After the death of his elder brother, Charles Martel of Anjou, he became heir to the crown of Naples ; to obtain the crown of neighbouring Sicily, he married King James of Sicily's daughter Yolanda, in exchange for James's renouncing of Sicily.

In this struggle some important figures such as Count Odo of Paris and his brother King Robert rose to fame and became kings.

Within Leonardo's own lifetime his fame was such that the King of France carried him away like a trophy and was claimed to have supported him in his old age and held him in his arms as he died.

Known as " King Carl " and " The Meal Ticket ", Hubbell gained fame during the 1934 All-Star Game, when he struck out five future Hall of Famers in a row: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin.

Early in his reign, he sent his son Theudebert to battle the Scandinavian King Chlochilaich ( Hygelac of Beowulf fame ) who had invaded his realm.

Radio was a major factor in gaining notice and fame for Benny Goodman, known as the “ King of Swing ”.

King also talks about his fame as a writer, and what it took to get there.

The Biblical tradition of the " Queen of Sheba " ( named Makeda in Ethiopian tradition and Bilqis in Islamic tradition ) makes its first appearance in world literature in 1 Kings 10, describing her as travelling to Jerusalem to behold the fame of King Solomon.

The second offers power, riches and fame in serving the King.

In the early 1920s Honegger shot to fame with his " dramatic psalm " Le roi David (" King David "), which is still in the choral repertoire.

Kenyatta relates of how once in the land of the Agĩkũyũ, there ruled a despotic King called Gĩkũyũ, grandson of the elder daughter according to Leakey of the original Gĩkũyũ of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi fame.

The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship — in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the band's hits.

Here lies the Body of JOHN EVELYN Esq of this place, second son of RICHARD EVELYN Esq who having served the Publick in several employments of which that Commissioner of the Privy Seal in the reign of King James the 2nd was most Honourable: and perpetuated his fame by far more lasting Monuments than those of Stone, or Brass: his Learned and useful works, fell asleep the 27th day of February 1705 / 6 being the 86th Year of his age in full hope of a glorious resurrection thro faith in Jesus Christ.

The sudden dismissal of popular finance minister Jacques Necker by King Louis XVI on 11 July 1789 proved the spark that lit the fuse of Desmoulins ' fame.

In Turpan his fame spread after besting a Tirthika teacher in debate, and King Po-Shui of Kucha came to Turpan to ask Kumārajīva personally to return with him to Kucha city.

In the 19th century William Chappell, an expert on popular music, suggested the possibility that the " Old King Cole " of nursery rhyme fame was really " Old Cole ", alias Thomas Cole-brook, a supposed 12th-century Reading cloth merchant whose story was recounted by Thomas Deloney in his The Pleasant History of Thomas of Reading ( c. 1598 ), and who was well known as a character in plays of the early 17th century.

It may have originated from an ancient legend regarding a Pictish king who slew a giant in the distant past, which had spread throughout the isles, or the name may also come from a sixth-century Pictish saint who bore another form of the name-or it may may have migrated upwards from the southwest due to the fame of the legends of King Arthur.

Bubba Ho-tep is the title of a novella by Joe R. Lansdale which originally appeared in the anthology The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem ( edited by Paul M. Sammon, Delta 1994 ) and was adapted as a 2002 horror-black comedy film starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley — who escaped the pressures of his fame long ago by impersonating an Elvis impersonator and is now a resident in a nursing home.

He was a passionate crusader for civil rights ( Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described him as " the greatest of all the Senators ") and earned fame as an opponent of pork barrel spending.

Tex-Mex / New Wave bands as Vallejo and Joe King Carrasco & the Crowns gained some national fame.

Bill Haley zoomed to fame as the " King of Rock and Roll " when his song " Rock Around the Clock " was featured in the popular film Blackboard Jungle.

The town features many notable Tudor buildings, but its major claim to fame is Tewkesbury Abbey, a fine Norman Abbey, originally part of a monastery, which was saved from the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII after being bought by the townspeople for £ 453 to use as their parish church.

* Grand Order of King Tomislav (" For outstanding contribution to international fame and position of the Republic of Croatia.

Maxwell Bodenheim, an American poet and novelist, was known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians during the 1920s and his writing brought him international fame during the Jazz Age.

To fill King Edward ’ s fame with prisoner kings …

* 1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

** An amateur video captures the beating of motorist Rodney King by Los Angeles, California police officers.

An apocryphal story claims that King Louis XVI ( an amateur locksmith ) recommended that a triangular blade with a beveled edge be used instead of a crescent blade, but it was Schmidt who suggested placing a straight blade at a 45 degree angle.

Martin knocked out King in the first round of an amateur boxing match.

Such creators of famous Anglo-Saxon amateur detectives as Jacques Futrelle, Thomas and Mary Hanshew, G. K. Chesterton, Carolyn Wells, John Dickson Carr, C. Daly King and Joseph Commings turned out novels featuring impossible crimes in vast quantities.

* August 17 – King Frederick II of Prussia, amateur composer ( b. 1712 )

Fortrose Union are the local amateur football club and play at the King George V field in the east of the village.

The King George's Field plays host to the town's amateur Rugby League club Adlington Rangers and the towns Association Football pub teams.

He persuaded Les Eason, then 20 years of age, to join from Finchley and then acquired amateur international Barry King from Hitchin, who became the first player to sign professional forms for the club.

* William Wickham King ( 1863 – 1959 ), amateur geologist

He was educated at King Edward VI College, Stourbridge and during his school years he was introduced to amateur radio by his chemistry teacher.

King was an amateur from a middle-class family, who was able to devote time to cricket thanks to a job set up by his teammates.

Some of the most notable players of the amateur era were Alberto Ohaco, Alberto Marcovecchio, Pedro Ochoa ( known as " The King of dribbling " -" El Rey de la gambeta " in Spanish and a very close friend to Carlos Gardel who wrote the tango " Patadura " honoring Ochoa in 1928 ) and Natalio Perinetti.

King was low amateur at the 1976 U. S. Women's Open, then joined the LPGA Tour in 1977.

Bell played amateur baseball at C. Leon King High School in Tampa, where he attracted the attention of the Toronto Blue Jays.

As a senior level, he played for one the nation's strongest amateur teams at the time, Halifax King of Donair, and a year with Dalhousie University in which he was named All-Canadian CIAU.

One late 20th century actuality video seen thousands of times on television in the months leading up to the LA consumer riots of 1993 was the police beating of Rodney King, filmed by an amateur through the front window of their residence.

Ken Hill was born in Birmingham, England on 28 January 1937 and was educated at King Edward's School, after which he joined an amateur theatrical company, Crescent Theatre, sweeping the floor, making props, writing and directing.

Champions Laver and King had already won Wimbledon twice before in the amateur era.

Initially amateur artists dominated the group, and Bird's closest friends included the amateurs John King, who was also Bird's doctor, and George Cumberland.