* 1594 – Having already inherited the throne of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth through his mother Catherine Jagellonica of Poland in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592.

Having succeeded in defeating their foes, the majority of the Gauls returned to their homelands but retained an occupation force and colonial settlements throughout the Greek world.

Having borne only a female heir presumptive, it appeared that Ferdinand would be succeeded by his brother, Infante Carlos of Spain.

Having outlived his father Philip, Charles succeeded Maximilian as Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, and thus ruled both the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire simultaneously.

Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.

Having survived his own son, he is succeeded by Cranaus.

Having succeeded Anderson at Louisville, Sherman now had principal military responsibility for Kentucky, a border state in which Confederate troops held Columbus and Bowling Green and were present near the Cumberland Gap.

Having no son, he is succeeded by his son-in-law, Mirian.

Having succeeded his father at such a young age, Francis Hyacinth did not rule de facto being only 5 years old.

Having caught a fever, he died at the Castle of Valentino, and was succeeded by his brother Charles Emmanuel II.

Having succeeded in ceasing his mother's power in Savoy, Victor Amadeus looked to his oncoming marriage with the youngest child of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans ( brother of Louis XIV ) and Henrietta of England.

Having been elected King of the Romans in 1636, he succeeded his father as Holy Roman Emperor in 1637.

Having quadrupled the area of Baden, Charles Frederick died in June 1811, and was succeeded by his grandson, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, who was married to Stéphanie de Beauharnais ( 1789-1860 ), a cousin of Empress Josephine's first husband who had been adopted by Napoleon I.

Having been made a Privy Councillor, Ormonde succeeded Lord Rochester as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1703.

Having failed to buy into Thames Television in 1985, Carlton finally succeeded in ousting that broadcaster in the 1991 / 92 franchise round, for reasons that were seen as political.

Having succeeded as Duke of Devonshire in 1891 and entered the House of Lords, he eventually joined Salisbury's third government in 1895 as Lord President of the Council.

Having held professorial appointments at Kiel and Heidelberg, he succeeded his tutor, Friedrich Ritschl, in the chair of classical philology at Leipzig, where he died.

Having succeeded to the earldom in 1891, Macdonald's prediction came true when Lord Minto was named Governor General of Canada in the summer of 1898.

Having assented, General Van Rensselaer resigned immediately after the battle and was succeeded as senior officer on the Niagara by Alexander Smyth, the officer whose insolence had badly injured the invasion attempt.

Having succeeded with GM, the UAW next turned its attention to Chrysler, which quickly came to terms.

Having succeeded his father as the 6th Earl of Fife, he was elevated to Duke of Fife and Marquess of Macduff in the Peerage of the United Kingdom two days after his marriage in 1889 to Princess Louise of Wales, the eldest daughter of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales ( later King Edward VII ) and Alexandra of Denmark.

Having succeeded another dynamic young minister, Patrick Hillery, O ' Malley acted swiftly to introduce the recommendations that were made in an official report regarding education.

Having succeeded at the Ministry of Transport, in 1937 he was controversially appointed by Neville Chamberlain as Secretary of State for War replacing the popular Alfred Duff Cooper, who later resigned from the government over Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.

Having succeeded an experienced leader in an election-year, he failed to establish himself in time.

Having learned from his grandfather, Bellini left provincial Catania in June 1819 to study at the conservatory in Naples, with a stipend from the municipal government of Catania.

Having killed his grandfather by accident, Perseus could not, or would not, inherit the throne of Argos.

Having been exposed to erudite philosophical literature as a young boy under the tutelage of Isaco Garsin, his maternal grandfather, he continued to read and be influenced through his art studies by the writings of Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Carducci, Comte de Lautréamont, and others, and developed the belief that the only route to true creativity was through defiance and disorder.

Having strengthened his forces, he marched towards Lucera to join the Saracen troops settled there since the time of his grandfather.

