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Uhtred of Bebbanburg, from Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories and the Netflix adaptation The Last Kingdom, was considered a kingmaker during the succession of King Edward of Wessex after the death of Alfred the Great. In the TV series Porus, Porus' uncle, Shiv Dutt, acts as a kingmaker, deposing a king and installing another king in his place.
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 both, are vested ...
On May 22, 1782, the Newburgh letter was sent to George Washington who was camped at Newburgh, New York; written for the army officers by Colonel Lewis Nicola, it proposed that Washington should become the King of the United States. [1] Washington reacted very strongly against the suggestion, and was greatly troubled by it. [2]
The 'R' and 'I' after his name indicate 'King' and 'Emperor' in Latin ('Rex' and 'Imperator'). A king-emperor or queen-empress is a sovereign ruler who is simultaneously a king or queen of one territory and emperor or empress of another. This title usually results from a merger of a royal and imperial crown, but recognises the two territories ...
In this case, Baum makes his replacement Nome king sound like a stereotypical capitalist from his time period. [7] According to Jack Zipes, the Gnome King represents materialist greed. He is driven by a lust for power for the sake of power. [8] Once defeated, the King gains a new sinister motivation, revenge. He and his allies want to enslave ...
[20] [full citation needed] On 12 April 1961, Kalonji's father was granted the title Mulopwe (which roughly translates to "emperor" or "god-king"), [21] but he immediately "abdicated" in favor of his son. [20] On 16 July, but retained the title of Mulopwe and changed his name to Albert I Kalonji Ditunga. [22]
Still determined to work with Carey, King flew out to New York City for one day, in hopes of writing and composing a ballad of some sort. Throughout the day, the two songwriters exchanged musical ideas and melodies on the piano until "If It's Over" came into conception. [ 2 ]
"If (They Made Me a King)" is a popular song with music written by Tolchard Evans and the lyrics written by Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell. The song was ...