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Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy ; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair.
Her silence, however, strengthened her own political security: she knew that if she named an heir, her throne would be vulnerable to a coup ; she remembered that the way " a second person, as I have been " had been used as the focus of plots against her sister, Queen Mary.
Her unwillingness to commit herself to the cause, Leicester's own shortcomings as a political and military leader and the faction-ridden and chaotic situation of Dutch politics were reasons for the campaign's failure.
Her political focus was not specifically on women or their liberation.
Her personal letters to leaders of the Revolution influenced policy ; in addition, she often hosted political gatherings of the Brissotins, a political group which allowed women to join.
Her attorney said Olson would fight the action and added that the action was a political move.
Her reputation has been altered over the years according to changing social and political perspectives, especially after the Mexican Revolution, when she was portrayed in dramas, novels, and paintings as an evil or scheming temptress.
Her husband wrote specifically that, if he should die when his heir was still a minor, his widow was not to be allowed any political influence whatsoever.
Her family had links with many diverse political strands in Ireland.
In addition to being the leader of a great political party and the head of Her Majesty's Government, the modern Prime Minister is the leader of the House of Commons.
The development of the British constitution, which is not a codified document, is based on this fusion in the person of the Monarch, who has a formal role to play in the legislature ( Parliament, which is where legal and political sovereignty lies, is the Crown-in-Parliament, and is summoned and dissolved by the Sovereign who must give his or her Royal Assent to all Bills so that they become Acts ), the executive ( the Sovereign appoints all ministers of His / Her Majesty's Government, who govern in the name of the Crown ) and the judiciary ( the Sovereign, as the fount of justice, appoints all senior judges, and all public prosecutions are brought in his or her name ).
Her long reign saw Britain reach the zenith of its economic and political power.
Her book, My Chicago ( ISBN 0-8101-2087-9 ), was published in 1992, and covers her life through her political career.
Her relationship with the comtesse du Barry was one which was important to rectify, at least on the surface, because Madame du Barry was the mistress of Louis XV, and thus had considerable political influence over the king.
Her close friendship with Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, turned sour as the result of political differences.
Her son, James Crofts ( afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch ), was one of Charles's many acknowledged illegitimate children who became prominent in British political life and society.
Her tenure included four regencies during her husband's stays in Hanover, and she is credited with strengthening the Hanoverian dynasty's place in Britain during a period of political instability.
Her Majesty's Government advises the Sovereign on a new peerage, under a process which scrutinises appointments to political honours.
Her father, Robert Goulden, came from a modest Manchester merchant family with its own background of political activity.
Her third book, Red Flag 1927 collected much of her political poetry.
Her mix of sexual prowess with the political power is a threat to Roman politics.
Her political ambitions and lack of respect for most of the elder revolutionaries within the Central Committee became notorious.
Her circle assisted in the political preservation of the Roman Empire ’ s borders and affairs of the client states.

Her and sympathies
His tenure of the Foreign Office was noteworthy for the famous dispatch in which he defended Italian independence: " Her Majesty's Government will turn their eyes rather to the gratifying prospect of a people building up the edifice of their liberties, and consolidating the work of their independence, amid the sympathies and good wishes of Europe " ( 27 October 1860 ).
Her religious sympathies, and whether she was a Protestant or a Catholic after 1524, have been debated.
Her sympathies were aroused to help the lowly and neglected, and the cry of her heart went forth in this hymn, which has become a battle-cry for the great army of Christian workers throughout the world.
Her forms were always clear and her ideas free from eccentricity ; her sympathies were evidently with the Classic rather than with the Romantic school.
“‘ Her broad sympathies, her quick wits, her intuitions and her delight in self-sacrifice ’ give her an undoubted advantage .”

Her and may
Her acquaintance with him parallels her writing a number of poems, which may suggest she fell in love with him.
Her death certificate gives the cause of death as phthisis ( tuberculosis ), but many biographers suggest she may have died from dehydration and malnourishment, caused by excessive vomiting from severe morning sickness or hyperemesis gravidarum.
Her name may have to do with the fact that Hylas was the son of Theiodamas, the king of the Dryopes.
Her early death may have inspired some of his writing.
Her lasting influence may have caused certain monasteries and churches in Saxony to be dedicated to this saint.
Her birthplace may have been Poitiers, Bordeaux, or Nieul-sur-l ' Autise, where her mother died when Eleanor was 6 or 8.
Her almost 60-year career crossed most media frontiers with both supporting and leading roles, but she may be best-remembered for playing the sardonic but engaging title character, a high school teacher, on Our Miss Brooks, and as the Rydell High School principal in the films Grease and Grease 2.
Her birth name ( maiden name ) may be reflected in her children's middle names ; her own middle name ; or dropped entirely.
In parliamentary systems the head of state may be merely the nominal chief executive officer of the state, possessing executive power ( hence the description of the monarch's governments in the UK Commonwealth realms as His / Her Majesty's Government ; a term indicating that all power belongs to the sovereign and the government acts on Her Majesty's behalf, not parliament's ).
* Trilogie van de Laatste Dag ( 1996 – 97 ) ( each of its three sections may be performed separately: ( i ) The Last Day ( texts by Lucebert, folksong A Woman and Her Lass ) for boy soprano, 4 male voices, orchestra ; ( ii ) TAO ( texts by Laozi, Kotaro Takamura ) for 4 female voices, piano voice, koto, small orchestra winds, 2 horns, harp, piano (+ celesta ), 2 percussion, minimum 14 strings ; ( iii ) Dancing on the Bones ( text by the composer ) for children's chorus, orchestra, 1997 )
In practice this means that the Sovereign reviews state papers and meets regularly with the Prime Minister, usually weekly, when she may advise and warn him regarding the proposed decisions and actions of Her Government.
) The style used is normally His Excellency / Her Excellency (); sometimes people may orally address the President as ' Your Excellency ' ( ), or simply ' President ' ( ).
Her mother was also named Marie-Madeline, and this plethora of " Maries " may have been the reason she went by Sophie.
Also in 1979, in the first revised edition of " Real Magic ", Bonewits defined " thealogy " in his Glossary as " Intellectual speculations concerning the nature of the Goddess and Her relations to the world in general and humans in particular ; rational explanations of religious doctrines, practices and beliefs, which may or may not bear any connection to any religion as actually conceived and practiced by the majority of its members.
The head of Her Majesty's Government ; the Prime Minister, also has weekly meetings with the sovereign, where she may express her feelings, warn, or advise the Prime Minister in the Governments work.
Her mother Rit ( who may have been the child of a white man ) was a cook for the Brodess family.
Catherine Clinton suggests that anger over the 1857 Dred Scott decision may have prompted Tubman to return to the U. S. Her land in Auburn became a haven for Tubman's family and friends.
Her cults may represent the religiously legitimate charm and seduction of the divine by mortals, in contrast to the formal, contractual relations between most members of Rome's official pantheon and the state, and the unofficial, illicit manipulation of divine forces through magic.
Her visit to Tuvalu was cut short after an illness, which may have been viral pneumonia, and she was flown to Australia to recuperate.
Her argument was that the actual exploitation is an ethical failing, a human exploitation ; a perception of the poor as organ sources which may be used to extend the lives of the wealthy.
Her policies, therefore, may be seen as desperate measures to keep the Valois monarchy on the throne at all costs, and her patronage of the arts as an attempt to glorify a monarchy whose prestige was in steep decline.
Her physical condition may have limited her mobility on the stage, but the charm of her voice, which had altered little with age, ensured her triumphs.

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