Opened in 1819 at the encouragement of Queen Maria Isabel de Braganza (King Ferdinand VII's wife), the museum contains more than 7,600 paintings and 1,000 sculptures featuring Spanish, Italian and ...

Love has shaped history in profound ways, inspiring art, war, political shifts, and cultural transformations. While some love ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Spanish Infanta so prized by the Tudors that, after her first husband the Prince of Wales died, she went on to marry his brother Henry VIII.

On May 25, 1810, the City of Buenos Aires decided to form its own government regardless of what authorities in Spain would order, claiming that while King Ferdinand VII was a hostage of France's ...

Among the hail and hearty was a Portuguese navigator and explorer Pedro Ferdinand de Quiros who sailed into Australian folklore in the year 1606. He secured sponsorship from Pope Clement VIII and King ...

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After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June ... self-governance – exacerbated by his support for King Edward VIII in the 1936 abdication crisis – left him sidelined ...

Jerusalem re-taken by the Christian Crusader kingdom in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ...

Rio Ferdinand says Roy Keane’s criticism of Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho, who reminds him of one of his former teammates, is “hard to understand”. Garnacho was dropped for the ...

Rio Ferdinand believes a host of Manchester United exiles are flourishing elsewhere now ‘the shackles’ are off. The likes of Anthony Elanga, Scott McTominay and even mega-flop Antony are ...