Sentence examples for strong king from inspiring English sources

Another strong king, Josiah (c.

"You have little duchies and barons and no way to have a strong king".

Although faced with internal unrest, he was apparently a strong king and helped restore the authority of the central government.

But because of the respect many people have for the monarchy, a strong king is able to influence events.

His predominance was made possible by the death of the strong king Wihtred of Kent (725) and the abdication of Ine of Wessex (726).

Rising rapidly under Augustus II the Strong, king of Poland, Brühl held a number of high offices under the Saxon elector Frederick Augustus II Augustus IIII of Poland).

The dense population of the cities gave rise to social tensions that only the strong kings were able to contain.

At the start of Æthelbald's reign, both Kent and Wessex were ruled by strong kings; Wihtred and Ine, respectively.

Or simply the strongest king of western Europe?

When Æthelbald came to the throne, both Wessex and Kent were ruled by stronger kings, but within fifteen years the contemporary chronicler Bede describes Æthelbald as ruling all England south of the river Humber.

Eugene did not control Rome and lived instead at Viterbo, but nevertheless the Second Crusade was meant to be more organized and centrally controlled than the First: the armies would be led by the strongest kings of Europe and a route would be planned beforehand.