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- Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
3: ...Jerusalem]]. She became princess of Antioch with only four years old, under the regency of [[Baldwin I... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
- Margaret I of Denmark (7423 bytes)
2: ...[[Haakon VI of Norway]], who was the younger and only surviving son to [[Magnus VII of Norway]], [[Mag...
12: ...[[Trinity Sunday]], on [[June 17]], Eric was solemnly crowned king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The ...
16: ...l maintained; the licence of the nobility was sternly repressed; the kingdoms of Sweden and Norway wer...
24: Margaret died suddenly on board her ship in [[Flensburg]] harbour on [[... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
28: ...ltar of the church in [[1170]]. This aroused not only Eleanor's horror and contempt, but most of Europ... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ne was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marse...
7: ...[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to strengthen his in... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
13: ...to the [[Chⴥau de Chaumont]]. She stayed there only a short time and lived out her remaining years i... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
12: ...sband lived a scandalous life in [[Pau]]. Both openly kept lovers and quarrelled frequently. After an ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
21: ...all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although s...
26: ...t the marriage between her mother and father was unlawful, thus making her illegitimate. She also bec...
33: ...om the line of succession in his will, which was unlawful, because it contradicted an Act of Parliamen... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[...
14: ...tionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
36: This seemed to Marie to be the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [...
49: ...eith]] on [[August 19]], [[1561]]. She was still only 18 and, despite her talents, her upbringing had ...
57: ...English royal blood, any child Mary would bear Darnley would have an extremely strong claim to both Ma... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...is page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[...
37: ...I, her eldest son, as coregent and emperor. She only allowed him limited powers because she felt he w...
41: She died in [[1780]], the only female to rule during the 650-year-long [[Habsbu... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
30: ...age of 47 of [[kidney disease]]. [[Ivan VI]] was only a one year old baby at the time and his mother, ... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
92: ... sales" or "drug gangs." [http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2787 Timeline]
105: ....html Rush's Forced Conscripts]" appeared on the online news and opinion magazine [[Salon.com]]. The ...
109: ...bill with the intent being to get this program - only one hour of which is carried on Armed Forces Rad... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Lo...
3: ...t became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], and was the editor-in-chief of the f... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became...
31: This triumphant issue was mainly due to the diplomatic ability of the new vice ch... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
29: ...her had died years ago, and therefore there were only females left. Despite of the fact that there wer...
34: ...Charles Gustavus]] in order to either practice openly her previously secret [[Roman Catholic Church|Ca...
48: She is only one of four women to be given the honour of bein... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] an...
16: Elizabeth was the only surviving child of King [[Henry VIII of England]...
33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem...
41: ... inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers until she wed.
46: ...s to the last English possession on the French mainland, [[Calais]], after the defeat of an English ex... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
15: ...r was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to surv...
26: ...s Anne, [[heir apparent]] to the Throne, was the only individual remaining in the line of succession e...
35: ...1st Baron Godolphin]]. The Whigs—who were, unlike the Tories, vigorous supporters of the War of ...
38: ...right to own property in England into jeopardy), unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security o...
62: ... the Faith]], etc." (The claim to [[France]] was only nominal, and had been asserted by every English ... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
11: ...visor. Although her parents bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Brit...
20: ...ard]]—in June [[1688]], for the son would, unlike Mary and Anne, be raised a Roman Catholic. Som...
24: ...e the title of King. But Philip II remained King only during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions wer...
26: ...the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange in ...
38: ...Princess Anne's children had died, and it seemed unlikely that William would remarry. Thus, it was dee...
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