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See also:ALBANY, See also:DUKES OF . The territorial designation of Albany was formerly given to those parts of See also:Scotland to the See also:north of the firths of See also:Clyde and Forth. The See also:title of See also:duke of Albany was first bestowed in 1398 by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Robert III. on his See also:brother, Robert See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, See also:earl of See also:Fife (see I. below); but in 1425 it became See also:extinct. The dukedom was re-created, c. 1458, in favour of See also:Alexander Stewart, " See also:lord of Annandale and earl of See also:March " (see II. below), whose son and successor (see III. below) See also:left no legitimate See also:heir. The title of duke of Albany was next bestowed upon See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Stuart, commonly known as Lord See also:Darnley, by See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, in 1565. From him the title passed to his son, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. of Scotland and I. of See also:England. The title was by him given, at his See also:birth, to See also:Charles, his second son, after-wards King Charles I. By Charles II. it was again bestowed, in '66o, on James, duke of See also:York, afterwards King James II. On the 5th of See also:July 1716 Ernest See also:Augustus, See also:bishop of Osnaburgh [Osnabriick] (1715-1728), youngest brother of King See also:George I., was created duke of York and Albany, the title becoming extinct on his See also:death without heirs in 1728. On the 1st of See also:April 176o See also:Prince See also:Edward Augustus, younger brother of King George III., was created duke of York and Albany; he died without heirs on the 17th of See also:September 1767. On the 29th of See also:November 1784 the title of duke of York and Albany was again created in favour of See also:Frederick, second son of George III., who died without heirs on the 5th of See also:January x827. The title of duke of Albany was bestowed on the 24th of May 1881 on Prince See also:Leopold, youngest son of Queen See also:Victoria (see IV. below).
I. ROBERT STEWART, duke of Albany (c. 1345-1420), See also:regent of Scotland, was a son of King Robert II. by his See also:mistress, See also:Elizabeth See also:Mure, and was legitimatized when his parents were married about 1349. In 1361 he married See also:Margaret, countess of See also:Menteith, and after his widowed See also:sister-in-See also:law, See also:Isabel, countess of Fife, had recognized him as her heir, he was known as the earl of Fife and Menteith. Taking an active See also:part in the See also:government of the See also:kingdom, the earl was made high See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain of Scotland in 1382, and gained military reputation by leading several plundering expeditions into England. In 1389 after his See also:elder brother See also:John, earl of Carrick, had been incapacitated by an See also:accident, and when his See also:father the king was old and infirm, he was chosen See also:governor of Scotland by the estates; and he retained the See also:control of affairs after his brother.John became king as Robert III, in 1390. In April 1398 he was created duke of Albany;
l See, Th. See also:Mommsen in Bulletin dell' Istituto (1861), 206; Corpus Inscrip. See also:Lat. (See also:Berlin, 1887), xiv. 2228.
but in the following See also:year his See also:nephew See also:David, duke of See also:Rothesay, the heir to the See also:crown, succeeded him as governor, although the duke himself was a prominent member of the advising See also:council. See also:Uncle and nephew soon differed, and in March 1402 the latter died in See also:prison at See also:Falkland. It is not certain that Albany was responsible for the imprisonment and death of Rothesay, whom the See also:parliament declared to have died from natural causes; but the scanty See also:evidence points in the direction of his See also:guilt. Restored to the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of governor, the duke was chosen regent of the kingdom after the death of Robert III. in 1406, as the new king, James I., was a prisoner in See also:London; and he took vigorous steps to prosecute the See also:war with England, which had been renewed a few years before. He was unable, or as some say unwilling, to effect the See also:release of his royal nephew, and was soon faced by a formidable revolt led by Donald See also:Macdonald, second lord of the Isles, who claimed the earldom of See also:Ross and was in See also:alliance with Henry IV. of England; but the defeat of Donald at Harlaw near See also:Aberdeen in July 1411 freed him from this danger. Continuing alternately to fight and to negotiate with England, the duke died at See also:Stirling See also:Castle in September 1420, and was buried in See also:Dunfermline See also:Abbey. Albany, who was the ablest prince of his See also:house, left by his first wife one son, Murdac (or Murdoch) Stewart, who succeeded him as duke of Albany and regent, but at whose See also:execution in 1425 the dukedom became extinct.
See See also:Andrew of See also:Wyntoun, The Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, edited by D. See also:Laing (See also:Edinburgh, 1872–1879); John of See also:Fordun, Scotichronicon, continued by See also:Walter See also:Bower, edited by T. See also:Hearne (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1722) ; and P. F. See also:Tytler, See also:History of Scotland (Edinburgh, 185o).
See also See also:Sir W. See also:Scott's See also:Fair Maid of See also:Perth.