Having studied at Frankfurt ( Oder ) and at Oxford, Jablonski entered upon his career as a preacher at Magdeburg in 1683, and then from 1686 to 1691 he was the head of the Brethren college at Polish Leszno (), a position which had been filled by his grandfather.

Having not earned a call-up to the full England team, Camp stated that he would be keen on playing for Northern Ireland, who he qualifies for through his Newtownards-born grandfather.

Having represented England at youth international level, Blackstock went on to play for the Antigua and Barbuda national team ; he qualified through his grandfather, who was born in Antigua.

Having been the jailor of Ozma's father and grandfather before, Mombi treated Tip as a slave too, as " he " grew up.

Having succeeded his grandfather as Baron Skelmersdale in 1853, he was created Earl of Lathom in 1880.

Having obtained a safe-conduct from Robert Guiscard, the Norman Count ( later Duke ) of Apulia, he returned to his monastery and was duly installed by Cardinal Humbert on Easter Day 1058.

Having persuaded Ottokar's former ally Duke Henry XIII of Lower Bavaria to switch sides, Rudolph compelled the Bohemian king to cede the four provinces to the control of the royal administration in November 1276.

Having graduated in medicine at the University of Jena in 1683, he became court physician to Duke Johann Ernst of Sachsen Weimar in 1687.

Having lost his father in 1254, he grew up at the court of his uncle and guardian, Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria.

Having spent most of 1942 in the Reserve he managed to direct Lifeline ( Norman Armstrong ) starring Frank Pettingell at the Duchess Theatre in July ; and The Duke in Darkness ( Patrick Hamilton ) starring Leslie Banks at the St James's Theatre in October, also taking the role of Gribaux.

Having secured the contempt of both religious camps, popularly hated, and a natural scapegoat, he became the " wicked Duke "— in contrast to his predecessor Somerset, the " good Duke ".

Having served in France, Germany and the Netherlands, Grenville gained the favour of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, took part in the expeditions to Cádiz, to the island of Rhé and to La Rochelle, was knighted, and in 1628 became member of parliament for Fowey, Cornwall.

Having added “ de Buffon ” to his name while traveling with the Duke, he repurchased the village of Buffon, which his father had meanwhile sold off.

Having been squeezed out in 1991 between Edwards and Duke, Roemer chose to run on a much more conservative platform in 1995, emphasizing an anti-crime and anti-welfare stance.

Having assumed the title of Duke of Milan at his coronation, Francis immediately moved to reclaim his holdings in Italy.

Having been an under secretary in Macmillan's Conservative government, the Duke of Devonshire noted " No one who hasn't been a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State has any conception of how unimportant a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State is ".

Having attached himself to Wellington's staff, Álava stuck close to the Duke during the Battle of Waterloo.

Having made the grand tour he returned to Ireland ; and being employed by Parliament on a mission to the Duke of Ormonde, now reduced to the last extremities, he succeeded in concluding a treaty with him on 19 June 1647, thus securing the country from complete subjection to the rebels.

Having studied at Ingolstadt, Vienna, Cracow and Paris, he returned to Ingolstadt in 1507 and in 1509 was appointed tutor to Louis and Ernest, the two younger brothers of William IV, Duke of Bavaria, all three the sons of Albert the Wise, the late duke of Bavaria.

Having retired from Duke Energy after 29 years of service in early 2008 to run for governor, McCrory decided to return to the private sector.

Having heard of Birutė's beauty, Kęstutis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, came to make her his wife.

Having established his personal neutrality, the Duke of Sagan saw treasures from the Louvre ( like the Winged Victory of Samothrace and the Venus de Milo ) safely sheltered at Valençay.

Having assembled 21 ships of the line and eight large frigates under his flag, Prince Karl, Duke of Södermanland decided to intercept the Russian fleet near the island of Öland.

Having been a trustful supporter of Duke Carl, who became regent of Sweden in 1599 and king 1604, Magnus Brahe was declared Count of Visingsborg instead.