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  2. Lysimachus of Acarnania - Wikipedia

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    Lysimachus of Acarnania (Greek: Λυσίμαχος, Lysimachos) was one of the tutors of Alexander the Great.Though a man of very slender accomplishments, he ingratiated himself with the royal family by calling himself Phoenix, and Alexander Achilles, and Philip Peleus; and by this sort of flattery, according to Plutarch, he obtained the second place among the young prince's tutors.

  3. Charles I of England - Wikipedia

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    Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) [a] was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.

  4. Family tree of the British royal family - Wikipedia

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    of England: Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France: House of Hanover: Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629: King Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 ...

  5. Charles II of England - Wikipedia

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    Charles was born at St James's Palace on 29 May 1630, eldest surviving son of Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife Henrietta Maria, sister of Louis XIII of France. Charles was their second child (the first being a son born about a year before, who had died within a day). [ 2 ]

  6. List of English monarchs - Wikipedia

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    In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".

  7. Leonidas of Epirus - Wikipedia

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    Leonidas of Epirus (Greek: Λεωνίδας ο Ηπειρώτης) or Leuconides (Greek: Λευκονίδης), was a tutor of Alexander the Great. A kinsman of Alexander's mother, Olympias, he was entrusted with the main superintendence of Alexander's education in his earlier years, apparently before he became a student of Aristotle.

  8. Household of Edward VII and Alexandra - Wikipedia

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    When he became king, his household was known as the household of the Sovereign 1901–1910. Queen Alexandra (1844–1925) received a separate household upon her husband's accession, the household of the Queen .

  9. 1630s in England - Wikipedia

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    29 May – King Charles II of England (died 1685) 1 August – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, statesman (died 1673) October – John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1694) 1 November – Richard Frankland, nonconformist (died 1698) c. 1630/31 – Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, politician (died 1699) 1631