If sovereigns since Tang were referenced using posthumous names, they were the last ones of their sovereignties or their reigns were short and unpopular.

Yishiha's expeditions returned to the lower Amur several more times during the reigns of Yongle and Xuande, the last one visiting the region in the 1430s.

One-hit wonders are normal in any era of pop music, but are most common during reigns of entire genres that do not last for more than a few years, such as disco, new wave and grunge.

This was however a conscious image, an invocation of the Hellenistic idea Tryphe-meaning good life, which the last Seleucids strove to be associated with, as opposed to the exhausting civil wars and feuds which troubled their reigns in reality.

Probably we should connect with this the statement that Xenocrates called unity and duality ( monas and duas ) deities, and characterised the former as the first male existence, ruling in heaven, as father and Zeus, as uneven number and spirit ; the latter as female, as the mother of the gods, and as the soul of the universe which reigns over the mutable world under heaven, or, as others have it, that he named the Zeus who ever remains like himself, governing in the sphere of the immutable, the highest ; the one who rules over the mutable, sublunary world, the last, or outermost.

The divine world-soul which reigns over the whole domain of sublunary changes he appears to have designated as the last Zeus, the last divine activity.

Inflation over the last thirty years had made the penny much less important, and in fact for the next few reigns the most common coins would be shillings, sixpences, and groats.

* Claudius Claudianus, the last of the Latin classic poets, who flourished during the reigns of Theodosius, Arcadius, and Honorius.

Although England, Ireland and Scotland became constitutional monarchies, after the reigns of Charles II and his brother James II & VII, and with the ascension of William and Mary to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, there have been movements throughout the last few centuries whose aims were to remove the monarchy and establish a republican system.

Popes were apparently the first to assume official ordinals for their reigns, although this occurred only in last centuries of the Middle Ages.

He was next employed in January 1690 as chairman of the select committee of the House of Commons on the Corporation Bill, by which those corporations which had surrendered their charters to the Crown during the last two reigns were restored to their rights ; but he refused to associate himself with the violent measures of retaliation which the Whigs on that occasion endeavoured to include in the bill.

The vast majority of the inscribed oracle bones date to the last 230 or so years of the Shang dynasty ; oracle bones have been reliably dated to the fourth and subsequent reigns of the kings who ruled at Yin ( modern Anyang )— from king Wu Ding to Di Xin.

Later and during the reigns of last Median kings the reforms of Zarathustra spread in northwestern Iran.

In 1491 a final truce was signed that would last through the remaining reigns of Qaitbay and the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II.

An industrial spokesman proclaimed after the last trial: Peace once more reigns in the anthracite coal regions.

The conclusion of the settlement of Kvitsøy with the bagler faction in 1208 led to peace for the last nine years of Inge ’ s reigns, at the price of Inge and the birkebeiner recognising bagler rule over Viken ( the Oslofjord-area ).

Ramesses IV was perhaps the last New Kingdom king to engage in large-scale monumental building after his father as " there was a marked decline in temple building even during the longer reigns of Ramesses IX and VI.

May 2009 saw the last squadron Changes of Command held on base when the reigns of the Patrol Squadron 26 Tridents and the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 62 Nor ’ Easters ( having since been renamed the Nomads ) were handed over to new Commanding Officers.

The stand made during the last three reigns to stay downward progress at last came to an end.

He is buried as the King in a state funeral, and Flavia reigns on alone, the last of the Elphberg dynasty.

Two of his reigns also surrounded the last period in which Vlad III the Impaler ruled over Wallachia.

The novels take place during the reigns of the last five Direct Capetian kings and the first two Valois kings, from Philip the Fair to John II.

During the short reigns of the older two of his three elder brothers, Æthelbald of Wessex and Æthelberht of Wessex, Alfred is not mentioned.

In fact, during the reigns of the final three joint rulers ( 1760 – 1837 ), there was only one short visit, by George IV in 1821.

American wrestler Ric Flair has had multiple world heavyweight championship reigns spanning over three decades.

The Ur empire continued through the reigns of three more kings with Semitic Akkadian names, Amar-Sin, Shu-Sin, and Ibbi-Sin.

* Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaims himself emperor, and reigns for three months before committing suicide.

Toba continued to hold power through the reigns of three emperors, Emperor Sutoku, Emperor Konoe, and Emperor Go-Shirakawa.

Isabella's three brothers each had only short reigns, and Edward had successfully avoided paying homage to Louis X, and had only paid homage to Philip V under great pressure.

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 ).

During the reigns of Joan herself, and her three sons ( 1284 – 1328 ), these lands belonged to the person of the king ; but by 1328 they had become so entrenched in the royal domain that king Philip VI of France ( who was not an heir of Joan ) switched lands with the then rightful heiress, Joan II of Navarre, with the effect that Champagne and Brie remained part of the royal demesne and Joan received compensation with lands in western Normandy.

His eldest surviving son, Philip ( 1621 – 1669 ), became 5th Earl of Pembroke, and 2nd Earl of Montgomery ; he was twice married, and was succeeded in turn by three of his sons, of whom Thomas, the 8th Earl ( c. 1656 – 1733 ), was a person of note during the reigns of William III and Anne.

Seneca lived through the reigns of three significant emperors ; Augustus ( ruled 27 BC-14 AD ), Tiberius ( ruled 14 AD-37 AD ) and Caligula ( ruled 37 AD-41 AD ).

* 841 – 846: Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty ( given name: Li Yan ) reigns in China ; he is one of three Chinese emperors to prohibit Buddhism.

By the time of his death in 1129, he had ruled as cloistered Emperor for 41 years and through the reigns of three emperors who were effectively little more than figureheads.

In the UK and in certain Commonwealth realms ( where the British monarch directly reigns ), the following honours permit ( in the case of three currently dormant honours, permitted ) male subjects of those realms to use the prefix Sir:

He was also manager of The Quebecers tag team, whom he led to three reigns as WWF Tag Team Champions.

The rebellion spanned the reigns of three Tang emperors before it was quashed, and involved a wide range of regional powers ; besides the Tang dynasty loyalists, others involved were anti-Tang families, especially in An Lushan's base area in Hebei, Arab, Gokturk, and Sogdian forces or influences, among others.

The rebellion spanned the reigns of three emperors, starting during the final ( Tianbao era ) period of the reign of Xuanzong ( 8 September 712 – 12 August 756 ), lasting through the reign of Suzong ( 12 August 756 – 16 May 762 ) and ending during the reign of Daizong ( 18 May 762 – 23 May 779 ).

In 1993 he had a third world title chance against young Lennox Lewis, who was making the second defence of the belt ( his first of three championship reigns ).

Groomed by Jim Crockett Jr. as his future top star, Flair won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship when he defeated Bobo Brazil on July 29, 1977 ; and during the next three years, he held five reigns as U. S. Champion while feuding with Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Mr. Wrestling II, Jimmy Snuka, and Greg Valentine ( with whom he also formed a championship tag team ).

During one period, 1484 – 1537, power reverted back and forth continually between the two families, so much so that Muhammad Shah ( a Sayyid ) had five different reigns and Fath Shah ( a Chak ) had three.

His List of WWE United States Champions | five reigns ( two in WCW and three in WWE ) are tied for the most in history.

In a " double eviction " week, the first HoH only reigns for a short period ( between an hour and three days ) while the second HoH reigns for the rest of the week.

He compiled the Cancioneiro Geral ( General Songbook ), probably starting in 1483, though not printed until 1516, which includes the compositions of some three hundred fidalgos of the reigns of kings Afonso V, John II, and Manuel I.