IL' ALEXANDER STEWART, duke of Albany (c. 1454–1485), was the second son of James II., king of Scotland, by his wife, Mary, daughter of See also:Arnold, duke of See also:Gelderland. Created duke of Albany before 1458, he also received the lordship of the Isle of See also:Man, and was afterwards captured by an See also:English See also:ship when journeying to Gelderland in 1468. He was soon released, and as he See also:grew to manhood began to take part in the government and See also:defence of Scotland, being appointed in See also:quick See also:succession high See also:admiral, See also:warden of the See also:marches, governor of See also:Berwick and See also:lieutenant of the kingdom. Soon, however, he quarrelled with his brother, King James III. Some of his actions on the marches aroused suspicion, and in 1479 he was seized and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle; but he soon made his See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape, and reaching See also:Paris in September 1499 was welcomed by King See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XI. Louis, however, would not assist him to attack his brother the king, and See also:crossing to England he made a treaty with King Edward IV. at See also:Fotheringhay in See also:June 1482. Like Edward See also:Baliol, he promised to hold Scotland under English See also:suzerainty in return for Edward's assistance, and with See also:Richard, duke of See also:Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III., he marched at the See also:head of the English forces to Edinburgh. Meanwhile his sup-porters in Scotland had seized James, and professed their readiness to recognize Albany, declaring at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time their distrust of Gloucester. A See also:compromise, however, was arranged, and the restoration of his lands and offices was promised to Albany, who in turn agreed to be faithful to James; but about the same time the duke with remarkable duplicity had sworn he would keep the treaty with Edward. Again he was appointed lieutenant of the kingdom, a truce was made with the English, and James, released from custody, restored his brother and created him earl of See also:Mar and Garioch. The fraternal See also:peace was soon disturbed. Failing to obtain See also:possession of the king's See also:person, Albany renewed negotiations with Edward, and in See also:February 1483 made a new treaty at See also:Westminster on the lines of that of Fotheringhay. A fresh reconciliation followed between the See also:brothers, but in July 1483, during Albany's See also:absence in England; he was sentenced to death for See also:treason. After making a See also:raid on Lochmaben he went to See also:France, where in 1485 he was accidentally killed. Albany's first wife was See also:Catherine, daughter of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, third earl of See also:Orkney and first earl of See also:Caithness, who See also:bore 'him three sons and a daughter. This See also:marriage was dissolved in 1478, and as its issue was regarded as illegitimate the title of duke of Albany descended to John (see below), his only son byhis second wife; See also:Anne de la Tour d'See also:Auvergne, daughter of See also:Bertrand II., See also:count of Auvergne and of See also:Bouillon, whom he married in 1480.
The regent Albany was a singularly unfortunate See also:commander in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, but a successful ruler and See also:administrator, and the Scottish See also:court of session owed to him its institution. But he regarded himself more the subject of the king of France than of the king of Scotland, subordinated the interests of the latter See also:state to the former, and disliked his See also:official duties in Scotland, where the benefits of his See also:administration were largely diminished by his want of perseverance and frequent absence. He appears to have been a man of See also:honourable and straightforward conduct, whose See also:character must be deared from the aspersions of See also:Wolsey and the English authorities. He married his 'See also:cousin Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne, but left no legal issue, and all his See also:honour became extinct at his death.
IV. LEOP&LD GEmROE See also:DUNCAN See also:ALBERT, duke of ` Albxty, eighth See also:child and youngest son of Queen Victoria, was See also:born on 'the 7th of April 1853. The delicacy of his See also:health seemed to matk him out for a See also:life of retirement, and as he grew older he evinced much of the love of knowledge, the capacity for study and the See also:interest in philanthropic and ecclesiastical movements which had characterized his father, the prince See also:consort. He matriculated at See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, Oxford, in November 1872,` living See also:bath
his See also:tutor at Wykeham House,, St See also:Giles's, and diligently pursued his favourite studies of See also:science, See also:art and the See also:modern See also:languages. In 1876 he left the university with the honorary degree of D.C.L., and resided at Boyton House, See also:Wiltshire, and afterwards at See also:Claremont. On coming of See also:age in 18741 he had been made a privy councillor and granted an See also:annuity of f ts,000. He travelled on the See also:continent, and in 188o visited the See also:United States and See also:Canada. He was a trustee of the See also:British Museum, abencher' of See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn, and continued to take an active part in the promotion of See also:education and knowledge generally. Like his father and other members of his See also:family he was an excellent public See also:speaker. On the 24th of May 1881 he was created duke of Albany, earl of See also:Clarence and See also:Baron See also:Arklow. On the 27th of April 1882 he married Helene Frederica See also:Augusta, princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont, and his income was raised by parliament to ,£25,000. Having gone to the See also:south of France for his health in the See also:spring of 1884, he was attacked by a See also:fit, the cause or the consequence of a fall in a See also:club-house at See also:Cannes, on the 27th of March, and died very unexpectedly on the fallowing See also:morning. His death was universally regretted, from the gentleness and graciousness of his character, and the See also:desire and ability he had shown to promote intellectual interests of every See also:kind. He left a daughter, born in February 1883, and a See also:posthumous son, See also:Arthur Charles Edward, born on the ,9th of July 1884, who succeeded to the dukedom of Albany, and who on the 3oth of July two became duke of See also:Saxe-See also:Coburg on the death of his uncle.
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