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King's Evzone Guard The King's Evzone Guard was the Greek royal guard regiment in Athens from independence in 1830 until the overthrow of the monarchy in the early 1970s. In 1900 it comprised eight battalions, and survives, on a smaller scale, as the Evzones Presidential Guard.
King's Fund The King's Fund is a charitable foundation in England. Founded as the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund for London in 1897, the fund changed its name in 1902 to King Edward's Hospital Fund with the ascension to the throne of King Edward VII.
King's German Legion When Napoléon imposed the Convention of Artlenburg (Convention of the Elbe) on July 5, 1803 the Kurfürstentum Hannover (Electorate of Hanover) was disbanded and its army dissolved. Many former Hanoverian officers and soldiers fled the French occupation to Britain, as George, Elector of Hanover, was also King of the United Kingdom, as George III.
King's Gold King's Gold is a novel by South African author Glenn Macaskill, published in 2003 by Crest Publishing. It contains graphic (though fictional) references to the Gukurahundi, the occupation of Matabeleland by Zimbabwe's Fifth Brigade in the 1980s.
King's Hall, Cambridge King's Hall was once one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge, founded in 1317, the second after Peterhouse. King's Hall was established by King Edward II to provide chancery clerks for his administration, and was very rich compared to Michaelhouse, which occupied the southern area of what is now Trinity Great Court.
King's Hedges King's Hedges is a part of Cambridge which include the housing estates which were built in the 1960s. It is now widely populated, enjoying a fairly multi-cultural status, as well as being home to Cambridge Regional College, a further education college which having scraped A-levels from its curriculum last year, now specialises in teaching vocational courses, GCSE's and Adult Education programmes.
King's Chapel King's Chapel is a Christian Unitarian church in Boston, Massachusetts, located at the corner of Tremont Street and School Street. Organized in 1686, it is the oldest member church of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the first Anglican church in Boston.
King's Inns The King's Inns or formally the Honorable Society of King's Inns (HSKI) is the institution which controls the entry of barristers-at-law into the justice system of the Republic of Ireland. The society was created in 1541, originally at Inns Quay, 51 years before Trinity College, Dublin was founded, making it one of Ireland's oldest professional and educational institutions.
King's Library The King’s Library was the original name applied both to the British Royal Collection of over 60,000 books and to the room in the British Museum that housed them. The library had been formed by King George III and was given to the nation in 1823 by his son George IV.
King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency) King's Lynn was a constituency which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election.
King's Lynn Rural District King's Lynn Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk from 1894 to 1935. It was situated on the west bank of the River Great Ouse, opposite the town of King's Lynn, and comprised the then single civil parish of West Lynn.
King's Meadow Campus King's Meadow Campus is the sixth campus of the University of Nottingham, and the fourth campus of the university within Nottinghamshire. The 16 acre (65,000 m²) campus was formerly the site of the Carlton Television studios.
King's Men (playing company) The King's Men was the company of actors to which William Shakespeare (1564-1616) belonged through most of his career. Formerly known as The Lord Chamberlain's Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it became The King's Men in 1603 when King James ascended the throne and became the company's patron.
King's Mill Hospital King's Mill Hospital (or King's Mill Centre) is a hospital situated in Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK. The next nearest hospital is Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, where patients may be sent in the event that King's Mill cannot provide sufficient facilities.
King's Nympton railway station King's Nympton railway station is a small station on the Tarka Line 41 km (25ÂĽ miles) north east of Exeter St David's station on the way to Barnstaple. It serves a number of rural villages, including King's Nympton.
King's Own Band The King's Own Band is a Maltese philharmonic band, founded 1874, based in the country's capital Valletta. It got its name from King Edward VII, who chose the name in 1901 upon advancing to the English throne, as it was previously called the Prince of Wales band.
King's Own Fusiliers The King's Own Fusiliers is a fictional British Army infantry regiment portrayed in the ITV drama series Soldier Soldier. Like all fusilier regiments, the King's Own Fusiliers wears a hackle in its head-dress; this is coloured dark blue over white.
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755, and its traditions and history are (and will be) kept alive by the Light Infantry Regiment, and the proposed Rifles.
