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4 days ago · Henry IV was the king of Navarre (as Henry III, 1572–89) and the first Bourbon king of France (1589–1610), who, at the end of the Wars of Religion, abjured Protestantism and converted to Roman Catholicism (1593) in order to win Paris and reunify France.
2 days ago · Henry of Navarre and the House of Bourbon allied themselves to the Huguenots, adding wealth and territorial holdings to the Protestant strength, which at its height grew to sixty fortified cities, and posed a serious and continuous threat to the Catholic crown and Paris over the next three decades.
1 day ago · House of Bourbon-Braganza. The Most Serene House of Braganza ( Portuguese: Sereníssima Casa de Bragança ), also known as the Brigantine dynasty ( dinastia Brigantina ), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas .
- 1442; 581 years ago
- Afonso I, Duke of Braganza
2 days ago · This year’s PGA Championship host state is the birthplace of an American classic: bourbon. That's the spirit! The bourbon is plentiful in Louisville, Ky., home of the 2024 PGA Championship ay ...
2 days ago · The Bourbon dynasty governed France from 1589 to 1793 and from 1814 to 1830, creating an absolute monarchy that reached its zenith under Louis XIV and was overthrown during the reign of Louis XVI. Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X all served as constitutional monarchs. It was Charles X’s attempt to institute a more absolutist monarchy ...
2 days ago · Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, " Granddaughter of France " (29 May 1627 – 5 April 1693) known as La Grande Mademoiselle, was the eldest daughter of Gaston d'Orléans, an his first wife Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier. Mademoiselle's mother died in childbirth and Anne Marie Louise inherited her vast fortune ...
5 days ago · The rest of bourbon’s road to prominence—from its easy adaptation into all of the cocktail booms past and present to the establishment of the Bourbon Trail as a bucket-list pilgrimage for devotees—has only solidified its status into what Lizzo might say is 100% that, ahem, icon. And, speaking of C-notes, the cocktails in this next box ...
