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1 day ago · Grand Duke Adolphe (1852–1912) Grand Duke Adolphe ruled in Luxembourg from 1890 to 1905. He was the first of the House of Nassau-Weilburg to hold the prestigious title, and the first to be grand duke without being the heir of the Netherlands. His father was Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau, whose title he inherited upon his death.
5 days ago · When Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, became king of Germany, he restored Bavaria to the Welf line in the person of Henry X's son, Henry XII the Lion, Duke of Saxony. Ducal and Electoral Bavaria (Hereditary dukes)
2 days ago · Otto defeated Berengar, secured Adelaide’s release, and then married her. His first Italian campaign was also motivated by political developments in Germany, including the competing ambitions in Italy of his son Liudolf, duke of Swabia, and Otto’s brother Henry I, duke of Bavaria. Although he would.
2 days ago · Burchard was the son of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia and Regilinda. [a][1] At a young age on the murder of his father in 926, he was sent to Saxony for his safety after the accession of the duke Herman I. After the rebellion of Duke Liudolf, son of King Otto I, in 954, the king bestowed the ducal title on his nephew-in-law Burchard at a general ...
4 days ago · In Saxony, too, Otto kept in his hands the dukedom of his ancestors, even though the beginning of the Billung line of dukes is traditionally dated to 936.
2 days ago · Henry VIII. and Sir Thomas More. Italian poem by Zanobio Ceffino on the heresy of the king of England and the death of Sir Thomas More, with a dedication to Signor Baldasar da Pescia, dated Rome, 11 May 1536. In 93 stanzas of 8 lines each. Begins: "Non vi sdegnate, O sacro sante Muse."
5 days ago · Starting in 1662, the gallows were used for nearly 150 years, according to a Sep. 5 news release from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt. Now, the...
