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King Charles III's death was falsely reported on March 18, 2024 by Russian media. The reports claimed that the King of Britain died of cancer. [81] Dick Cheney: The former Vice President of the United States in the CNN.com incident. The draft obituary, which had been based on the Queen Mother's, described Cheney as 'Queen Consort' and the 'UK's ...
This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
Louis XIV Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701 King of France (more...) Reign 14 May 1643 – 1 September 1715 Coronation 7 June 1654 Reims Cathedral Predecessor Louis XIII Successor Louis XV Regent Anne of Austria (1643–1651) Chief ministers See list Cardinal Mazarin (1643–1661) Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1661–1683) The Marquis of Louvois (1683–1691) Born (1638-09-05) 5 September 1638 ...
Louis XIV of France, the 'Sun King' Louis XV of France (died 1774), called the Louis the Beloved; Louis XVI of France (died 1793) executed in the revolution; Louis XVII of France (died 1795), died in prison, never anointed as king; Louis XVIII of France (died 1824), Louis XIX of France (died 1844), nominally king for less than an hour; Louis ...
Louis was born between 975 and 980, during the reign of his uncle, King Lothair of France. [1] His mother was the daughter of a vassal of Hugh Capet. After the death of Louis's cousin, King Louis V, in 987 the nobility elected Hugh Capet king. Charles opposed Hugh, but was defeated in battle and captured in 991.
Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant), [1] was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning first with his father Lothair until 986) to his early death in 987. During his reign, the nobility essentially ruled the country.
Louis V may refer to: Louis V of France (967–987) Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and V of Germany (1282–1347) Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315–1361) Louis V, Elector Palatine (ruled 1508–1544) Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (ruled 1596–1626) Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé (1736–1818) Louis Vuitton, luxury goods and fashion ...
Valley of the Shadow of Death: 23 April 1855 Roger Fenton Sevastopol, Crimea Wet collodion negative Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3]