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5 days ago · Amalia was born in Braunfels as a daughter of Count Johann Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels (1563-1623) and his wife, Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1568-1617). She was a member of the House of Solms, a ruling family with Imperial immediacy, and spent her childhood at the parental Braunfels castle. She became part of the court of Elizabeth ...
3 days ago · Was William the Great Count of Burgundy? Yes, William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), also known as William the Great or Tête Hardie (“the Stubborn”), was the Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087. He was also the Count of Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. William I was the son of Reginald I, Count of Burgundy, and Alice of Normandy, daughter of ...
- Carlos Sanford
2 days ago · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
- 1688–1689
4 days ago · The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins , who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the Houses ...
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
6 days ago · The Shakespeare Sculptures by Greg Wyatt. Circling the Elizabethan Garden, eight Shakespearean statues by sculptor Greg Wyatt evoke The Tempest, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry IV, Part 2, and Macbeth. These works reflect the sculptor's response to key moments and characters in each play.
5 days ago · Gillian Lindt. Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf was a religious and social reformer of the German Pietist movement who, as leader of the Moravian church (Unitas Fratrum), sought to create an ecumenical Protestant movement. Zinzendorf was the son of a Saxon minister of state of Austrian noble descent. His.
5 days ago · William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of Lansdowne was a British statesman and prime minister (July 1782 to April 1783) during the reign of George III. The son of John Fitzmaurice, who took the additional name of Petty on succeeding to the Irish estates of his uncle and who was created earl of
