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- 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
