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  Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In France the king abolished the relative tolerance towards non-Catholic religions resulting from the Edict of Nantes (1598), by the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685).
The ecumenical Council of Constance in 1415 deposed three of the rival popes, elected a fourth, and extracted a promise from him that future such councils would continue to be called by future popes at regular intervals.
63-65 (supported by a quote of the contemporary Pontus Payen) that William of Orange was perceived as too lenient towards Catholicism to be acceptable as king for the Protestants.
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 Athens - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
Athens became a minor ally of growing Rome, and a period of stagnation was broken only when the city unwisely chose to support Mithradates VI of Pontus against Rome.
As a result, Athens was sacked by the Roman general Sulla in 86 &BC; Nevertheless, Athens sent out many teachers to Rome and retained a certain faded glory as a moderately prosperous small city in the backwash of the empire.
In 1311 the duchy was captured by a band of Catalan soldier-adventurers who offered (1312) the ducal title to King Frederick II of Sicily, a member of the house of Aragón.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Amasia
A titular see and metropolis of Pontus in Asia Minor on the river Iris, now Amasiah.
It was the birthplace of the geographer Strabo, who has left us a striking description of his native city, in a deep and extensive gorge over which rose abruptly a lofty rock, "steep on all sides and descending abruptly to the river".
It was famous in antiquity for its rock-cisterns, reached by galleries, of which some traces remain; also for the tombs of the ancient kings of Pontus hewn in the solid rock.
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 Lists of office-holders - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Dukes of the Archipelago, see Duchy of the Archipelago
Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
Dukes of Savoy, Kings of Sardinia, and Kings of Italy from 1861
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For instance Mobutu Sese Seko is generally considered such "autocrat" that tried to give an appearance of "republican democracy" to his style of government, for instance by allowing something that was generally regarded a sockpuppet opposition.
References where in everyday language countries with a king or emperor as head of state are termed republic have not been encountered.
For instance the United Provinces: after the Oath of Abjuration (1581) the Duke of Anjou and later the Earl of Leicester were asked to rule the Netherlands.
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