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See also:WLADISLAUS III . (1424-1444), 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:Poland and See also:Hungary, the eldest son of Wladislaus II. Jagiello, by his See also:fourth wife, See also:Sophia of See also:Vyazma, was See also:born at See also:Cracow on the 31st of See also:October 1424, succeeding to the See also:throne in his tenth See also:year. The domestic troubles which occurred during his minority had an important See also:influence upon the development of the See also:Polish constitution; but under the See also:wise See also:administration of Zbigniew Olesnicki Poland suffered far less from her rebels than might have been anticipated, and Wladislaus gave the first See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of his manhood by defeating the See also:arch-traitor Spytek of Melztyn in his See also:camp at Grotnik on the 4th of May 1439. On the sudden See also:death of the See also:emperor See also:Albert, whn was also king of Bohemia and Hungary, the Hungarianselected Wladislaus as their king, despite the opposition of the widowed empress See also:Elizabeth, already big with the See also:child who subsequently ascended the Hungarian throne as Wladislaus V. But Wladislaus III., who was solemnly crowned king of Hungary at Buda by the Magyar See also:primate in See also:July 1440, had to fight against the partisans of the empress for three years till See also:Pope See also:Eugenius IV. mediated between them so as to enable Wladislaus to See also:lead a crusade against the See also:Turks. See also:War was proclaimed against See also:Sultan See also:Murad II. at the See also:diet of Buda on See also:Palm See also:Sunday 1443, and with an See also:army of 40,000 men, mostly See also:Magyars, the See also:young monarch, with See also:Hunyadi commanding under him, crossed the See also:Danube, took See also:Nish and See also:Sofia, and advancing to the slope of the Balkans, returned to Hungary covered with See also:glory. See also:Europe resounded with the praises of the youthful See also:hero, and the Venetians, the Genoese, the See also:duke of See also:Burgundy and the pope encouraged Wladislaus to continue the war by offering him every assistance. But at this juncture the sultan offered terms to Wladislaus through See also:George Brankovic, See also:despot of See also:Servia, and, by the See also:peace of See also:Szeged (July 1, 1444), Murad engaged to surrender Servia, See also:Albania and whatever territory the Ottomans had ever conquered from Hungary, including 24 fortresses, besides paying an See also:indemnity of 1oo,000 florins in See also:gold. Unfortunately, Wladislaus listened to the representations of the papal See also:legate, See also:Cardinal See also:Julian Cesarini, who urged him in the name of See also:religion to break the peace of Szeged and resume the war. Despite the representations of the Poles and of the See also:majority of the Magyars, the king, only two days after solemnly See also:- SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)
swearing to observe the terms of the treaty, crossed the Danube a second 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 to co-operate with a See also:fleet from the See also:West which was to join hands with the See also:land army at See also:Gallipoli, whither also the Greeks and the See also:Balkan Slays were to See also:direct their auxiliaries. But the Walachians were the See also:sole See also:allies of Hungary who kept faith with her, and on the bloody See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field of See also:Varna, See also:November the loth, 1444, Wladislaus lost his See also:life land more than a fourth of his army.
See Julian Bartoszewicz, View of the Relations of Poland with the Turks and See also:Tatars (Pol.) (See also:Warsaw, 186o) ; See also:August Sokolowski, See also:History of Poland, vol. ii. (Pol.) (See also:Vienna, 19o4); Ignacz Acsady, History of the Hungarian See also:Realm, vol. i. (Hung.) (See also:Budapest, 1905).
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