Under kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, France led western Europe into the age of the Rococo in the arts.
But soon, as a result of some poems that he had written — on the Rousseauian question of whether mankind was better off in society, living under kings and laws, or in the state of nature — he was dismissed for sedition.
Thriving on the sale of slaves to the Europeans, the Kingdom of Dahomey prospered and acquired new provinces under kings Tegbesu (1732 74), Kpengla (1774 89), and Agonglo (1789 97).
May 28 , 1588Paris, France January 28 , 1672Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France Pierre Séguier, (born May 28 , 1588 Paris died Jan . 28 , 1672Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Fr)., chancellor of France under kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV, in the critical period during which monarchical power was consolidated.
March 7, 1226 Salisbury, England William Longsword, 3rd earl of Salisbury, Longsword also called Longespée (died March 7 , 1226 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England), an illegitimate son of Henry II of England who became a prominent baron, soldier, and administrator under Kings John and Henry III.
Dr. Flannery said that Dr. Garfinkel was probably correct in relating the reduction in the dance motif on pottery to the rise of civilizations under kings, which occurred around 3000 B.C. with the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, a land that is now southern Iraq, and not long afterward in Egypt.
In return, the Buginese were put in control of a specially created office of under-king, a post that made them effective rulers of Johore.
The family of Ecgfrith's general Berht may have been one such dynasty of under-kings.
The alliance produced peace between Wales and England, and within Wales, lasting throughout Æthelstan's reign, though some Welsh resented the status of their rulers as under-kings, as well as the high level of tribute imposed upon them.
Æthelberht's marriage to Bertha certainly connected the two courts, although not as equals: the Franks would have thought of Æthelberht as an under-king.
And those lazy, silent filibusters have increased dramatically under king McConnell.
