In the following dróttkvætt stanza, the Norwegian skald Eyvind Finnson skáldaspillir ( d. ca 990 ) compares the greed of king Harald Gråfell to the generosity of his predecessor Haakon the Good:

He maintained, but with less energy, the policies of his predecessor Nicholas I. Lothar II, king of Lotharingia, who died in 869, left Adrian to mediate between the Frankish kings with a view to assuring the Holy Roman Emperor Louis II the inheritance of Lothar II, Louis's brother.

Boniface was chosen by his predecessor, Pope Felix IV, who had been a strong adherent of the Arian king, and was never elected.

The sons of Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius ' predecessor as king of Rome, remained angry at Tarquinius during his reign.

When Sigismund died in 1437, Albert was crowned king of Hungary on 1 January 1438, and just as his predecessor did, he moved his court to the Hungarian Kingdom from where he later oversaw his other domains.

Offa was forced to build anew the hegemony over the southern English of his predecessor, and he did this so successfully that he became the greatest king Mercia had ever known.

.. At any rate, the king had to get on with the highest statesmen appointed by his predecessor, though possibly disliked by him, until death made a post vacant that he could fill with a relation or a favourite, not, however, without having a certain regard to the wishes of the aristocracy.

The Egyptians envisioned the events of the Osiris myth as taking place sometime in Egypt's dim prehistory, so that Horus, as the king, was regarded as the predecessor and exemplar for all Egyptian rulers.

An early suggestion is that the name for the king in York in the Life of Cathróe has been erroneously supplanted for Eric's predecessor Amlaíb Cuarán ( Olaf Sihtricsson ), whose ( second ) wife Dúnflaith was an Irishwoman.

Fergus becomes king of Ulster after his predecessor, Eochaid Sálbuide, is killed, along with the High King Fachtna Fáthach, by Eochu Feidlech in the Battle of Leitir Ruad.

A gold and a silver disk are inscribed with the name " Salmānu-ašarēd " and could possibly represent this king or his predecessor.

The next king, Jayavarman VIII, was a Shaivite iconoclast who specialized in destroying Buddhist images and in reestablishing the Hindu shrines that his illustrious predecessor had converted to Buddhism.

Cynewulf became king after his predecessor, Sigeberht, was deposed.

Born in Lisbon, the son of King Afonso V of Portugal by his wife, Isabella of Coimbra, princess of Portugal, John II succeeded his father in 1477 when the king retired to a monastery, but only became king in 1481, after the death of his father and predecessor.

John of Fordun and others supposed that Indulf had been king of Strathclyde in the reign of his predecessor, based on their understanding that the kingdom of Strathclyde had become a part of the kingdom of Alba in the 940s.

Ferdinand was first titled " emperor " not by himself or his own scribes, but by the notaries of his half-brother, the petty king Ramiro I of Aragon, whose notaries were also calling Ferdinand's predecessor as king of León by the same title.

Unlike his predecessor, Tullus was known as a warlike king.

Menander's predecessor in Punjab seems to have been the king Apollodotus I.

In 1332 the king of Denmark, Christopher II, died as a " king without a country " after he and his older brother and predecessor had pawned Denmark piece by piece.

In 80 BC, Ptolemy XII's predecessor Ptolemy XI was removed by the Egyptian population from the throne of Egypt after the king had killed his coregent and step mother Berenice III.

According to legend, Blot-Sweyn became king when his predecessor King Inge refused to sacrifice at Uppsala.

However, the most recent academic insights as given in this online 2011 Metropolitan Museum presentation ( see the first 8 minutes ) places the female ruler Neferneferuaten as Akhenaten's immediate successor and distinguishes her from the male king Smenkhkare here who is then identified as Tutankhamun's predecessor on the throne of Egypt.

Kashta is thought to be a brother of his predecessor Alara.

Like its predecessor, Modern Times employed sound effects but almost no speaking.

