cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societies (such as pre-Meiji Restoration Japan), abdication was a regular event...

confirmed the abdication. South Africa passed His Majesty King Edward the Eighth's Abdication Act 1937, which declared that the abdication took effect there...

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...

ISBN 978-0-7126-4194-4. Valente, Claire (1998). "The deposition and abdication of Edward II". The English Historical Review. 113 (453): 852–881. doi:10...

of British films of 1974 "The Abdication". www.tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 31 December 2022. "The Abdication (1974)". BFI. Archived from the...

Emperor's abdication. In January 2017, the Lower House Budget committee began informally debating the constitutional nature of the abdication. On 19 May...

son, King Frederik X, on 14 January 2024. Margrethe's abdication was the first voluntary abdication of a Danish monarch since that of King Eric III in 1146...

official program for the abdication and inauguration took place on 30 April 2013. Beatrix signed the instrument of abdication in the Vroedschapkamer (also...

Bolingbroke was crowned king. Henry had agreed to let Richard live after his abdication. This changed when it was revealed that the earls of Huntingdon, Kent...

instrument of abdication immediately". The next day, the last act of his reign was the royal assent to His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936. As...

advanced phases of primitive society. A resurgence of curiosity in the abdication system has been sparked by the discovery of four brief texts unearthed...

The abdication of Wilhelm II as German Emperor and King of Prussia was declared unilaterally by Chancellor Max von Baden at the height of the German revolution...

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...

King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the...

Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, announced his pending abdication from the throne on 2 June 2014. It was made effective on 19 June, following its approval...

family who reigned as King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 until his abdication on 21 July 2013. Albert II is the son of King Leopold III and the last...

– 28 November 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning...

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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...

Roman Emperors had abdicated before—the most notable example being the abdication of Charles V in 1556—but Francis II's abdication was unique. While previous...

1909 – 20 March 2004) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until her abdication in 1980. Juliana was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry...

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:...

Abdication of Napoleon may refer to: Abdication of Napoleon (1814), following the Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) Abdication of Napoleon (1815) This disambiguation...

ruler of the Empire of Brazil, delivers his abdication letter on 7 April 1831 Instrument of abdication signed by King Edward VIII and his three brothers...

of Abdication Act 1936 (1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 3) is the act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that recognised and ratified the abdication of...

The Imperial Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor (simplified Chinese: 宣统帝退位诏书; traditional Chinese: 宣統帝退位詔書; pinyin: Xuāntǒng Dì Tuìwèi Zhàoshū;...

6 February Parliament declared that in deserting his people James had abdicated and thus vacated the Crown, which was therefore offered jointly to William...

Napoleon abdicated on 22 June 1815, in favour of his son Napoleon II. On 24 June, the Provisional Government then proclaimed his abdication to France and...

September 1983) was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain...

king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840. Born as the son of William V, Prince of Orange, the last stadtholder...