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4 days ago · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.
1 day ago · Catherine Sunesdotter (childless) 1216 – 2 February 1250 (aged c. 34) ... Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1 child) Margaret Leijonhufvud (10 children) Catherine Stenbock
4 days ago · [A long list of names follows ; Franz, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, "who will not be employed for the Inquisition," Count Wolrat of Mansfeldt, "who has been lieutenant of reiters to the Duke of Deux-Ponts," Jehan van Ters, lord of Weremont Puttingen and Wildvich, "who has been colonel of 1,500 horse in France for the Prince of Condé," Steenbach, "who was colonel of the city of Haarlem when the Duke of Alva was encamped before it,"—63 in all, from Westphalia, the Rhine, Cleves, Liège, &c]. All ...
3 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.
1 day ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55.
3 days ago · She and her husband, Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, had nine children, through whose marriages were descended many of the royal families of Europe. Victoria first learned of her future role as a young princess during a history lesson when she was 10 years old.
3 days ago · Siena, which at the time numbered less than 10,000 inhabitants, fell the following year, passing under the direct rule of Cosimo De’ Medici in 1557, who celebrated by ceremonially entering the city and watching a play in the Palazzo Palazzo Pubblico.