King's Pardon The King's Pardon was an amnetsy for pirates from the King of England. After Woodes Rogers became the first English royal governor of the Bahamas in 1717, he offered amnesty to many of the pirates who had virtually taken control of these islands.
King's Park F.C. King's Park FC were a football club who played in the Scottish Football League before the Second World War. Based in Stirling, they joined the League in the 1921-22 season, following the reintroduction of the Second Division.
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is the second installment in the King's Quest series created by Sierra Entertainment (formerly Sierra On-Line). It uses the same AGI game engine as King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown and features King Graham as the player character.
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human is the third installment in the King's Quest series of computer games produced by Sierra On-Line. It was the first game in the series not to feature King Graham as the player character, though it was not the last; King Graham is only the protagonist in three of the eight King's Quest installments.
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella King's Quest IV, released in 1988, was the first graphical computer adventure game with a female protagonist. The player takes on the role of Princess Rosella, daughter of King Graham of Daventry (KQI and KQII) and the twin sister of Gwydion/Alexander (KQIII).
King's Quest series King's Quest is an adventure game series made by the American computer game company Sierra On-Line (currently known as Sierra Entertainment). It is widely considered a classic title of the golden era of adventure games and was the series that primarily built the reputation of the company following the success of the first installment, the first "3D" adventure game.
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow is the sixth installment in the King's Quest series of adventure games made by Sierra Entertainment. It is widely recognized as the high point of the series for its in-depth plot, landmark 3D graphic introduction movie, and professional voice acting (Hollywood actor Robby Benson provided the voice for Prince Alexander, the game's protagonist).
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity King's Quest: Mask of Eternity, written by Roberta Williams and released in 1998 by Sierra Studios, is the eighth, and currently the final, official computer adventure game in the famous King's Quest series. It is the only game in the series where the main character is not King Graham or a member of his family.
King's Rangers The original United States regiment known as the King's Rangers was raised on May 1, 1779, and functioned until 1784. The leader was Robert Rogers, famous for his service during the Seven Years War (French and Indian War).
King's Remembrancer The King's Remembrancer (or Queen's Remembrancer when the monarch is female) is an ancient judicial post in the legal system of England and Wales. Since the Lord Chancellor no longer sits as a judge, the Remembrancer is the oldest judicial position in continual existence.
King's Revels Children The King's Revels Children or Children of the King's Revels were a troupe of actors, or playing company, in Jacobean era London, active in the 1607-9 period. They were part of a fashion for child actors that peaked in the first decade of the seventeenth century, with the Children of Paul's and the Children of the Chapel.
King's Revels Men The King's Revels Men or King's Revels Company was a playing company or troupe of actors in seventeenth-century England. In the confusing theatre nomenclature of that era, it is sometimes called the second King's Revels Company, to distinguish it from an earlier troupe with the same title that was active in the 1607-9 period.
King's Road, Finland This King's Road is an old mailing route dating back to the 14th century starting from the Bergen on the Atlantic coast, passing through the Nordic capitals Oslo and Stockholm, crossing the sea through the archipelago to Turku in Finland and ending up in St.Petersburg, Russia.
King's Road, Hong Kong King's Road (英皇道) is a major east-west street along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, extending from Causeway Bay, where it joins Causeway Road, to Sai Wan Ho, where it joins Shau Kei Wan Road.
King's Sedgemoor Drain King's Sedgemoor Drain is an artificial drainage channel which diverts the River Cary in Somerset, England along the southern flank of the Polden Hills, to discharge into the River Parrett at Dunball near Bridgwater. As the name suggests, the channel is used to help drain King's Sedgemoor.
King's Scholar A King's Scholar is a scholar of Eton College, who has passed the King's Scholarship Examinations and is therefore admitted into a house, College, which is the oldest Eton house and comprised solely of King's Scholars. There are, at any one time, around 70 King's Scholars, and they are distinguished by the black gown which they wear.
King's Stand Stakes The King's Stand Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
King's Stanley King's Stanley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, situated southwest of the town of Stroud. The village is part of what is known locally as 'The Stanleys', along with its neighbours Leonard Stanley and Stanley Downtown.
King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army. It was named The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in 1947 when King George VI decided that, following the mechanisation of the last batteries of horse drawn artillery, a troop of horse artillery should be kept to take part in the great ceremonies of state.
