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- #REDIRECTBimbisara, King ...28 bytes (3 words) - 15:58, 4 August 2022
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire and belonged to Haryanaka dynasty, which ruled until approximately 326 B.C ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host. His career in radio ...42 KB (5,955 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- #REDIRECTEdward III of England ...34 bytes (5 words) - 19:02, 27 July 2022
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), born Nathaniel Adams Coles, was a popular American jazz singer-songwriter and pianist. ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- The King James Version of the Bible, or Authorized Version, first published in 1611, has had a profound impact on English literature and can ...44 KB (6,927 words) - 23:10, 3 March 2023
- Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. It is prized as one of the few living epics, performed by ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968) was America's foremost civil rights leader and is deemed by many ...58 KB (9,123 words) - 17:52, 18 January 2023
- #REDIRECTMartin Luther King, Jr. ...36 bytes (5 words) - 18:13, 31 December 2022
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- B.B. King, born Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely considered ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
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- #REDIRECTBimbisara, King ...28 bytes (3 words) - 15:58, 4 August 2022
- #REDIRECTBimbisara, King ...28 bytes (3 words) - 15:59, 4 August 2022
- #REDIRECTMartin Luther King, Jr. ...36 bytes (5 words) - 18:13, 31 December 2022
- elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and the first king in Prussia (1701–1713). A lavish patron of the arts, he did much to enrich Prussia's physical ...6 KB (831 words) - 00:44, 8 October 2022
- Nangklao (Rama III), or King Jessadabodindra (full royal name Prabath Somdej Pra Paramadhiwarasetha Maha Jessadabodindra Siammintarawirodom Borommadha ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- Alan King (December 26, 1927 – May 9, 2004) was an American comedian known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. King became well ...10 KB (1,490 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- Phuttaloetla Nabhalai, Rama II, now known as Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (February 24, 1767 – July 21, 1824), was the son of King Rama I and Queen ...9 KB (1,378 words) - 17:21, 16 April 2023
- When built in 1394 by order of King Taejo, it was thought to be one ... Spirits enter and exit the south entrance gate, the king entered through ...6 KB (909 words) - 00:56, 4 August 2022
- the Chinese Shang Dynasty, the tyrannical King Zhou, but contain no mention ... present-day Korea), and to have become the king of Gija Joseon. Previously ...8 KB (1,218 words) - 06:55, 14 December 2022
- Seongdeok Daewang, or Seongdeok the Great reigned from 702–737 C.E. as the thirty-third king of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, in the ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- King David II of Scotland succeeded his father, Robert I better known as Robert the Bruce in 1329 at the age of five, and ruled until his death ...9 KB (1,346 words) - 20:57, 19 May 2020
- King Myeongjong (명종 明宗|1534–1567, r. 1545–1567) was the thirteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- of the Hundred Years' War initiated by King Edward III of England. The ... are reputed to have been met by the young king himself, and to have presented ...8 KB (1,321 words) - 07:09, 23 November 2022
- and demagogue, Huey Long—All the King's Men (1946)—Warren ... published his most famous work, All the King's Men, while a professor ...8 KB (1,091 words) - 02:13, 16 December 2022
- mektige) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark, and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. Canute is generally ...11 KB (1,794 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- to rule directly from the will of God. The king is thus not subject to the ... that God had bestowed earthly power to the king, just has He had given spiritual ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 15:08, 26 August 2020
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) is an American federal holiday ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- of Kraków, known for opposing the cruelty of King Bolesław II the Bold, who reacted by causing Stanislaus' death. Born in the village of ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 13:40, 5 September 2022
- Nathan was a tenth century B.C.E. Israelite prophet who lived in the time of King David. His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings ...11 KB (1,891 words) - 01:30, 11 November 2022
- Gate, imposing and impressive by the time King Sejong rebuilt it in the 1470s ... remained closed and was reserved for the king's escape to Pukhan Sansong ...7 KB (1,106 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- Mongkut (Rama IV of Siam) (October 18, 1804 – October 1, 1868), was king of Siam (Thailand) from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded ...12 KB (1,824 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- III, was mayor of the palace of Austrasia and the King of the Franks, from 751 to 768, and is best known for being the father of Charlemagne, or "Charles ...9 KB (1,417 words) - 00:10, 24 November 2022
- the perfect gentleman and his family, the king, and his court. ... the main gate Donwhamun during the reign of King Taejong of Joseon. King Sejo ...8 KB (1,063 words) - 01:18, 4 December 2023
- the imposition of a new tax to finance the King's wars in France, which ... and the thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward II. His father was ...10 KB (1,583 words) - 23:15, 3 May 2023
