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See also:ALEXANDER II . (1198-1249), 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 of See also:Scotland, son 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 the See also:Lion and Ermengarde of See also:Beaumont, was See also:born at See also:Haddington in 1198, and succeeded to the See also:kingdom on the See also:death of his See also:father in 1214. The See also:year after his See also:accession the clans MacWilliam and MacHeth, inveterate enemies of the Scottish See also:crown, See also:broke into revolt; but the insurrection was speedily quelled. In the same year Alexander joined the See also:English barons in their struggle against See also:John, and led an See also:army into See also:England in support of their cause; but on the conclusion of See also:peace after John's death between his youthful son 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 III. and the See also:French See also:prince 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, the Scottish king was included in the pacification. The reconciliation thus effected was further strengthened by the See also:marriage of Alexander to Henry's See also:sister See also:Joanna in 1221. The next year was marked by the subjection of the hitherto semi-See also:independent See also:district of See also:Argyll. A revolt in See also:Galloway in 1235 was crushed without difficulty; nor did an invasion attempted soon after-wards by its exiled leaders meet with any better See also:fortune. Soon afterwards a claim for See also:homage from Henry of England See also:drew forth from Alexander a See also:counter-claim to the See also:northern English counties. The dispute, however, was settled by a See also:compromise in 1237. A See also:threat of invasion by Henry in 1243 for a 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 interrupted the friendly relations between the two countries; but the prompt See also:action of Alexander in anticipating his attack,and the disinclination of the English barons for See also:war, compelled him to make peace next year at See also:Newcastle. Alexander now turned his See also:attention to securing the Western Isles, which still owned a nominal dependence on See also:Norway. Negotiations and See also:purchase were successively tried but without success. Alexander next attempted to seduce Ewen, the son of See also:Duncan, See also:lord of Argyll, from his See also:allegiance to the See also:Norwegian king. Ewen refused his overtures, and Alexander sailed forth to compel him. But on the way he was seized with See also:fever at Kerrera, and died there on the 8th of See also:July 1249.
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