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Many Scots preferred Prince James, who as a Stuart was a Scot by ancestry, and threatened to break the Union of Crowns between England and Scotland by choosing him for themselves. To preserve the union, the English elaborated a plan whereby the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England would merge into a single Kingdom, the Kingdom of Great Britain ...
The Sui dynasty (, pinyin: Suí cháo) was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a close, ending a prolonged period of political division since the War of the Eight Princes .
Ruler Country Position Abdication date Successor/Fate Kuai of Yan: State of Yan: King of Yan: 318 BC Zi Zhi: Wuling of Zhao: State of Zhao: King of Zhao: 299 BC Huiwen of Zhao: Liu Ying: Western Han dynasty: Emperor of China: 10 January AD 9 Wang Mang: Xian of Han: Eastern Han dynasty: Emperor of China: 11 December 220 Wen of Cao Wei: Cao Huan ...
The dynasty was named for the family title: the Yang (楊) family were the Dukes of Sui. Those who became emperor are listed in bold, with their years of reign large. The names given for emperors are posthumous names, the form by which Sui emperors were most commonly known.
In 1585, Prince Maurice of Orange was proclaimed Stadtholder (thereby de facto ruler) of the renegade Netherlands after the death of his father William of Orange. During this period, King Philip III of Spain was the de jure Lord of the Netherlands. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange: Philip IV of Spain: 1625–1647
Stephen II, Prince (637/642–c.650) Adarnase II, Prince (c.650–684) Guaram II, Prince (684–c.693) Guaram III, Prince (c.693–c.748) First Kingdom of Kakheti (complete list) – Adarnase I, Prince (c.580–637) Stephanus I, also prince of Iberia, Prince (637–650) Adarnase II, prince of Iberia, Prince (650–684) Stephanus II, Prince (685 ...
Prince Frederick, c. 1720 Prince Frederick Louis was born on 31 January [O.S. 20 January] 1707 in Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (Germany), as Duke Friedrich Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to Caroline of Ansbach and Prince George, son of George, Elector of Hanover (who was also one of Frederick's two godfathers).
Chen Yin, crown prince of the Chen dynasty; Dou Jiande, general of the Sui dynasty (d. 621) Jing Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (d. 581) Lupus of Sens, French bishop (approximate date) 574. February 7 – Shōtoku, prince and regent of Japan (d. 622) Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang Dynasty (d. 647) 575. Al-Khansa, Arabic poet (d. 645)