In the year 9, Augustus ordered and forced Tiberius to adopt Germanicus, who happened to be Tiberius's nephew, as his son and heir.

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

He was the only child of Agrippina the Younger through her first marriage to Domitius, and through her, he was great-great grandson of the Emperor Augustus, great-grandnephew and adoptive great-grandson of the Emperor Tiberius, nephew of the Emperor Caligula, as well as great-nephew and stepson of the Emperor Claudius.

Because the people wished a younger regent, Anton agreed to appoint his nephew Frederick Augustus Prince Co-Regent ( de: Prinz-Mitregenten ).

Without surviving male issue, Anton was succeeded as King by his nephew, Frederick Augustus II.

Germanicus was the grandson-in-law and great-nephew of the Emperor Augustus, nephew and adoptive son of the Emperor Tiberius, father of the Emperor Caligula, brother of the Emperor Claudius, and the maternal grandfather of the Emperor Nero.

Lacking any male child and heir Augustus married his only daughter Julia to his nephew Marcus Claudius Marcellus.

* Marcus Claudius Marcellus, son of Octavia and nephew of Augustus ( b. 42 BC )

In 14 CE, just after Augustus ' death and the accession of his heir and stepson Tiberius, a massive raid was conducted by the new emperor's nephew Germanicus.

In June 1705, Queen Sophia Charlotte's nephew, George Augustus, the electoral prince of Hanover, visited the Ansbach court, supposedly " incognito ", to inspect Caroline, as his father the Elector did not want his son to enter into a loveless arranged marriage as he himself had.

The nephew of three childless uncles, George Augustus was under pressure to marry and father an heir, or risk putting the Hanoverian succession at risk.

( d. BC 23 )-Son of Octavia and favorite nephew of Augustus

Rumor had it that when Marcellus, nephew of Augustus, died in 23 BC, it was no natural death, and that Livia was behind it.

The main beneficiaries of his will were his nephew, Peregrine Palmer Fuller Palmer Acland ( 1789 – 1871 ) and General Sir Augustus Elliot Fuller ( 1777 – 1857 ) who was John Fuller's first cousin once removed.

* Marcus Claudius C. f. C. n. Marcellus, nephew of Augustus and stepson of Marcus Antonius ; he was adopted by his uncle and married to his cousin, Julia.

Following his first wife's death, he married Claudia Pulchra, daughter of Claudia Marcella Minor ( daughter of consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor and Octavia Minor, elder sister of Augustus ) and consul Aemilius Lepidus Paullus ( nephew of Triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ).

In 44 BC, for example, it ratified the will of Julius Caesar, and with it Caesar's adoption of his nephew Gaius Octavian ( the future Roman emperor Augustus ) as his son and heir.

In 18 AD, Germanicus, nephew and adopted son of Augustus, stopped over at Nicopolis on his way to Syria.

** Marcus Claudius Marcellus ( Julio-Claudian dynasty ) ( 42-23 BC ), often simply called Marcellus, nephew and son-in-law of the Emperor Augustus

( General Hoge was the nephew of his wife's father and Eleanor Howe was the niece of her husband's mother, thus they were cousins, both grandchildren of Major Joseph Howe, who was the brother ( most likely ) or cousin of: George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe ; Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, 4th Viscount Howe ; and Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe.

* 2nd great-grand nephew of George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe ; Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe, and William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe.

His nephew, Lewis Condict, and great-grandson, Augustus W. Cutler, would later serve in the U. S. Congress.

He was the youngest son of Francis George Hare of Herstmonceux, East Sussex, and Gresford, Flintshire, Wales, and nephew of Augustus William Hare and Julius Hare.

He died in Rome in 1834, the same year his nephew and namesake, Augustus Hare, was born.

Yellow Wolf was there, nephew of the young chief by an older brother long dead, in whom also the disordered chemistries of youth worked.

He also vanquished Alfonso VII of León, came to the rescue of his mother, whose nephew he was, and thus freed the kingdom from political dependence on the crown of his cousin of León.

In addition to being married to Jochebed, Amram is also described in the Bible as having been related to Jochebed prior to the marriage, although the exact relationship is uncertain ; some Greek and Latin manuscripts of the Septuagint state that Jochebed was Amram's father's cousin, and others state that Amram was Jochebed's cousin, but the Masoretic text states that he was Jochebed's nephew.

His sons Euphorion and Euæon and his nephew Philocles also become playwrights.

There are also anthroposophical movements to renew speech and drama, the most important of which are based in the work of Marie Steiner-von Sivers ( speech formation, also known as Creative Speech ) and the Chekhov Method originated by Michael Chekhov ( nephew of Anton Chekhov ).

Married in 1507 Spanish-Italian Fernando d ' Avalos, marquis of Pescara, deceased 1525, adopting on becoming a widow, Alfonso d ' Ávalos, also marquis del Vasto, a nephew of her former husband.

He had designated his nephew, Frederick von Staufen duke of Swabia, also known as Frederick II, Duke of Swabia as his successor.

Cyril also helped a member of his family in pursuit of religious career in 366, appointing his nephew Galesius to the bishopric of Caesarea.

As Sir Francis Drake had no children, his estate and titles passed on to his nephew ( also named Francis ).

From 1515 to 1523, the Habsburg government in the Netherlands also had to contend with the Frisian peasant rebellion, led first by Pier Gerlofs Donia and then by his nephew Wijerd Jelckama.

From 1840 onwards, his nephew Christian Weiss was also involved in the business.

The uncle / nephew relationship also is prominent:

He was attended by Ahaziah, the king of Judah, who was also his nephew ( f ) Jehu slew Jehoram and became king himself.

Lee's nephew, Fitzhugh Lee, also arrived at the academy in 1852.

By 1212 John had successfully concluded alliances with Renault of Dammartin, who controlled Boulogne, and Count Ferdinand of Flanders, as well as Otto IV, a contender for the crown of Holy Roman Emperor in Germany ; Otto was also John's nephew.

As the kingdom was by now a relatively unimportant state, the Mongols paid little attention to it, but there were a few skirmishes in 1260: the forces of Julian of Sidon killed the nephew of Kitbuqa, who responded by sacking Sidon, and John II of Beirut was also captured by the Mongols during another raid.

Gerald's snobbish wife, Helen, who detests Wimsey, and their devil-may-care heir, Viscount St. George ( Wimsey's nephew, who likes him ), also make appearances in the novels, as does Lady Mary, the younger sister of the Duke and Lord Peter.

He also stood firm against nepotism, rebuking his predecessor Pope Pius IV to his face when he wanted to make a 13-year old member of his family a cardinal and subsidise a nephew from the Papal treasury.

Another nephew, Cinzio Papareschi ( died 1182 ), was also a cardinal, raised to the cardinalate in 1158, after Innocent's death.

His nephew Pietro Riario also benefited from his nepotism.

He also encouraged the Venetians to attack Ferrara, which he wished to obtain for another nephew.

The Anonymous Valesianus tells an account about his choosing of a successor: Anastasius could not decide which of his three nephews should succeed him, so he put a message under a couch and had his nephews take seats in the room, which also had two other seats ; he believed that the nephew to sit on the special couch would be his proper heir.

He was also the great nephew of both George Sandys ( 2 March 1577 – March 1644 ), an English traveller, colonist and poet ; and of Sir Edwin Sandys ( 9 December 1561 – October 1629 ), an English statesman and one of the founders of the London Company.

In 1825 Bowdler's nephew, also called Thomas Bowdler, published his Memoir of the Late John Bowdler, Esq., to Which Is Added, Some Account of the Late Thomas Bowdler, Esq.