King-Byng Affair The King-Byng Affair was a 1926 Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred when the Governor General of Canada Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by the Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election.
King-Cat Comics King-Cat Comics and Stories, authored and self-published by John Porcellino, is one of the longest-running and most critically acclaimed series of photocopied mini-comics ever published. Porcellino began publishing King-Cat in 1989.
King-Crane Commission The King-Crane Commission was an official investigation during 1919 by the United States government into the circumstances and conditions existing in certain parts of the former Ottoman Empire, in order to inform American policy with regard to the future of the region regarding the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. The commission visited Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Anatolia.
King-Emperor A king-emperor (feminine queen-empress) is a sovereign ruler who is simultaneously a king of one territory and emperor of another. This title usually results from a merger of a royal and imperial crown (as in Austria-Hungary), but recognises that the two territories are different politically or culturally and in status (an emperor being higher in rank than a king).
King-James-Only Movement The King-James-Only Movement is a position, usually within Protestant fundamentalist Christianity of English-speaking countries, which rejects all modern translations of the Bible, accepting only the King James Version (KJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV). The nickname "King-James-Only" apparently originated within a popular book by American church historian and apologist James R.
King-of-the-salmon King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, is a ribbonfish of the family Trachipteridae. Found off the Pacific shore of North and South America from Alaska to Chile, generally at a depth of over 1,500 feet (460 m), it has a long tapering grey body with red fins and large eyes.
King, Queen, Knave King, Queen, Knave is a novel written by Vladimir Nabokov in 1928. It was published in Russian in October of that year, and was translated into English by Dimitri Nabokov (with significant changes made by the author) forty years after its Russian debut.
Kinga Gál Kinga Gál (born on 6 September 1970 in Cluj-Napoca) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Kingborough Tigers The Kingborough Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League (Tasmania), also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.
Kingda Ka Kingda Ka is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. It is currently the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, claiming the title from Top Thrill Dragster in Cedar Point.
Kingdee Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited is one of the biggest vendors for enterprise application software products in China. Listed in Hong Kong GEM market, Kingdee has 46 branches and subsidiaries and over 2200 employees throughout greater China.
Kingdom (professional wrestling) Kingdom, was a professional wrestling company in Japan from 1997 to 1998. It was essentially a continuation of UWF International, having most of its former roster: Nobuhiko Takada, Yoji Anjo, Kazushi Sakuraba, Daijiro Matsui, Naoki Sano, Masahito Kakihara, Yoshihiro Takayama, Kenichi Yamamoto and Hiromitsu Kanehara.
Kingdom Bound Kingdom Bound is an annual, multi-day Christian music festival that began in 1986. It usually attracts approximately 70,000 people, and is one of the largest and longest-running events of its kind in the world.
Kingdom Caledonian Football League The Kingdom Caledonian Football League is a football (soccer) league competition for amateur clubs in Fife, Scotland. The league was formed in 1984 and is fully affiliated with the Scottish Amateur Football Association.
Kingdom Come (Arthur Brown) Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come was one of the most unique and interesting bands of the 1970s British music scene, combining Arthur Brown's voice, theatrics, and conceptualizations with psychedelic and progressive rock music. The group was a hit on Britain's festival circuit, but lack of record sales, indifference from music critics, and poor record company promotion (especially in the US) led to its eventual demise in 1974.
Kingdom Come (band) Kingdom Come is a melodic hard rock band fronted by Hamburg-born vocalist Lenny Wolf. The group's first album, Kingdom Come became quite popular and is remarkable for its classic hard rock sound, reminding such bands as Led Zeppelin and Scorpions, the latter of which former Kingdom Come drummer James Kottak is now a member of.
Kingdom Come (Jay-Z song) Kingdom Come is the title track from Jay-Z's 2006 comeback album, Kingdom Come. The track's beat was produced by Just Blaze, and uses a chopped-up sample of Rick James's '80s hit "Super Freak," which was also sampled in MC Hammer's hit single "U Can't Touch This.
Kingdom Crusade Kingdom Crusade is a Game Boy strategy game that takes places during a hypothetical apocalpytic battle between the Christians (white) and the Muslims (black). Players can take either side and both units are of equal strength to each other.
