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17 hours ago · Otto's son, Albert the Bear, became, with the help of his mother's inheritance, the first Ascanian duke of Saxony in 1139. However, he soon lost control of Saxony to the rival House of Guelph . Albert inherited the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157 from its last Wendish ruler, Pribislav , and he became the first Ascanian margrave.
17 hours ago · Christian IX of Denmark (April 8, 1818 – January 29, 1906) ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. Known as the "father-in-law of Europe", [1] he and his wife, Louise of Hesse-Kassel (September 7, 1817 – September 29, 1898), became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Some of these descendants would play a role in the history of ...
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17 hours 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 in ...
17 hours ago · Dubbed in the Hall of State in the old Tre Kronor palace in Stockholm by the English Ambassador to Sweden, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, on 29 July 1669. 470 John George II, Elector of Saxony: 1613–1680 1668 471 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle: 1653–1688 1670 472 John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale: 1616–1682 1672 473
17 hours ago · Anna of Saxony. Louis II of Hesse ( German: Ludwig) (7 September 1438 – 8 November 1471), called Louis the Frank, was the Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1458 - 1471. He was the son of Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse and Anna of Saxony. He married Mechthild, daughter of Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach in 1454. Their children were:
17 hours ago · Boethius. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, [6] [note 1] commonly known simply as Boethius ( / boʊˈiːθiəs /; Latin: Boetius; c. 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a ...
17 hours ago · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
