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Church to announce results of the examinations of “Yekaterinburg remains” in second quarter of 2017

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9th January 2017
The Russian Orthodox Church has announced that the results of the DNA-examinations of the “Yekaterinburg remains”, or better said the remains of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and their children, will be announced in the second quarter of 2017. “Very intensive work is going on. The genetic expertise has been held in the best world’s laboratories. Very extensive…
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#OnThisDay in 1411 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, father to Edward IV and Richard III, was born

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21st September 2016
Richard Plantagenet was born on 21 September 1411 to Richard of Conisburgh, the third Earl of Cambridge and his wife Anne Mortimer, who died giving birth to him. Richard’s mother was the great-granddaughter of Lionel Antwerp, the first Duke of Clarence, which gave Anne and her descendants a claim to the English throne that many believed was stronger to the reigning house of Lancaster, whose…
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#OnThisDay in 1460: Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeated the king’s Lancastrian forces and took King Henry VI prisoner

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10th July 2016
Richard Neville, also known as “Warwick the Kingmaker” was born on the 22nd of November in 1428. He was the eldest son of Richard Neville (hence his name), 5th Earl of Salisbury and Lady Alice; only daughter and the heiress of Thomas, the last Montacute Earl of Salisbury.  Little is known about Richard’s childhood but at the age as early as six, it is not surprising that…
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The Fifteen Princesses of Orange: Louise de Coligny

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14th November 2015
Louise de Coligny, fourth wife of William the Silent. Louise de Coligny was the fourth and last wife of William the Silent. She was born on 23 September 1555 at Castle Châtillon-sur-Long as the second child, but first daughter of Gaspard de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval. We don’t really know where she grew up, but she had four brothers and a half-sister. She was just two-years-old when her…
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