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ULSTER , a See also: province of See also:Ireland occupying the See also:northern See also:part of the See also:island. It includes the counties See also:Donegal, See also:Londonderry, See also:Antrim, See also:Fermanagh, See also:Tyrone, See also:Cavan, See also:Monaghan, See also:Armagh and Down. Ulster (Uladh) was one of the See also:early provincial kingdoms of Ireland, formed, according to the legendary See also:chronicles, at the Milesian See also:conquest of the island ten centuries before See also:Christ, and given to the descendants of Ir, one of the sons of Mileadh. Interprovincial See also:wars frequently altered its boundaries, notably in 332 when the three Collas, sons of Eochaidh Doimhlein, conquered the See also:land between the See also:river See also:Boyne and Lough See also:Neagh, which became a See also:separate See also:kingdom under the name of Uriel (See also:Oriel or Orgial). Its princes maintained themselves until the See also:close of the 16th See also:century. In 1177 See also:John de See also:Courci, with the countenance 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 II., set out to the conquest of Ulster. His operations were gradually successful, and he became See also:lord See also:deputy of Ireland in 1186 (see above). The nominal reign of the last 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 Ulster closed in 1200. In 1585 Lord Deputy See also:Sir John See also:Perrot undertook the shining of Ulster (excluding the counties Antrim and Down, which had already taken shape); and his See also:work, though of little immediate effect owing to the rising of See also:Hugh O'See also:Neill, served as a basis for the See also:division of the territory at the See also:plantation of Ulster in the reign of 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 I.
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