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OSCAR H . (1829-1907), 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:Sweden and See also:Norway, son of Oscar I., was See also:born at See also:Stockholm on the 21st of See also:January 1829. He entered the See also:navy at the See also:age of eleven, and was appointed junior See also:lieutenant in See also:July 1845. Later he studied at tie univer-sity of See also:Upsala, where he distinguished himself in See also:mathematics. In 1857 he married Princess See also:Sophia See also:Wilhelmina, youngest daughter of See also:Duke 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 of See also:Nassau. He succeeded his See also:brother See also:Charles XV. on the 18th of See also:September 1872, and was crowned in the See also:Norwegian See also:cathedral of Drontheim on the 18th of July 1873. At his See also:accession he adopted as his See also:motto Brodrafolkens Val, " the welfare of the brother folk," and from the first he realized the essential difficulties in the See also:maintenance of the See also:union between Sweden and Norway. The See also:political events which led up to the final crisis in 1905, by which the thrones were separated, are dealt with in the See also:historical articles under NORWAY and SWEDEN: But it may be said that the peaceful See also:solution eventually adopted could hardly have been attained but for the tact and See also:patience of the king himself. He declined, indeed, to permit any See also:prince of his See also:house to become king of Norway, but better relations between the two countries were restored before his See also:death, which took See also:place at Stockholm on the 8th of See also:December 1907. His acute intelligence and his aloofness from the dynastic considerations affecting most See also:European sovereigns gave the king considerable See also:weight as an arbitrator in See also:international questions. At the See also:request of See also:Great See also:Britain, See also:Germany and the See also:United States in 1889 he appointed the See also:chief See also:justice of See also:Samoa, and he was again called in to arbitrate in Samoan affairs in 1899. In 1897 he was empowered to appoint a fifth arbitrator if necessary in the Venezuelan dispute, and he was called in to See also:act as See also:umpire in the Anglo-See also:American See also:arbitration treaty that was quashed by the See also:senate. He won many See also:friends in See also:England by his outspoken and generous support of Great Britain at the 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 of the See also:Boer See also:War (1899—1902), expressed in a See also:declaration printed in The Times of the 2nd of May 1900, when See also:continental See also:opinion was almost universally hostile.
Himself a distinguished writer and musical See also:amateur, King Oscar proved a generous friend of learning, and did much to encourage the development of See also:education throughout his dominions. In 1858 a collection of his lyrical and narrative poems, Memorials of the See also:Swedish See also:Fleet, published anonymously, obtained the second See also:prize of the Swedish See also:Academy. His " Contributions to the Military See also:History of Sweden in the Years 1711, 1712, 1713," originally appeared in the See also:Annals of the Academy, and were printed separately in 1865. His See also:works, which included his speeches, See also:translations of See also:Herder's See also:Cid and See also:Goethe's Torquato See also:Tasso, and a See also:play, See also:Castle Cronberg, were collected in two volumes in 1875—1876, and a larger edition, in three volumes, appeared in 1885—1888. His See also:Easter hymn and some other of his poems are See also:familiar throughout the Scandinavian countries. His See also:Memoirs of Charles XII. were translated into See also:English in 1879. In 1885 he published his Address to the Academy of See also:Music, and a See also:translation of one of his essays on music appeared in Literature on the 19th of May 1900. He had a valuable collection of printed and MS. music, which was readily accessible to the historical student of music.
His eldest son, Oscar Gustavus See also:Adolphus, duke of Warmland (b. 1858), succeeded him as Gustavus V. His second son, Oscar (b. 1859), resigned his royal rights on his See also:marriage in 1888 with a See also:lady-in-waiting, Frbken Ebba Munck, when he assumed the See also:title of Prince Bernadotte. From 1892 he was known as See also:Count Wisborg. The king's other sons were Charles, duke of Westergotland (b. 1861), who married Princess See also:Ingeborg of See also:Denmark; and See also:Eugene, duke of Nerike (b. 1865), well known as an artist.
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