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- " it earlier referred to the king's palace but eventually became ... the nemes, an ornate kilt, and a double crown—to symbolize the unity of ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown and also known by its short ... ought to have. It asserts the Subject's right to petition the Monarch ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- his king father in hiding during Japan's invasion of Korea, rebuilding ... to Lady Kim, a concubine, while Seonjo's Queen, Euiin, remained childless ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- early kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of Silla's unifier ... it was absorbed into Goryeo. Sinmun's father, King Munmu, and grandfather ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- formal name of which is Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress The ... The Tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, ...20 KB (3,219 words) - 04:47, 1 May 2023
- the usual form of authority, the term "royal charter" was common ... body. The principles of the charter's function, however, remain the ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 07:42, 13 January 2023
- while not as great as either his father's or son's, was historically ... Charibert, was the son of Pepin II's brother, Martin of Laon. Of ...9 KB (1,417 words) - 00:10, 24 November 2022
- was some skepticism he was really Canute's son, this was probably just ... England's magnates favored the idea of installing Harold Harefoot ...17 KB (2,606 words) - 17:22, 27 October 2020
- Retrieved December 16, 2022. Mary's uncle was King Charles II; ... Retrieved December 16, 2022. Mary's mother died in 1671; her father ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- Beaufort remarried shortly after Henry's birth. Leaving her son with ... During her son's reign, Beaufort built a fine estate at Collyweston ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- earlier. Among his father King Taejo's eight sons, he ultimately appears ... Taejong's foundational leadership played a vital role in establishing ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 19:15, 24 October 2022
- Catholics. "Toleration in France was a royal notion, and the religious ... Henrey IV believed that re-establishing royal authority in France ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- up to the end of the monarchy and Korea's entry into the modern world ... orchestrated twelve year old Gojong's succession to the throne. Cheoljong ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- of Hồ Chí Minh City, the country's largest city formerly known ... Forbidden City, modeled after China's Forbidden City. Much of the ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- comet that bears his name. It was Halley's influence that caused Isaac ... in mathematics. He studied at St Paul's School, and then, in 1673, ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- down through Gojong, the Joseon Dynasty's last king. Only direct descendants ... King Jeongjong's reign was even shorter than his father's ...95 KB (11,477 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- was commemorated in Warsaw with Zygmunt's Column, commissioned by his ... == Royal titles == * Royal titles in Latin: Sigismundus Tertius Dei ...20 KB (2,908 words) - 15:22, 7 October 2022
- did not become entangled in other people's war, which is why she rejected ... by the grace of God, Valdemar Daneking's daughter" and "Denmark ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- of Croatia (1308-1342). He belonged to the royal house of Anjou-Hungary, was ... whose efforts established his successor's achievements. Hungary's ...26 KB (3,949 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
- the Goryeo dynasty, at a time when rival royal clans were vying for political ... Taebong, and began his service under Gungye's command. ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 02:33, 28 July 2023
- e. those who held the lands directly of the crown in fee. last of all those of women, of the king's serjeants (servientes), of ...15 KB (2,383 words) - 16:43, 29 January 2024
- Taejo's father Yi Ja-chun was a former Mongol official, but his ... 500 years, the Joseon Dynasty. Taejo's role as military leader who ...15 KB (2,284 words) - 19:06, 24 October 2022
- His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England ... England. He has remained the patron saint of the Royal Family. ...18 KB (2,742 words) - 23:55, 12 February 2024
- afterwards, he claimed and received a crown from the pope and he became ... and, therefore, he named his sister's son, the Venetian Peter Urseolo ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- what became the capital of one of Europe's most powerful and important ... kings through Louis Philippe, and all royal pretenders since then, have ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- In Akhenaten's new state religion centered on the sun god, he ... was discovered in the ruins of an artist's shop in Amarna in 1912, now ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- wage war. Afonso consolidated Portugal's Catholic identity, pledging ... Within less than 20 years of Afonso's death, Portugal was defined ...16 KB (2,347 words) - 19:49, 28 September 2020
- administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (country ... * [https://www.state.gov/u-s-bilateral-relations-fact-sheets/ U.S ...20 KB (2,886 words) - 04:26, 29 October 2022
- such case in British history. After Mary's death in 1694, William continued ... Anne's life was marked by many crises, both personally and relating ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- in some of dramatic discoveries, including royal tombs, which revealed much ... Woolley's work also included findings of sediment that he believed ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 21:47, 25 October 2022
- Taejo's career began in the turbulent Later Three Kingdoms period ... Taejo's ability as a military commander was soon recognized by ...14 KB (1,907 words) - 02:50, 27 February 2023
