I am descended from a long line of Christian emperors of this noble German nation, and of the Catholic kings of Spain, the archdukes of Austria, and the dukes of Burgundy. They were all faithful to the death to the Church of Rome, and they defended the... The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth - Page 85by William Roscoe - 1806Full view - About this book
| Enoch Pond - 1842 - 368 pages
...own hand : " Descended from the Christian emperors of Germany, from the Catholic kings of Spain, from the archdukes of Austria, and the dukes of Burgundy, all of whom have distinguished themselves as 'defenders of the faith of Rome, I am firmly resolved to tread in... | |
| William Roscoe - 1846 - 654 pages
...the assembly well knew that he derived his origin from the most Christian emperors, from the catholic kings of Spain, the archdukes of Austria, and the...pontiff, and had been the protectors and defenders of the catholic faith. That it now became his duty, as the successor of such ancestors, to imitate then* example,... | |
| Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné, Henry Beveridge - 1846 - 320 pages
...with his own hand.2 " Sprung," said he, " from the Christian emperors of Germany, from the Catholic kings of Spain, the archdukes of Austria, and the dukes of Burgundy, who are all illustrious as defenders of the Roman faith, it is my firm purpose to follow the example... | |
| William Coxe - 1847 - 560 pages
...as I am," he said, " from the Christian emperors of Germany, the Catholic kings of Spain, and from the archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy, all of whom have preserved, to the last moment of their lives, their fidelity to the church, and have always been... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1852 - 404 pages
...am," said the bigot, " from the Christian emperors of Germany, the Catholic kings of Spain, and from the archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy, all of whom have preserved, to the last moment of their lives, their fidelity to the Church, and have always been... | |
| Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - 1852 - 254 pages
...'Descended as I am,' he said, 'from the Christian emperors of Germany, the Catholic kings of Spain, and from the archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy, all of whom have preserved, to the last moment of their lives, their fidelity to the church, and have always been... | |
| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1859 - 536 pages
...memory, " Descended as I am from the Christian emperors of Germany, the Catholic kings of Spain, and from the archdukes of Austria and the Dukes of Burgundy, all of whom have preserved, to the last moment of their lives, their fidelity to the Church, and have always been... | |
| James H. Braund - 1870 - 542 pages
...French, with his own hand. ' Sprung,' said he, 'from the Christian emperors of Germany, from the Catholic kings of Spain, the archdukes of Austria, and the dukes of Burgundy, who are all illustrious as defenders of the Roman faith, it is my firm puqiosc to follow the example... | |
| William Coxe - 1882 - 558 pages
...as I am," he said, " from the Christian emperors of Germany, the Catholic kings of Spain, and from the archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy, all of whom have preserved, to the last moment of their lives, their fidelity to the church, and have always been... | |
| Eugene M. Wait - 2001 - 180 pages
...am descended from a long line of Christian Emperors of this noble German nation, and of the Catholic kings of Spain, the archdukes of Austria, and the dukes of Burgundy. They were faithful to the death to the Church of Rome, and they defended the Catholic faith and the... | |
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