- le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was King of France (1380–1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. The Hundred Years’ War continued ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- into English as "Jesus Nazarene, King of the Jews." This title appears in the New Testament in the Passion narrative of the Gospel of John ( ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- of the German Emperor William II and the elected king of Finland from October 9 to December 14, 1918. He was married to Princess Margaret of Prussia ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- popular resistance and was able to convert King Ethelbert of England to Christianity ... Kent was targeted by the pope because its king, Æthelbert, had married a ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Jehoiakim, his reign in Jerusalem ... from office by the Babylonian army of King Nebuchadnezzar II. Jehoiachin ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- Margaret Beaufort (May 31, 1443 – June 29, 1509) was the mother of King Henry VII of England, the grandmother of Henry VIII, and great-grandmother ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- The name king Vikramaditya ( विक्रमादित्य ) is a Sanskrit tatpurusha, from विक्रम ( vikrama ) meaning "valour ...12 KB (1,714 words) - 20:21, 3 May 2023
- had been massacred by regent Daewongun and King Gojong. Just two years before ... Gapsinjeongbyeon, an attempt to overthrow King Gojong's government. ...8 KB (1,205 words) - 15:02, 2 February 2024
- Great (Akkadian: Šarukinu, "the true king") (reigned 2334 B.C.E ... section, the text skips to Ur-Zababa, king of Kish, awake after a dream ...10 KB (1,482 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- King Cheoljong (1831 - 1863) (r. 1849-1863) was the 25th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Cheoljong was only a very distant relative of his ...11 KB (1,646 words) - 07:55, 13 January 2023
- Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 B.C.E.) was a king of the Magadha empire and belonged to Haryanaka dynasty, which ruled until approximately 326 B.C ...11 KB (1,687 words) - 17:43, 31 October 2023
- Sinmun of Silla (r. 681 – 692) was the thirty-first king of Silla ... was the eldest son of Silla's unifier-king, King Munmu (문무왕, 文武王 ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- House," it earlier referred to the king's palace but eventually ... The earliest instance where pr-`3 is used specifically to address ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- She was the daughter of King Eirik II of Norway and Margaret, daughter ... in June of 1281. With only one son of the King, also named Alexander, then ...12 KB (1,837 words) - 05:29, 5 November 2022
- Jizi had been a relative of the last king of the Shang Dynasty, King ... that Jizi went to Joseon. In this account, King Wu of Zhou recognized Jizi ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- from 1908 until 1917, when he proclaimed himself king of Hejaz, which received international recognition. His family had ruled the Hejaz since 1201 ...11 KB (1,749 words) - 21:19, 9 February 2024
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king of the Joseon Dynasty. His personal name was Yi Hon (李琿). He came to ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- Taejong (1367-1422, r. 1400-1418) the third king of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea and the father of King Sejong the Great, did not take the throne ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- Jehoiakim ("he whom Jehovah has set up," Hebrew: יהוֹיָקִים) was one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Josiah, ...12 KB (1,854 words) - 20:02, 4 November 2023
- Farouk I of Egypt (February 11, 1920 – March 18, 1965), was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 00:45, 14 July 2022
- Alexander Jannaeus (also known as Alexander Jannai/Yannai) was king and high priest of Judea from (103 B.C.E. to 76 B.C.E.). His Hebrew name ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 14:25, 18 July 2023
- name roughly means "Very Greatest King, Broad Expander of Territory ... Today, King Gwanggaeto the Great is regarded by Koreans as one of ...14 KB (2,166 words) - 12:47, 24 January 2023
- games, and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia, famous for his ... ==King of the gods== Zeus [[Image:Zeus Hermitage St. Petersburg 20021009 ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- including the Cave of the Divine King, Cave of the Great Kings, ... the largest and most important monasteries. King Valagambahu has been traditionally ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- Yi Ha-eung, best known by his title as regent to King Gojong, Daewongun ... Yi Myeongbok was crowned King Gojong of Joseon in 1864, and Daewongun ...9 KB (1,510 words) - 07:43, 12 January 2024
- in an intellectual contest in the court of King Darius and thus won the king ... than a warning from God given through the Egyptian king. ...11 KB (1,713 words) - 06:31, 13 June 2023
- 9, 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV of Scotland and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. It ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- I, he was a staunch supporter of the king when civil war broke out in 1642. law, which equated the authority of the king over his subjects with the ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- Daniel at the court of Cyrus, the Persian king of Babylon near the end of ... The narrative of priests of Bel, the king asks Daniel, "Do you ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- between Amenhotep III and the Babylonian king Kadeshman-Enlil shows a fascinating ... of the period. Letters from the Babylonian king Kadashman-Enlil I anchor the ...34 KB (6,076 words) - 02:40, 24 July 2023
- King Gongmin (공민왕 恭愍王1330 – 1374) ruled Goryeo (Korea) from 1351 until 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk( 충숙 忠肅王 ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 09:05, 20 December 2022
- ), also known as Azariah, was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah ... :I will destroy the king [e] of Ashdod and the one who holds the ...10 KB (1,704 words) - 22:57, 13 November 2022
- In 1833, he was appointed professor of political economy at King& ... lecture on political economy, delivered at King's College, London, 27th ...8 KB (1,180 words) - 01:42, 14 December 2022
- War. The Norwegian forces were led by king Håkon Håkonsson and the ... since about 1100, its kings vassals of the king of Norway. Since the 1240s ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 10:04, 22 September 2023
