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The only daughter of Duke Francis II was born in the castle of the Dukes of Brittany at Nantes and in time, the ruler having no sons, became by decision of the nobility the heiress of Brittany. This made her one of the most powerful women of her age and
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Medal for the wedding of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, 8 January 1499. This was the third marriage of the Duchess of Brittany and the second of the 37-year-old king. They lived together for 15 years, and she bore 5 children, of whom 2 survived.
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Such capriccio busts peer out of round niches all around the perimeter of the Renaissance Palazzo Bolognini Amorini Salina of the 16th century (completed in the 19th century). The palace is still owned by the heirs of those who commissioned it
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The Château de Jumilhac belongs to Count Henri de La Tour du Pin. Here, for many years, Louise de Rothfort was kept locked away for her infidelity to her husband, who had gone off to the Thirty Years' War. May your own fidelity be rewarded this year!
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Sites of the Battle of Wakefield in West Yorkshire. One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses was fought on 30 December 1460. The Lancastrians (the Red Rose) defeated the Yorkists, and Richard, Duke of York, was killed
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The only coat of arms in Russian heraldry with a single supporter belongs to Count Kamensky; where the second supporter should be, there is an overturned Turkish turban. Very witty, I think
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The fact that Louise of Denmark openly despised Frederick VII, her husband's predecessor on the Danish throne, who had been married three times and had many love affairs, speaks eloquently of her character. One of his marriages was morganatic: in 1850 he married the actress Louise Rasmussen, for
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The Danish royal couple Christian IX (1818-1906) and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817-1898) were called the father- and mother-in-law of Europe for having contrived to marry into so many reigning houses. Today they are the direct ancestors of nearly all the monarchs of Europe. Their grandsons
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