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The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. [1] Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons , a mousetrap , and steam pumps .
Jews were seen as a symbol of royal power, as they more than any other population relied on the personal protection of the king both in France and in Aragon, and were often a symbol of the royal economy as well, hated by poor and heavily taxed peasants. Only a few years previously, the Jews had been allowed to return to France, after being ...
Hiram I, king of Tyrus, 980–947 BC; Hiram II, king of Tyrus (modern-day Tyre, Lebanon), 739–730 BC; Hiram Abiff, an appellation in Masonic myth applied to the "skillful man" whom Hiram the king of Tyre sent to make the furnishings of Solomon's temple. 966 BC; Hiram Abas (1932–1990), official in the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey
King of France r. 1498–1515: Joan 1464–1505 Duchess of Berry: Anne 1477–1514 Duchess of Brittany: Charles VIII 1470–1498 King of France r. 1483–1498: Francis 1472–1473 Duke of Berry: Henry II 1503–1555 King of Navarre: Marguerite de Navarre 1492–1549: Eleanor of Austria 1498–1558: Francis I 1494–1547 King of France r. 1515 ...
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These persecutions, instigated by Robert II (972–1031), King of France (987–1031), called "the Pious", are described in a Hebrew pamphlet, [24] [25] which also states that the King of France conspired with his vassals to destroy all the Jews on their lands who would not accept baptism, and many were put to death or killed themselves.
News of the uncovered plot spread rapidly to the neighbouring countries. King James of Aragon learned of the supposed conspiracy and associated violence almost immediately. [1] James's cousin, King Sancho of Majorca, informed him of the situation in France by a letter dated 2 June, but James deliberated for nearly a week. The French lepers ...