- On de Ulloa's return voyage, British privateers attacked his ... as only 5 parts per billion in the Earth's crust. In certain regions of ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- and was ultimately named as Henry II's heir, but was unable to hold ... the ceremony and may have been Matilda's godmother. Matilda had blond ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 16:52, 7 November 2022
- " James truly believed that Mary's birth marked the end of the ... 1554, when he was succeeded by the Queen's mother, who continued as regent ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:03, 7 November 2022
- adopted the habits and customs of China's imperial tradition. Open to ... with them. Unfortunately, Kʻang-hsi's successors did not have the ...20 KB (3,187 words) - 17:31, 14 May 2024
- the Soviet Union. After the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, it finally ... uniting both lands into one state. Roman's successors would mostly use ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- explorations, which resulted in Spain's overseas empire and Spanish ... *Henry's half-brother Peter I of Castile and his wife, Maria ...18 KB (2,888 words) - 19:02, 7 March 2024
- or even ascend the throne without Parliament’s approval. Importantly, he ... Fair Maid of Kent". After Richard's elder brother had died in infancy ...19 KB (3,042 words) - 21:42, 8 December 2022
- also known as Lydia Kamakaeha Paki, had the royal name of Liliuokalani given ... Hawaii’s last sovereign queen was born on September 2, 1838, in ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- of Normandy, but dependent on the British Crown. They comprise two separate ... commitment to looking after the Island’s native wildlife, and large ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- During his youth, he served in the Royal Navy; he was, both during ... York) and was not expected to inherit the crown. He was baptized in the Great ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- meant open rebellion against a ship’s captain. This occurred, for ... The Royal Navy’s Articles of War have changed slightly over the ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- a delegate from the Parish of St. John's in the Colony of Georgia, not ... They had seized arsenals, driven out royal officials, and besieged the ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 17:39, 25 January 2023
- 1745, Maria Theresa obtained the imperial crown for her husband, Francis ... army, all of which strengthened Austria's resources. Continued conflict ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- Coke is best known for his prevention of royal interference from manipulating ... Coke's works served not only as the definitive legal texts of ...10 KB (1,545 words) - 18:22, 12 February 2024
- in the north (including parts of today's North Korea, northeast China ... Kyushu in Japan, during that nation's formative years. The nature ...15 KB (2,181 words) - 04:48, 18 April 2024
- here. Crowntainers were developed by Crown Cork & Seal, now known ... off completely to be discarded. He received U.S. Patent No. 3,349,949 for his ...13 KB (2,176 words) - 03:29, 1 October 2023
- was controlled by Great Britain's first de facto Prime Minister ... Dorothea committed adultery but Sophia's refusal to stop her scandalous ...28 KB (4,125 words) - 12:22, 10 November 2022
- to restore the Jacobite line after James's death, but failed. James' ... Maria of France, was born at St. James's Palace in 1633 and created ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- ; Royal Institute: Phummiphon Adunyadet) (December 5, 1927 - October ... The root of Bhumibol's longevity and endurance lay in his popularity ...35 KB (4,836 words) - 23:02, 15 May 2024
- years later in what was probably Bermuda's only independent military operation ... act, and this they submitted for the Crown's assent. The Crown ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 00:25, 3 May 2023
- Britain, but shared their and Germany's imperial ambitions. Leopold ... Leopold II and Marie Henriette Anne's children were: ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- From the age of 12, George served in the Royal Navy, but upon the ... When George's father, King Edward VII died in 1910, he became ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- played a major role in developing Korea's cultural tradition. Based upon ... From founding until becoming a full-fledged kingdom, Silla's ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- he severely punished not only Israel's enemies, but also two Israelite ... ===Gideon's calling=== Gideon was the son of a man called Joash ...9 KB (1,479 words) - 22:57, 28 August 2021
- Owen Tudor, who was a squire in Henry V's court. After Henry's death ... of Grace, objecting to the King's "casting off" of ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- in the soil of the land. Despite George's best efforts, the Greek monarchy ... He began his career in the Royal Danish Navy, but when only 17 was ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- Dynasty Joseon Dynasties. Seongdeok's reign is recorded as the pinnacle ... Seongdeok was the second son of King Sinmun, Silla's thirty-first ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 02:52, 30 September 2022
- |official_name = Remembrance Day (Veterans Day For U.S.) ... silences, ceremonies honoring local veterans (U.S.) |longtype = ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- The treaty resulted in the creation of the crown colony of Hong Kong, which ... Although a modestly sized colony, Hong Kong's strategic and economic ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- 6, 1840, by representatives of the British Crown, and various Māori chiefs ... Considered New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty is nonetheless ...36 KB (5,742 words) - 16:42, 2 May 2023
- Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of ... Many of Goya's works are on display in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 04:54, 9 April 2024
