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4 days 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 ...
16 hours ago · Osburh. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c.849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
4 days ago · Manuel II was on friendly terms with Mehmed I, the victor in the Interregnum, but his attempts to meddle in the next contested succession led to the Siege of Constantinople by Murad II in 1422. During the last years of his life, Manuel II relinquished most official duties to his son and heir John VIII Palaiologos , and went back to the West ...
2 days ago · Albert II, prince of Monaco (born March 14, 1958, Monaco) is the prince of Monaco and the 32nd hereditary ruler of the principality of Monaco (2005– ). He is the only son of Rainier III, prince of Monaco, and Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco), a former actress. Albert attended Amherst College (B.A., 1981) in Massachusetts and briefly ...
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3 days ago · Saxony tested its power in 1756 by joining a coalition consisting of Austria, France, and Russia. The common enemy was Prussia, and that state's king, Frederick the Great , decided to teach his Saxon neighbors a lesson by invading them, sparking the Third Silesian War, which was part of the wider European conflict the Seven Years War .
16 hours ago · Alter Designs pulled off a great marketing coup involving part of the Princely Family. Coinciding with the Grand Prix, Pauline Ducruet’s unisex clothing brand, Alter Designs, has just published a video campaign featuring her family and especially her mother, Princess Stéphanie.
5 days ago · The picture from here I had taken in the park of Schloss Rosenau (Rosenau castle), close to the town of Coburg in southern Germany. There is an interesting story behind that place, affecting not only Germans, but also Britons, French people and US-Citizens. Schloss Rosenau: In the city center of Coburg there is the main castle, Schloss Ehrenburg: The statue in front of this castle shows Ernst ...
