The Pope refused to annul the marriage as he was afraid to go against the will of Catherine's nephew Charles V, The Holy Roman Emperor. Although she resisted Henry VIII's advances, by 1533 Anne ...

Charles in chargeA bronze likeness of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, created in 1555. Under Charles V (who was also Charles I of Spain), Pizarro began to forge an empire for Spain in the Americas.

The man was Emperor Charles V. Now aged 55 ... Francis with the even more erratic Henry. Another foe was the Ottoman Empire, whose sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, boasted a court of equal ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

This week, 40 years ago (May 30, 1985), The Stage reviewed Kenneth Branagh in Henry V at the Barbican. “The production of Henry V, directed by Adrian Noble in Stratford last year, has come in ...

The Holy Roman Empire was one of the most complex and enduring political entities in European history. Stretching over central Europe, it lasted for more than a millennium, from 800 AD, when ...

A semi-final exit last time out has fuelled St Augustine’s College to improve when it begins the 2025 Aaron Payne Cup against Holy Spirit. Watch it LIVE and exclusive from 11.15am Wednesday.

Patrician Brothers Blacktown v Matraville SHS. Picture ... reigning champions are expected to go to another level against Holy Cross. The Eels SG Ball Cup grand final trio, along with City ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

On January 30, 1901, as a hearse drove the coffin of Giuseppe Verdi to the cemetery in Milan, a huge crowd gathered to honor ...