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6 hours ago · He is survived by his wife and by two sons and a daughter, all of whom are involved in the circus. Another son, Armand, a bareback rider, acrobat and clown, died in 1994 aged 20 following an allergic reaction to a scratch from a domestic cat he had been training. Alexis Gruss, born April 23 1944, died April 6 2024
1 hour ago · Alexis Gruss, who has died aged 79, was born into one of the great big-top dynasties, a member of the fourth generation of a family of circus performers based in France that had begun working ...
6 hours ago · During their marriage (1559–1568) they conceived five daughters, though only two of the girls survived. Elisabeth died a few hours after the loss of her last child. Their children were: Miscarried twin daughters (August 1564) Isabella Clara Eugenia (12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633, aged 67), married Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
- 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
- Isabella of Portugal
1 day ago · Charles married his long-term partner on April 9 2005 at Windsor Guildhall in an unprecedented wedding for the Royal Family. He became the only member of the Royal Family to have a civil, rather ...
6 hours ago · Dusk on the sea; the fading twilight shifts' The night wind bears the ocean's whisper dim— Wind, on your bosom many a phantom drifts— A silv...
6 hours ago · He supported the Sicilians against King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and even allowed arms to be sent them from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Although he had endeavoured to restrain King Charles Albert of Sardinia from his rash attack on the superior forces of Austria, he obtained for him a reduction of the penalty of defeat. Austria ...
1 day ago · Matilda of Tuscany (Italian: Matilde di Canossa [maˈtilde di kaˈnɔssa], Latin: Matilda, Mathilda; c. 1046 – 24 July 1115 or Matilda of Canossa after her ancestral castle of Canossa), also referred to as la Gran Contessa ("the Great Countess"), was a member of the House of Canossa (also known as the Attonids) in the second half of the eleventh century.
