Sentence examples for seizing the throne from inspiring English sources
"By dressing up as a woman, killing my brother, and seizing the throne unwisely.
Eight years after seizing the throne, the empress appeared in uniform "at every military parade in the capital" to honor her army's campaign in Turkey.
He then went to Oudong, the old Cambodian capital just north of Phnom Penh, to prevent his younger half-brother Si Votha from seizing the throne.
Seizing the Throne For years before a party congress in October 2007, Mr. Xi was not deemed the front-runner to succeed Hu Jintao as party leader.
On May 12 , 1588 theDay of the Barricades the people rose against Henry III, but instead of seizing the throne, Guise helped to appease the mob, and Henry III was able to escape to Chartres.
In 602 the Roman army campaigning in the Balkans mutinied under the leadership of Phocas, who succeeded in seizing the throne and then killed Maurice and his family.
Came to throne in 1199 after his brother Richard ("Lionheart") died (following an earlier unsuccessful attempt to seize the throne while Richard was imprisoned in Germany).
On his return, Cyrus began preparations to seize the throne.
Baybars seized the throne to become the fourth Mamlūk sultan.
But when he died, her cousin Stephen seized the throne.
Later, Pelias seized the throne and exiled Neleus, who became king in Pylos.