The one album they recorded, Bluejeans & Moonbeams ( 1974 ) has, like its predecessor, a completely different, almost soft rock sound from any other Beefheart record.

A major undertaking that took almost 10 months of work, DOS 2. 0 was more than twice as big as DOS 1. x, occupying around 28k of RAM compared to the 12k of its predecessor.

It seems that the Mario sprites are almost identical to its predecessor.

By the October poll, following Black Wednesday, their share of the intended vote in the poll had plunged from 43 % to 29 %, while Labour jumped into a lead which they held almost continuously ( except for several brief periods such as during the 2000 Fuel Protests ) for the next 14 years, during which time they won three consecutive general elections under the leadership of Tony Blair ( who became party leader in 1994 following the death of his predecessor John Smith ).

That it outdoes its already impressive enough predecessor could almost go without saying ".

While the location and the characters names had been changed, in most other respects General Hospital was almost identical to its predecessor, Emergency-Ward 10, a deliberate attempt to recreate its success.

The reality was quite different – Eric's predecessor, Eric himself and two of his successors were all murdered almost within a decade, one of the bloodiest times for the Swedish royalty.

Following ancient tradition, the obverse of coins of the United Kingdom ( and predecessor kingdoms going back to the middle ages ) almost always feature the head of the monarch.

* PPI-the predecessor of the UIC gauges had the maximum dimensions with an almost round roof top.

After some pressure from executives, Price decided to start with a blank slate and so the show was almost completely different from its predecessor.

The album, which was recorded almost entirely in E's basement, is lighter and more upbeat than its predecessor.

Astro-2 had almost twice the duration of its predecessor, and a launch at a different time of year allowed the telescopes to view different portions of the sky.

In the game, Solid Snake must infiltrate Zanzibar Land, a heavily defended territory located in Central Asia, to rescue a kidnapped scientist and destroy the revised Metal Gear D. The game significantly evolved the stealth-based game system of its predecessor " in almost every way ," introduced a complex storyline dealing with themes such as the nature of warfare and nuclear proliferation, and is considered " one of the best 8 bit games ever made.

The TNT2 core is almost identical to its predecessor the RIVA TNT, however updates included AGP 4X support, up to 32MB of VRAM, and a process shrink from 0. 35 μm to 0. 25 μm.

Coventry did not possess the phenomenal skills of his predecessor Dick Lee or the aerial prowess of his successor Ron Todd, but relied on tremendous strength and a vice-like grip when marking the ball, a combination that made him almost unstoppable once he had front position.

Jeremy Clarkson has often voiced the opinion that Porsche has " the laziest design team in the world " due to the almost unnoticeable change in external appearance between the 997 and earlier models. The rear bodywork is a total of wider than its predecessor.

In 2001, she repeated this feat with American Pie 2, which opened to $ 45 million dollars and grossed over $ 145 million in the US, almost 50 % more than its predecessor.

According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn he became king when he overthrew his predecessor Conmáel in the Battle of Óenach Macha, and within a year of his accession had won twenty-seven battles against the descendants of Eber Finn, almost completely destroying Eber's line.

This model and its predecessor, the few early production vehicles, were almost indistinguishable.

With the benefit of archaeological discoveries of recent decades, many contemporary historians view the late army as no larger than its predecessor: under Diocletian c. 390, 000 ( the same as under Hadrian almost 2 centuries earlier ) and under Constantine no greater, and probably somewhat smaller, than the Principate peak of c. 440, 000.

The Dead's relationship with Warner Bros. Records was stretched even further by the making of their third album Aoxomoxoa ( 1969 ), which also took around seven months to record and cost $ 180, 000, almost twice as much as its predecessor.

Released in April 1971 as the follow-up of his commercial breakthrough and critical triumph, Sweet Baby James, it almost equaled the acclaim and surpassed the success of its predecessor at the time of its release.

Its predecessor had a weight of almost, but it was used for military purposes during World War II.