Kingdom Fighter Kingdom Fighter (KF) is a non-governmental organization that was formed in 2000 to promote and popularize kumdo (including haidong gumdo). Seventeen countries and regions participated in the KF when it was established, but the number had grown to 41 countries and regions by October, 2004.
Kingdom Hearts II Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the video game music from the action role-playing game, Kingdom Hearts II, produced by Square Enix and Disney Interactive for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The album contains musical tracks from the game, composed and produced by Yoko Shimomura, with the main orchestral tracks arranged by Kaoru Wada.
Kingdom Heirs The Kingdom Heirs are a Southern Gospel quartet based at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The Current group consists of Arthur Rice (lead), Billy Hodges (tenor), Steve French (baritone), Jeff Chapman (bass), Adam Harman (keyboard), Dennis Murphy (drums), and Kreis French (bass guitar).
Kingdom Holding Company Kingdom Holding Company (Arabic: المملكة القابضة) is a private holding company, incorporated in Saudi Arabia, and is the largest company in Saudi Arabia It is owned by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz], and is headquartered in the city of [[Riyadh.
Kingdom Hospital Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital was a thirteen-episode miniseries based on Lars von Trier's Riget, which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television. It was first aired on ABC on March 3 and was scheduled to conclude on July 15, 2004.
Kingdom of Abkhazia The Kingdom of Abkhazia, also known as Kingdom of Abkhazeti-Egrisi or the Kingdom of the Abkhaz's () refers to an early medieval feudal state in the Caucasus which lasted from the 780s until being united, through dynastic succession, with the Kingdom of the Georgians (see Tao-Klarjeti) in 1008.
Kingdom of Aksum The Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum, Ge'ez አክሱም), was an important trading nation in northeastern Africa, growing from the proto-Aksumite period ca. 4th century BC to achieve prominence by the 1st century AD.
Kingdom of Alba The Kingdom of Alba (Gaelic : Rìoghachd na h-Alba) pertains to the Kingdom of Scotland between the death of Domnall II in 900, and the death of Alexander III in 1286 which then led indirectly to the Scottish Wars of Independence. The name is one of convenience, as throughout this period the elite and populace of the Kingdom were predominantly Gaelic, or later Gaelic and Scoto-Norman, and differs markedly from the period of the Stewarts, in which the elite of the kingdom were for the most part speakers of English or Lowland Scots.
Kingdom of Aragon AragĂłn was a Frankish feudal county (Jaca), which was united to the kingdom of Pamplona (later Navarre) in 925. The county of AragĂłn was split from the kingdom of Navarre in 1035, and elevated into a kingdom by Ramiro I.
Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia The Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia (also called New France) was a self-proclaimed independent state or micronation founded by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orelie-Antoine de Tounens in southern South America in the mid 19th century. At the time the local indigenous Mapuche population were engaged in a desperate armed struggle to retain their independence in the face of hostile military and economic encroachment by the governments of Chile and Argentina, who coveted the Mapuche lands for their agricultural potential.
Kingdom of Awsan The ancient Kingdom of Awsan in South Arabia (modern Yemen), with a capital at Hagar Yahirr in the wadi Markha, to the south of the wadi Bayhan, is now marked by a tell or artificial mound, which is locally named Hagar Asfal. Once it was one of the most important small kingdoms of South Arabia.
Kingdom of Baguirmi The Baguirmi or Bagirmi Kingdom (1480s-1897) was an Islamic kingdom or sultanate that existed as an independent state during the 16th and 17th centuries southeast of Lake Chad in what is now the country of Chad. Baguirmi emerged to the southeast of the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
Kingdom of Breifne The Kingdom of Bréifne (also Breffny, Brefnie, Brenny) was the traditional territory for an early Irish tribal group known as the Uí Briúin Bréifne. Breifne means as much as hilly in Irish and this part of Ireland is indeed quite hilly.
Kingdom of Calontir The Kingdom of Calontir is one of nineteen "Kingdoms," or regions, of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating aspects of the Middle Ages. Calontir is located in the Midwestern United States and includes about 40 local SCA groups in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. It was created as a politically autonomous entity in the 9th century: it was called County of Castile and depended of the Kingdom of LeĂłn.