- Kingdom during the fourteenth year of King Jinheung's reign, just ... jpg|270px|thumb|right|Pine tree that bowed to King Sejo.]] ...9 KB (1,412 words) - 21:05, 20 January 2022
- For humans, various species, such as the king colobus (C. polykomos ... species of African primates and the king colobus also is considered ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 18:03, 31 October 2023
- Gojong, the Joseon Dynasty's last king. Only direct descendants in ... A military leader in the waning days of the Goryeo period, King Taejo ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- a supposed edict of Cyrus in which the king names Yahweh rather than Marduk ... 539 B.C.E., assuming the titles of "king of Babylon, king of Sumer ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- C.E., before moving, at the behest of the king and ministers, to Vijayanagara ... to that time, mentions that the King of Bisnaga used to listen ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- specifying what she was queen (or female king) of, but not so Pope Boniface ... she married Haakon, in 1363, he was yet co-king of Sweden, making Margaret ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- Henry III (October 1, 1207 – November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England, reigning for fifty-six years ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- armies. Although he reportedly refused a king's crown when it was offered ... With the Midianites vanquished, a movement arises to make Gideon king ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- Like the Spring and Autumn Period, the king of Zhou acted merely as a ... themselves dukes of the Zhou dynasty king; but now the warlords began ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- them suitable allies for England's King Henry VIII in the aftermath ... her chair when Henry entered the room. The king reportedly took an immediate ...14 KB (2,263 words) - 04:57, 31 July 2023
- who served as royal secretary in the time of King Josiah. of Jerusalem and the execution of King Zedekiah in 586, King Nebuchadnezzar ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 21:06, 20 July 2021
- that the mausoleum holds the bodies of of King Micheon or King Gogugwon. ... bestowed by Murong Jun of the Former Yan on King Gogugwon in 354, indicating ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- Jehu (יְהוּא, Yehu—"The LORD is he") was king of Israel, 842–815 B.C.E. He assumed the throne after being anointed by a messenger ...15 KB (2,424 words) - 04:42, 31 July 2022
- Excalibur, or Caliburn, is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty ...13 KB (2,142 words) - 23:53, 24 March 2024
- to the throne of England. She married Malcolm III, King of Scots, becoming his queen consort in 1070. Her influence, which stemmed from a lifelong ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 13:25, 5 September 2022
- Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and ...21 KB (3,359 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- of the Venerable Bede and Eadbert, the king, was his brother. These two ... In 781, King Elfwald sent Alcuin to Rome to petition the Pope for ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 05:08, 17 June 2023
- Goryeo Dynasty and the founder and the first king of the Joseon Dynasty, the final dynasty in Korea before it became a modern republic. The name 'Taejo ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- text in English prose relating the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Le Morte d'Arthur was wildly popular in the decades ...10 KB (1,589 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era ...11 KB (1,631 words) - 08:05, 18 March 2024
- Later, with Ben E. King's yearning sound on lead tenor, the group ... Five Crowns, including lead singer Ben E. King, promoting them under the ...11 KB (1,592 words) - 15:35, 30 April 2023
- known for his mediation in England between King Henry III and his rebellious ... of the state, and to be regularly consulted by the King. ...11 KB (1,739 words) - 23:29, 17 December 2022
- Agrippa I, also called Agrippa the Great (10 B.C.E. – 44 C.E.), was the last king of the Jews. He was the grandson of Herod the Great and son ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- Few personal details have been recorded of the great king. His mother ... The fragment from Natya-darpana mentions the king Ramagupta, the elder ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia c. 538 B.C.E. He ... three months after replacing his father King Jehoiachim, who had died during ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- The Book of Esther is set in the third year of Ahasuerus, a king of ... Ahasuerus, the king of Persia, is married to the beautiful Queen Vashti ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- in the form of a dialogue addressed to the king Ptolemy, it was apparently ... anointed priests and teacher of Ptolemy the king, apparently Ptolemy Philometer ...7 KB (1,086 words) - 06:27, 12 August 2023
- an elite royal guard, when he helped King Jayanegara, the son of Majahapit ... Majapahit, rebelled against the Majapahit king Jayanegara (ruled 1309-1328 ...12 KB (1,777 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- נאמן (ne’eman), meaning "God, King [who is] Trustworthy." ... In the King James Bible, the word amen is preserved in a number of ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- #039;s house) became the Maison du Roi (King's house), the latter ... of the dukes can be seen. No duke or king actually lived here. The names ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- B.C.E. middle chronology) was the sixth king of Babylon. He became the ... Hammurabi was a First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, and ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 17:00, 21 January 2024
