Edmund I of England

union that lasted sixty years. It was also King of England and Ireland jure uxoris, by his marriage to Mary I, between 1554 and 1558. Territorial Expansion Except for the Holy Roman Germanic Empire, whose crown was given to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, King and Emperor Charles V bequeathed all European and American possessions that formed the Spanish empire to his…

In Russian history there were three great Tsars: Vladimir the Great, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. Only one of these greats is a female, making Catherine’s rise to greatness even greater. Catherine was born Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst in the Baltic port of Stettin, Pomerania on May 2, 1729 (Rounding, 7). She was the daughter of a minor Prussian (Germanic) prince, Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (Lichman, Corey). As a child, Sophie received little affection…

Queen Elizabeth The princess Elizabeth was born at Greenwich in September 7th, 1533 and was crowned Queen Elizabeth I of England in January 1559 . Her parents were King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She was one of greatest queen in England, a bright star who sparkled both the nation and the world. The achievement of Queen Elizabeth has lasted nearly four centuries and it’s easy to see why. She reigned for 45 tumultuous year, the Spanish Armada was defeated by her ships in her time. The fleet was…

Moors struggled to find harmony in Shakespeare’s time in Venice, England, and throughout Europe. Othello, the Moor, plays the Other in Shakespeare’s play Othello. The Other is an interesting character that is seen throughout Shakespeare’s plays including Shylock in The Merchant of Venice and Caliban in The Tempest. The Other is usually an outsider, someone who can be mocked, abused, or condemned. Little says, “But, as Othello’s countrymen will finally have it, no amount of rhyming or coupling…

story? Was she a queen or not? Was she a witch, a spirit? Or is Bloody Mary just another urban legend to tell in the dark? According to BBC, Queen Mary killed many Protestants because she wanted to keep Catholicism in England for this reason she got the name “Bloody Mary”, “Queen Mary I was the first queen to rule under her own right. She was well known as "Bloody Mary" for her persecution of the Protestants in an attempt to…

or queens to help to help the king and other nobility with conflict and provide an heir to the throne. Eleanor of Aquitaine shows a great example as she became wealthy at the age of fifteen, and soon after became the queen of France and queen of England. She accompanied kings as they conquered great historical lands and bore many children to continue their legacy. Eleanor of Aquitaine held great responsibility at a young age, giving her the experience to rule with an iron fist. She became her…

(Roland 15). “In the twelve years since her father's death, neither Edward’s nor Mary’s reign had regressed the damaging effects of Henry’s Great Debasement of the English currency” (Roland 25). This meant Elizabeth had to restore their riches and keep England from what seemed to be its demise. After she became queen most assumed she would marry as soon as possible. “Elizabeth was far and away the best marriage to be had in Europe, a fact which every eligible bachelor and widower was aware”…

“She inherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religious separation, and a weakened bond between of France and Spain.” The people of the time told her that her only hope of success as queen was to marry quickly and then rely on her husband for support. Her father Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon had a daughter named Mary. Then Henry went against the pope and disobeyed the catholic church to get a divorce with Catherine When Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn were…

Hello, I am King William. I also go by William the Conqueror. I was born circa 1028. My father was the Duke of Normandy, so I was born into a wealthy family. Despite my being in such a family, I was teased with such a bad nickname that it is not to be said on this paper. This is because I was not a legitimate son of the Duke. When I was about 8 years old, my father traveled to Jerusalem. As he was there, he became ill. Many were hoping he would pull through, but the worst outcome happened.…

brother Edward VI. Most notably, Queen Mary I’s short reign of five years can be seen as sheer terror. During her reign, Queen Mary I’s primary focus was on making the entire country go through catholic restoration. In the textbook, Early Modern England 1458-1714, historians Robert Bucholz and Newton Key state, “For those, protestants who could not leave and would not recant, Mary and Pole had one last remedy: burning at the stake. They began on Feburary 4, 1555 with John Rogers, a translator of…