The younger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's cousin and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy complexion that caused Edward of Carnarvon's irreverent friend, Piers Gaveston, to nickname him `` Joseph the Jew '', were relatively new to the game of diplomacy, but Pontissara had been on missions to Rome before, and Hotham, a man of great learning, `` jocund in speech, agreeable to meet, of honest religion, and pleasing in the eyes of all '', and an archbishop to boot, was as reliable and experienced as Othon himself.

She always let it be known that there was wine in the pot roast or that the chicken had been marinated in brandy, and that Koussevitzky's second cousin was an intimate of theirs.

My cousin Alma, at whose home I was staying during the convention, introduced me to a group of young people from Rhode Island.

Lincoln rarely raised objections in the courtroom ; but in an 1859 case, where he defended a cousin Peachy Harrison, who was accused of stabbing another to death, Lincoln angrily protested the judge's decision to exclude evidence favorable to his client.

Bronson gave it up after only a month and was self-educated from then on. He was not particularly social and his only close friend was his neighbor and second cousin William Alcott, with whom he shared books and ideas.

In 1137 Conrad III, the Hohenstaufen King of the Germans, deprived Albert's cousin and nemesis, Henry the Proud of his Saxon duchy, which was awarded to Albert if he could take it.

The duke was forced to consent to a condemnation of the teaching of Osiander, and the climax came in 1566 when the Estates appealed to King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, Albert's cousin, who sent a commission to Königsberg.

His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin, once removed.

She was the second granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law, stepdaughter and daughter-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, mother of the Emperor Caligula, maternal second cousin and sister-in-law of the Emperor Claudius and the maternal grandmother of the Emperor Nero.

Vipsania Marcella was Agrippa ’ s second child from his second marriage to Augustus ’ first niece and the paternal cousin of Julia the Elder, Claudia Marcella Major.

Her mother ’ s marriage to Agrippa was her second marriage, as Julia the Elder was widowed from her first marriage, to her paternal cousin Marcus Claudius Marcellus and they had no children.

Through his mother Antonia Major, Domitius was a great nephew of Augustus, first cousin to Claudius, and second cousin to Agrippina and Caligula.

In 39, Agrippina and Livilla, with their maternal cousin, Drusilla's widower Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, were involved in a failed plot to murder Caligula, a plot known as the Plot of the Three Daggers, which was to make Lepidus the new emperor.

Messalina was Agrippina ’ s second paternal cousin.

In the months leading up to her marriage to Claudius, Agrippina's maternal second cousin, the praetor Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, was betrothed to Claudius ’ daughter Claudia Octavia.

Some modern historians theorize that Nero's decision to kill Agrippina was prompted by her plotting to set Gaius Rubellius Plautus ( Nero's maternal second cousin ) or Britannicus ( Claudius ' biological son ) on the throne.

He succeeded his cousin Elagabalus upon the latter's assassination in 222, and was ultimately assassinated himself, marking the epoch event for the Crisis of the Third Century — nearly fifty years of civil wars, foreign invasion, and collapse of the monetary economy.

Alexander was the heir apparent to his cousin, the eighteen-year-old Emperor who had been murdered along with his mother by his own guards, who, as a mark of contempt, had their remains cast into the Tiber river.

Together with his cousin Willem Lodewijk he studied in Heidelberg and later with his eldest half brother Philip William, Prince of Orange in Leiden where he met Simon Stevin.

Additionally, Penman chronicles the life and character of Ellen, daughter of Simon to Montfort's and niece to Henry III ; her betrothal to Llewellyn ( negotiated prior to de Montfort's death ); and the conflict between Ellen and her cousin Edward, soon to become King Edward, who opposes the betrothal.

In January 1996, the band was joined by new member Neil Codling, a cousin of Simon Gilbert who handled keyboards and played second guitar.

His younger brothers are Simon and Timothy, former Conservative Minister of Trade ; David Sainsbury, former Labour Minister for Science, is a cousin.

Whilst his cousin, David Sainsbury, inherited his father Robert Sainsbury's entire 18 % shareholding, Tim Sainsbury had to split his father Alan Sainsbury's 18 % stake with his brothers JD Sainsbury and Simon Sainsbury, and so they held 6 % each.

She was staying at the home of Sara McNeil, another Loyalist and an elderly cousin to the British General Simon Fraser.

He was survived by his daughter, an only child, Mrs. David M. Amberg and family of Grand Rapids ; his sister, Mrs. M. Alsberg of New York city ; William Houseman, a half brother ; Mrs. Simon Mainzer, a half sister, and his cousin, Mr. Joseph Houseman and family.

The lyrics were written originally by his cousin Simon Jenko and then improved collaboratively by both.

He was a cousin of Tirésias Simon Sam, Haiti's president from 1896 to 1902.

At the time, Jimi Goodwin was playing lead guitar in a band called The Risk ; the other members were Joe Roberts ( vocals and Rhodes keyboard ), Steve Green ( rhythm guitar ), Dermot Ahern ( bass guitar ), Jimi's cousin Pat Goodwin ( drums ; after Simon Pitt, the original drummer, left the band ) and managed by Tim Mulryan, who was said to have also managed the infamous " Macc Lads.

During his brief stay in Caracas, MacGregor had met Josefa Antonia Andrea Aristeguieta y Lovera, the daughter of a prominent local family and a cousin of Simon Bolívar.

That's what I call Music " which Richard Branson had brought for his cousin Simon Draper and was hung behind Simon's desk at the Virgin Records office.

The latter was a cousin of Vibhaji, the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar ; Ranjitsinhji's biographers later claimed that Jhalamsinjhi had shown bravery fighting for Vibhaji in a successful battle, but Simon Wilde suggests that this may be an invention encouraged by Ranjitsinhji.

He married Kathleen, daughter of Simon Mangan of Dunboyne Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Meath and a first cousin of Brig Gen Paul Kenna, VC, and had three children.

" Angel Crying " is in the style of a Revivalist Hymn and features 2 members of the soon to be Big Country, then part of her cousin in law Simon Townshend's band On the Air.

A cousin Simon du Ry designed Schloss Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel.

His first cousin, Margaret ( née ) Larkin ( grand-daughter of his grandfather Patrick Kenna ) married Simon Mangan, HM Lieutenant for Co. Meath.

The north side Insane Popes formed even stronger alliance with the Simon City Royals, and called this " first cousin " relationship Royal / Pope / Nation ( RPN ).

In 1271 Guy and Simon discovered that their cousin Henry of Almain ( son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall ) was in Viterbo at the church of San Silvestro.

From Fort George, Henry and Donald McTavish ( first cousin of Simon McTavish ) were being taken back along the Columbia River by five sailors of the Royal Navy to the warship HMS Isaac Todd when their boat capsized and they drowned.

A tragic turn of events lead to the bloody 1271 confrontation between Guy and Simon and their cousin Henry of Almain ( also Edward's cousin, by virtue of his father, Henry III being elder brother to both Eleanor of England and Henry of Almain's father, Richard, Earl of Cornwall ).

David's cousin ( Simon Li's daughter ) is prominent barrister Gladys Li.

He is cousin to the actress Selina Cadell and her brother, the late Simon Cadell.