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    Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies...
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  • The Abdication is a 1974 British historical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann. The film's score was composed...
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    accept Simpson as the King's consort and Edward's refusal to give her up led to his abdication in December 1936. He was succeeded by his brother Albert...
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    Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary...
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  • before the switch to hereditary rule in the Xia dynasty. Emperor Yao abdicated and chose Emperor Shun as his successor. Chinese archaeologist Feng Shi...
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  • Edward's abdication may refer to the following events: Parliament of 1327, which transferred the English Crown from Edward II to his son, Edward III Abdication...
    514 bytes (68 words) - 01:05, 11 August 2023
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    would abdicate the throne for health reasons. He was succeeded by his son Philippe on 21 July 2013. Albert II was the fourth monarch to abdicate in 2013...
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    Margrethe II announced her abdication (effective 14 January 2024) as Queen of Denmark during her New Year's Eve address to the nation on 31 December 2023...
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    became clear that he wanted Wilhelm to abdicate, both the military and the government began to make various plans to save the monarchy through a regency...
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    Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated from the Chrysanthemum Throne after reigning for 30 years, becoming the first Emperor of Japan to do so since Emperor Kōkaku...
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    Law concerning Abdication, etc. of Emperor (Japanese: 天皇の退位等に関する皇室典範特例法/てんのうのたいいとうにかんするこうしつてんぱんとくれいほう), or in short Emperor Abdication Law (Japanese:...
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    Akihito (category Japanese emperors who abdicated)
    of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being...
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  • who have abdicated. Some monarchs have been forced to abdicate. The list is chronological. To move to Rome, Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated on her own...
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    the crown given to an alternative candidate. In tears, Edward agreed to abdicate, and on 21 January, Sir William Trussell, representing the kingdom as...
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    The Abdications of Bayonne took place on 7 May 1808 in the castle of Marracq in Bayonne when the French emperor Napoleon I forced two Spanish kings—Charles...
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    royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix was born during the reign of her maternal grandmother...
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  • Abdication could refer to:[citation needed] The 1936 abdication of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, where he ultimately relinquished the throne to wed...
    527 bytes (86 words) - 17:56, 12 April 2019
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    the first pope to relinquish the office since Gregory XII was forced to resign in 1415 to end the Western Schism, and the first pope to voluntarily resign...
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    1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Maternal fifth cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Juliana was the...
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    that in deserting his people James had abdicated and thus vacated the Crown, which was therefore offered jointly to William and Mary. Historian Tim Harris...
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