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RUDOLPH , or Raoul, (d. 936), 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 the See also:Franks and See also:duke of See also:Burgundy, was a son of See also:Richard duke of Burgundy, and was probably a member of the Carolingian See also:family. He became duke of Burgundy on his See also:father's See also:death in 921, and having married Emma, daughter of See also:Robert duke of the Franks, assisted his father-in-See also:law to drive the Frankish king, See also:Charles III. (the See also:Simple), from his See also:throne. Robert then became king of the Franks, and when he was killed in See also:battle in See also:June 923 he was succeeded by Rudolph, who was crowned at See also:Soissons in the following See also:month. Giving Burgundy to his See also:brother-in-law Giselbert of Vergi (d. 956), the new king was fully occupied in resisting the attacks of the See also:Normans, and in combating the partisans of Charles the Simple; but his enterprises were mainly unsuccessful, and his authority was not generally recognized. But when engaged in a struggle with his brother-in-law, See also:Herbert II. See also:count of See also:Vermandois, over the See also:possession of the See also:county of See also:Laon, Rudolph experienced happier fortunes. At See also:Limoges a See also:great victory was gained over the Normans, whose. 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 I., did See also:homage to him in 933; invasions of See also:Aquitaine led to his recognition as king by the powerful lords of that See also:district; and Herbert of Vermandois was defeated and put to See also:flight. In 935 See also:peace was made between these rivals; and on the 14th of See also:January 936 Rudolph died at See also:Auxerre, leaving no sons.
See W. Lippert, Kdnig See also:Rudolf von Frankreich (See also:Leipzig, 1886).
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