"Royal line" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... effectually to secure the influence of all the powerful nobles of the kingdom, that they immediately convened and offered him the crown. Edgar was in the court of Edward at the time, but he was too young to make any effort to advance his claims. He was, in fact, a foreigner, though in the English royal line. He had been brought up on the Continent of Europe, and could not even speak the English tongue. He acquiesced, therefore, without complaint, in these proceedings, and was even present as a consenting spectator on the occasion of Harold's coronation, which ceremony ...
— William the Conqueror - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott
... Edward the Outlaw, was the only surviving male of the royal line, but he was not old enough to succeed to the throne, and Harold II. accepted the portfolio. He was crowned at Westminster on the day of King Edward's burial. This infuriated William of Normandy, who reminded Harold of ...
— Comic History of England • Bill Nye
... III. of Kintail, the issue of this marriage, was sixth in descent from John Baliol of the Royal line of Scotland and sixth ...
— History Of The Mackenzies • Alexander Mackenzie
... of our shipping, and the immensity of the ocean. We taught him to regulate the government nearly on the same plan with the British constitution, and to institute a parliament and degrees of nobility. His majesty was the last of his royal line, and on his decease, with the unanimous consent of the people, made me heir to the whole empire. The nobility and chiefs of the country immediately waited upon me with petitions, entreating me to accept the government. I consulted with my noble friends, Gog and Magog, &c., and after much ...
— The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen • Rudolph Erich Raspe
... fourteenth in lineal descent of the royal line of the Amali, [1] was born in the neighborhood of Vienna [2] two years after the death of Attila. [2111] A recent victory had restored the independence of the Ostrogoths; and the three brothers, Walamir, ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 4 • Edward Gibbon
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