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In Dutch history two people are referred to as "William III"; are there any more cases where this happens?
Your example seems incorrect. William of Orange was William III of England, whereas the other was William III of the Netherlands.
William of Orange was also William III in the Netherlands, but as ...
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What is the most advanced nonliterate society?
The Inca might have been the largest non-literate society in history. Allow me to explain by way of two definitional digressions.
Any society has peripheral or marginal members that are less in tune. ...
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In Dutch history two people are referred to as "William III"; are there any more cases where this happens?
You might want to consider Denmark and the House of Estridsen:
Valdemar III the Young (co-ruled 1215 - 31)
Valdemar III Eriksøn von Schleswig (ruled 1326 - 29)
1. Valdemar the Young or III was co-...
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Who were the first "businessmen" to rival the kings throughout the world?
Speaking very generally, merchant groups were relatively marginalized in all pre-modern societies. They formed networks across city-states in different regions, but were not allowed to take strong ...
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In Dutch history two people are referred to as "William III"; are there any more cases where this happens?
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In your case there was a man William who was William III, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and King William III of England (1650-1702) and there was another man known as ...
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What is the exact meaning of England vs. Britain before/during/after the formation of the Kingdom of England in the Middle Ages?
England wasn't formed though then, so I am confused.
Wikipedia is being a little obscure here. It would have been clearer to say
The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group who inhabited parts of what is ...
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Name of Kingdom that was formed after marriage refusal?
It was Norway.
This is the story of Harald Fairhair in the late 9th century. Harald inherited one of a number of petty kingdoms west of modern Oslo. He proposed marriage to Gyda, the daughter of King ...
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What is the most advanced nonliterate society?
The African state of Mthethwa might count. It was a nation that existed from around 1775 to 1817 that predated the Zulu Kingdom and, as far as we know, had no formal writing system. The nation used ...
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Was the Kingdom of Nri truly pacifistic?
The Nri were peaceful to the extent that they could, but when forced to the utmost, did engage in warfare as in the end of the 18th century. Meanwhile, their traditions—including the sieges that were ...
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Who is the youngest monarch to have issue?
Revised the fifth time about 11:17 PM, EST, saturdayy 03-20-2021.
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The evidence I found indicates that the record age to beat for the youngest monarch to become a father is 12 years, ...
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In Dutch history two people are referred to as "William III"; are there any more cases where this happens?
There were two Henry VII rulers as kings of Germany, the first of whom co-ruled with and pre-deceased his father. He is often referred to as Henry (VII) to distinguish him from the later Henry VII, ...
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What is the significance of "Pharaoh" versus "King" in ancient Egypt?
A Pharaoh must rule over all of Egypt; other sovereigns who rule over only part of Egypt are mere kings.
One might think of Pharaoh being similar to a German or Anglo-Saxon King of Kings, except for ...
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Demonym for someone from the kingdom of D'mt
I am not a historian, but here's what I've found from a cursory look at the literature.
There's Pre-Aksumite, but that demonym isn't exclusive to D'MT.
From "Punt and Aksum: Egypt and the Horn of ...
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What is the significance of "Pharaoh" versus "King" in ancient Egypt?
Technically speaking, ancient Egyptian rulers wre all kings, and pharaoh was more or less a nickname for the ruler which later gradually became an official title.
Pharaoh (/ˈfɛəroʊ/, US also /ˈfeɪ....
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Were Ferdinand and Isabella the most important royal couple?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland
This one is comparable to Ferdinand and Isabella. The Queen of Poland married the King of Lithuania, which sealed the conversion of the king and of ...
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Are there any examples of two medieval kingdoms trying to unify but eventually failing to do so?
The Rough Wooing (Wikipedia) might be an example of what you are looking for. Mary had inherited the Scottish Throne as she was just 6 days old. While she was still a toddler, the plan was hatched to ...
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Typology and the cause of difference between European medieval kingship?
Pieter Geerkens gave a good answer on feudalism, but missed the mark with the conclusion that the elective monarchies appeared from areas that were not part of the Carolingian Empire, because of a ...
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Did Louis XIV flee from the Louvre or the Palais-Royal on 5th January 1649?
Olivier Bernier's biography 'Louis XIV' says, based on Mme de Motteville's account (II, 286):
"Having seen the Queen in her bed, we went off home ... As soon as we had left, the gates of the ...
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Who is the youngest monarch to have issue?
I think the best answer would be the youngest reigning male monarch
with a baby
Eric II of Norway (reigned 1280 to 1299) was 14 or 15 when his daughter Margaret, Maid of Norway was born in March or ...
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In Dutch history two people are referred to as "William III"; are there any more cases where this happens?
Within the Roman/Byzantine empire there were:
Constantine III (Western Roman Emperor)
Constantine III (Byzantine emperor)
Disputable because one may claim that these were two distinct political ...
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Why did the Queen of Hawai'i surrender, when two thirds of the registered voters were in favour of signing the new constitution in 1893?
Welcome to History SE, Helena!
Once the coup began, it's unlikely Queen Liliʻuokalani could have done much of anything to preserve the monarchy, or restore it once the provincial government was ...
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How aware was Europe nobility of the danger of consanguinity?
Well, any sound answer should specify WHEN.
According to ThoughtCo.com, marriage between persons related within four degrees of consanguinity violated the civil code. Until the 13th century (same ...
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Who is the youngest monarch to have issue?
Here is a little gem that I discovered from the Wikipedia data dump from user:Pere @Pere https://history.stackexchange.com/users/21213/pere
King Tribhuvan of Nepal (b. 30 June 1906)
Queen Kanti of ...
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Who is the youngest monarch to have issue?
I'm not giving an answer but I'd like to bring in some data.
I've run a query on Wikidata and there are a lot of monarchs not very older than their children. The query is at https://w.wiki/37EU
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Who were the first "businessmen" to rival the kings throughout the world?
Basically I am trying to paint a vivid mental picture of how the merchant class gained power equal to or above the kings in Europe, China, and India (or anywhere else). Who were the key merchants (...
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Did the Catholic Church have a police force in the medieval period?
No, the Catholic Church did not have a Police force around 500 AD to arrest a British King.
Some of the reasons why this was not so:
Police, as it is known today, started to form during the 17th ...
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In Dutch history two people are referred to as "William III"; are there any more cases where this happens?
An addendum as regards William III (of England)...his number as used in the Netherlands before he became King of England referred to the Principality of Orange; which was an enclave within France and ...
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What is the most advanced nonliterate society?
Perhaps the Mali Empire or Zulu. I couldn't find anything about written records by themselves. If the Mali didn't write then they were probably much bigger, longer lasting and older than the Zulu ...
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Is it true that George Washington was Offered Kingship?
An elaboration on my comment; the bad idea came from my distant cousin, John Adams!
How ‘His Highness’ George Washington Became ‘Mr. President’
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