King Philip I, named by his Kievan mother with a typically Eastern European name, was no more fortunate than his predecessor although the kingdom did enjoy a modest recovery during his extraordinarily long reign ( 1060 – 1108 ).

When the emperor Macrinus came to power, he suppressed the threat against his reign by the family of his assassinated predecessor, Caracalla, by exiling them — Julia Maesa, her two daughters, and her eldest grandson Elagabalus — to their estate at Emesa in Syria.

The reign of Jehu's predecessor, Jehoram, was marked by the Battle of Ramoth-Gilead against the army of the Arameans ; there Jehoram was wounded and afterwards returned to Jezreel to recover.

Tarquin commenced his reign by refusing burial to his predecessor Servius, thereby earning for himself the name " Superbus " (' proud '), and then putting to death a number of the leading senators, whom he suspected of remaining loyal to Servius.

Regardless of the brevity of his reign, he was prepared to chart a very different course from that of his predecessor.

Innocent's immediate predecessor was Pope Celestine IV, elected 25 October 1241, whose reign lasted a mere fifteen days.

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

Despite this, Elizabeth would not name Mary her heir ; as she had experienced during the reign of her predecessor Mary I, the opposition could flock around the heir if they were disheartened with Elizabeth's rule.

His pontificate was chiefly distinguished by his efforts to repair the damage done by the Saracens during the reign of his predecessor to various churches of the city, especially those of St Peter and St Paul.

The beginning of George VI's reign was taken up by questions surrounding his predecessor and brother, whose titles, style and position were uncertain.

During his reign, Sabinian was seen as a counterfoil to his predecessor Pope Gregory I.

Cerdo, another Gnostic and predecessor of Marcion, also lived at Rome in the reign of Hyginus ; by confessing his errors and recanting he succeeded in obtaining readmission into the bosom of the Church, but eventually he fell back into the heresies and was expelled from the Church.

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.

The Emperor favoured his own daughters over those of his elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, in the succession, ignoring the decree he had signed during the reign of his father, Leopold I. Charles sought the other European powers ' approval.

The Emperor favoured his own daughters over those of his elder brother and predecessor, Joseph I, in the succession, ignoring the Mutual Pact of Succession he had signed during the reign of his father, Leopold I. Charles sought the other European powers ' approval.

Till middle life he was also lieutenant-general in Aragon for his brother and predecessor Alfonso V, whose reign was mainly spent in Italy.

The Dynastic Chronicle may have been composed during his reign as it records the succession of kings from the antediluvian era until that of his immediate predecessor, Nabû-šuma-iškun.

President Kibaki, the economist whose term as Finance minister in the 1970s is widely celebrated as outstanding, has done much to repair the damage to the country ’ s economy during the 24-year reign of his predecessor, President Moi.

A seal of a strategos of Ras has been dated to Tzimiskes ' reign, making it possible for Tzimiskes ' predecessor Nikephoros II Phokas to have enjoyed recognition in Rascia.

Because his predecessor had failed to meet all of the specific costs of the civil government in accordance with the previous arrangement, it was decided that in return for George III surrendering the hereditary revenues from the Crown Estate to Parliament for the duration of his reign, Parliament would assume responsibility for most of the costs of the civil government.

Constantine IV had done away with the requirement during the reign of Pope Benedict II, John V's predecessor, providing that " the one elected to the Apostolic See may be ordained pontiff from that moment and without delay ".

During his reign, the renaissance of letters begun by his predecessor Basil I continued, but the Empire also saw several military defeats in the Balkans against Bulgaria and against the Arabs in Sicily and the Aegean.

The beginning of Frederick III's reign was also plagued by intermittent wars with the Kingdom of Naples ( see War of the Sicilian Vespers ) and also by the Black Death, to which his elder brother and predecessor had succumbed.

While he was traditionally seen as one of Akhenaten's immediate successors, today some Egyptologists such as Aidan Dodson consider him to be the immediate predecessor of Neferneferuaten and a junior co-regent of Akhenaten who did not have an independent reign.

Furthermore, China's first permanent standing navy was assembled and provided an admiral's office at Dinghai in 1132, under the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song.

Despite the fact that Einhard was on intimate terms with Charlemagne, he never achieved office in his reign.

Catholic Emancipation took another 200 years, but many important and loyal Catholics retained high office during King James I's reign.

Many of the Roman symbols both of war and of civil office date from his reign, and he was the first to celebrate a Roman triumph, after the Etruscan fashion, wearing a robe of purple and gold, and borne on a chariot drawn by four horses.

At the start of his reign Julius had desired seriously to bring about a reform of the Catholic Church and to reconvene the Council of Trent, but very little was actually achieved during his five years in office.

Ancient authors disagree on the earliest institution of this office, with some dating it to the reign of Romulus, and also on the exact manner of selection.

Eusebius, in his Ecclesiastical History IV, I, stated that Evaristus died in the 12th year of the reign of the Roman Emperor Trajan, after holding the office of bishop of the Romans for eight years.

He was the only Australian Prime Minister to be in office during the reigns of three monarchs ( George V, Edward VIII, and George VI ), and the only Australian Prime Minister who was in office continuously throughout a monarch's entire reign ( albeit a very short one, the 11 month-reign of Edward VIII ).

Consequently, no senators were put to death during his reign ; he thus kept to his promise that he would assume the office of Pontifex Maximus " for the purpose of keeping his hands unstained ".

During her father's reign she held the powerful office of God's Wife.

This is most clearly seen in the coinage of Justinian ’ s reign, which saw the reintroduction of the Loros, the traditional consular costume that had not been seen on Imperial coinage for a century, while the office itself had not been celebrated for nearly half a century.

Later in Umar's reign as caliph Muhammad ibn Muslamah would be assigned the office of chief inspector of Accountability.

In its first week, The Voyage Home ended " Crocodile " Dundees 8-week reign of the American box office.

The decoration dates from the 16th century, during Doge Girolamo Priùli's reign, who appears in Tintoretto ’ s ceiling painting with the symbols of his office, and accompanied by scenes of biblical stories and allegories of the four seasons, probably by Tintoretto ’ s workshop, Girolamo Bassano and Veronese.

The position of Earl Marshal had a Deputy called the Knight Marshal from the reign of Henry VIII until the office was abolished in 1846.

Constantius ' success in rising from head of the Roman army to Imperial rank obviously influenced the actions of later holders of the patrician office, a list that includes Flavius Aëtius and Ricimer ; however, only Petronius Maximus ever made the same leap, and his reign was even shorter than that of Constantius.

Incurring Anne's disfavour, and caught between Tory and Whig factions, Marlborough, who had brought glory and success to Anne's reign, was forced from office and went into self-imposed exile.

The first mention of the office of ealdorman in Wessex, and the first references to the shires they led, occur during Ine's reign.

The sheriffdoms of Crail, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Forfar, Lanark and Linlithgow appear to date from Malcolm's reign, and the office of Justiciar of Lothian may also date from this period.

The office became hereditary in the family of the Pippinids with powerful mayors of the palace such as Charles Martel, who proclaimed himself Duke of the Franks, and for the last four years of his reign did not even bother with the façade of a King.

It was during the office of Patriarch Philotheos of Alexandria when Gudit started her revolt, near the end of the reign of the king who had deposed the Abuna Petros.

A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation ( e. g. Saudi Arabia, Belgium ) or of a people ( e. g. KwaZulu-Natal ).

In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies ( e. g. Holy Roman Empire ) there have been no limits on the duration of a sovereign's reign or incumbency, nor is there a term of office.

During her reign, her son Hyrcanus II held the office of High Priest and was named her successor.