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5 days ago · THE SAVOY IN 1650. ( From a very scarce Etching by Hollar .) Reverting to the king's hands after this, we next find it beautifully restored and rebuilt by Henry VII., who dedicated it to St. John, in 1509, as a hospital for the reception of a hundred poor people.
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4 days ago · Additionally, Louis XIV's granddaughter-in-law, Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, duchess of Burgundy, wife of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, occupied these rooms from 1697 (the year of her marriage) to her death in 1712.
4 days ago · -, his treatment of the ambassador of Savoy, 283. -, has differences with Duke of Savoy, 333. -, his resolutions concerning peace negotiations of Spain and United Provinces, 286. -, his views on peace between Spain and United Provinces, 236–238, 338–339, 468. -, commissioners for peace between Spain and United Provinces, 103, 236–238.
5 days ago · Marie de Savoie, seventeen-year-old daughter of Amédée VIII, Duke of Savoy, on her marriage to the Duke of Milan in 1426, wore a gown and mantle of white damask, brochié d'or fin, elegantly finished with ermine, and one of the most gorgeous of the twelve furred gowns of the nineteen in her trousseau was of crimson cloth of gold furred with ...
4 days ago · If the French King refused this peace, then his Majesty was content to give Milan to the Infant Don Luis or the son of the Duke of Savoy, and would make a league with the Pope, the Venetians, and the Italian Princes for the security of Italy.
4 days ago · The revolt also provided opportunities for external opponents of the Habsburgs, including the Ottoman Empire and Savoy. Funded by Frederick and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, a mercenary army under Ernst von Mansfeld was sent to support the Bohemian rebels. Attempts by Maximilian and John George of Saxony to broker a negotiated solution ...
5 days ago · At least 600 officers, including Marshal Frederick, Herzog (duke) von Schomberg, and Henri de Massue, marquis de Ruvigny (later the earl of Galway), joined William of Orange, the leader of the Grand Alliance against Louis.