- The royal orders of the Kings were all abolished after the French ... The order's motto is fr|Honneur et Patrie (Honour and Fatherland ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Upon her mother's accession in 1948, she became ... Wilhelmina's mother, Queen Emma, had acted as regent during her ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- It is likely that Kobyla's origins were less spectacular. Not ... The family fortunes soared when Roman's daughter, Anastasia Zakharyina ...20 KB (3,088 words) - 04:57, 16 December 2022
- of Russia, which guaranteed Georgia's territorial integrity against ... Russia's failure to protect Kartli-Kakhetivery soon after the ...18 KB (2,657 words) - 14:54, 2 May 2023
- factions known as misls. Ranjit Singh's father Maha Singh was the commander ... every other part of it, where the rajah's influence and authority exists ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- Fabergé eggs he designed for the Russian royal family until he was forced ... and have opened a store on Moscow's Red Square, bringing full circle ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 01:07, 24 November 2022
- Marseille, France, October 9, 1934) of the Royal House of Karađorđević ... be a union became a takeover. Alexander's own dictatorial style and centralization ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2023
- Dias, who had first rounded Africa's Cape of Good Hope in 1488, ... Da Gama's voyage was successful in establishing a sea route from ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- in continuous occupation. The castle's floor area is approximately ... and sometimes their prison. The castle's history and that of the British ...30 KB (4,758 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- Website of British Monarchy, [http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page44.asp ... Her father was a descendant of Edward IV's commoner Queen, Elizabeth Woodville ...32 KB (5,051 words) - 22:48, 21 October 2022
- and is best known for leading Goryeo's military to victory during ... and be long remembered. Gang Gam-chan's birth site is called Nakseongdae ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- Shang Yang's economic theory placed an overwhelming emphasis ... Shang Yang’s real name was Kung-sun Yang; he was also known as Wei ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 13:12, 27 January 2023
- for five centuries as one of the world's longest running monarchies ... the Gyeongbokgung palace as the seat of royal power. An unbroken patrilineal ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- xml&nav=7 The history of the Kyujanggak Royal Library, Seoul National Univ ... the 19th king, Sukjong, by Myeongseong's birth, the clan battled poverty ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- time, a tradition was started within the royal Russian family that included ... presented as an Easter gift for the Tsar's wife Maria Fyodorovna. ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- France from the beginning of her husband's reign in 1328 until 1589. Joan's significant patronage of learning sustained the tradition ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 05:59, 5 April 2024
- his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy during World War I, ... Republic of Ireland in 1949, King George's reign saw the acceleration ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- Angevin dynasty. He was one of Hungary's most active and accomplished ... of Stephen II of Bosnia who became Louis's vassal, and Elisabeth of Kuyavia ...19 KB (2,831 words) - 02:53, 4 November 2022
- who remained loyal subjects of the British crown during the American Revolution ... were the honorable ones who stood by the Crown and the British Empire. However ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 04:14, 4 November 2022
- or she acts as the head of His Majesty's Government and like other Prime ... Historically, the monarch's chief minister (if, as was not always ...42 KB (6,582 words) - 21:49, 26 April 2023
- consolidated the Capetian monarchy's rule, controlling a larger ... As prince, just before his father's death, he negotiated the ...23 KB (3,671 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- Basin around 896, although Árpád's father, Álmos was probably ... one of the most "saintly" of all royal families. Just as Hungary ...26 KB (3,604 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- throne of the kingdom. He received also the crown-princely title 2nd Prince ... Sidonia) was named regent in his father's will. His mental instability ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 22:00, 23 November 2020
- in the British parliament as a New Year’s gift to Queen Victoria on ... eldest son, Naungdawgyi (literally "Royal Elder Brother," born ...38 KB (5,866 words) - 22:29, 15 September 2023
- of the Bishop of Rome as Christ's deputy on earth. This understanding ... to have aroused the hostility of Rome's nobility, who saw the papal ...12 KB (1,984 words) - 20:06, 25 October 2022
- conservative mother of the previous crown prince, who had died before ... The Daewongun's treachery derived from the belief that Christianity ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- It was during George III's reign that Great Britain lost many ... of the poison arsenic in King George's hair have lent support to the ...42 KB (6,393 words) - 10:46, 13 December 2023
- in the eight years between Ahmose I's 17th regnal year and his death ... the kingdom formed by his father's military conquests and maintained ...23 KB (3,603 words) - 02:51, 24 July 2023
- He was himself overthrown by Edward's son, Edward III. In 1321, he ... assumed power and ordered Mortimer's execution by hanging. Mortimer ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- to Paris. Conservative factions in Narai’s court, however, were suspicious ... he claimed descent from of the Lao royal lineage of Khun Borom. Scholar ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- France. The Library was originated from the royal library by Charles V in 1368 ... The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- houses were branches of the Plantagenet royal house, tracing their descent ... The Lancaster patriarch John of Gaunt's first title was Earl of Richmond ...33 KB (5,447 words) - 22:07, 18 November 2022
