Résultats pour "Lifer" dans Royauté

The insights and memories of a member of the British Royal Family - HRH The Duke of Kent in conversation with Hugo Vickers about some of the key events of his life and the Queen's reign. HRH The Duke of Kent has been at the heart of the British Royal Family throughout his life. As a working...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Charles I: An Abbreviated Life by Mark Kishlansky, read by John Sackville. The tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a deadly, entangled series of...

Juana I la Loca (1479-1555), reina de Castilla de 1504 a 1555, era hija de los Reyes Católicos. De acuerdo con la política exterior de su padre, contrajo matrimonio con el archiduque Felipe el Hermoso, primogénito de Maximiliano I. En 1504 aparecieron los primeros síntomas de enajenación mental, que se acentuaron a la muerte de su esposo en 1506. Su vida estuvo llena de intrigas y luchas por el poder. Esta referencia, puramente histórica, no explica el extraordinario y dramático destino de esta reina, a quien el pueblo llano tituló «doña Juana la Loca de amor».

As the heir to the Spanish Empire of his father Charles V, Philip II came into this world with some rather big shoes to fill. Eventually, Philip would prove himself in his own right even though he turned out to be a much different ruler than his father. He won a life or death struggle against a resurgent Ottoman Empire, he consolidated Spanish dominion in the Americas, and he fought to maintain Spanish holdings in Europe. He also used a ruthless Spanish Inquisition in order to keep his subjects in line with his own version of the Catholic faith.

What would Russia look like today if there had never been a Peter the Great? Peter I did so much for Russia, including changing the education system to reach more people, reorganizing the government and the Russian Orthodox Church, and even modernizing the dress and social living standards of the Russian people. Peter grew up in a Russia that was stuck in archaic times, but he recognized the need for change, and when his time came to rule over his country he met the challenge head-on. Peter the Great turned Russia into one of the greatest powers of the world.