Sentence examples for refused to abdicate from inspiring English sources

Although financially hard pressed, he refused to abdicate and accept a pension from Bonaparte.

George, however, refused to abdicate, and the struggle continued until his death.

The victors demanded the king's abdication; when the army withdrew its support from Alfonso, he was forced to leave Spain (April 14 , 1931, though he refused to abdicate the throne.

Refusing to abdicate, his hand was finally forced on November 9, when he was persuaded to seek asylum in the Netherlands.

His father gave up the throne in 1918 but refused to formally abdicate.

The anti-Fascist parties, which detested Badoglio and wanted the king to abdicate, refused to join the government until April 1944, when the Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti agreed to do so.

When the tsar refused to give it, Alexander abdicated on August 26 September 77), appointing a regency composed of Stambolov, Mutkurov, and Petko Karavelov.

When Parliament reassembled in January 1784, the government was at once defeated by 39 votes on a virtual motion of censure, but Pitt refused to resign, and George III was prepared to abdicate rather than again surrender to the Fox North coalition.

In September 1862, one such disagreement almost led to Frederick being crowned and replacing his father as king; William threatened to abdicate when the Diet refused to fund his plans for the army's reorganization.

He also refused to deal with Charles, who abdicated on 2 August.

In it, Michael deferred to the will of the people and acknowledged the Provisional Government as the de facto executive, but neither abdicated nor refused to accept the throne.