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Há 4 dias · James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick: 21 August 1670 12 June 1734 Married, firstly, Lady Honora Burke (a/k/a Lady Honora de Burgh) and had issue. Married, secondly, Anne Bulkely and had issue. Henry FitzJames, 1st Duke of Albemarle: August 1673 December 1702 Married Marie Gabrielle d'Audibert de Lussan; had issue. Arabella FitzJames 1674
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Early life, civil war and exile Charles as an infant in...
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Há 4 dias · James Fitzjames Duke of Berwick (Male, born 1670, died 1734) Genre: Lives Memoirs of the Marshal Duke of Berwick, written by himself. With a summary continuation to his death in 1734. To this work is prefixed a sketch of an historical panegyric of the marshal, by the President Montesquieu ; and explanatory notes, and original letters are subjoined.
Há 4 dias · No. 31: Norfolk House. Architects, Messrs. Gunton and Gunton, 1939. The history of this site is made obscure in some respects by the absence of the relevant title-deeds and estate papers of the Dukes of Norfolk. Some of this evidence is recorded by Dasent, who had access to the papers. The present building has the same frontage of about 107 ...
Há 5 dias · CHAPTER XV. ST. JAMES'S SQUARE AND ITS DISTINGUISHED RESIDENTS. "The lordly region of St. James's Square." Character of the Square in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries—Patriotism of Dr. Johnson and Savage—Ormonde House—The Duke and the Irish Peer—Romney House—The Fireworks at the Peace of Ryswick—Distinguished Residents—Norfolk House—"Jockey of Norfolk"—"All the Blood ...
Há 2 dias · The publication of The Murder of King James I is perfectly timed. Much of the heat has gone out of the debate on the causes of the English Revolution, but Bellany’s and Cogswell’s book builds on the post-revisionist turn towards cultural history as well as recent interest in the politics of the early modern ‘public sphere’.
Há 3 dias · Charles I, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution. He carried on the belief in royal absolutism that was advocated by his father, James I, who began the antagonistic relationship with Parliament during his reign.
Há 4 dias · It is situated within the borough of Westminster. The palace takes its name from the house built (c. 1705) for John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became known as the queen’s house. By order of George IV, John Nash initiated the conversion of the house into a palace in the ...
