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How Richard the Lionheart Was Fatally Wounded by a Young Boy’s Act of Revenge

The Epoch Times 22 Mar 2024
He is one of the few English monarchs to be known by a flattering nickname instead of a regnal number (Alfred the ...
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The Long Road to Aquitaine

Quillette 21 Nov 2023
and its immediate aftermath ... Upon arriving in modern France, he became known as Constantine III, albeit with the equivalent of scare quotes around the regnal number, as his status never much surpassed that of a regionally dominant Imperial usurper ... .
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Things to know about Sweden’s monarchy as King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on throne

Cascade Business News 19 Sep 2023
By KARL RITTER (Associated Press) ... 15, 1973 ... Here are five things to know about the 77-year-old king and the monarchy in Sweden ... Except he isn’t. Centuries ago, Swedish kings based their regnal numbers on a list of sovereigns that was partly made up ... ....
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Sweden’s king marks 50 years on the throne, the country’s longest reign

The Los Angeles Times 15 Sep 2023
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne Sept. 15, 1973 ... Except he isn’t. Centuries ago, Swedish kings based their regnal numbers on a list of sovereigns that was partly made up ... .
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Things to know about Sweden's monarchy as King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne

North Shore News 15 Sep 2023
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne on Sept ... Centuries ago, Swedish kings based their regnal numbers on a list of sovereigns that was partly made up ... .
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Things to know about Sweden’s monarchy as King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne

Wtop 15 Sep 2023
15, 1973. He is the longest-reigning king in the history of the Swedish monarchy, which stretches back more than 1,000 years ... Except he isn’t. Centuries ago, Swedish kings based their regnal numbers on a list of sovereigns that was partly made up.
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People are only just finding out what the symbols 'GR' and 'ER' on postboxes mean ...

The Daily Mail 29 Apr 2023
Another wrote ... 'There, I said it.' ... Queen Victoria ... The Postal Museum explains that Edward VII's cypher takes the classic approach of interwoven letters, ER for Edward Rex (Rex is Latin for King) with his regnal number for seven in Roman numerals VII ... .
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Thutmose III, the Famed Warrior King of Ancient Egypt

Ancient Origins 22 Mar 2023
The official regnal dates for Thutmose III are 28th April 1479 BC to 11th March 1425 BC ... Historians can provide such a precise number thanks to funerary inscriptions discovered within the tomb of a military commander from the time of Thutmose.
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Honourable James McClean spot on as strange week sees Britain baffle royally

Irish Independent 17 Sep 2022
“Defiance was the mantra of players and fans alike who did the club proud.” There was indeed something very moving about the way the home team, by conceding three penalties and ...
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Why unionism needs the monarchy

New Statesman 10 Sep 2022
Although the Scottish Court of Session rejected the claim, ruling that the royal prerogative covered the use of regnal numbers, the Lord President of the Court commented that he saw no reason that ...
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Charles chooses Charles III for his title as King

Belfast Telegraph 08 Sep 2022
PA. / ... Clarence House confirmed the title. There has been a tradition over the last century for the regnal title to be different from the sovereign’s Christian name ... But it was determined that the choice of regnal number is down to royal prerogative ... PA ... .
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