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4 days ago · In the war for the Austrian succession itself, France unsuccessfully supported the dubious claims of Bavaria, Saxony, and Spain to parts of the Habsburg domain and supported the claim of Charles Albert, elector of Bavaria, to the imperial crown, all with the overall aim of crippling or destroying Austria, France’s long-standing continental enemy.
3 days ago · May 26, 2024. Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sissi, was a remarkable figure whose life was marked by both extraordinary beauty and profound tragedy. Born Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, she became Empress of Austria through her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph in 1854.
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1 day ago · Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.
2 days ago · Margaret of Austria. Signature. Anne of Austria ( French: Anne d'Autriche; Spanish: Ana de Austria; born Ana María Mauricia; 22 September 1601 – 20 January 1666) was Queen of France from 1615 to 1643 by marriage to King Louis XIII. She was also Queen of Navarre until the kingdom's annexation into the French crown in 1620.
2 days ago · Charlemagne himself returned to Saxony in 780, holding assemblies in which he received hostages from Saxon nobles and oversaw their baptisms. [122] In the spring of 781, Charlemagne and Hildegard traveled with their four younger children to Rome, leaving Pepin and Charles at Worms , to make a journey first requested by Adrian in 775. [119]
1 day ago · Liège’s eight-century ecclesial state. One of the oddest entities to control Belgian territory was the regime of the Prince-Bishops who governed the independent state of Liège for eight centuries. Contemporary Belgian politics often seems too complex for its good, but the political landscape in the Middle Ages and the early modern period ...
5 days ago · May 24, 2024May 22, 2024 ~ Saad719. Today marks the 120th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Elizabeth of Greece, Countess of Törring-Jettenbach, who was born on this day in 1904! The eldest daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, she was the middle sister of Princess Olga of Yugoslavia and ...
