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  2. Posthumous name - Wikipedia

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    The posthumous name is sometimes rendered canonization in English, for the scholar-official to Confucianism is considered analogous to the saint in the Catholic Church. However, the process is shorter. Confucius has been given long posthumous names in almost every prominent dynasty; one of the most commonly used was Zhìshèngxiānshī ...

  3. Yoshihiro Kikuhime - Wikipedia

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    November 4, 1595) was a Japanese noble woman member of the Ōtomo clan from the late Sengoku period. She was the wife of Ōtomo Yoshimune, the lord of Otomo clan. [1] She was also known as "Justa" or ''Giusta'' due to her baptismal name, [2] with her posthumous Buddhist name "Sonju-in" (尊寿院) derived from it.

  4. List of people known as the Posthumous - Wikipedia

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    The Posthumous" is an epithet for: Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590–1624), Prince-Bishop of Wrocław (Breslau), Prince-Bishop of Brixen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and ruler of the Bohemian County of Kladsko; John I of France (born and died in 1316), King of France and Navarre

  5. List of Chinese empresses and queens - Wikipedia

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    Personal name, posthumous name, maiden clan; Empresses dowager ... Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: V. 1: The Qing Period, 1644-1911. Taylor & Francis.

  6. Posthumous marriage - Wikipedia

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    France is one of few countries that cover posthumous marriages in their laws and allow it (Article 171 of French Civil Law). [2] Legal recognition began in 1803 and was intended for war widows. The current legislation was enacted in 1959 following a deadly rupture of the Malpasset Dam, which killed the fiancé of a pregnant woman. This aims to ...

  7. Posthumous birth - Wikipedia

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    The Charles Dickens character David Copperfield was a posthumous child, whose father had died six months before he was born. [33] Another Dickens character, Oliver Twist, was posthumous as his mother died while giving birth. On A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, baby Jacob was born after his father Dan was killed by Freddy.

  8. Zinaida Portnova - Wikipedia

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    Zinaida Martynovna Portnova (Russian: Зинаида Мартыновна Портнова; 20 February 1926 – 15 January 1944) was a Soviet teenager, partisan and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. She is known for sabotaging and poisoning German troops during World War II before being captured, tortured and then killed at the age of 17 ...

  9. Princess Daeryeong - Wikipedia

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    However, based on the records left, there were fire accidents at Daeryeong palace one after another in 1105 [5] and 1106. [6] Not until ten years later, the princess died in 1114 without any issue and then received her posthumous name , Jeongmok ( 정목 ; 貞穆 ).