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1 day ago · Regency of Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania (1319–1320) Son of Henry I. Died as a minor. After the extinction of the Ascanian dynasty in 1320, Brandenburg came under the control of the Emperor Louis IV of the House of Wittelsbach, who granted Brandenburg to his eldest son, Louis V of Bavaria. Henry II the Child: 1302: 1319–1320: 26 March 1317
1 day ago · Jobst Edmund von Brabeck [ de], Prince-bishop (1688–1702) Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Prince-bishop (1702–1723) Clemens August of Bavaria, Prince-bishop (1723–1761) Friedrich Wilhelm von Westphalen [ de], Prince-bishop (1763–1789) Franz Egon von Fürstenberg, Prince-bishop (1789–1803) Holstein-Glückstadt.
5 days ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
1 day ago · The King praised the Prince of Wales, calling him a "very good pilot" as he handed over his former military role to his son and heir.. Prince William, 41, officially became Colonel-in-Chief of the ...
2 days ago · In 1349 the Duke of Guelders, was authorized by the Emperor Louis IV of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany to allow Jews to live in his duchy. This may have been considered somewhat unusual because Jews were being expelled from other parts of the realm in response to the Black Death. 1497: Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
2 days ago · herself the eldest daughter of German Crown Prince Frederick William and Crown Princess Victoria. The new baby was the first grandchild of the Crown Prince and Princess, and through her mother was also the first great-grandchild of the British Queen Victoria.
4 days ago · William was a staunch Yorkist, and his first wife was Mary Woodville, the sister of Elizabeth Woodville, the wife of the Yorkist King Edward IV. William and Mary had one daughter, Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert, her father’s only child and heir. The death of William’s wife Mary Woodville in 1481 weakened his links with the House of ...
