dynastic marriages
1Royal Marriages Act 1772 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Royal Marriages Act 1772 parliament=Parliament of Great Britain long title=An Act for the better regulating the future Marriages of the Royal Family. statute book chapter=1772 c.11 12 Geo 3 introduced by=… …
2Spanish Marriages, Affair of the — ▪ European history the political maneuvering surrounding the dual marriages (October 10, 1846) of Queen Isabella II of Spain to her cousin Francisco de Asís de Bourbon, duque de Cadiz, and of her younger sister and heiress to the throne,… …
3Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia — Infobox Russian Royalty|princess name =Tatiana Constantinovna title =Princess Tatiana Constantinovna Bagration Mukhransky imgw = 180px caption = Tatiana Constantinovna photographed in 1910. spouse = Prince Konstantin Alexandrovich Bagration… …
4Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
5House of Habsburg — Habsburg redirects here. For the House of Habsburg Lorraine, please see House of Lorraine. For other uses, please see Habsburg (disambiguation). House of Habsburg Country Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Spain Italy …
6Dukes of Holstein-Gottorp — Main articles: History of Schleswig Holstein and List of rulers of Schleswig Holstein Schloss Gottorf Holstein Gottorp or Schleswig Holstein Gottorp is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the… …
7Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages — Kingdom of Hungary Magyar Királyság (hu) Regnum Hungariae (la) ← …
8Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
9Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor — (1459 1519; emperor from 1493) The first member of the Habsburg dynasty to gain a pan European reputation, he brought his family to unprecedented power through a series of brilliant dynastic marriages. Maximilian was the son of Frederick III,… …
10Armenian nobility — has a long history with many interruptions, most notable of which was the Russian occupation. After Armenia regained her independence in 1991 efforts have been made to revive the influence of the traditional noble houses. TerminologyMembers of… …