- the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, and the father of ... to the highest heaven and was replaced as king of the gods by Marduk. His ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named after King David of ancient Israel, which consists of two interlocking equilateral ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- it also houses the many treasures of King Tutankhamen and many interesting ... ==King Tutankhamun== [[Image:Tutmask.jpg|thumb|200px|Golden funeral ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- two of his greatest works (Idylls of the King and Ulysses) are concerned ... Tennyson attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, and entered ...9 KB (1,502 words) - 16:53, 20 July 2023
- for Shakespeare's company, the King's Men. Both during his ... first for the Children and then for the King's Men. ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 06:38, 8 April 2024
- When Harald Klak, the newly baptized king of parts of Denmark, returned ... in response to a request from the Swedish king Björn at Hauge for a mission ...11 KB (1,722 words) - 05:16, 31 July 2023
- decorations, and landscape. The King, Louis XIV and his chief minister ... received the title of First Painter to the King in 1664. He was also named ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 21:28, 4 December 2023
- Afonso VI, King of Portugal (Portuguese pron. IPA [ ɐ'fõsu twenty-third according to some historians) king of Portugal and the Algarves ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- Due its connections to royalty, it was spared King Henry VIII's ... Since the coronations in 1066 of both King Harold and William the ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- On February 27, he discovered a tomb of a king, identified by inscriptions ... mentioned Psusennes I, the third king of the Twenty-first Dynasty ...8 KB (1,137 words) - 05:24, 24 November 2022
- hold the title of Grand Prince. The first King of Hungary (Saint Stephen ... kings of Hungary (with the exception of King Matthias Corvinus) were matrilineal ...26 KB (3,604 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471 ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- but this did not prevent his imprisonment. King James I of England did not ... His cousin, Gervase, was knighted by King James before becoming lieutenant ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 21:16, 30 April 2023
- became the capital of Lan Xang. In 1560, King Setthathirath I moved the ... Laos. When Laos achieved independence, the king of Luang Prabang, Sisavang ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (c. 1284 – June 19, 1312) was the favorite, and possibly lover, of King Edward II of England. A Gascon ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 22:48, 28 March 2023
- The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a black basalt monument bearing an inscription by the ninth century B.C.E. Moabite King ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- a significant role in the religious cultus. King Sargon was the first ruler ... E. (although the later "archaeologist king" of Babylonia, Nabonidus ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Dermot MacMurrough (1110 - May 1, 1171) was a King of Leinster in Ireland. Ousted as King of Leinster in 1166, he sought military assistance from King ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- province, near the modern city of Anyang. King Pangeng established Yin on ... At the beginning of the fourteenth century B.C.E. King Pangeng of ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- dynastic succession, until the coming of King Ibrium and his son Ibbi-Sipish ... the name of Ibbit-Lim, a previously known king of Ebla. This inscription ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 17:22, 11 October 2020
- analyzed a claim such as "The present King of France is bald" into ... false. So the sentence, "The present king of France is bald," is ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- Hugh Capet (c. 940 – October 24, 996) was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- upon his father's death in 1105. King Yejong’s reign was characterized ... King Yejong was a great patron of Daoism, preferring its precepts ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- a bas-relief representing two images of the king worshiping the falcon-headed ... in present-day Syria, in which the Egyptian king fought against the Hittites ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
- King You of Zhou (reigned 781 B.C.E. - 771 B.C.E.) (周幽王, zhōu ... After the death of King You, the nobles supported Prince Yijiu as ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- throne just thirty years after his father, King Taejo, founded the Goryeo ... gaining more fame and recognition from the king. In 903, he led a famous naval ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 02:33, 28 July 2023
- Afonso I, King of Portugal, more commonly known as Afonso Henriques, (July 25, 1109 – December 6, 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- kinsman and eventually becomes the foremother of King David. and written shortly after the time of King David in the tenth century ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 00:40, 19 November 2023
- model and the settlers' allegiance to the king. The Mayflower ... In England, such authority came from the king but in remote America it could ...12 KB (1,842 words) - 02:22, 9 November 2022
- tensions with Antipas' neighbor, King Aretas of Nabatea, who was ... appeal to him for promotion to the title of king rather than tetrarch, an ambitious ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 11:05, 22 January 2024
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556-539 B.C.E. Although his background is uncertain ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- and political reasons, while the King saw them as essential for ... impeachment and subsequent execution of the king's advisers, Archbishop ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 21:03, 3 November 2022
- year 3 B.C.E.. In 1424 C.E., when the third king of Jurchen Li Manzhu invaded ... Goguryeo. The kingdom's second ruler, King Yuri, chose the site as the ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- (천왕봉, 天王峰), which means "King of Heaven Peak," rises ... (National Treasure no. 67), named by King Sukjong, is a three-story ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- the Pilgrimage of Grace, objecting to the King's "casting off" ... Shires"—as they came to be known under King James I. ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- and can be seen and heard in the movie The King of Jazz. When Bing Crosby ... Bessie Smith, the empress of the blues, Joe King Oliver, and fellow guitarist ...6 KB (912 words) - 18:06, 12 February 2024
