On 30 June 1688, a group of Protestant nobles invited William III, Prince of Orange, husband of Mary, daughter of King James II of England and VII of Scotland, to come to England with an army in a bid to overthrow his Catholic father-in-law. Upon his arrival, James II declined to attack the invading the [read more]
The Kingdom of Bavaria was founded in 1805 when the Peace of Pressburg allowed the then Elector Maximilian to raise Bavaria to the status of a Kingdom. The preceding Electorate of Bavaria was an independent hereditary electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1623. Maximilian proclaimed himself King on 1 January 1806, and he also [read more]
Château de Chambord is the largest château in the Loire valley and was built to serve as a hunting lodge for King Francis I France. It was built from 1519 to 1547 and was overseen by Pierre Nepveu. When it was nearly finished, Francis invited his former rival Emperor Charles V to Chambord. It had plenty [read more]
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