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Há 3 dias · Despite 17 pregnancies, she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701 , which excluded all Catholics, she was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover .
Há 3 dias · The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building.
Há 5 dias · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.
Há 4 dias · Trevelyan is able to make generalisations with superlative self-confidence, such as: 'While Germany boasts her Reformation and France her Revolution, England can point to her dealings with the House of Stuart' (p. xvii); or: 'The French Revolution was a war of two societies; the American Civil War was a war of two regions; but the Great Rebellion was a war of two parties.'(p. 219) Such a book ...
Há 5 dias · The House of Tudor was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603, ruling for 118 years. It included five monarchs: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Image: Mary I (1516 – 1558).
Há 2 dias · THE STRAND—INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL. "Come, Fortescue, sincere, experienced friend, Thy briefs, thy deeds, and e'en thy fees suspend; Come, let us leave the Temple's silent walls; My business to my distant lodging calls; Through the long Strand together let us stray, With thee conversing, I forget the way."—. Gay.
Há 5 dias · Irish Jacobitism has loyalty to the House of Stuart at its core but it is certainly more complex than that. Many Irish Jacobites looked to the Stuarts to restore their confiscated lands, reverse the political, social and cultural domination of the Protestant ascendancy and to rehabilitate the Roman Catholic church and Irish culture.
