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Abdication
Abdication Ab`di*ca"tion, n. [L. abdicatio: cf. F.
abdication.]
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office,
dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary
renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the
throne, government, power, authority.
Meaning of Abdications from wikipedia
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Abdication is the act of
formally relinquishing monarchical authority.
Abdications have pla****
various roles in the
succession procedures of monarchies...
- 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...
- 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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declared that the
abdication took
effect there on 10 December,
meaning abdications took
place on
three separate dates across the Commonwealth. Edward's...
- 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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crown given to an
alternative candidate. In tears,
Edward agreed to
abdicate, and on 21 January, Sir
William Trussell,
representing the
kingdom as a...
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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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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...
- August,
Richard surrendered to
Bolingbroke at
Flint Castle,
promising to
abdicate if his life were spared. Both men then made
their way to
Chester Castle...
- on 6
February Parliament declared that in
choosing exile,
James had
abdicated and thus
vacated the Crown,
which was
therefore offered jointly to William...