Kingdom of Cochin The Kingdom of Cochin or Kochi (also known as Perumpadapu Swaroopam, Madarajyam, Gosree Rajyam, or Kuru Swaroopam; Malayalam: കൊച്ചി [] or പെരുമ്പടപ്പ []) was a former state in the area of present Kochi (Cochin), Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram in what is now the Indian state of Kerala. Later, it was merged with Travancore to create Travancore-Cochin, which was in turn merged with the Malabar district of Madras State on November 1, 1956 to form the new state of Kerala.
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (Croatian: Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; Hungarian: Horvát-Szlavónia Királyság; Serbian: Краљевина Хрватска и Славонија or Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; German: Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was an autonomous kingdom within Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It belonged to the Hungarian part of the Monarchy and included parts of present-day Croatia and Serbia.
Kingdom of Crystal The Kingdom of Crystal (Swedish: Glasriket) is a geographical area today containing a total of 15 glassworks in the municipalities of Emmaboda, Nybro, Uppvidinge and Lessebo in southern Sweden. Their history can be traced back to the 18th century at least.
Kingdom of Dali Dali (大理 pinyin: Dàlǐ) was a Bai kingdom centered in what is now Yunnan Province of China. Established by Duan Siping in 937, it was ruled by a succession of 22 kings until the year 1253, when it was destroyed by an invasion of the Mongol Empire.
Kingdom of David Kingdom of David was a part of the Empire Series of history documentaries for the PBS television network produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting in joint venture with Red Hill Productions of Los Angeles, California.
Kingdom of Ends The Kingdom of Ends is a thought experiment in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. It is regularly discussed in relation to Kant's moral objectivist theory and its application to ethics and philosophy in general.
Kingdom of EnenKio The Kingdom of EnenKio, or "EnenKio" for short, is a small separatist group of Marshall Islander heritage who lay claim to the United States' unincorporated Wake Island. EnenKio seeks recognition as a sovereign Micronesian state in the Northern Marshall Islands.
Kingdom of England The Kingdom of England was a state located in western Europe, in the southern part of the island of Great Britain, consisting of the modern day home nations of England and Wales and the modern legal entity of England and Wales. The chief royal residence was originally located at Winchester, in Hampshire, but London and Gloucester were accorded almost equal status - especially London, which had become the de facto capital by the beginning of the 12th century.
Kingdom of Essex The Kingdom of Essex (East Seaxe "East Saxons", one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy) was founded around 500 AD and covered the territory currently occupied by the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex.
Kingdom of Evendarr The Kingdom of Evendarr is the oldest and largest Kingdom in the Tyrran campaign setting used for the main fantasy live action roleplaying game run by NERO International. The first and oldest parts of the NERO International organization all depicted areas within Evendarr, although as NERO expanded, newer local games emerged which portrayed other kingdoms in the same setting.
Kingdom of Fez The Kingdom of Fez was a powerful kingdom partitioned from the Marinid dynasty in 1374. It covered a vast area in what is today known as eastern Algeria to the gates of Tlemsen (or Tlemcen), Spanish Plaza de soberanĂ­a and northern Morocco.
Kingdom of Finland (1918) The Kingdom of Finland was a constitutional monarchy whose creation was contemplated and briefly executed in the aftermath of Finnish independence from Russia. Prince Frederick of Hesse was elected King by the Parliament of Finland, on 9 October 1918.
Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal The Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal was formed in 1065 after the County of Portugal declared independence following the death of Ferdinand I of Leon of Castile-Leon. In 1063, Ferdinand I had divided his kingdom among his sons.
Kingdom of Gera The Kingdom of Gera was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its northern border with Gumma, its eastern border with Gomma, and was separated from the Kingdom of Kaffa to the south by the Gojeb River.
Kingdom of Germany The Kingdom of Germany was a medieval state which grew out of that of East Francia in the tenth century, when the term regnum Teutonicum first came into informal use. The character of the eastern partition of the Treaty of Verdun of 843 was never very Frankish.
Kingdom of Gleann Abhann The Kingdom of Gleann Abhann is one of nineteen "Kingdoms," or regions, of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating aspects of the Middle Ages.
