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- [1690s] (Creation)
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162 ff. (some folios blank) ; 200 x 155 mm.
Contemporary binding, vellum over boards. 'Les Roys de Hongrie, archducs d'Autriche, Roys d'Aragon, de Naples et de Sicile, de Navarre et de Portugal' (ink on front cover); 'M.S.S. Les Roys d'Hongrie, d'Aragon, Naples, Sicile, Navarre et Portugal' and 'Anvers' (ink on spine).
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A volume, [1690s], of biographies, painted armorials and pedigrees of various ruling families of mainland Europe.
They comprise the kings and queens of Hungary, from St Stephen (c. 975-1038) to Leopold I, archduke of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor (1640-1705), but recognising Charles Martel of Anjou as king instead of Andrew III (ff. 5-45); of Aragon, from Ramire I (c. 1000-1063) to king Charles II of Spain (1661-1700) (ff. 50-84); of Sicily and Naples from Roger II (1095-1054) to Mary I of Sicily (1362-1401) (ff. 86-96); of Naples from Charles of Anjou (1227-1285), son of Louis VIII of France, to René of Anjou (1409-1480) (ff. 99-114); of Navarre from Garcia [IV] of Navarre (1020-1054) to king Louis XIV of France and Navarre (1638-1715) (ff. 117-137); and of Portugal from Henri I of Burgundy (1066-1122), to Mary of Portugal (1526-1545), wife of king Phillip II of Spain (ff. 140-155).
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- French
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 15056B.
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- Hungary -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
- Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
- Aragon (Spain) -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
- Sicily (Italy) -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
- Naples (Kingdom) -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
- Navarre (Kingdom) -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
- Portugal -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
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September 2008.
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Description compiled by Cyprien Henry and Rhys Morgan Jones.