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2 days ago · Munich, Germany. Munich, or München (“Home of the Monks”), traces its origins to the Benedictine monastery at Tegernsee, which was probably founded in 750 ce. In 1157 Henry the Lion, duke of Bavaria, granted the monks the right to establish a market where the road from Salzburg met the Isar River. A bridge was built across the Isar the ...
5 days ago · The Nine Years' War [c], was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
- 27 September 1688 – 20 September 1697, (8 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
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2 days ago · Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding all these titles until his death in 814. Charlemagne succeeded in uniting the majority of Western ...
- 9 October 768 – 28 January 814
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5 days ago · In this extract from the book, ‘The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire’, John I of Burgundy, also known as John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur , Jan zonder Vrees) led an army to fight the nobles and burghers of Liège in the Battle of Othée, a crucial moment in shifting the Burgundian centre of gravity to the Low Countries. Sunday, 29 January 2023.
18 hours ago · The same fluid decentralised conditions remained ongoing the succession of Otto III who became the emperor in 983, until he deceased while suppressing a rebellion in Italy in 1002, and then during the reign of his successor Heinrich, the Duke of Bavaria, who became Heinrich II in 1002 following renewed internecine warfare, king of Italy in 1004 ...
2 days ago · In the service of Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559), Condé stood out as a remarkable military commander. Together with Francis, Duke of Guise (l. 1519-1563), he retook Calais from the English in 1558, after a 200-year occupation. By 1562, Condé became one of the great Protestant leaders of France. Conspiracy of Amboise
5 days ago · Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, one day destinated to become the head of the Royal Family of Bavaria, on 3 August 2022 announced his engagement to Dutch-Canadian Sophie-Alexandra Evekink. He was born in 1982 as son of Prince Luitpold of Bavaria and his wife Beatrix Wiegand. She was reportedly born 1989 in Singapore. She seems to be a member of a ...
