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1 day ago · Following failed negotiations with the Emperor, Gustavus landed in Pomerania in June 1630 with nearly 18,000 Swedish troops. Using Stralsund as a bridgehead, he marched south along the Oder towards Stettin and coerced Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, into agreeing an alliance which secured his interests in Pomerania against his rival Sigismund.
2 days ago · Eilean Donan Castle, located in the Scottish Highlands. Scotland, most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. The name Scotland derives from the Latin Scotia, land of the Scots, a Celtic people from Ireland who settled on the west coast of Great Britain about the 5th century ce.
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3 days ago · Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its centre near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, an arm of the North Sea that thrusts westward into the Scottish Lowlands. The city and its immediate surroundings constitute an independent council area. The city and most of the council area ...
3 days ago · Aberdeen, city and historic royal burgh (town) astride the Rivers Dee and Don on Scotland ’s North Sea coast. Aberdeen is a busy seaport, the British centre of the North Sea oil industry, and the commercial capital of northeastern Scotland. Aberdeen’s primary industries were once fishing, textiles, shipbuilding, and papermaking.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester: Joan of Lancaster c. 1312 –1349: John (II) de Mowbray 1310–1361 3rd Baron Mowbray: Eleanor of Lancaster 1318–1372: Mary of Lancaster c. 1320 –1362: Earl of Worcester (2nd creation), 1397: John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster, 5th Earl of Lancaster, (6th) Earl of ...
- 21 March 1413 – 31 August 1422
- Mary de Bohun
3 days ago · VisitScotland has launched a new and exciting interactive whisky map that will help visitors to Scotland and of course locals understand more about Scottish Whisky. This new interactive guide is called 'The Land of Whisky'. The beautifully illustrated guide covers each of Scotland's five whisky regions and includes information on 105 separate ...
3 days ago · It is ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the defendants, G. E. Duke and Margaret E. Duke, execute, acknowledge and deliver, and cause to be recorded and registered according to the forms and laws of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada within thirty (30) days of notice of entry hereof, a deed of conveyance of said " Victoria Property " to ...
