George III

British History George III George William Frederick (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two Hanoverian predecessors he was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover. His life and reign, which were longer than those of any previous British monarch, were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of its American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Further wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793 concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. In the later part of his life, George III suffered from recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. Medical practitioners were baffled by this at the time, although it has since been suggested that he suffered from the blood disease porphyria. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and George III's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV. Historical analysis of George III's life has gone through a "kaleidoscope of changing views" that have depended heavily on the prejudices of his biographers and the sources available to them. Until re-assessment in the later half of the twentieth century, his reputation in America was one of a tyrant and in Britain he became "the scapegoat for the failure of imperialism". He is often remembered as "The Mad King" and "The King Who Lost America". George III by Allan Ramsay

Extraterrestre.

Ufo,razze extraterrestri-(ufo,alien races)

Château de Joux.

Bosque de Berkana - Chateau de Joux, France

Couronnes héraldiques

Clara Albertí C. von Müller

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Les moines rouges.

André Douzet. Les moines rouges... Les rares fois où il est question d’eux, ils sont présentés sous des aspects négatifs, démoniaques et sinistres, sans pour autant que ces étranges remontées d’événements puissent vraiment justifier une telle réputation. A dire vrai, on a surtout la sensation qu’il semble impératif de les affubler de tous les maux et surtout des pires afin que nul ne tente de chercher plus loin dans ces traditions. Mais en ce cas, que cherche-t-on à dissimuler en souillant une mémoire collective de la sorte ???

La dame à la licorne.

André Douzet A la suite de notre travail sur la Creuse nous proposons cet article, hors du commun, de Daniel Réju. Il nous invite ici à le suivre en quête des origines des tapisseries de ‘la Dame à la Licorne’. Qui en était vraiment le véritable commanditaire? Etait-ce même la demande d’une personne ou d’un groupe ou société fermée ? Nous suivrons ici la piste de Zizim et d’épisodes moins connus dans lesquels intervient… Guy de Blanchefort ! Mais également D. Réju, comme à son habitude, nous conduit également sur les traces des templiers et de détails impliquant la continuité de leur savoir dans les milieux de Bourganeuf et Lavaufranche. Rappelons pour information que le blason d’aubusson est le m^me que celui gravé sur une clé de voûte retrouvée dans les vestiges d’une cave de la chartreuse de Ste-Croix-en-Jarez… Une étude des tapisseries de La Dame à la Licorne sera proposée à la suite de ce texte