As SARS-Cov-2 cases in Kerala head for a new peak, a look at the hospitalization status versus the previous peak in active cases, when it reached over 97,000 cases on 24th October. Currently there are around 80,000 active cases in Kerala.
Melisende was born around 1105 to Baudouin de Rethel and Morfia of Melitene. Her father had accompanied the Boulogne brothers, Godefroi and Baudouin, when they set out towards the Levant on the bugle call of the Pope. 1/10
The two Baudouins headed for Edessa first, where they were received by the local Armenian ruler, Thoros. After marrying his daughter, Baudouin de Boulogne acquired Edessa in 1098. Baudouin de Rethel then set off for Jerusalem which was being besieged by Godefroi de Boulogne. 2/10
Friedrich was born in 1676 to Karl, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Marie Anna of Courland. Hesse-Kassel was formed in 1567 when Landgraviate of Hesse was divided among the sons of Landgrave Philipp. Friedrich was a descendant of Philipp's eldest son, Wilhelm. 1/10
Friedrich led the Hesse-Kassel troops in the War of Spanish Succession on the Habsburg side. His results were mixed though it is said he fought bravely. In 1700, he married Luise Dorothea of Brandenburg, but she died childless in 1705. 2/10
Fernando de Aragón was born in 1452 to King Juan of Navarre and Juana Enriquez. Juan had become King of Navarre on the death of his first wife, Queen Blanca, in 1441, preventing his elder son, Carlos, from becoming King. In 1451, Carlos rebelled, and failed. 1/10
In 1458, Juan inherited Aragon & Sicily from his brother, Alfonso. King Alfonso had no legitimate children, though illegitimate Ferrante succeeded Alfonso in Naples. Carlos died in 1461, triggering a civil war in Catalonia. But with French support, Juan emerged victorious. 2/10
Philippe de Bourgogne was born in 1396 to Jean de Bourgogne, Count of Nevers, and Marguerite de Hainaut. In 1404, Jean succeeded his father as Duke of Burgundy, and in 1405, he succeeded his mother as Count of Artois and Flanders and Count Palatine of Burgundy. 1/10
In 1369, French King Charles V had got Marguerite de Flandre to marry his younger brother, Philippe, instead of Edmund of Langley, to whom she had been betrothed earlier. France and England were at war at the time and Marguerite owned much area within and near France. 2/10
When you run out of land to rule, you make more land to rule. Meet a King who tried to do that quite literally, and also led to the creation of the host of some of the most powerful legal judgements in the world today.
Willem was born in 1227 to Floris, Count of Holland, and Mathilde de Brabant. Willem succeeded as the Count in 1234, after his father died in a tournament. His uncles, Otto, Bishop of Utrecht, and Willem were his Regents. 1/10
In 1245, Holy Roman Emperor, Friedrich, was excommunicated by the Pope. Though Friedrich retained authority in the Empire, the Archbishops of Köln and Mainz elected Heinrich Raspe von Thüringen as King of Germany, in opposition to Friedrich's son, Konrad. 2/10
Sigismund Vasa was born in 1566 to Duke Johan of Finland and Katarzina of Poland. In 1568, Johan and his brother, Carl, overthrew their elder half brother, King Erik of Sweden, making Johan the new King. A generation earlier, Sweden had broken away from the Roman Church. 1/10
King Johan took a softer approach, attempting to reconcile with the remaining Catholics in Lutheran Sweden. Sigismund was raised as a Catholic by his mother. In 1573, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth became an elected monarchy after Katarzina's brother, King Zygmunt, died. 2/10