King Edward VIII King Edward VIII was born on the 23 June 1894 - 28 May 1972. Edward Reigned as King of the United Kingdom‚ Ireland and the other British Dominions‚ and as Emperor of India from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December 1936 . He was the last monarch to serve his entire reign as Emperor of India. His official title during his reign was Edward the Eighth‚ by the Grace of God‚ of Great Britain‚ Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas‚ King‚ Defender of the Faith
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the king to arrest his and Richard’s brother Clarence. In the play Richard hiring Tyrrell to murder Clarence is followed by his accusing Elizabeth; in the film‚ they are reversed. In the play‚ we eventually learn that Stanley’s loyalty lies with Henry Tudor‚ Earl of Richmond and intends to betray Richard. This is foreshadowed early in the play when Stanley assures
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The Saxon King‚ Edward the Confessor‚ last of the ancient House of Wessex‚ died childless on on the stormy night of 4th -5th January‚ in the momentous year of 1066. On his deathbed Edward was said to have willed his throne to his brother-in-law‚ Harold Godwineson‚ Earl of Wessex‚ having made a previous promise to his maternal cousin‚ William‚ Duke of Normandy‚ that he should inherit the English throne if he died without producing an heir. The Witangemot or Saxon council of wise men‚ duly elected
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the ground‚ as they pushed me out of the carriage. I had a desire to stand up and fight for myself‚ but I knew‚ that would only matters worse. I detest‚ loathe royals. When you live in a spooky‚ cavelike town on the border‚ in the poorest part of England‚ it’s striking how notable (not in a good way) royals are. The king and queen have taken everything from the people‚ including me. The never ending crave for something to eat has been stuck in my stomach‚ and everybody else in this towns‚ for at
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Grace O’Malley was born in 1530‚ in Ireland‚ the daughter of the clan chieftain. Well educated and considered to be a formidable woman‚ she learned the sailing trade from her father. She inherited her father’s shipping business‚ as well as land from her mother. At 15 years old she married her first husband‚ Donal O’Flaherty and bore him three children. When her father died‚ she inherited his property and became a wealthy woman. O’Flaherty had taken a castle from the Joyce clan and when he died they
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Successor <br> <br> <br><b>Henry II</b> <br>Henry II was the first of eight Plantagenet kings. He neither ignored his island kingdom nor dragged it into continental trouble. Along with Alfred‚ Edward I‚ and Elizabeth I‚ Henry II ranks as one of the best British monarchs. <br> <br>Henry II was born in Le Mans‚ France in 1133. Geoffrey Plantagenet‚ Count of Anjou‚ and Matilda‚ daughter of Henry I‚ were his parents. Henry ’s younger brothers were Geoffrey and William (Bingham 22; Tabuteau 185). <br> <br>Henry ’s father
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Undeniably‚ art is shaped by its cultural background. The region in which it is found‚ the race/ethnicity/nationality of the people who created it‚ the politics surrounding its creation‚ the time in which it was created‚ and numerous other factors contribute to what we know about history’s greatest masterpieces. Located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ the Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut (a.k.a Kneeling Hatshepsut) is no exception to this fact. For approximately twenty years‚ female pharaoh
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King George V started to become sick with lung problems when Elizabeth was only two and a half years old (Lacey 27). Over the years the king only grew sicker‚ it was not noticeable until 1935 when the family met for Christmas and the king was too ill to walk (Lacey 51). The king was only becoming more ill over time and the family knew this. One winter‚ while Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret were playing in the snow their grandmother‚ Queen Mary‚ went outside to visit them. She explained
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Louis XVI (also known as; Louis Capet or before he became king Louis-Auguste) born 23 August 1754‚ in Palace of Versailles‚ Versailles‚ Yvelines‚ France. He was King of France from 1774 until he was removed from his reign in 1789. Around a year later he was guillotined (21 January 1793.) Louis XVI was born of Louis‚ Dauphin of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony‚ Dauphine of France. His grandparents on his father’s side were Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska and on his mother’s side Augustus
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SAINT ELIZABETH of HUNGARY Widow (1207-1231) Elizabeth was the daughter of the just and pious Andrew II‚ king of Hungary‚ the niece of Saint Hedwig‚ and the sister of the virtuous Bela IV‚ king of Hungary‚ who became the father of Saint Cunegundes and of Saint Margaret of Hungary‚ a Dominican nun. Another of her brothers was Coloman‚ King of Galicia and prince of Russia‚ who led an angelic life amid the multiple affairs of the world and the troubles of war. She was betrothed in infancy to
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