- In 668, under King Munmu (King Muyeol's successor) and the General ... in 674, defeated by General Kim Yu-shin's forces. Tang forces withdrew ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. ... to Catholicism shortly before Edward's birth, so Edward was baptized ...21 KB (3,203 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- weakened the political authority of the crown. Many subjects broke away ... the existence of non-Muslim customs in the royal court after Dia Kossoi's ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:15, 4 February 2023
- as three territories, with a grouping under the Crown. Saint Helena ... is famous for being Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile between 1815 ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- as well continued to inspire Slovenian's desire to reunify their territory ... or Sanneck, on the river Sann, today's Savinja river, at Braslovče ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 08:36, 10 January 2024
- and became a subject of the British crown on January 22, 1727. His ... of Messiah stand as a legacy to Handel's Christian faith. Messiah was ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- impose sufficiently high taxes crippled the royal finances. His taste for political ... with the rebels and murdered the queen's private secretary, David Rizzio. ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- at that time. The Library of Nineveh's rediscovery in the spring of ... trained as a scribe. When Esarhaddon's intended heir died, Ashurbanipal ...17 KB (2,527 words) - 22:19, 8 November 2021
- She entered Emperor Taizong's harem most probably in 638 (other ... his father before his death. Gaozong's empress consort, from the Wang ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2022
- stock company which was granted an English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on ... from a few years spent in the company's service, and advised in his ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ... After his father John’s death in 1216, Henry, who was nine at the ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- the monarch during medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short ... Though they remained subordinate to both the Crown and the Lords, ...50 KB (8,030 words) - 02:42, 22 November 2023
- settling at a site known as Ajaka. Oyo's earlier attempts at expansion ... was composed of the heads of the seven non-royal wards of the city. They guided ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- a renowned poet, and his poem, The Kingly Crown, is included in the Sephardic ... to Saragossa, then to Málaga. Gabirol’s father died while he was very ...24 KB (3,826 words) - 01:00, 4 February 2023
- was an Irish monk who heeded King Oswald's call to revivify English Christianity ... Bede's meticulous and detailed account of Saint Aidan's ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- to the two main enemies of the British: The royal French forces and the various ... British monarch, such as King William's War or Queen Anne's War ...30 KB (4,525 words) - 10:57, 11 April 2024
- of Sicily. Indeed, most of Sicily's early existence is marked by ... (except for Syracuse), becoming Rome's first province outside of the ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- and patriot, leader in colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses, delegate ... power to the federal government. Henry's passionate demands for a constitutional ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- played a role in Labashi-Marduk's death. and his lack of attention to the city's important New Year's festival ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- The agreement he made with England, which passed the crown to Henry ... dressed in rags rushed up to the king's horse and grabbed his bridle ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 00:35, 5 December 2023
- Palace is a setting for state occasions, royal entertaining, and is a major ... by King Charles III and members of the royal family for official and state ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- interpretation, are frequently cited by U.S. jurists, but are not law. ... academics often argue over Hamilton's description of the judiciary ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- autocratic bent that led to the last emperor’s downfall. He had moved towards ... The Solomonic dynasty is the traditional royal house of Ethiopia, claiming ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- He is honored by the London landmark Nelson's Column, which stands ... His naval victories against Napoleon paved the way for Britain's ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 15:08, 2 February 2024
- | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: right;" | Royal House ... monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first ruler who was Protestant ...24 KB (3,796 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- who in turn was succeeded by Thutmose II's sister, Hatshepsut. His reign ... Thutmose's father was a military man whose name is unknown, while ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 17:25, 18 April 2023
- King You deposed Queen Shen (申后) and Crown Prince Yijiu and made Baosi ... territories; even the coronation of the crown prince depended on the support ...17 KB (2,639 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- in the period 1470–1471. Edward IV's memory is most closely linked ... survived to adulthood. The Duke of York's assertion of his claim to the ...25 KB (3,839 words) - 16:21, 9 August 2023
- burning of nearly a quarter of the city's buildings. In the following ... American revolutionaries as a sign of God's favor. ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- estates. Marrying the king's sister in 1238, Simon attracted ... In 1254, however, he led Parliamentary opposition to Henry's ...26 KB (4,217 words) - 22:11, 29 January 2023
- law. In 1660, shortly after Cromwell's death, the monarchy was restored ... would not be until after Cromwell's death and the monarchy's ...35 KB (5,347 words) - 02:10, 13 January 2023
