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Há 1 dia · May 27, 2024. For over 950 years, Windsor Castle has stood as a powerful symbol of the British monarchy, a fortress that has weathered war and rebellion, hosted diplomatic gatherings that shaped the course of history, and served as the beloved home of generations of kings and queens. Today, it holds the distinction of being the oldest and ...
Há 20 horas · Isabella of France. Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.
TOPOGRAPHY. THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR. Windsores, Vuindesor (xi cent.); Nova Windleshora (xii cent.); Windeshores, Windesorum, Windesores (xiii cent.); Windsoure, Windsore (xiv–xvii cent.). The parish of Windsor, more properly called New Windsor, has an area of 2,559 acres, of which 59 are covered by water.
Há 4 dias · House of Windsor, the royal house of the United Kingdom, which succeeded the house of Hanover on the death of its last monarch, Queen Victoria, on January 22, 1901. The dynasty includes Edward VII (reigned 1901–10), George V (1910–36), Edward VIII (1936), George VI (1936–52), Elizabeth II (1952–2022), and Charles (from 2022).
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Há 20 horas · Footnotes. 1.V.C.H. Berks. i, 362.; 2.The transfer of the name of the castle from the aula of the Saxon kings at Old Windsor to the nameless place in the manor of Clewer is paralleled by the contemporary cases of Corfe, Pontefract, Richard's Castle, Carisbrooke, Tutbury, &c. (see J. H. Round on 'The Castles of the Conquest,' Arch. lviii, 330, 331).
Há 4 dias · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
Há 2 dias · Educational Charities. Footnotes. OLD WINDSOR. Windelsore or Wyndelsor, Windesor or Wyndesore (xiii cent.); Wyndyshore, (xiv cent.). Old Windsor is a fairly large parish, part of which was separated in 1894 to form the new civil parish of Sunningdale, while another part was annexed to its ecclesiastical parish.