- One of them, named Suro, became the king of Geumgwan Gaya, and the ... Gaya consisted of nine villages united by King Suro of Gaya. Some legends ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- the state, becoming a cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister ... The Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the King ...19 KB (2,876 words) - 19:14, 26 November 2023
- recognized with an Honorary Fellowship at King's College, Cambridge ... was educated at Rugby School, and entered King's College, Cambridge ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- introduced from China and promulgated by King Beopheung in 520. ... to have royal blood on both sides. Until King Muyeol abolished rank with ...8 KB (1,213 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- Jeroboam ("increase of the people"), the son of Nebat, (1 Kings 11:26-39), was the first king of the break-away ten tribes or Kingdom ...17 KB (2,812 words) - 18:48, 23 June 2023
- B.B. King, born Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 - May 14, 2015), was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely considered ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- write in the first person. The daughter of King Sargon I, her writings invoke ... disrepair but was restored by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser in the ninth century ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- College to succeed Albert II as the king. After several Habsburg kings ... Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (also King Charles I of Spain) (1516 ...24 KB (3,568 words) - 13:21, 24 January 2023
- is unclear, most probably it was built by King Kasyapa (477–495 C.E.) of ... Sigiriya converted to a monastery after King Kasyapa's death, Buddhist ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- The state was led by Oranmiyan, the founder-king or first Alaafin of Oyo (Alaafin ... royal wards of the city. They guided the king in many important matters ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- sacking and burning much of the palace. King Injong regained control in ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- the biblical record as late as the reign of King Hezekiah in the eighth century ... a military campaign of Kedorlaomer, king of Elam, and his allies which ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 02:37, 24 July 2023
- beginning in 1011 during the reign of King Hun Chong when the Khitan ... nearly three decades of Mongol attacks, King Gojong of Goryeo ordered the ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1 May 1118) was the first wife and queen consort of King Henry I of England. The daughter of Scottish royalty ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- reforms in Korea hand in hand with the king Chongjo. When ill fortune ... Learning happened at the best time of king Chôngjo. A young and brilliant ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 07:14, 31 July 2022
- and promising the coming of a righteous king from Bethlehem who would establish ... Historically, King Jotham was able build on the success of his father ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- Conference (SCLC) with Martin Luther King Jr. and others, and served ... /03/27/joseph-lowery-martin-luther-king-jr-aide/2932276001/ Joseph ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:42, 11 August 2022
- Leopold II of the Belgians (April 9, 1835 – December 17, 1909) succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, the first king of the independent ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- the wealthy in their contest with the king, but once the revolution had ... During his three-year reign, King James II fell victim to the political ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 18:55, 31 December 2023
- Rehoboam (Hebrew: רחבעם, Rehav'am) was a king in ancient Jerusalem, succeeding his father Solomon and his grandfather David. He was ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 19:23, 23 June 2023
- princess named Naamah was the Israelite king's chief wife and mother ... Ammon and Israel. In Judges 11:13, the king of Ammon demanded the restoration ...18 KB (2,883 words) - 07:34, 25 July 2023
- C.E. by Eusebius of Caesarea. He said that King Abgar V of Edessa wrote to ... in 1204, reappearing as a relic in King Louis IX of France's ...13 KB (2,215 words) - 15:25, 4 February 2023
- the representative of the powerful Lombard King Desiderius who saw the Pope ... whose own father had been confirmed as King of the Franks by Pope Zachary ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- applied equally to low and high alike. A king who failed to rule justly ... of Surrey's castles in retaliation. King Edward then intervened, and ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, the king's cousin, Mortimer led ... however, largely due to the reign of the King of whose behalf Mortimer had ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- Acamapichtli (which means "Handful of Arrows" or "Handful of Reeds") was tlatoani (king, or Great Speaker) of the Aztecs ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2021
- Harold Harefoot (c. 1015–March 17, 1040) was King of England from 1035 to 1040. His suffix, "Harefoot" was for his speed, and the ...17 KB (2,606 words) - 17:22, 27 October 2020
- was born into the servant or slave class, Cheonmin, King Sejong's new policy of breaking class barriers allowed Jang to be recruited into the national ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 16:10, 8 February 2023
