Charles IIs testament favoring Philip of Anjou as successor to the Spanish throne as Philip V (1700-1746), included a clause that forced him to renounce the French crown, thereby avoiding the union of the two great European nations. However, Louis XIV issued letters patent to the Parliament of Paris
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenet. History is full of moments in which an unforeseen or casual event caused a change in the course of events that involved radically altering the historical future of a country or even the world order. If ever there was a case in which a host of unforeseen c
The eponymous Battle of the Forts began on April 6, 1941 with the unprovoked German attack on Greece. The missing Greek forces covering Eastern Macedonia fought with unimaginable heroism. The center of the Greek formation was guarded by the 14th Infantry Division (MP) having organized its forces in
There are many tyrants and stupid monarchs, but there are also many great monarchs, which is a characteristic of Rome, but who is the best great monarch among them? In that case, Trajan is almost always named. Lets take a look at the second emperor of these five wise emperors, whose official name