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ANNE BONNY (c.1698 – c.1725s) AN IRISH PIRATE

03/12/2017

ANNE BONNY (c.1698 – c.1725s) AN IRISH PIRATE It was common belief among pirates that having women aboard a ship was bad luck. It didn’t prevent a few swashbuckling ladies from joining and even leading bands of buccaneers. Anne Bonny, or Bonney, has been the inspiration for countless stories, books, films, songs and other works. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), pseudonym Captain Charles Johnson, wrote about her in History of the Pyrates (1724). She is one of seventy-five portraits in Marian…

Empress Sissi of Austria : The Irish Connection

12/16/2013

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The Habsburg or Hapsburg was one of the principal dynasties of Central Europe from medieval to modern times. The family originated in Switzerland in the tenth century. It secured the title of Holy Roman emperor in 1452 and established a hereditary monarchy in Austria in 1828. Austrian and Spanish branches were created when Charles V divided the territories between his son Phillip II and his brother Ferdinand ; the Habsburg ruled Spain 1504-1700 while the Habsburg rule in Austria ended…