• befriended King, as well as the national organizing of the group in Friendship, founded by King allies Stanley Levison and Ella Baker. King led the SCLC...
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    Angus Stanley King Jr. (born March 31, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maine since 2013. A...
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    befriended King, as well as the national organizing of the group In Friendship, founded by King allies Stanley Levison and Ella Baker. King led the SCLC...
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    August 1485. Several of Richard's key allies, such as Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, and also Lord Stanley and his brother William, crucially switched...
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    George V (redirect from King George V)
    George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from...
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    George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820...
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    George VI (redirect from King George VI)
    Edward had been advised by British prime minister Stanley Baldwin that he could not remain king and marry a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands...
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    army, the Stanleys intervened; Sir William led his men to Henry's aid, surrounding and killing Richard. After the battle, Henry was crowned king. Henry hired...
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    October 1483, an unsuccessful revolt was led by staunch allies of Edward IV and Richard's former ally, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Then, in August...
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    Edward VIII (redirect from King Edward VIII)
    prime minister, Stanley Baldwin. Upon his father's death in 1936, Edward became the second monarch of the House of Windsor. The new king showed impatience...
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    François Ier; Middle French: Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count...
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    Edward VII (redirect from King Edward VII)
    Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas (1911), King Edward VII. as a sportsman, Longmans, Green and Company Weintraub, Stanley (2001), Edward the Caresser: The Playboy...
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    relations, he had allies but very few close personal friends. His allies were annoyed by his constant intrigues. Scholars attribute King's long tenure as...
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    English allies. With this accomplishment, Charles attained the essential goal of ensuring that no Prince of the Blood recognised Henry VI as King of France...
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    the new king. Despite his dislike of the National Liberals, Maniu's enmity towards Carol left the king with no choice, but to enlist as his allies the break-away...
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    had no children, Ferdinand VI was succeeded as King by his half-brother Charles III. Historian Stanley G. Payne regards him positively, writing that "The...
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    historians, even in his own country. Historian Stanley G. Payne wrote that Ferdinand was "in many ways the basest king in Spanish history. Cowardly, selfish,...
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    first king from 23 September 1932 until his death in 1953. He had ruled parts of the kingdom since 1902, having previously been Emir, Sultan, and King of...
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    king. Louis was forced into a humiliating treaty. He gave up many of the lands he had acquired from Philip the Good, turned on his erstwhile allies in...
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    [ʒuˈɐ̃w̃]; 11 April 1357 – 14 August 1433), also called John of Aviz, was King of Portugal from 1385 until his death in 1433. He is recognized chiefly for...
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    an American actor. He is known for playing disgruntled paper salesman Stanley Hudson in The Office for nine seasons (2005–2013). Baker was born on February...
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    and allies. During the Congo Arab war, there were reports of widespread cannibalization of the bodies of defeated combatants by the Batetela allies of...
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  • Killoran as Asa, Bjorn and Torvi's daughter Anthony Brophy as King Svase, a Sami chief and an ally of Lagertha Dagny Backer Johnsen as Princess Snæfrid, Svase's...
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    Britain and its Allies defeated an army under the duc de Noailles. The regiment also took part in the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745: the King's Regiment was...
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  • Albany Brother of King James III of Scotland and would-be king of Scotland. Ally to Richard III. Thomas Stanley Earl of Derby and ally of Queen Elizabeth...
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    Montfort, Sir William Stanley, Sir Thomas Thwaites, and Sir Robert Clifford. Clifford, who visited Warbeck, wrote back to his allies in England confirming...
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    Charles II of Spain (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled...
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    Charles is considered by historian Stanley G. Payne as "good-hearted but weak and simple-minded." On 18 November 1791, King Carlos IV promulgated a royal decree...
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    the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France, while the Soviet Union regained its territorial losses and pushed Germany and its allies back. During...
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