- in the north and across the ocean. Rajendra’s territories extended to coastal ... Rajaraja Chola I had made the crown prince Rajendra Co-Regent in 1012 ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:10, 8 December 2022
- under trial, because... he will receive the crown of life that God has promised ... neighbor as yourself" is the "royal law" of the scriptures ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- of the most controversial of all England's rulers. He is most famous for ... While John was always his father's favorite son, as the youngest ...28 KB (4,489 words) - 17:02, 4 May 2024
- northern Europe and was known as the "Royal Church of St. Mary at Aachen ... of the Romans. There appears to have been a royal court in Aachen under the ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- national capital. It is one of the world's highest cities, at an elevation ... powers claimed the riches of Potosi's mountain, indigenous laborers ...14 KB (2,123 words) - 05:55, 30 November 2022
- Carus succeeded in reversing Rome's previous defeats at the hands ... to the strength and vitality that Persia's civilization achieved under ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- He succeeded Sukjong upon his father's death in 1105. King Yejong’s ... music (Aak) had its origin in China's Zhou Dynasty and was introduced ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- birth succeeded him with the Church's sanction. He was born in a ... Håkon's mother was Inga of Varteig. She claimed he was the illegitimate ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- his rule. An innovation in the Queen's coronation rite (her second ... possibly acting as regent during Canute's absences and after his death ...42 KB (6,697 words) - 18:48, 31 December 2021
- The book's fairy tale-like plot makes it popular reading, although ... appear at the main banquet "with the crown royal, to show the people ...13 KB (2,127 words) - 07:27, 17 November 2023
- Marie Antoinette's sisters were quickly married off to the heads ... it was proposed that Louis XV of France's heir, his grandson Louis-Auguste ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- King Philip II placed a bounty on Drake's head of 20,000 ducats; about ... Drake's exploits made a significant contribution to the birth ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- were enacted during Henry VIII's reign. They included the several ... of several buildings, including King's College, Cambridge; Christ ...40 KB (6,352 words) - 23:16, 8 February 2022
- monarchs of the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous ... highly favorable Treaty of Brétigny. Edward’s later years, however, were ...40 KB (6,070 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- dynasty. He was a member of the Theban royal house, the son of pharaoh ... built by native Egyptian rulers. Ahmose's reign laid the foundations ...39 KB (6,109 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- of exhausted reserves in the plant's roots, marginal pollinator ... #039;. Trailing blackberries are vigorous, crown forming, require a trellis ...19 KB (2,739 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- dynasty. He is often regarded as Egypt's greatest and most powerful ... As with most pharaohs, Ramesses had a number of royal names. The two ...38 KB (6,086 words) - 05:03, 17 July 2022
- who was educated by his father. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural ... science, perhaps inspired by his father's regular conversations with ...29 KB (4,620 words) - 18:12, 31 October 2023
- his father having changed the name of the Royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ... and Prince of Wales (all with the style Royal Highness). As a young man ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- founding Eton College (1440) and King's College, Cambridge (1441). ... of the political situation, with Henry's rule being interrupted from ...21 KB (3,320 words) - 23:17, 8 February 2022
- reputation that he was able to take the crown of England as many of the ... II, Prince of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal of England, was born in The ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- scholarship to prominence. Under Gaozu’s reign, the Chinese imperial ... 江蘇). He relied on his brother's family for food. One anecdote ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- ) is a Canadian province located on Canada's southeastern coast ... century. French colonists established Port Royal, Nova Scotia in 1604, founding ...28 KB (4,053 words) - 10:08, 11 March 2023
- At sea the powerful Royal Navy instituted a blockade of the majority ... in the Peninsular War (in Spain), and the Royal Navy was compelled to blockade ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- the Harmsworths finance the children's paper, Comic Cuts, and a woman ... back home. Unfortunately, Harmsworth's sons were killed in the war. ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- and comprises 6 million of the country's 10 million inhabitants. It ... dynasty established Central Europe's first university in Prague ...30 KB (4,624 words) - 05:23, 17 November 2023
- [[Image:Us_declaration_independence.jpg|thumb|250px|U.S. Declaration ... by works such as Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, first ...24 KB (3,622 words) - 09:03, 28 January 2024
- provide the population with one of Asia's finest health care systems ... , which is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Delaware. ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- of Bingen, Heloise, (Peter Abelard's wife), Marie of France, and ... married to Philippa, mother of Eleanor's father. The court of William ...39 KB (6,271 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- different course. Although the Habsburg's ruled autocratically, by the ... This ethos re-emerged in Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Frederick II of ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- known as Persia) under the ruling Qajar royal familyAmanat (1997), 2-3 ... strategic location, was inevitable. Iran's subsequent alienation from ...27 KB (4,140 words) - 03:59, 7 December 2022
