Emperor Romanos IV was himself taken prisoner and conducted into the presence of Alp Arslan, who treated him with generosity, and, terms of peace having been agreed to, dismissed him, loaded with presents and respectfully attended by a military guard.

Although some sources state that Ealdred attended the coronation of Emperor Henry IV, this is not possible, as on the date that Henry was crowned, Ealdred was in England consecrating an abbot.

In the 1959 novel, Emperor Fu Manchu, he reveals he attended Heidelberg, the Sorbonne, and Edinburgh.

Although greeted by the clergy and people with joy, and despite the satisfaction of being attended by the Emperor in St. Peter's, and of placing the crown upon the head of the Empress, it soon became clear that by changing the seat of his government he had not increased its power.

* " Pattini dheivam " worship is inaugurated in Kannagi Temple in Chera Kingdom in South India, by Emperor Cenkuttuvan ; the function is attended by GajaBahu, king of Central Srilanka ( Mahavamso ).

Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie attended the latter performance.

He had attended the Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen in Ethiopian on November 2, 1930 and knew what the crowning of the Emperor and Empress signified to all African People.

Waley agrees given that Murasaki may have attended ceremonies with Shōshi held for her son, Emperor Go-Ichijō around 1025.

At the invitation of Duke Philip's father, King Maximilian I, he attended the funeral of Emperor Frederick III in 1493 and was recognised as King Richard IV of England.

This service is somewhat more festive in character, and derives its name of " Royal " from both the fact that the Hours are served with more solemnity than normal, commemorating Christ the King who humbled himself for the salvation of mankind, and also from the fact that this service was in the past attended by the Emperor and his court.

The Emperor dined with the pope on the following Saturday, attended Mass again on Sunday at St. Peter's, and after Mass took leave of the pope.

When ambassadors from Emperor Zara Yaqob attended the Council of Florence in 1441, they were confused when council prelates insisted on referring to their monarch as Prester John.

He has been confused with his twin brother Alfonso ( a courtier of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who attended Charles's coronation in Aachen in 1520 and was Latin secretary of state from 1524 ).

In the German Empire he attended an imperial banquet at which he was presented to the Emperor, Wilhelm I, and spoke at length with Otto von Bismarck.

Charles's great-uncle, the 81-year-old Emperor Franz Joseph attended and, relieved to see an heir make a suitable marriage, was in good spirits, even leading the toast at the wedding breakfast.

However, Emperor Shunzong remained seriously ill, and he was often attended to only by the eunuch Li Zhongyan ( 李忠言 ) and his concubine Consort Niu.

On 23 February 1592, he had an audience with Emperor Rudolf II, which he attended together with his brother Sinai and his son-in-law Isaac Cohen ; Prince Bertier was present with the emperor.

The former Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, who had been deposed from the Brazilian throne on the day of Manuel's birth, attended the ceremony.

The performance was attended by the German Emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm I.

He was present during Justin ’ s Imperial accession on November 14, 565, and also attended the Emperor ’ s inauguration as Consul on January 1, 566.

The earliest suggestions of a fast of Baptism of Jesus on January 6 during the 2nd century comes from Clement of Alexandria, but there is no further mention of such a feast until 361 when Emperor Julian attended a feast on January 6 in the year 361.

Around the winter of 194 BC, Liu Fei, the Prince of Qi, Emperor Gaozu's eldest son born to Lady Cao ( 曹氏 ), visited Chang ' an and he and Emperor Hui attended a banquet hosted by the empress dowager.

The Qin Emperor presided over the brutal silencing of political opposition, including the event known as the burning of books and burying of scholars.

Since Emperor Meiji, it has been customary to have one era per emperor and to rename each emperor after his death using the name of the era over which he presided, plus the word Tennō.

In the subsequent public debates, presided over by agents of the Emperor Valens, Gregory and Basil emerged triumphant.

In 1341 the dispute came before a synod held at Constantinople and presided over by the Emperor Andronicus III ; the synod, taking into account the regard in which the writings of the pseudo-Dionysius were held, condemned Barlaam, who recanted and returned to Calabria, afterwards becoming bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.

The next day, after realizing his blunder, Bismarck attempted to reach a compromise with Wilhelm by agreeing to his social policy towards industrial workers, and even suggested a European council to discuss working conditions, presided by the German Emperor.

The formal structure of the Qing government centered on the Emperor as the absolute ruler, who presided over six Boards ( Ministries ) (), each headed by two presidents (; Ma: 40px Aliha amban ) and assisted by four vice presidents (; Ma: 40px Ashan i amban ).

There were movements to take the authority back into the hands of Emperor at the throne, such as the Kemmu restoration by Emperor Go-Daigo, but in general a retired emperor presided as the head of the Kyoto court, with the approval of the Bakufu.

Soon afterward, Liechtenstein joined the German Confederation ( 20 June 1815 – 24 August 1866, which was presided over by the Emperor of Austria ).

While certain court functions remained formal by necessity, the Emperor and Empress nevertheless presided over many basic changes in court life.

The final decisions of Liaison Conferences were formally disclosed and approved at Imperial Conferences over which Emperor Hirohito presided in person at the Tokyo Imperial Palace.

The First Consul ( later Emperor ) presided over Council sessions, and the Council performed many of the functions of a Cabinet.

He took part in the subsequent successful siege of Wittenberg defended by the Electress, Sybille, following which Alba presided at the court-martial which tried the Prince-Elector and condemned him to death as a rebel against the Emperor, wringing from him the Capitulation of Wittenberg ( 1547 ), in which he was compelled to resign the electoral dignity and a great part of his territory to his cousin Maurice.

The Archbishop Fonte presided over the anointment of the Emperor who following Napoleon's example, crowned himself.

Presented with the incriminating evidence and the gravity of the accusations, Emperor Wanli, in an attempt to spare Lady Zheng, personally presided over the case.

In 2009 President Ma Ying-jeou presided over these rites in person and proclaimed that both Chinese culture and common descent from the Yellow Emperor united people from Taiwan and the mainland.

Emperor Akbar Shah II presided over an empire titularly large but in effect limited to the Red Fort in Delhi alone.

From the early Middle Ages there had been a Supreme Court of Justice for the Empire, the Hofgericht, in which the Emperor himself presided.

The Emperor or a deputy still presided in the court and it was still his personal court ; but the members were now officials of the Empire.

Twenty-eight days after Alexander II's election an assembly of German and Lombard bishops and notables opposed to the reform movement was brought together at Basel by the Empress Agnes as regent for her son, Emperor Henry IV ( 1056 – 1105 ), and was presided over by the Imperial Chancellor Wilbert.

Prior to the mid-21st century, an Emperor presided over the Klingon Empire.

Unlike the Committee of Ministers, this council was presided over by a Chairman ( Совет министров ) besides the Emperor, and functioned as a policy making cabinet with its Chairman acting as Prime Minister ( head ) of the government.

He attracted further notice in papal diplomacy and was established at Paris 1535 – 1537 as papal nuncio at the court of François I, where, assisted by his uncle Alberto, he presided over the peace between François and the Emperor Charles V, who was pleased enough to appoint him " protector of the Holy Roman Empire ".

Patriarch Abune Paulos presided over the funerals of Emperor Haile Selassie in 2000 ( even in the face of government hostility to this event ), Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen in 1997, and Princess Tenagnework in 2004.