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... offering to support the pretensions of his brother Casimir to the throne of Bohemia against Albert , provided that when Casimir should have attained the object of his ambition , Wladis- laus should refrain from assisting Hungary . The ...
... offering to support the pretensions of his brother Casimir to the throne of Bohemia against Albert , provided that when Casimir should have attained the object of his ambition , Wladis- laus should refrain from assisting Hungary . The ...
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... offering them the prospect of forming advantageous marriages . After his accession as King of the Romans , Rudolf conquered from Ottocar the provinces of Austria , Styria , Carin- thia , Carniola , and the Windischmark , and in 1282 ...
... offering them the prospect of forming advantageous marriages . After his accession as King of the Romans , Rudolf conquered from Ottocar the provinces of Austria , Styria , Carin- thia , Carniola , and the Windischmark , and in 1282 ...
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... offered the Crown first to Albert , Duke of Bavaria , and then to Frederick III . , by both of whom it was refused . The two chief Bohemian parties , the Catholics and the Calixtines , then agreed to elect the infant Ladislaus , and to ...
... offered the Crown first to Albert , Duke of Bavaria , and then to Frederick III . , by both of whom it was refused . The two chief Bohemian parties , the Catholics and the Calixtines , then agreed to elect the infant Ladislaus , and to ...
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... offered Sforza the hand of his daughter Bianca with Cremona and Pontremoli as a dowry , and left him to name his own conditions of peace . The marriage was accordingly celebrated in October , 1441 : but Visconti soon repented of his ...
... offered Sforza the hand of his daughter Bianca with Cremona and Pontremoli as a dowry , and left him to name his own conditions of peace . The marriage was accordingly celebrated in October , 1441 : but Visconti soon repented of his ...
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... offering to instate him in the Duchy of Milan , but on condition of his ceding to Venice the Cremonese and the Ghiara d'Adda . The Venetians , however , soon perceived that they had committed a political blunder in handing over Milan to ...
... offering to instate him in the Duchy of Milan , but on condition of his ceding to Venice the Cremonese and the Ghiara d'Adda . The Venetians , however , soon perceived that they had committed a political blunder in handing over Milan to ...
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afterwards Albert Alfonso alliance Anjou Aragon arms army Bishop Bohemia brother Burgundian called Cardinal Castile century CHAP Charles the Bold Charles VII Charles's Charolais chief Church claims Constantinople Corvinus Council Count Court Crown daughter Dauphin death Diet dominions Duchy Duke of Berri Duke of Brittany Duke of Burgundy Duke of Milan election Elector Emperor Empire England English Europe favour Ferdinand fief Florence Florentine France Frederick Frederick III French King Genoa Genoese German Gesch Guienne Henry Hist House Hungarian Hungary Hunyad Imperial INTROD Isabella Italian Italy Joanna John King's Kingdom Knights Ladislaus League Lorenzo Louis XI Mahomet Mahomet II marriage Matthias Matthias Corvinus Maximilian Medici Milanese Naples Navarre Neapolitan nobles Papal party peace Philip Pius Pope possession Prince Regent reign René Republic Roman Rome Sforza Sicily Sigismund Sixtus Sovereigns Spain Sultan Swiss throne towns treaty troops Turkish Turks Venetians Venice VIII Visconti Warwick
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