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1270. March 12 – Charles, Count of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) [96] Theodore Metochites, Byzantine statesman and author [97] Michael of Cesena, Franciscan theologian (d. 1342) [98] Cino da Pistoia, Italian poet (d. 1336) [99] Isabella of Burgundy, Queen of Germany (d. 1323) [100] Ma Zhiyuan, Chinese poet [101] Namdev ...
On 2 July 1270, Louis' host finally embarked from Aigues-Mortes. [53] The fleet was led by Florent de Varennes, who was the first Admiral of France, appointed in 1269. They sailed with a large, well-organized fleet, with the king stating: "Déjà vieux, j'entreprends le voyage d'outremer. Je sacrifie pour Dieu richesse, honneurs, plaisirs...
Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), also known as Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. He is widely recognized as the most distinguished of the Direct Capetians. Following the death of his father, Louis VIII, he was crowned in Reims at the age of 12.
The dynasty was founded by Yekuno Amlak, a noble from Shewa, [2] who overthrew the last ruler of Ethiopia's Zagwe dynasty in 1270 and seized power. [3] The dynasty later claimed that Yekuno Amlak was a direct male line descendant of the royal house of the Kingdom of Aksum.
It existed from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak around 1270 until the 1974 coup d'état by the Derg, which ended the reign of the final Emperor, Haile Selassie. In the late 19th century, under Emperor Menelik II , the empire expanded significantly to the south, and in 1952, Eritrea was federated under Selassie's rule.
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
2024 was a rough year for Dollar General (NYSE: DG). During a year when the S&P 500 jumped 23%, shares of the discount retailer fell 44%. Profits were down at Dollar General as it faced headwinds ...
The Zagwe dynasty (Amharic: ዛጔ መንግሥት) was a medieval Agaw monarchy that ruled the northern parts of Ethiopia and Eritrea.It ruled large parts of the territory from approximately 1137 to 1270 AD, when the last Zagwe King Za-Ilmaknun was killed in battle by the forces of the Amhara King Yekuno Amlak.