Kingdom of God The Kingdom of God or Reign of God (Greek: - Basileia tou Theou,Strong’s Greek Dictionary, webpage, retrieved June 24, 2006) is a foundational concept in Christianity, as it is the central theme of Jesus of Nazareth's message in the synoptic Gospels. The phrase occurs in the New Testament more than 100 times,The exact phrase above occurs not at all in the Hebrew Bible and only once in the deuterocanonical/apocryphal Wisdom of Solomon (10:10) (John P.
Kingdom of Gomma The Kingdom of Gomma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. It shared its northern border with Limmu-Ennarea, its western border with Gumma, its southern border with Gera, and its eastern border with Jimma.
Kingdom of Gumma The Kingdom of Gumma was one of the kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 19th century. Its eastern border was formed by the bend of the Didessa River, which separated it from (proceeding downstream to upstream) Limmu-Ennarea to the northeast, Gomma and Gera to the south.
Kingdom of Gwent Gwent was one of the kingdoms or principalities of mediæval Wales Wales, in the Welsh Marches. It is traditionally bounded on the east by the River Wye, the west by the River Usk and the south by the Severn Estuary.
Kingdom of Halicz-Wołyń The Kingdom of Halicz-Wołyń (Ruthenian: Galicka-Wałyńskaje Karalewstwa, Polish: Królestwo Halicko-Wołyńska, Ukrainian: Галицько-Волинське Королівство, Latin: regnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae, Austro-Bavarian: Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien, Alemannic: Kenigriich Galizien und Lodomerien) was a kingdom in Eastern Europe bordered by Black Ruthenia, The Principality of Turaw-Pinsk, The Principality of Kijów, Golden Horde, The Kingdom of Hungary, The Kingdom of Poland, and The Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
Kingdom of Heaven (film) Kingdom of Heaven is a film released on May 6, 2005, written by William Monahan, and directed and produced by Ridley Scott. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson, Alexander Siddig, Ghassan Massoud, Edward Norton, Jon Finch, Michael Sheen and Liam Neeson.
Kingdom of Holland The Kingdom of Holland 1806 - 1810 (, ) was set up by Napoleon Bonaparte as a puppet kingdom for his third brother, Louis Bonaparte, in order to better control the Netherlands. The name of the leading province, Holland, was now taken for the whole country.
Kingdom of Humanity The Kingdom of Humanity, surrounded by the Humanity Sea, a micronation, was a kingdom in the Spratly Islands established in 1878 by British captain James George Meads, who proclaimed himself King James I. Offered as a home for the poor and oppressed of Europe, at the time of King James' death in 1888 the kingdom had around 2,000 residents.
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a kingdom in Central Europe that existed de facto from 1000 to 1526. Afterwards it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy, while the title "King of Hungary" became part of the official title of the Emperor of Austria, until 1918 (the dissolution of Austria-Hungary).
Kingdom of Champasak Kingdom of Champasak (1713-1946) was a kingdom in southern Laos that broke away from the Lan Xang kingdom in 1713. The Kingdom of Champasak prospered at the beginning the 18th century, but it was reduced to a vassal state of Siam before the century had passed.
Kingdom of Chile The Kingdom of Chile (Spanish: Reino de Chile), also known as the General Captaincy of Chile (CapitanĂ­a General de Chile), was an administrative territory of the Spanish Empire from 1541 to 1818, the year in which it declared itself independent, becoming the Republic of Chile. It had a number of governors over its long history, and technically one king, from which it derived its unusual designation as a "kingdom.
Kingdom of Chu King of Chu was the title used by several rebellion leaders during the collapse of Qin Dynasty. Using the old Warring State name of Chu, these Kings claimed to be the rightful ruler of the old Chu territory (Nowaday provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu).
Kingdom of Imereti The Kingdom of Imereti was established in 1455 by a member of the house of Bagration when the Kingdom of Georgia was dissolved into rival kingdoms. Before that time, Imereti was considered a separate kingdom within the Kingdom of Georgia, to which a cadet branch of the Bagration royal family held the crown beginning in 1260 by Davit VI, King of Georgia.
Kingdom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel Hebrew: מַלְכוּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Hebrew Malḫut Yisraʼel, Tiberian Hebrew Malḵûṯ Yiśrāʼēl) is one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy (also often called the 'Kingdom of Israel'). It existed from roughly 930s BCE until about 720s BCE.

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