- In 1246 Provence became a fief of the French Crown, when it passed ... In 1790, during the French Revolution, Provence’s political institutions ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- is commonly referred to as pavo real ("royal turkey"). ... on males. The males also have a fleshy blue crown covered with nodules, similar ...15 KB (2,323 words) - 18:52, 6 November 2022
- Schuster, 2007, ISBN 978-0743294218). One U.S. Senator even went so far as ... At the time, Bergman's marriage was unhappy. Few people at the ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:21, 19 November 2022
- the fall of Goguryeo. After Goguryeo's capital and southern territories ... near Lake Jingpo in the south of today's Heilongjiang province around ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- from 1350 to 1389 marked the empire's peak, when it dominated other ... Kertanagara. Raden Wijaya, Kertanegara's son-in-law, after being pardoned ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- whose armies were defeated in Romania's 1877 Independence War by the ... Plevna) with the acquiescence of Russia's Czar Alexander II. The country ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- Princess Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil, of the royal Hashemite family. At the ... Hussein's life and philosophy were so intricately tied to his ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- China proper. At its height, the Empire's borders spanned from the modern ... == Background, Birth, and Years as Crown Prince == Emperor Wu was the ...44 KB (7,021 words) - 13:34, 31 January 2022
- The conquest marked the end of England's lack of involvement in European ... William succeeded to his father's Duchy of Normandy at the young ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 11:03, 9 May 2023
- in bed, taken just hours before Lennon's untimely death. Actress Demi ... from teen actress Miley Cyrus to England's Queen Elizabeth II. Her photos ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
- were executed by Bolsheviks. Nicholas's full name was Nikolay Aleksandrovich ... during his coronation and his government's suppression of dissent. Subsequent ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- Manchuria around the time of Gojoseon's fall. Goguryeo eventually defeated ... Onjo of Baekje, the son of Goguryeo's founder Jumong, founded ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- during World War II and Adolf Hitler's confidant and heir apparent. ... countries and the origin of Richthofen's most famous nickname: "The ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 17:23, 7 December 2023
- of his father, following Bulgaria's defeat in World War I. This ... political instability caused by the Tsar's death helped to create the ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- England with his son. Both then entered the royal household, where Gaveston ... was blamed for encouraging Edward's profligacy. He distinguished ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 22:48, 28 March 2023
- have been porphyria. The Regency, George's nine-year tenure as Prince ... much as his father. For most of George's regency and reign, Lord Liverpool ...44 KB (6,632 words) - 10:49, 13 December 2023
- km according to Harrisse, thus Ferrer's line was 2,276.5 km west of ... 45°38'W on our sphere using Enciso's numerical data. Enciso also ...16 KB (2,550 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- retractable introvert and a wider trunk; a crown of tentacles; hooks, papillae ... from southwest China] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series ...11 KB (1,484 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- as would be the holding of the army's own soldiers. ... England and the military code of Sweden's King Gustavus Adolphus. These ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- England to revolt and place checks on the king's power. ... A major cause of discontent in the realm were John's actions ...62 KB (10,535 words) - 05:01, 5 November 2022
- These wars were between supporters of the king's right to absolute ... ===The King's Aspirations=== [[File:King Charles I after original ...48 KB (7,492 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- veto or approve the bills. A parliament's lower house is usually composed ... A nation's prime minister ("PM") is almost always the ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- One of Henry's more educated wives, Catherine displayed a keen ... After Henry's death, Catherine became the wife of her former ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- (345 - 525 C.E.) designates an ancient royal dynasty of Karnataka that ... support as early records lack the myth. Royal families of the Deccan in ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 21:31, 7 September 2023
- to acquire artworks in Oliver Cromwell's England in 1655. He took up ... artists were usually preferred. Wright's paintings of royalty and the ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- Born in Metz, France, Gershom's teacher was the French rabbi ... era were "students of his (Gershom's) students." In the fourteenth ...14 KB (2,372 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2023
- April 9, 2021) was a member of the British royal family as the husband of ... Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- 2008, and parliament elected the country's first president the following month. ... Earthquakes and pollution have damaged Kathmandu's numerous Buddhist ...24 KB (3,331 words) - 17:13, 5 October 2022
- in his reign—their cruelty. Nader Shah's victories briefly made him ... the Russians, the British, and later the U.S. from carving out their spheres ...23 KB (3,626 words) - 23:01, 10 November 2022
- painted alongside her sister in Renoir's Pink and Blue. His maternal ... De Borchgrave was educated in Belgium, King's Canterbury, and ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 03:52, 15 August 2023
- The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... end of the nineteenth century, Germany's military capability had one ...30 KB (4,097 words) - 18:41, 7 February 2024
