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Charles Edward (1884–1954) was at various times a British prince, the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a Nazi politician. Brought up in the UK, he was selected to succeed to the throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899 because he was deemed young enough to be re-educated as a German.
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Historian Giselle Byrnes states that until the early 2000s, the Treaty of Waitangi was virtually absent from school curricula in New Zealand. How accurate is that statement and why was such a significant part of NZ history omitted from education?
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Coat of arms of the House of Saltykov, an old Russian noble family which can trace their ancestry back to 1240. In 1730 the family was granted the hereditary title of Count by Empress Anna of Russia.
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Charles Edward (1884–1954) was at various times a British prince, the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a Nazi politician. Brought up in the UK, he was selected to succeed to the throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899 because he was deemed young enough to be re-educated as a German.
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Charles Edward (1884–1954) was at various times a British prince, the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a Nazi politician. Brought up in the UK, he was selected to succeed to the throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1899 because he was deemed young enough to be re-educated as a German.
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From researching my English family history from the 15th to the 17th centuries, I have found that some of my ancestors that the rank of "esquire (esq.)" but did not seem to ever progress to knighthood. What did holding the rank of "esquire" entail within the broader social hierarchy of the time?
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