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King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds the powers of government without control, or the entire sovereignty over a nation; he is a limited monarch if his power is restrained by fixed laws; and he is an absolute, when he holds the whole legislative, judicial, and executive power, or when the legislative or judicial powers, or ...
King, also known as King Digital Entertainment, is a Swedish video game developer and publisher that specialises in social games. Headquartered in Stockholm and London , [ 1 ] and incorporated as King.com Limited in St. Julian's, Malta , [ 2 ] King rose to prominence after releasing the cross-platform title Candy Crush Saga in 2012.
King is an English surname. It is also an Anglicized form of the German surname Küng (also König , Koenig and other forms), which in many German dialects is pronounced like king. This originally German form is widespread among American Mennonites and Amish .
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [4] [5] [6] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [7] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [6] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [8]
The King is a 2019 epic historical drama film directed by David Michôd, based on several plays from William Shakespeare's Henriad. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The screenplay was written by Michôd and Joel Edgerton , who both produced the film with Brad Pitt , Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner , and Liz Watts .
Among them were Harold Godwinson (recognised as king by the Witenagemot after the death of Edward the Confessor), Harald Hardrada (King of Norway who claimed to be the rightful heir of Harthacnut) and Duke William II of Normandy (vassal to the King of France, and first cousin once-removed of Edward the Confessor). Harald and William both ...
King Bruce (1922–1997), Ghanaian musician; King C. Gillette (1855–1932), American businessman; King Fisher (1854–1884), American Old West gunslinger; King Floyd (1945–2006), American soul singer and songwriter; M. King Hubbert (1903–1989), American geologist, the originator of the theory of peak oil; King Lysen (1942–2017), American ...