- who founded the Joseon dynasty. Jeong Dojeon’s thought played a major role ... the importance of cultivating one's character through relationships ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- of Mithraism, which—in Cumont's view—was simply Romanized ... Romans the explicit right to appoint and crown the kings of Armenia. Augustus ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- Emperor Taizong was irritated by Wei's advice, he nevertheless appreciated ... At the end of Emperor Yang's reign, there were many rebellions ...33 KB (5,278 words) - 23:26, 3 May 2023
- and lasted until the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ... to the cost and loss of life. As Africa's senior nation and as the host ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:34, 22 March 2024
- diplomatic relations existed with Egypt; royal marriages between Mittani ... franca of the day--indicates that the royal family of Mitanni was by ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- the law. He not only confirmed Hungary's borders but extended his rule ... frequently acting as his father's interpreter at the reception ...23 KB (3,564 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- government has developed a National Guard (U.S.), Army Reserve (Australia ... of this type of action is found in the citizen's arrest. ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Edward's reign, now called the Edwardian period after him, saw ... and maternal grandfather) at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on January ...38 KB (5,885 words) - 23:54, 12 February 2024
- When Innocent III's diplomatic and evangelical attempts to roll ... a major blemish on the Catholic Church's human rights record. ...18 KB (2,843 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- inclusion will increase the stone's value. Diamond is highly prized ... " Office of the Federal Register (U.S.), Code of Federal Regulations ...19 KB (2,649 words) - 06:40, 18 April 2024
- Victoria's long reign, her sense of public duty and her strict ... During Victoria's long reign, the United Kingdom was heavily ...55 KB (8,686 words) - 14:59, 10 May 2024
- Standing in the shadow of his famous father J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach is often ... in Weimar, Germany, to Maria Barbara and J.S. Bach. Two days old, Bach was ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 19:22, 26 November 2023
- which had its origin in politics (Henry's desire to divorce his wife ... It was not until Henry's death in 1547 and the accession of Edward ...28 KB (4,558 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- settlement for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding ... London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and ...41 KB (5,950 words) - 21:02, 3 November 2022
- of the Saved", meaning that Christ's true Church was the community ... a later usage; influenced by Chaucer's use of the term in the Canterbury ...12 KB (1,874 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- de Versailles, or simply Versailles) is a royal chateau in Versailles, France ... majority and the assumption of full royal powers from his advisers ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- Lessing's fiction is commonly divided into three distinct phases ... that would meet her own and humanity's aspirations. ...22 KB (3,145 words) - 21:11, 26 March 2024
- has claimed him as their own. Hunyadi's role, significant for the whole ... of a Hungarian noble family. John's grandfather was named Sorb ...19 KB (2,971 words) - 07:01, 8 April 2024
- The Bailiwick of Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri) is a British Crown dependency ... Union, but is a separate possession of the Crown, comparable to the Isle of ...44 KB (6,712 words) - 18:59, 16 October 2022
- model of the atom was J. J. Thomson's "plum pudding" model ... === Rutherford's team discovers the nucleus === In 1906, Ernest ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- King's virtuoso guitar style strongly influenced the new generation ... with his grandmother after his mother's death in 1935. He sang gospel ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- In Aristotle's "Poetics," dance was likened to drama ... an interest in the arts, married the French crown's heir, Henry II of ...26 KB (3,932 words) - 16:13, 30 August 2023
- After Richard's death, Berengaria suffered poverty as a result ... Louis VII of France. Blanche and Tibaut's son succeeded Sancho VII as ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- was closely linked with the Czech people's desire to assert their national ... The king's death resulted in renewed unrest in Prague and in ...28 KB (4,454 words) - 21:23, 9 February 2024
- to be a member of Jean-Baptiste Colbert's select 'petite committee'. In 1665 he was appointed to the position of First Commissioner of ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- and often blamed them for the nation's economic woes. Many debts were ... served in the Portuguese court as royal astronomer. Josel of Rosheim ...12 KB (1,873 words) - 20:25, 28 May 2020
- a policy known as the Quinto Real, or "royal fifth." ... was only a soldier waiting for Enciso's expedition to arrive. De Ojeda ...34 KB (5,513 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- of the twentieth century. Frederick's bureaucratic reforms made the ... At the time of Frederick's birth, the Houses of Brandenburg and ...32 KB (4,879 words) - 10:28, 11 April 2024
- Inquisition, Philip impoverished Spain's intellectual life even as he ... Philip's mother died as the result of a miscarriage when he was ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- smaller colonies were ruled directly by royal governors. Victory in the ... In 1762, Patrick Henry argued the Parson's Cause in Virginia ...47 KB (6,905 words) - 06:45, 25 July 2023
