Sentence examples for she abdicated from inspiring English sources

In 1720 she abdicated in favour of her husband, Frederick of Hessen (ruled 1720 51).

Nine years later she abdicated in favour of Prince Oi, who ruled as Emperor Junnin.

Isabella settled in Paris, where in 1870 she abdicated in favour of her eldest surviving son, the future Alfonso XII (1874 85).

Thus, although Ulrika became queen in 1718 after Charles's death, she abdicated in 1720 in favour of her husband, who came to the Swedish throne as Frederick I (ruled 1720 51).

The works of art carried off as loot from Prague by Swedish soldiers during the Thirty Years' War might conceivably have broadened the outlook of Swedes at home, but the best of them were taken to Rome by Queen Christina when she abdicated in 1654.

She succeeded to the Swedish throne at the death of Charles XII in 1718, but, devoted to Frederick, she abdicated in his favour in 1720, and he was elected king as Frederick I with the aid of anti-absolutist parliamentary forces that had earlier been instrumental in the election of Ulrika, who then inaugurated the Age of Freedom.

When voters were asked what should happen when the Queen dies or if she abdicates, they remain resolutely anti-republican, with just 10% saying Britain should elect a head of state instead of having a new monarch.

The problems will have to be solved by April 13, when the 80-room museum, home to works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, van Gogh and hundreds of other artists, finally reopens at a black-tie gala hosted by Queen Beatrix at one of her last official events before she abdicates at the end of that month.

She then abdicated in favour of Nakano's uncle, who became the emperor Kōtoku, setting the stage for the reforms to follow.

The distraught queen privately told the government she would abdicate.

THE HAGUE — Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced on Monday that she would abdicate on April 30 in favor of her son, the Prince of Orange, Willem-Alexander.