Suleiman ibn Kutalmish was the son of the contender for Arslan's throne ; he was appointed governor of the north-western provinces and assigned to completing invasion of Anatolia.

In 1802 Ampère was appointed a professor of physics and chemistry at the École Centrale in Bourg-en-Bresse, leaving his ailing wife and infant son in Lyon.

Shortly afterwards, Andrew made an alliance again with Leszek I and they occupied Halych where again Andrew's son was appointed to prince.

Later, however, her daughter-in-law, the Byzantine princess Theophano, turned her husband Otto II against his mother, and she was driven from court in 978 ; she lived partly in Italy, and partly with her brother Conrad, king of Burgundy, by whose mediation she was ultimately reconciled to her son ; in 983 Otto appointed her as his viceroy in Italy.

After George Frederick's death in 1603, the Polish king Zygmunt Waza appointed Joachim Frederick as regent in 1605, and permitted his son, John Sigismund, to succeed him in 1611.

The headship of the family is in dispute between Charles Napoléon, born 1950, great-great-grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte by his second marriage ; and his son Jean-Christophe ( born 1986 ) who was appointed heir in the will of his grandfather Prince Louis Napoléon.

When Chilperic II died the following year ( 720 ), Charles appointed as his successor the son of Dagobert III, Theuderic IV, who was still a minor, and who occupied the throne from 720 to 737.

Beatty was instead appointed to HMS Alexandra, flagship in the Mediterranean Squadron commanded by Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh's, Queen Victoria's second son.

He hoped to be appointed to the Custom House in Philadelphia with help from President Tyler's son Robert, an acquaintance of Poe's friend Frederick Thomas.

Around 800 Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, appointed Einhard, the biographer of Charlemagne, as abbot of both abbeys.

In 318, Gregory appointed his second son Aristaces as the next Catholicos in line of Armenia's Holy Apostolic Church to stabilize and continue strengthening Christianity not only in Armenia, but also in the Caucasus and Anatolia.

Muawiyah arranged for his son Yazid I to be appointed caliph on his death, which came in 680.

When the elder Adams became president, he appointed his son in 1797 as Minister to Prussia at Washington's urging.

Not the sons of Moses — as Moses himself had expected — but Joshua was appointed successor to the son of Amram ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xii ).

Queen Melisende, now regent for her elder son Baldwin III, appointed a new constable, Manasses of Hierges, to head the army after Fulk's death, but Edessa could not be recaptured, despite Zengi's own assassination in 1146.

Jean's eldest son, Prince Henri, was appointed " Lieutenant Représentant " ( Hereditary Grand Duke ) on 4 March 1998.

Moses appointed Joshua, son of Nun, to succeed him as the leader of the Israelites.

Sanjō's elder son was appointed as Go-Ichijō's successor.

In about 1239 he appointed his son Vaišvilkas to govern these areas, then known as Black Ruthenia.

He appointed his illegitimate son Giacomo, born to his mistress at Bologna before his papacy, castellan of Sant ' Angelo and Gonfalonier of the Church ; Venice, anxious to please, enrolled him among its nobles.

He sent an army under his son Louis, the recently appointed Viceroy of Italy, to re-establish his authority.

He appointed Afonso III administrator of Portugal, and lent his protection to Ottokar, the son of the King of Bohemia.

Gerbert was a natural candidate for his succession, but Hugh Capet appointed Arnulf, an illegitimate son of Lothair instead.

Puyi, the oldest son of Prince Chun, was appointed successor at the age of two, leaving Zaifeng with the regency.

Long term political and government appointments, such as those of King Abdullah, who was the Commander of the National Guard from 1963 until 2010, when he then appointed his son to replace him ), Crown Prince Sultan, was Minister of Defence & Aviation from 1962 to 2011, Prince Nayef was the Minister of Interior from 1975 until his death in 2012, Prince Saud has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1975 and Prince Salman, was the Governor of the Riyadh Region from 1962 to 2011, resulting in the creation of " power fiefdoms " for senior princes.

The first cardinal from the family was appointed in 1206 when Giovanni Colonna di Carbognano was made Cardinal Deacon of SS.

Pacelli was made a Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo on 16 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI, and within a few months, on 7 February 1930, Pius XI appointed him Cardinal Secretary of State, responsible for foreign policy and state relations throughout the world.

Gregory XII appointed Carlo Malatesta and Cardinal Giovanni Dominici of Ragusa as his proxies.

His great-nephew Giovanni Antonio Cardinal Facchinetti de Nuce, juniore, was one of two Cardinals appointed during the weeks of Innocent IX's pontificate.

The exception may perhaps be Giovanni Sclafenato, who was appointed as cardinal according to the papal epitaph on his tomb for " ingenuousness, loyalty and his others gifts of soul and body ".

After his death, his namesake Giovanni Gaetano Orsini was appointed a cardinal by Pope John XXII.

The club appointed former manager Bert van Marwijk and was able to make a number of high profile signings amongst which Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Roy Makaay.

* October 7: Giovanni Lajolo is appointed foreign minister of the Vatican.

Shortly afterwards he was appointed by Cardinal Bessarion to a benefice in Calabria, where the later years of his life were spent, and where he died about 1475 and was buried in the Basilian monastery of San Giovanni a Piro.

In December 1997, Elkann was selected by his grandfather Gianni Agnelli to take the place in the family business of Giovanni Alberto-the son of Gianni ’ s younger brother, Umberto, who had died at the age of 33 – and he was appointed to the Fiat Board at the age of 22.

He was appointed as assistant to the astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati in 1862, professor at the technological institute of Bologna in 1864, professor of physics at the University of Cagliari in 1873, and, finally, successor to his father in 1881 in the chair of technological physics at the University of Pisa.

Eventually the group favoring local talent prevailed, ending the dominance of foreign musicians in Venice ; in 1603, Giovanni Croce was appointed to the job, followed by Giulio Cesare Martinengo in 1609 and Claudio Monteverdi in 1613.

* Nineteen-year-old Giovanni Battista Martini is appointed chapel-master of the Franciscan church at Bologna '

He has yet to play under head coach Giovanni Trapattoni who was appointed in 2008.

When Rommel left Tunisia in March 1943, after the failed attack at Medenine ( Operation Capri ), Bayerlein was appointed German liaison officer under the new commander, Giovanni Messe: in practice, Bayerlein acted as he saw fit, disregarding the Italian's orders.

* Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, Italian composer of the Roman School, is appointed maestro di cappella at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.

Ugolino, now appointed capitano del popolo for ten years, was now the most influential man in Pisa but was forced to share his power with his nephew Nino Visconti, son of Giovanni.

Lippi was appointed head of the Italian national team on July 2004, following a disappointing Euro 2004 campaign by Giovanni Trapattoni.

The government appointed Giovanni as ambassador of the Florentine Republic to Forlì.

Giovanni Trappatoni was appointed Ireland manager for the qualification campaign ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and with it is has cemented Richard Dunne as Ireland's top defender and one of the best players.

The commission appointed to review the abuses in the church was presided over by Gasparo Cardinal Contarini and consisted of eight additional cardinals: Girolamo Aleandro, Tommaso Badia, Giovanni Pietro Carafa ( the later Pope Paul IV ), Gregorio Cortese, Federigo Fregoso, Gianmatteo Giberti, Reginald Pole, and Jacopo Sadoleto.

In fact, Giovanni Gentile was appointed the task of creating an education system deemed fit for the fascist system.

In 1635 Juan Gonzales de Leon was regent Giovanni Battista Galvani was baccalaureaus at the College of Saint Thomas in 1646, and was appointed regent in 1662.