- half of the province. The province's largest city is Saskatoon, ... The 1874 "March West" of the federal government's new ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- 9, 1945. The Channel Islands comprise the crown dependencies of the bailiwicks ... brought tyranny close to Britain's shores. As the "lights ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- kingdom in Manchuria by the People's Republic of China, Goguryeo ... century C.E. Goryeo text, puts Goguryeo's founding at 37 B.C.E. by Jumong ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- protection for its harbor and connects Port Royal, the center of shipping, ... became the prosperous center of Jamaica's trade, and a trans-shipment ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- containing many treasures from the city's long and colorful history. ... Following a royal Spanish decree by Philip II of Spain in 1561, all ...17 KB (2,656 words) - 00:04, 18 November 2022
- the Intolerable Acts. Their appeal to the Crown had no effect, and so the ... the governor to move trials of accused royal officials to another colony ...14 KB (1,859 words) - 19:55, 26 March 2024
- figures acting as columns in the Western (Royal) Portal of Chartres Cathedral ... making it possible to reduce the building’s exterior masonry shell to ...29 KB (4,407 words) - 15:08, 30 December 2022
- 1942, in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for the immediate independence ... less than twenty-four hours after Gandhi's speech, and the greater number ...20 KB (3,080 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- In 1385 the Union of Kreva joined the crown of Poland and Lithuania ... the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Jogaila's Polish forces and the Lithuanian ...42 KB (6,381 words) - 01:37, 26 September 2023
- image_caption= Sir Isaac Newton at age 46 in Godfrey Kneller's ... twentieth century. By deriving Kepler's laws of planetary motion from ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- language and its king. As one of France's greatest kings, Louis XIV worked ... When he was born at the royal Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in ...62 KB (10,084 words) - 04:10, 4 November 2022
- but in 1784, became a separate British crown colony and remained so for ... Cape Breton Island's first residents were likely Maritime Archaic ...26 KB (3,747 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- folk-lore. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society. While Rhodes takes ... company that shaped many of Britain's overseas conquests. In 1805 ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- only eighty years later.) Nara was Japan's first truly urban center. It ... put Emperor Shomu, the prince by Fuhito's daughter, on the throne. In ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- Magellan's successful expedition during the Age of Discovery ... in 1480, of noble parentage. Magellan's parents died when he was only ...20 KB (3,084 words) - 17:19, 26 March 2024
- in piracy. What brought about kidd's downfall was the fact the the ... The first building to house Trinity's worshipers was a modest rectangular ...26 KB (4,192 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- commerce and fishing, both Halifax's history and economy have been ... The colonial capital chosen was Annapolis Royal. In 1717, France began a ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- challenged the dominance of Austria's Habsburg Monarchy. Austria ... as separate entities after the Empire's collapse are now members of ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny aboard a British Royal Navy ... A typical mutiny in the Royal Navy during the eighteenth century involved ...32 KB (4,973 words) - 19:39, 10 November 2022
- I fought to protect his own dynasty's claim to the Spanish inheritance ... Netherlands. As a consequence, France's hegemony over continental Europe ...29 KB (4,611 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- sailors who would take part in England's voyages of discovery. In this ... School and later (1542–1548) St. John's College, Cambridge, where he ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- scholars through Pliny the Elder's writings, and was used vaguely ... heads of state serve as the organization's patrons and according to the ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- When the Ballet Comique de la Reine—considered the world's ... Louis grew dissatisfied with the court's caliber of dancing. Thus, for ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:50, 18 November 2022
- who was requested to perform for a special royal occasion. At that event it ... usually are associated with the story's hero and also provide humorous ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- have eventually brought about the Empire's decline. It was followed by ... empire. A lengthy inscription of Sargon's son, Manishtushu, was discovered ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Christmas Island's environment can be classified into 12 broad ... Springs and wells provide fresh water for the island's residents ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- citizen by a state against that individual's home state. ... in danger, to live as an exile from one's homeland is not ideal. Thus ...14 KB (2,186 words) - 00:16, 12 April 2023
- Maria Eleonora married, with her mother's consent but against her brother ... for a regnant Queen following Christina's birth; people in Sweden looked ...22 KB (3,602 words) - 04:10, 6 November 2022
- Bin Laden's name is transliterated in several ways. Most English ... compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Navy SEALs in a covert operation ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- and religious center and was Assyria's capital city from the ninth ... history, and the contemporary world's largest known library, whose ...21 KB (3,258 words) - 09:49, 11 March 2023
- (see Union of Krewo). The Commonwealth's political system, often called ... on agriculture. While the Commonwealth's first century was a golden age ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational ... The company's main business is the exploration for and the production ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- the most profound advances in humankind's awareness of the planet, and ... Bahamian island of San Salvador (today's Watling Island) on October ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
