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Franciscus van den Enden, in later life also known as 'Affinius' (Latinized form of 'Van den Enden') [ 1][ 2][ 3] ( c. 5 February 1602 – 27 November 1674) was a Flemish former Jesuit, [ 4] Neo-Latin poet, physician, art dealer, philosopher, and plotter against Louis XIV of France. Born in Antwerp, where he had a truncated career as a Jesuit ...
The Fifth Republic is France's third-longest-lasting political regime, after the hereditary, feudal monarchy of the Ancien Régime and the parliamentary Third Republic ( 4 September 1870 – 10 July 1940 ). The Fifth Republic will overtake the Third Republic as the second-longest French regime and the longest-lasting French republic on 8 August ...
The Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–1526 between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg Empire of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor as well as ruler of Spain, Austria, the Low Countries, and the Two Sicilies. The French army was led by King Francis I of France, who ...
The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France.It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July.The race did not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
e. Charlemagne[ b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [ a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. He united most of Western and Central ...
Belgium. In medieval historiography, West Francia ( Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks ( Latin: regnum Francorum occidentalium) constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year 843, from the Treaty of Verdun, to 987, the beginning of the Capetian dynasty.
Germany portal. History portal. v. t. e. The Kingdom of the Franks ( Latin: Regnum Francorum ), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Latin: Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe. It was ruled by the Frankish Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties during the Early Middle ...
Arms of Van den Eynde (above) and Carafa (below) Elisabeth van den Eynde, Princess of Belvedere (also spelled Vandeneinden, [2] Vandeneynden, [3] Van den Eynden, [4] and Van den Einden [5]) and suo jure Baroness of Gallicchio and Missanello [1] (14 April 1674 – 14 February 1743) was an Italian noblewoman.