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1 day ago · John of Austria (ill.) Charles V[c][d] (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg.
1 day ago · The largest single landowner within the Holy Roman Empire, they controlled lands containing over eight million subjects, including Austria, Bohemia and Hungary. [27] The Habsburgs also ruled the Spanish Empire until 1556, when Charles V divided the two empires between different branches of
1 day ago · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. He was later given multiple positions ...
1 day ago · Albertus Magnus [a] OP (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia [4] or Albert of Cologne, was a Medieval German Polymath, Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist, and bishop, considered one of the greatest medieval philosophers, scientists and thinkers.
1 hour ago · William de la Pole (1450) – beheaded at sea, possibly by order of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York. James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1450) – beheaded in London by rebels led by Jack Cade. James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley (1459) – executed after Battle of Blore Heath for being a Lancastrian.
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1 day ago · v. t. e. Frederick III[a] (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as "Fritz", he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service.
1 day ago · King Charles of Austria vowed to protect the laws of the Kingdom of Valencia, which gained him the sympathy of a wide sector of the Valencian population. On 24 January 1706, Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, 1st Earl of Monmouth, led a handful of English cavalrymen into the city after riding south from Barcelona, captured the nearby ...
