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Elsewhere damsons were used in orchards to protect less hardy trees, though orchards entirely composed of damson trees were a feature of some areas, notably the Lyth Valley of Westmorland and the Teme Valley in the Malverns, and indeed damsons were the only plum planted commercially north of Norfolk. [14]
The rex Nemorensis (Latin, "king of Nemi") was a priest of the goddess Diana at Aricia in Italy, by the shores of Lake Nemi, where she was known as Diana Nemorensis. The priest was king of the sacred grove by the lake. No one was to break off any branch of a certain sacred oak, except that if a runaway slave did so, he could engage the Rex ...
According to the 9th-century text by O'Daly, The Story of Moshaulum and Mac Con and Luigith, Ailill, son of Mag Nuadat, was the King of the southern half of Ireland in the 3rd century. The text recounts that Ailill sent a message to Ferchess, son of Commán, described as an old fían warrior and an ancient member of Ailill's household.
The title King of Kings was prominently used by kings such as Darius the Great (pictured). The full titulature of Darius was Great King, King of Kings, King of Persia, King of the Countries, Hystaspes' son, Arsames' grandson, an Achaemenid. Chandragupta I of Gupta, generally known as Maharajadhiraja, i.e., the king of kings.
King of the Universe (Sumerian: lugal ki-sár-ra [1] or lugal kiš-ki, [2] Akkadian: šarru kiššat māti, [1] šar-kiššati [1] or šar kiššatim [3]), also interpreted as King of Everything, King of the Totality, King of All [2] or King of the World, [4] was a title of great prestige claiming domination of the universe used by powerful ...
Eco-friendly or not, the king's coronation day look was far from plain. Upon arrival and departure, Charles wore two different grand robes, per royal tradition.
Oberon (/ ˈ oʊ b ər ɒ n /) is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare 's play A Midsummer Night's Dream , in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania , Queen of the Fairies.
[40] [41] Ibn Hisham gives an extensive forty-five page account of King Ṣaʿb in his work The Book of Crowns on the Kings of Himyar, relying on the Yemeni author Wahb ibn Munabbih. [42] [43] [44] In this account, King Ṣaʿb was a conqueror who was given the epithet Dhu al-Qarnayn after meeting a figure named Musa al Khidr in Jerusalem.