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- The title of "Catholic King and Queen" was officially bestowed on Ferdinand and Isabella by Pope Alexander VI in 1494, in recognition of their defence of the Catholic faith within their realms.
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Guy Fawkes ( / fɔːks /; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), [a] also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
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During the Civil Wars (1642-48) many Catholics fought for the King; in 1651 his son Charles II owed his life after the Battle of Worcester to the priest-holes in Catholic houses. He never forgot this and after his restoration in 1660 did what he could to protect the Catholics. James I, Charles I and Charles II all had Catholic wives; Charles II ...
The Catholic Monarchs were Queen Isabella I of Castile (r. 1474–1504) and King Ferdinand II of Aragon (r. 1479–1516), whose marriage and joint rule marked the de facto unification of Spain. They were both from the House of Trastámara and were second cousins, being both descended from John I of Castile; to remove the obstacle that this ...
Jul 10, 2020 · What could a thirteenth century French monarch, who never set foot in North America, have in common with slave owning founders of the United States, Catholic missionaries to the Southwest, and soldiers who fought the Union to preserve the institution of slavery?
Since during the period in question, religion in (Western) Europe was the virtual monopoly of the Catholic Church headed by the Pope, the sanction of the Pope was in many respects the source of any monarch's claim to the throne, and the power of any monarch was a function of that monarch's relationship with the Church.
- Most nobles of the Middle Ages felt that they owed allegiance to TWO kings: 1) the king of their country, and 2) God, their heavenly king, for whom...
- It is unevident that he was. There were multiple instances when popes were desposed by various rulers. For instance, Charles V took Rome and instal...
- Another factor not mentioned in other answers seems to be something mentioned by Dan Carlin in a recent podcast: a trick played by Pope Leo III on...
Apr 27, 2022 · Blessed Karl was the epitome of a Catholic monarch. He inherited the throne and crown of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire at a time when the Masonic lodges of Europe had decided to launch a concerted effort to destroy the last remnants of Christian civilization in Europe; the murder of the heir to the Empire in Sarajevo was intended to lead to ...
Sep 20, 2022 · The Catholic English Monarchy. Jacobites, those who continued to support the legitimate Stuart dynasty and who derive their name from the Latin, Jacobus, being the name of our last Catholic king, King James II of England and Ireland and VII of Scotland, continued to try to restore the legitimate Stuart dynasty to the throne.
