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4 days ago · Throughout history, members of the royal house have reigned as Dukes of Merania (1153–1180/82); Dukes, Electors, and Kings of Bavaria (1180–1918); Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214–1803 and 1816–1918); Margraves of Brandenburg (1323–1373); Counts of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland (1345–1433); Elector-Archbishops of Cologne (1583 ...
5 days ago · Maria Eleonora Of Brandenburg. Michiel van Miereveldt/Public Domain. Royal Title: Queen of Sweden. Crazy Quirk: She tried to kill her daughter when she couldn’t give the king a male heir. Maria Eleonora’s goal as queen was the same as many other women of her era: give her husband a male heir. When she didn’t achieve her goal, she went crazy.
4 days ago · Sweden - Charles XII, Expansion, War: Charles XII acceded to the throne at age 15 at a time when, in the hinterland of the Baltic coast, dominated by the Swedes, new states were being formed. Brandenburg and Russia, together with such older states as Denmark and Poland, were natural enemies of Sweden.
4 days ago · The consolidation of Brandenburg-Prussia and Austria. Professor of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Editor of Contemporary Europe: A Geographical Analysis. Freelance writer, editor, and translator. Author of Looking at Germany and others.
2 days ago · The electorate of Brandenburg, purchased by Charles IV and bequeathed to his second son, Sigismund, was dominated by a disorderly and rapacious nobility. Sigismund granted this dubious asset in 1415 to his faithful ally Frederick, burgrave of Nürnberg .
1 day ago · Maria da Piedade de Mello Sampaio Salazar Portugal: Távora Palace: Mirandela, Trás-os-Montes: Manuel Carlos da Cunha e Távora Romania: Episcopal Palace: Nagyvárad (then) Kingdom of Hungary now Oradea) Ádám Patachich Romania: Bánffy Palace: Kolozsvár (then) Kingdom of Hungary now Cluj-Napoca) György Bánffy Romania: Brukenthal Palace
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6 days ago · Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right).
