Before his accession as Pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.

Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors.

Before her husband's accession she was successively Duchess of York, Duchess of Cornwall and Princess of Wales.

Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Before his accession to the Portuguese throne, John VI bore the titles of Duke of Braganza and Duke of Beja, as well as the title of Prince of Brazil.

Before his accession to the throne, he was the main advisor of his brother, Géza I of Hungary, who was fighting against their cousin, King Solomon of Hungary.

Before Go-Momozono's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name ( imina ) was or Hanahito

Before Meishō's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, her personal name ( her imina ) was ; and her pre-accession title was.

Before Go-Mizunoo's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name ( his imina ) was or Masahito.

Before Go-Kōmyō's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name ( his imina ) was ; and his pre-accession title was.

Before the end of the northern summer in 268, the events at Mediolanum were to see the assassination of Gallienus, the defeat of Aureolus, and the accession of Claudius II.

Before the accession of the Emperor Anastasius I, Euphemius had made him sign a profession of faith ; eventually he fell foul of the emperor.

Before the accession of the Habsburgs, the nobility was structured according to the offices held in the administration of the Kingdom.

Before their accession to the imperial throne, Maria gave birth to their eldest child, the future Nicholas II, at the Alexander Palace.

Before his accession, he was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Newtown 1830 – 1831, Lincolnshire 1831 – 1832 and North Lincolnshire 1835 – 1846.

Before James's accession in 1685, Petre was vice-provincial of his order.

Before Poland's EU accession, Tomczak served as a Polish observer to the European Parliament.

Before he ascended to the throne, his liaison with Fujiwara no Kusuko, the mother of his one consort, caused a scandal.

Before his ascension to the throne, he was known as Prince Shikitsu-hiko Tamatemi.

Before constructing a temple in dedication to Elagabal, Elagabalus placed the meteorite of Elagabal next to the throne of Jupiter at the temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.

Before his execution in 1553 by Queen Mary for attempting to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne, Dudley had built the new stable block and widened the tiltyard to its current form.

Before the latter became terminally ill, Bismarck did not expect he would live to see Wilhelm ascend to the throne, and thus had no strategy to deal with him.

Before Henry's father Henry VII ascended the throne, England was beset by civil warfare over rival claims to the crown and Henry wanted to avoid a similar uncertainty over the succession.

Before the rule of Claudius Gothicus, there had only been two emperors from the Balkans, but after, there would only be one emperor who did not hail from the provinces of Pannonia, Moesia or Illyricum until the year 378, when Theodosius I from Hispania would take the throne.

Before leaving Siberia, Kamenev actually proposed sending a telegraph thanking the Tsar's brother Mikhail for refusing the throne.

Before the beginning of the story, two brothers leading opposite sides in Thebes ' civil war died fighting each other for the throne.

Before Richard is sent to his death, he " un-kings " himself by giving away his crown, sceptre, and the balm that is used to anoint a king to the throne.

Before long a pro-French party took shape among the nobility, urging that she should be replaced by John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, the closest male relative to the infant prince, and now third in line to the throne.

Before being consolidated in his throne and being able to hand on power to his son John, Henry had to defeat Ferdinand I of Portugal.

Before ascending the throne he was Duke of Beja.

Before he could enter the palace, another potential contender for the throne, Khalid bin Barghash, seized the palace and declared himself sultan.

Before coming to the throne, Jahandar Shah had sailed around the Indian ocean, and had been a very prosperous trader, and was later appointed Subedar of Sindh.

Before he can do so he is poisoned by Commodus ' cronies, who hope to secure their own political future by putting their friend on the throne.

Before the throne stand the seraphim, the six-winged angels.

Before False Dmitri II could gain the throne, the Polish commander, voivode, and magnate Stanisław Żółkiewski, put forward a rival candidate: Sigismund's son, Władysław.

Before he died in 1904, he appointed his son, Prince Yukanthor, as heir apparent to the throne.

Before he left Epirus, Pyrrhus formed an alliance and borrowed soldiers and money from the pretender to the Macedonian throne, Ptolemy Keraunos.

Before leaving for the castle, Leon learns that he must defeat five monsters to gain access to Walter's throne room.

Before the Act was passed, on February 8, 1914 The New York Times published an article entitled " Negro Cocaine ' Fiends ' Are New Southern Menace: Murder and Insanity Increasing Among Lower-Class Blacks " by Edward Huntington Williams which reported that Southern sheriffs had increased the caliber of their weapons from. 32 to. 38 to bring down Negroes under the effect of cocaine.

Before departing for Samoa, Mead had a short affair with the linguist Edward Sapir, a close friend of Ruth Benedict.

Before the influx of Europeans, the Mi ' kmaq people inhabited Prince Edward Island.

Before filming began, several of the film's stars, including Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, and Tom Hanks, endured ten days of " boot camp " training and work on the film set to prepare for their roles.

He is famous for his dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 9 and Dark Shadows, and for blockbusters such as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland, which was the second highest-grossing film of 2010, and the twelfth highest-grossing film of all time.

* June 25 – Before his coronation, King Edward V of England is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who becomes King as Richard III of England.

* 1265 – Before August – Future King Edward I escapes captivity in the hands of Simon de Montfort.

Before the process got underway Edward insisted that he be recognised as Lord Paramount of Scotland.

Before his death, Alger asked Edward Stratemeyer to complete his unfinished works.

Before leaving the Moon on Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong's final task was to place a small package of memorial items to honor Komarov, Yuri Gagarin, and the Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee.

Before the Norman conquest of England Harefield belonged to Countess Goda, the sister of Edward the Confessor.

Before Edward the Confessor became king of England, he was exiled to the continent.

Before 1066 the manor of Wakefield belonged to Edward the Confessor and it passed to William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings.

Before the Tudor period, English kings had been murdered while imprisoned ( for example Edward II or Edward V ) or killed in battle by their subjects ( for example Richard III ), but none of these deaths are usually referred to as regicide.

His film scores have included Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Good Will Hunting, Men in Black, Spider-Man, Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas and dozens more.

Before the wedding mass was celebrated, Edward insisted that Llywelyn should put his seal to an adjustment to the agreement that they had previously made.

Before Depp's casting, the leading role of Edward had been connected to Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Robert Downey, Jr., and William Hurt, while the role of The Inventor was written specifically for Vincent Price, and was ultimately his final performance.

Edward is found living alone in the attic of a Gothic castle, a setting that is also used for main characters in Burton's Batman and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Before the Norman conquest of England in 1066 the settlement was held by Wlwen probably under patronage of King Edward the Confessor.

Before him the last grandchildren born without any title or style were the children of Cecily of York, the daughter of Edward IV.

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manor of Dorton.