- Haakon Haakonsson (1204 – December 15, 1263) (Norwegian Håkon Håkonsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson), also called Haakon the Old, was king ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- beol)), 徐伐 (서벌, seobeol). In 503, King Jijeung standardized the characters ... According to Korean records, King Bak Hyeokgeose founded Silla in ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- Rajendra Chola I, the son of Rajaraja Chola I, the great Chola king of South India, succeeded his father in 1014 C.E. as the Chola emperor. During ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- [[Image:Hussein_of_Jordan_1997.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|King Hussein ... Upon the assassination of his grandfather, King Abdullah, and the ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- == Savior of the King == life of Sigismund of Luxemburg (Hungarian king, from 1433 Holy Roman emperor ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 08:36, 10 January 2024
- discovery was of the palace of the Assyrian King Sargon II. He unearthed not ... to be the palace of Sargon II, an Assyrian king who reigned from 722 to 705 ...8 KB (1,273 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- to the fourteenth century. As the first king in a new dynasty, historians ... During his lifetime, King Taejo was also known as Wang Geon. Taejo ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- Neill to rise and engage in battle against King Diarmait at Cooldrevny in ... *King Kenneth I of Scotland *King Donald II of Scotland ...12 KB (1,880 words) - 11:11, 6 March 2024
- spiritual wholeness, and his advice to the king to act justly, were exactly ... him to spend several years at the court of King David I of Scotland in 1130 ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- of the Magyars (997-1000/1001) and the first King of Hungary (1000/1001-1038). Stephen was born under the pagan Turkic name "Vajk," but ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- of the nineteenth century. Theologian Karen King suggests that the original ... and circumstances unclear. Scholar Karen King believes, however, that references ...15 KB (2,491 words) - 18:05, 27 December 2022
- of politics," a treatise to help a king in "the acquisition and ... work, a book that frequently discloses to a king what calculating and sometimes ...17 KB (2,661 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- at the Battle of Maldon in Essex, when King Aethelred "The Unready ... In 994 the Danes, under King Sweyn Forkbeard and Olaf Trygvason, returned ...9 KB (1,352 words) - 15:03, 18 May 2020
- Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; 685 B.C.E. – 627 B.C.E.), was the last great king of ancient Assyria. During his rule, Assyrian ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 22:19, 8 November 2021
- his wife, Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King. The two couples shared many ... Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King were best of friends, partners ...18 KB (3,027 words) - 00:27, 8 December 2022
- After this, Sennacherib turned to King Hezekiah of Judah, who stubbornly ... Judah and particularly their God. When the King Hezekiah heard of this, he ...9 KB (1,470 words) - 09:47, 26 January 2023
- was taken into Pharaoh's harem. The king rewarded Abram richly on her ... #039;s sister, was again taken into the king's household—this time ...14 KB (2,282 words) - 19:23, 15 September 2022
- ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and ... to be highlighted in the biography of this king. == Royal titles == ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- du Roi, organist by appointment to the King. This was the Sun King, Louis XIV. ... ===In the court of the "Sun King"=== In 1717 Couperin became ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- 25, 1895, has a Japanese illustration of King Gojong and Queen Min receiving ... (石塚 ) with a legend "The [Korean] King and Queen, moved by our honest ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- prompt in pledging allegiance to the new king, Willem III of Orange. Another ... in an attempt to return the throne to King James. Dundee was killed ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- Joab (יוֹאָב "The LORD is father," Yoʾav) was a key military leader under King David in the Hebrew Bible in the late eleventh ...18 KB (2,943 words) - 05:54, 5 April 2024
- scholars as being directed to his cousin, the King of Han. ... was very influential on the first King of Qin and the first emperor ...13 KB (2,134 words) - 20:49, 21 January 2024
- Neville's Cross, taking the Scottish King David II Bruce prisoner. ... Her marriage to King Edward III of England was arranged by Edward ...14 KB (2,233 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- The King James Version of the Bible speaks of “hellfire” and of ... from the Bible in this article are from the King James Version. ...8 KB (1,334 words) - 06:33, 18 April 2024
- of rivalry between Poland and Hungary. King Andrew II of Hungary styled ... Innocent IV allowed Daniil to be crowned king, although his realm continued ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- plantation labor. He was acquired by Robert King, a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia ... King urged Equiano to stay on as a business partner, but Equiano found ...10 KB (1,546 words) - 00:02, 18 November 2022
- and in many respects the pawn of the French king, did retain some self-dignity ... Technically, Bertrand was a subject of the King of England, whose territory ...17 KB (2,612 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King. Despite In the Hall of the Mountain King being one of Grieg's ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- in the treatises between the English king Alfred the Great and the Norwegian ... York, defeating both the recently deposed King Osberht of Northumbria, as ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- was part man and part bull. It was kept by King Minos of Crete in the center ... elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete, specifically ...11 KB (1,767 words) - 18:53, 9 November 2022
- St Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004– January 5, 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England ...18 KB (2,742 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
- as Saint Stephen, became the first King of Hungary in 1001 ending ... occasionally as mercenaries on behalf of King Carloman of Bavaria, King ...14 KB (1,600 words) - 16:21, 13 January 2024
