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LEINSTER , a See also:province of See also:Ireland, occupying the See also:middle and See also:south-eastern portion of the See also:island, and extending to the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Shannon. It includes counties See also:Longford, See also:Westmeath, See also:Meath, See also:Louth, 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's See also:County, See also:Kildare, See also:Dublin, See also:Queen's County, See also:Carlow, See also:Wicklow, See also:Kilkenny and See also:Wexford (q.v. for See also:topography, &c.). Leinster (Laighen) was one of the See also:early Milesian provinces of Ireland. Meath, the See also:modern county of which is included in Leinster, was the name of a See also:separate province created in the 2nd See also:century A.D. The See also:kings of Leinster retained their position until 1171, and their descendants maintained See also:independence within a circumscribed territory as See also:late as the 16th century. In 1170 See also:Richard Strongbow married Aoife, daughter of the last king Diarmid, and thus acquired the nominal right to the See also:kingdom of Leinster. 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 II. confirmed'him in See also:powers of See also:jurisdiction See also:equivalent to those of a See also:palatinate. His daughter See also:Isabel married 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:Marshal, See also:earl of See also:Pembroke. Their five daughters shared the territory of Leinster, which was now divided into five liberties carrying the same extensive privileges as the undivided territory, namely, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Kildare and Leix. The See also:history of Leinster thereafter passes to the several divisions which were gradually organized into the See also:present counties.
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