Charles VI of France

excuse for King Edward to declare himself King of England and of France. One important detail of this decree to point out is that it is stated that not only does the king agree upon his new title but that “all the prelates and magnates and commons of the shires of England, assembled in this present parliament, with the assent of the whole parliament.” Agree that the King of England now has the right to also call himself the king of France. The last significant detail this record reveals is how…

In October of 1740, Charles VI died. It was time for Maria Theresa, then 23 years old, to succeed to the Habsburg throne. Subjects of her crown lands—the Austrian duchies and Netherlands, and Bohemia and Hungary—were quick to accept Maria Theresa as their empress. But Maria Theresa immediately faced resistance to her succession from European powers who had previously agreed to her father’s Pragmatic Sanction. Under the leadership of Frederick II, King of Prussia, those powers formed a coalition…

third in a series of Anglo-French colonial conflicts in North America. Although nominally at peace, Britain and France had been in conflict over colonial boundaries in Acadia, northern New England, and the Ohio Valley. King George’s War had been preceded by an outbreak of fighting in Europe. The death of Charles VI, the Holy Roman Emperor, had touched off a succession crisis that pitted France, Prussia and Spain against the British. Warfare developed in the American colonies in 1744 when the…

The hundred years war Started when Charles the IV of France died in 1328 without an heir and Edward the III of England claimed the right to the kingdom of France. He made this claim through his mother. The French did not want a foreign king ruling over them so they went to war proclaiming Philip the VI of France as the new king. The French proclaimed Salic law which was where women could not transmit the right to rule or transmit the right to rule to their sons. This was established by King…

giving up control for 400,000 crowns, an arranged marriage between Edward VI and Henry II’s daughter Elizabeth, the loss of England’s pension from France and the removal of English troops from Scotland. Each of these were considered humiliating by Northumberland but the loss of Boulogne was the most significant. The loss of Boulogne signified England’s loss of a great leader (Henry VIII) and the crown’s submission to France. In the public eye, this would have been considered a disgrace and made…

The Quasi War was an undeclared naval war between United States and France fought during July, 1798 until September, 1800, however France had started seizing American merchant ships long before that. There were many reasons to why the war started, but it was mainly resulting from disagreements with the Jay Treaty, previous unpaid debt during the French Revolutionary War, and violations from the past 1783 Treaty of Paris. The naval battles were mostly fought in the Caribbean, the Atlantic Ocean,…

family to remove Francis II from power. Leading the Protestant family was the Bourbon Duke of Conde. He was sentenced to death, but his execution was halted by the death of Francis II. Charles IX was now the new ruler of France. However, since he was only ten years old, his mother Cathrine de Medicis ruled until Charles was no longer a minor. Over time, the Protestants and the Catholics would fight each other and eventually raise armies to fight against one another. A civil…

In the 18th century, Maria Theresa, the young daughter of Holy Roman Emperor and Habsburg Emperor, Charles VI, inherited the Austrian, Bohemian, and Hungarian thrones, despite being a woman. Maria Theresa was the wife of Francis I, and the mother of 16 children, most notably, Joseph II, and Marie Antoinette, who both grew up to become major rulers. The archduchess of Austria came across many hardships and events that would slow down her reforms, but her power did not crumble. Whether it might be…

1.The Great Famine was mainly caused by severe weather. There were an unusual number of storms, which ruined crops people largely depended on, like wheat, oat, and hay crops. Food was scarce, and a price inflation ensued. The Great Famine profoundly impacted medieval society because it resulted in a higher mortality rate, higher crime rate, and less productivity from the laborers due to insufficient nutritions. Additionally, villages were abandoned and there was an increase in vagabonds, or…

Jane Seymour. Edward VI, her half-brother became the heir and succeeded the throne after Henry VIII. His rule was short lived for he died at the young age of fifteen due to a terminal condition. Edward VI wrote in his will that the throne be passed on to Lady Jane Grey, his once removed cousin, however after later scrutiny the throne was passed to Mary I. Lady Jane Grey was deposed by Mary I within thirteen days…