Only the Lotharingians put their faith in the ancient line and did homage to Charles, its sole reigning representative.
Until recently Apple's iTunes was the sole king reigning over the digital-music realm; now there are dozens of princelings.
For the first time in Chinese history, the Ming rulers regularly adopted only one reign name (nianhao) each; the sole exception was the sixth emperor, who had two reigns separated by an interval of eight years.
Before sleeping with Michael, the professional, frequently peeved character was the sole authority who could reign in his most objectionable conduct.
God, the sole reality, lives and reigns in the souls of those who have undergone this mystic death.
Yet Wolfgang proved to be something other than a reactionary during his long reign as the sole chief of Bayreuth.
Meanwhile, our long reign as the sole human species on Earth appears to be shorter than we thought.
Despite his conversion to Anglicanism, William's popularity plummeted during his reign as a sole monarch.
While claiming to be a strict constitutionalist, Mr. Boehner seems to forget that the Constitution specifically gives the House of Representatives (which he reigns over) the sole responsibility for initiating all fiscal bills.
In 1055, as the result of an agreement made by Robert II, the county of Sens came to the crown as the sole territorial gain of Henry's reign.
The first reliable records come from the time of Henry I, when the sole surviving Pipe roll from his reign shows the Exchequer working out of the king's palace as part of the curia regis.
