• Maria Zena Schneider (22 September 1929 – 21 April 2023), known professionally as Maria Charles, was an English film, television and stage actress, director...
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    discuss a possible marriage with Maria Anna of Spain. The proposal fell through when Philip IV of Spain demanded Charles convert to the Catholic Church...
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    1723. Charles had three daughters, Maria Theresa (1717–1780), Maria Anna (1718–1744) and Maria Amalia (1724–1730) but no surviving sons. When Maria Theresa...
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    "Ave Maria" is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin prayer Ave Maria, originally published in 1853 as "Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de...
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    Holy Roman Empress. Maria Theresa started her 40-year reign when her father, Emperor Charles VI, died on 20 October 1740. Charles VI paved the way for...
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    Charles I (German: Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria, Hungarian: Károly Ferenc József Lajos Hubert György Ottó Mária; 17 August 1887 – 1...
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    candidates were the Austrian Habsburg Archduke Charles, and 16-year-old Philip of Anjou, grandson of Maria Theresa of Spain and Louis XIV of France. Shortly...
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    child and younger son of Charles, Count of Artois (later King Charles X of France), and Maria Theresa of Savoy. In 1820 he was assassinated at the Paris...
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    Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria Amalia...
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    Maria Luisa of Parma (Luisa Maria Teresa Anna; 9 December 1751 – 2 January 1819) was, by marriage to King Charles IV of Spain, Queen of Spain from 1788...
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    1726. In 1722, Charles married Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I and niece of Emperor Charles VI. The couple...
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    Emperor Charles V from 1548 until 1551 and was one of the most powerful empresses of the Holy Roman Empire. Maria was born in Madrid, Spain to Charles V, Holy...
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  • replaced by Tacy Kneale), Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner, Derek Deadman, Maria Charles and Zara Nutley. The series was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was...
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    Austria) and his second wife, Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. He was the father of Charles I of Austria, the final Emperor of Austria...
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    This is a discography for Charles Aznavour. In a career as a composer/singer/songwriter that spanned over 70 years, Charles Aznavour recorded more than...
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    France and Austria. His parents were Charles's niece Maria Antonia and Maximilian of Bavaria, a Wittelsbach like Maria Anna. The Spanish were not consulted...
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    against Maria Theresa. Maria Theresa was supported by Great Britain, ruled by George II, and the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was then ruled by Charles Emmanuel...
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    the Russias and Empress Maria Feodorovna and later became the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach by her marriage to Charles Frederick of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach...
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    Archduke Karl Ludwig Josef Maria of Austria (30 July 1833 – 19 May 1896) was the younger brother of both Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of...
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    Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart making...
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    shortly after his accession, he married Henrietta Maria of France. After his succession in 1625, Charles quarrelled with the English Parliament, which sought...
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    Nation, Austria, and Tuscany through his marriage to Maria Theresa, daughter of Emperor Charles VI. Francis was the last non-Habsburg monarch of the Empire...
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    wife, Maria Amalia of Saxony, who later became King Charles III and Queen Maria Amalia of Spain. Princess Maria was the older sister of kings Charles IV...
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    Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark (born 25 July 1996) is a fashion model, socialite and member of the former Greek royal family. She is the...
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    Bavaria as the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, elector of Bavaria, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. Maria Josepha was born on 20 March...
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    marriage to her uncle Archduke Charles II of Austria. She played an important role in the Counter-Reformation in Austria. Maria Anna was a daughter of Albert...
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    as Charles Louis), and Duke of Parma (1847–1849; reigned as Charles II). He was the only son of Louis, Prince of Piacenza, and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa...
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    Maria Theresa of Austria (21 March 1801 – 12 January 1855) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to King Charles Albert of Sardinia. She was a daughter of...
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    negative turning point in Spanish history. Charles was the second son of Charles III and his wife, Maria Amalia of Saxony. He was born in Naples (11...
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    his mother's favourite sister Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples and Sicily, who was known as Charlotte in the family, Charles being the masculine version...
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