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- The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from ... One consequence of the fluidity of the political situation, with Henry ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- Margaret Beaufort (May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509) was the mother ... Beaufort was a descendant of Edward III through John of Gaunt, Duke ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in the county of ... honor the Auld Alliance; namely, to divert Henry VIII's English troops ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- Henry V of England (September 16, 1387 – August 31, 1422) was one ... Henry was son of Henry of Bolingbroke, later Henry IV, and Mary de ...22 KB (3,484 words) - 15:24, 22 February 2022
- (1353 – October 28, 1412) was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and ... in 1375) actually styled herself Queen of Denmark. Instead, she called ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- Hugh Capet (c. 940 – October 24, 996) was the first King of France ... Capet is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty. The direct ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- Philippa of Hainault (June 24, 1311 – August 15, 1369) was the queen ... who persuaded her husband to spare the lives of the Burghers of Calais after ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from ... Despite spending so much time fighting against Henry and his allies ...25 KB (3,839 words) - 16:21, 9 August 2023
- Henry III (October 1, 1207 – November 16, 1272) was the son and ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- (March 31, 1788 - April 2, 1851) third of the Chakri dynasty, was king ... Rama III was the last traditional monarch of Siam. Though his successors ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- As Pope, Innocent III represents the height of the medieval papacy. His papacy ... Lotario de' Conti di Segni was the son of Count Trasimund of ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- December 24, 1453) was an English composer of polyphonic music of the late ... twice as many musical attributions as that of "Dunstable." The ...9 KB (1,459 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- in history for suppressing the order of the Templars, and as the Pope ... though he was and in many respects the pawn of the French king, did retain ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – November 2, 1083) was Queen consort ... Matilda was daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders and Adèle (1000 ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- The Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) was a series of civil wars fought ... The Wars were fought largely by the landed aristocracy and armies ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained ... quot; refers to the purple-red form of this stone, valued for its ...8 KB (1,217 words) - 05:39, 30 November 2022
- Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen ... A pious Catholic, Isabella focused on converting the citizens of her ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was King of England ... Richard was born in Bordeaux at the feast of Epiphany, with three ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- as well as his essays gave the followers of William Pitt the Younger a ... As a result of his charisma and promise, Canning early on drew to ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 08:08, 13 December 2023
