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Jul 7, 2024 · Abstract. This chapter looks at the first of two simian wedding masques given in 1613 to celebrate the marriage of James I’s daughter, Princess Elizabeth, to the Elector Palatine. Baboons were all the rage in the 1613 antimasques, possibly influenced by Andrew Battell’s recently published travellers’ tales of great apes, and appeared ...
4 days ago · For example, so reads the full title of the late 16th century's Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and patriarch of the House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld: "Count Palatine by Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count at Veldenz and Sponheim" (Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Herzog in Bayern, Graf zu Veldenz und Sponheim).
20 hours ago · Portugal - House of Aviz, 15th Century, Age of Discovery: The legitimate male line of Henry of Burgundy ended at Ferdinand’s death, and, when the Cortes met at Coimbra in March–April 1385, John of Aviz was declared king (as John I) and became the founder of a new dynasty.
3 days ago · The French king, on the other side, has the marquis of Brandeburge and th[e] count Palatine "the residue uppo[n both] the parties is but h ... suertie." One thing helps the king of Castile greatly—the agreement of all the people of this nation, who are ready to spend their goods and lives against the French king if he be elected.
4 days ago · He has created twelve new cardinals. The Duke of Gueldres has invaded Holland. The Emperor ought to be at Augsburg. He is discussing the Concordat at Worms with Sichyngen. Many think the stress of the war ought to be turned on the Duke of Wittemburg. The Suevi demand from the Count Palatine the goods taken from their merchants by Sichyngen.
5 days ago · When the throne was vacant, the count palatine would be regent in southern Germany and the duke of Saxony in the north; thus the long-standing papal claim to govern the empire during a vacancy was tacitly rejected.
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1 day ago · Great rejoicings have lately taken place in the city here upon the birth of a third child to the Count Palatine; there is a strong and influential party in this kingdom favourable to him and there is also the relationship of his wife here.
