationship between Seymour and Elizabeth was has long been speculated on by historians, but it seems that Seymour used to visit the 14 year old Elizabeth in her b...
Philip was married to Elizabeth’s sister Mary– and on her death, he remained in England for several months in an attempt to woo Elizabeth. Unfortunatelyfor Philip, Elizabeth was a Protestant and had no interest in an alliance with Spain, nor in her half-sister’s widower. Parliament was also firmly against the match, which made a diplomatic refusal ...
On Elizabeth’s accession in 1558, Dudley was appointed Master of the Horse, before rapidly rising up the ranks in Elizabeth’s court. The two were close friends during Mary’s reign, and by 1559, rumoursswirled around court that Elizabeth was in love with Dudley. Notwithstanding the fact that Dudley was already married, marrying an Englishman would h...
Sweden was a Protestant nation, and therefore attempts to make an alliance with the newly Protestant England were politicallysensible. Prince Eric negotiated for Elizabeth’s hand in marriage for several years, but in 1560 she eventually wrote him a letter in which she expressed regret at not being able to reciprocate his feelings, and firmly reject...
In 1567, Elizabeth began to consider Archduke Charles of Austria, son of the Emperor Ferdinand. Again, religion stood in the way: as a Protestant, Elizabeth and her councillorswere somewhat wary of creating alliances with Catholic countries. As with many of her suitors, Elizabeth kept Charles dangling for well over a year, before finally rebuffing ...
The Duke of Anjou was one of Elizabeth’s most persistantsuitors, and perhaps one of those she considered the most carefully. Heir to the French throne, a marriage to Francois could be extremely advantageous politically, although it seems the people would not have been best pleased by a Frenchman becoming king. Some of Elizabeth’s advisors – includi...
The step-son of Elizabeth’s first love, Robert Dudley, Essex quickly became one of Elizabeth’s favouritesdespite being 34 years her junior. In 1587, he was appointed Master of the Horse, the same post Dudley had held on Elizabeth’s accession, and in 1593, he was made a member of her Privy Council: a role which gave him considerable political influe...
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Jan 10, 2024 · Public Domain A painting of Charles II of Spain by Juan Carreño de Miranda, circa 1685. King Charles II of Spain was the last Habsburg ruler of the country, and perhaps thankfully so. Per his contemporaries, he was “so ugly as to cause fear” — though it was through no fault of his own.
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Eric Magnusson (1268 – 15 July 1299) ( Old Norse: Eiríkr Magnússon; Norwegian: Eirik Magnusson) was the King of Norway from 1280 until 1299. Background. Eirik was the eldest surviving son of King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway, and his wife, Ingeborg, daughter of King Eric IV of Denmark.