- legend as the fabled capital of the Asura King Ravana in the Ramayana. Hindu ascetics founded hermitages while the king Matasiva built monasteries ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- Alexandra was the wife of the Hasmonean king Aristobulus I. On Aristobulus ... the Hasmonean princes to call himself "king." ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 01:53, 23 December 2022
- Sir Edward Mutesa II, KBE (November 19, 1924 - November 21, 1969), was the thirty-sixth kabaka (king) of Buganda from 1939 until his death, and ...15 KB (2,301 words) - 19:37, 10 November 2022
- had been the son of the Chalukya king Kirtivarman I. Ramkrishna Gopal ... Moving further south, Pulakesi II routed the Pallava king Mahendravarman ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 23:43, 2 December 2022
- comes from Jogaila, the first Polish king of that dynasty. In Polish ... which would be translated as High King according to the contemporary ...13 KB (1,810 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- ancient Korea. In 642, Yeon discovered that King Yeongnyu and some of his official ... system had been established by the reign of King T'aejo (53–146 C.E ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- his death, Coke’s papers were seized by King Charles I. When released, ... 1613, was elevated to Chief Justice of the King's Bench, where he continued ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- and was the first wife of an English king to receive her own coronation. ... Matilda was descended on her father's side from King Alfred the ...15 KB (2,261 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, who falls in love with Imoinda ... The king, too, falls in love with Imoinda. He commands that Imoinda ...12 KB (1,861 words) - 06:00, 11 August 2023
- special nature was recognized by the local king, Indrabodhi, who married Padmasambhava ... accidentally stabbed the son of one of the king's ministers, releasing ...11 KB (1,775 words) - 06:13, 18 November 2022
- supporter and a close adviser to Taejo(King) Yi Seonggye ( 태조 太祖 ... Jeong was a strong supporter and a close advisor of Taejo (King) Yi ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087, and King of England from 1066 to 1087 ... He was the grandnephew of Queen Emma, wife of King Ethelred the Unready ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- Queen Noor (Arabic: الملكة نور born Lisa Najeeb Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan. ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 15:44, 7 December 2022
- The last one, Hoshea, was captured by king Shalmaneser of Assyria, and ... denounces the massacre carried out by King Jehu against the descendants ...12 KB (1,912 words) - 00:10, 19 November 2023
- he is portrayed as the primary deity and king of the gods. Enlil was the ... to hold the Tablets of Destiny and rule as king of the gods, while the triad ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- deity of justice. An inscription left by King Hammurabi indicates that his ... :O scion of the heart of Uruk, King Gilgamesh!" ===Characteristics=== ...13 KB (2,138 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- Pope John Paul II, Martin Luther King Jr., Jacques Maritain, Gabriel ... Martin Luther King, Jr. was greatly influenced by personalism in his ...9 KB (1,336 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- 1213-1259), who reigned as the twenty-third king of the Goryeo dynasty, refused ... of the Korean peninsula. Beginning with King Wonjong, for approximately ...9 KB (1,252 words) - 19:58, 9 November 2022
- purge of the descendants of Israel's King Ahab. After the ascension ... under the influence of Jezebel, wife of King Ahab of Israel. The prophet ...20 KB (3,192 words) - 21:43, 7 January 2019
- #039;s reign. Thomas was knighted at the king's coronation in 1509 ... 1536 by northern rebels who fought against King Henry's religious policies ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos, who needed it to imprison ... Athenian-born, the grandson of the ancient king Erechtheus, who fled to Crete ...11 KB (1,708 words) - 07:41, 12 January 2024
- Edward II (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. His tendency ...27 KB (4,277 words) - 18:25, 12 February 2024
- (died 651), was an Irish monk who heeded King Oswald's call to revivify ... noble youth who had been raised there as a king in exile since 616 C.E. Divested ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- Church. He engaged in conflict with King Henry II over the rights and ... Chancellor he defended the interests of the king but when he became Archbishop ...22 KB (3,489 words) - 20:22, 31 October 2022
- II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527–1576) and King King Philip II of Spain (1527 ... invitation to be the painter of his court. King Philip II of Spain and others ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 15:54, 6 November 2022
- ) (c. 1165 – December 23, 1230) was queen consort to King Richard ... of support from Richard's brother, King John. She fought for her dower ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Jeroboam II (ירבעם השני) was the the fourteenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, over which he ruled for 41 years (2 Kings 14:23 ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 08:00, 3 April 2024
- Seoul). His father was also worked for the king, Wang Geon, and had been awarded ... Jo of Goryeo led a coup and assassinated King Mokjong; he set up the crown ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- of tribes overthrow the Nanda Dynasty. King Chandragupta consequently ... King Ambhi, ruler of Taxila, surrendered the city to Alexander. Many ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 15:30, 28 January 2023
- September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King ... fighter Lajos resembled his exemplar, King Saint Ladislaus. He shared ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 02:53, 4 November 2022
- of a righteous soldier in the tradition of King Arthur's Knights of the ... Both sources record that during the reign of King Jinheung, women ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 21:28, 9 February 2024
