Social Sciences
- This Day In History: Signature Of The Peace Of The Pyrenees
Hi, classmates! Today I want to explain you ''The Treaty of the Pyrenees''. The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed on 7 November 1659 to end the war between France and the Hispanic Monarchy. This was a war that was initially a...
- 16th November
Hi everyone. It?s Lorena. I?m going to talk about what we have seen in today?s lesson. At the beginning we were a little bit nervous about the incident of Paris. Paqui said that if we had time, we?d talk about it at the end of the lesson, so that?s what...
- This Day In History: Charles I's Coronation And The End Of The Revolt Of The Comuneros
Hey friends! It's Lucía. Today is my turn to explain what happened years and years ago. Yes! This is a new chapter of... THIS DAY IN HISTORY! And as you have seen in the title, today we have double event. FIRST EVENT: CHARLES I'S CORONATION....
- 22nd Of September 2015
Hi! I'm Manal, and today I'm going to explain you what we have learnt in social sciences.At first, Paqui has showed us a Charles' family image, to understand better his family, because they married with people of their own family, so...
- 17th September
Hi everyone. Today has been the second day of Social Sciences, but for me, and I don?t know if for everyone else too, this lesson has been the first one, because the other one was only to meet each other and to talk a little bit about how was going to...
Social Sciences
This day in history: Elizabeth of France's death
I'm inaugurating a new section on the blog called "This day in history". It consists of explaining some historical events happened on a specific date in the past. You can contribute with your own events, but respecting some rules: the events you elect have to be related to what we' ve studied in class.
On the 6th October 1644 Elizabeth of France, Philip IV's first wife, died in Madrid at the age of 41. She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and Mary of Medicis. She gave birth to 8 children, but when she died only two survived: prince Balthasar Charles, dead two years later when he was 15, and infanta Maria Theresa of Austria, whose marriage with Louis XIV of France was arranged in the Peace of the Pyrenees.
These are some portraits by Queen Elizabeth painted by Diego de Silva and Velázquez, Philip IV's court painter:
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_France_(1602%E2%80%931644)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_ecuestre_de_Isabel_de_Borb%C3%B3n,_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_de_Isabel_de_Borb%C3%B3n,_by_studio_of_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg
As prince Balthasar Charles died in 1646, Philip IV needed a new heir to the throne and in 1649 he married his niece Mariana of Austria. They had 5 children. Charles II was the youngest one and the only surviving boy. This was the reason why he became the king of the Hispanic Monarchy.
The French branch of Charles II's family played a significant role when the monarch died. Philip of Anjou, Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria's grandson, was designated by Charles II as the heir to the throne in his last testament. He finally became the king of Spain, after the WAr of Spanish Succession.
- This Day In History: Signature Of The Peace Of The Pyrenees
Hi, classmates! Today I want to explain you ''The Treaty of the Pyrenees''. The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed on 7 November 1659 to end the war between France and the Hispanic Monarchy. This was a war that was initially a...
- 16th November
Hi everyone. It?s Lorena. I?m going to talk about what we have seen in today?s lesson. At the beginning we were a little bit nervous about the incident of Paris. Paqui said that if we had time, we?d talk about it at the end of the lesson, so that?s what...
- This Day In History: Charles I's Coronation And The End Of The Revolt Of The Comuneros
Hey friends! It's Lucía. Today is my turn to explain what happened years and years ago. Yes! This is a new chapter of... THIS DAY IN HISTORY! And as you have seen in the title, today we have double event. FIRST EVENT: CHARLES I'S CORONATION....
- 22nd Of September 2015
Hi! I'm Manal, and today I'm going to explain you what we have learnt in social sciences.At first, Paqui has showed us a Charles' family image, to understand better his family, because they married with people of their own family, so...
- 17th September
Hi everyone. Today has been the second day of Social Sciences, but for me, and I don?t know if for everyone else too, this lesson has been the first one, because the other one was only to meet each other and to talk a little bit about how was going to...