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College of William & Mary - King William III of England and Queen Mary II of England. Georgetown University - Likely named after King George II of Great Britain. John Paul the Great Catholic University - Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of the Vatican City State; Saint Louis University - King Louis IX of France.
State Picture Name Birth Ruled from Rule Ceased Reason Death Arms Alabama: George III King of Great Britain and Ireland: 4 June 1738 : 25 October 1760 : 14 January 1784 : American Revolution (Treaty of Paris) 29 January 1820 : Louis XV King of France and Navarre: 15 February 1710 : 1 September 1715 : 13 November 1762 : French and Indian War ...
James Jesse Strang (March 21, 1813 – July 9, 1856) was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch.He served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1853 until his assassination.
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 ...
Usually after one king, his nephew through his sister succeeded to the throne, and his own son receives a courtesy title but has no place in the line of succession. In the absence of nephews, nieces could also succeed to the kingdom, as in the case of Queen Gowri Lakshmi Bayi who was the queen regnant from 1810 to 1813.
A 2018 poll asking if America would be better or worse if it possessed a constitutional monarchy had 11% of Americans answering better and 36% answering worse. [18] A 2021 poll by YouGov found that 5% of Americans would consider it a good thing for the United States to have a monarchy (7% support among men and 4% support among women), with 69% ...
Lewis Nicola to George Washington, May 22, 1782, with Observations 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 ]
King of the United Kingdom: Charles III: 14 November 1948 76 y. William, Prince of Wales Aruba: 30 April 2013 Constitutional: Hereditary (absolute primogeniture) Orange-Nassau: King of the Netherlands: Willem-Alexander: 27 April 1967 57 y. Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange Bermuda: 8 September 2022 Constitutional: Hereditary (absolute ...