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See also: KENDAL, DUKEDOM OF . The See also:English See also:title of See also:duke of Kendal was first bestowed in May 1667 upon See also:Charles (d. 1667), the See also:infant son of the duke of See also:York, afterwards 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 II. Several persons have been created See also:earl of Kendal, among them being See also:John, duke of See also:Bedford, son of 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 IV.; John See also:Beaufort, duke of See also:Somerset (d. 1444); and See also:Queen See also:Anne's See also:husband, See also:George, See also:prince of See also:Denmark.
In 1719 Ehrengarde Melusina (1667-1743), See also:mistress of the English 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 George I., was created duchess of Kendal. This See also:lady was the daughter of Gustavus See also:Adolphus, See also:count of Schulenburg (d. 1691), and was See also:born at See also:Emden on the 25th of See also:December 1667. Her See also:father held important positions under the elector of See also:Brandenburg; her See also:brother See also:Matthias John (1661–1747) won See also:great fame as a soldier in See also:Germany and was afterwards See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:army of the See also:republic of See also:Venice. Having entered the See also:household of See also:Sophia, electress of See also:Hanover, Melusina attracted the See also:notice of her son, the future king, whose mistress she became about 1690. When George crossed over to See also:England in 1714, the " Schulenburgin," as Sophia called her, followed him and soon supplanted her See also:principal See also:rival, See also:Charlotte Sophia, Baroness von Kilmannsegge (c. 1673-1725), afterwards countess of See also:Darlington, as his first favourite. In 1716 she was created duchess of See also: Munster; then duchess of Kendal; and in 1723 the See also:emperor Charles VI. made her a princess of the See also:Empire. The duchess was very avaricious and obtained large sums of See also:money by selling public offices and titles; she also sold patent rights, one of these being the See also:privilege of supplying See also:Ireland with a new See also:copper coinage. This she sold to a See also:Wolverhampton See also:iron See also:merchant named 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 See also:Wood (1671–1730), who flooded the See also:country with coins known as " Wood's halfpence," thus giving occasion for the publication of See also:Swift's famous Drapier's Letters. In See also:political matters she had much See also:influence with the king, and she received £1o,000 for procuring the recall of See also:Bolingbroke fromexile. After George's See also:death in 1727 she lived at Kendal See also:House, Isleworth, See also:Middlesex, until her death on the loth of May 1743. The duchess was by no means a beautiful woman, and her thin figure caused the populace to refer to her as the " maypole." By the king she had two daughters: Petronilla Melusina (c. 1693–1778), who was created countess of See also:Walsingham in 1722, and who married the great earl of See also:Chesterfield; and See also:Margaret Gertrude, countess of See also:Lippe (1703–1773).
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