- 1-9) is a detailed history of the reign of King Solomon as a Golden Age of ... On the other hand, the southern king Jehoshaphat, treated with less ...18 KB (2,889 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- Palace in Rome, all expenses paid by the King of France. The contest was ... that of Madame de Pompadour (mistress of King Louis XV). She adored his ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- to India and succeeded in establishing the king of Cochin securely on his ... Mars. He was created first Duke of Goa by king Manuel I of Portugal shortly ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- books of Samuel. Jonathan, the eldest son of King Saul, was a military commander in his own right who won important battles against the Philistines ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 05:57, 9 July 2023
- by some to have been the half-sister of King Henry II, thus granting her ... about Tristan and Iseult—mention King Arthur and his Knights of ...12 KB (1,973 words) - 04:15, 6 November 2022
- of power for the Polonnaruwa Kingdom, the king Parākramabāhu I designed ... capital city in 1070 C.E. under the rule of King Vijayabahu I. He defeated ...12 KB (1,690 words) - 08:40, 24 November 2022
- The Epic of King Gesar is the central epic poem of Tibet and much of Central Asia. It is prized as one of the few living epics, performed by ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- it to the world. Later, it was conquered by King Sumaguru Kante of Sosso in ... religious rights. It also contained the king's palace, the grandest ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- In his advance against the Persian king, Cyrus used Greek mercenaries ... Cyrus the Great, he was the most like a king and the most deserving of ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 14:29, 20 May 2023
- with the Angevin court of Louis I of Anjou, King of Naples. John lived at first ... V; in 1446, he was on a mission to the King of France; and in 1451, he ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 19:54, 22 December 2022
- effect, declaring William and Mary to be King and Queen of Scotland on April ... ** freedom to petition the king ** freedom from a peace-time standing ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- the Chinese Tang dynasty. In 660, under King Muyeol (654-661), Silla subjugated ... King Sinmun (681-692) firmly established the throne of the Unified ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- of Solomon's son Rehoboam as king, and the establishment of ... of neighboring cities. To accomplish this, King Labaya allegedly recruited ...12 KB (1,941 words) - 21:20, 6 October 2022
- 668). In 670, he returned to Korea to warn King Munmo that the Chinese were ... immediately returned to Korea to warn King Munmu (r. 661–680), and ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- state of modern Nigeria. There is still an Oba, or king, although currently his role is mainly symbolic. The first Oba was Eweka I who died in 1246. The ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- astrologers and wise men can tell the king the content of his dream or ... are completely untouched by the flames. The king now declares that no one must ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- December 16, 2022. Mary's uncle was King Charles II; her maternal grandfather ... php?rec=true&UID=655 Reign of King William III] The Literary ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- The Pope also made use of the weakness of King Frederick II of Sicily ... the papal rights to decide whether a King is worthy of the imperial ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister of King Louis XVI. Jacques ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 23:39, 4 July 2022
- and ruled the Korean Peninsula as the first king of Goryeo. ... 皇帝) for rulers instead of a supreme king (대왕, 大王). They sometimes ...19 KB (2,644 words) - 18:12, 26 December 2022
- Hezekiah (or Ezekias) (Hebrew: חזקיה, "God has strengthened") was the thirteenth king of independent Judah in the Bible. The son ...20 KB (3,298 words) - 11:58, 22 January 2024
- forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King Louis II were defeated by ... counter to growing Ottoman power, Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, entered ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- nature for people, and some cobras, such as king cobras, are popular attractions ... only 18 cm (Drysdalia) up to 6 m in length (King cobra, Ophiophagus). Myers ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 07:35, 14 January 2023
- In the Old Testament, the Israelite king Ahaziah inquired of Ba‘al ... Zebûb is a story in 2 Kings 1:2-16, where King Ahaziah of Israel, the son ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 10:24, 26 September 2023
- as The Progress of Julius, and The King's General. The latter ... York" of the nursery rhyme, a son of King George III and brother of ...9 KB (1,407 words) - 22:15, 25 January 2024
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was the son of Bahram I (273–276). During his reign, most of Armenia was lost ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- tunic. Leo pioneered what became the king-making role of Popes, although ... indicating that he recognized the Frankish king, with whom Adrian I had enjoyed ...12 KB (1,984 words) - 20:06, 25 October 2022
- Turgot was to be an administrator under King Louis XV in 1772, and later ... At the time of King Louis XVI's trial, the Girondists had, however ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- such as Montezuma (1755), with a libretto by King Frederick. None of his pieces are often performed today, though his passion Der Tod Jesu (The Death ...2 KB (357 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- four permanent electors to advise the new king, in his inexperience, at the ... were assassinated in 1427 by Maxtla the new king of Tepanec, it was his uncle ...6 KB (967 words) - 16:11, 9 February 2024
- seven kings reigned for a period of 155 years. King Mingyinyo (1486-1531) founded the First Toungoo Dynasty (1486-1599) at Taungoo (Kaytumadi), far ...18 KB (2,701 words) - 04:45, 1 May 2023
- Arthur is a legendary British "king" of mythical proportions. Although his historicity is controversial, he ranks as one of the most ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
