In 1068, he granted asylum to a group of English exiles fleeing from William of Normandy, among them Agatha, widow of Edward the Confessor's nephew Edward the Exile, and her children: Edgar Ætheling and his sisters Margaret and Cristina.

This law, titled De sanctimonialibus vel viduis et de successionibus earum (" Holy Maidens, Widows, and Their Succession "), imposed a minimum age to take vows of 40 years, considering that at this age the sexual drives of the initiated would be dormant ; the law also granted to women who had been forced to take religious vows, and were subsequently disinherited, the same rights on the legacy of parents as their brothers and sisters.

In interviews, when granted, she rarely speaks personally of her sisters.

In 1858, Beatrice and the three younger of her sisters were granted use of the royal arms, with an inescutcheon of the shield of Saxony and differenced by a label of three points argent.

The barony of Willoughby de Eresby went into abeyance between the two sisters, but the Sovereign terminated the abeyance and granted the title to the elder sister, Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.

Also, unusually and in common with her sisters, Jemima was granted an inheritance by her father, with her brothers as might have been expected.

Subsequently, his sisters Victoria and Mary were granted the rank of daughters of a Duke.

In 1833, the sisters were granted permission by Bishop Joseph Rosati to travel to St. Louis and begin another school, now called Visitation Academy of St. Louis.

In 1806, he conquered the Kingdom of Naples and granted it to his brother and then ( from 1808 ) to Joachim Murat, along with marrying his sisters Elisa and Paolina off to the princes of Massa-Carrara and Guastalla.

In gratitude, Talos granted Tito's inheritance to Yuri, and Tito's sisters take his place in the royal household.

Therefore, " pure " agnatic succession was impossible to maintain, and frequent exceptions were made-eligibility being granted to the eldest sons of sisters or other female relatives of the monarch.

Independent Living means that we demand the same choices and control in our every-day lives that our non-disabled brothers and sisters, neighbors and friends take for granted.

If the daughter is an only child or her sisters are deceased and have no living issue, she ( or her heir ) is vested with the title ; otherwise, since a peerage cannot be shared nor divided, the dignity goes into abeyance between the sisters or their heirs, and is held by no one.

The English lyrics were first published as a poem with the title " The Star " by sisters Ann and Jane Taylor ( 1783 – 1824 ) in Rhymes for the Nursery in London in 1806.

Leonardo retained the title of megadux of the Latin Empire and half the island with the capital, Kastro, while his sisters and their husbands received one quarter each with the fortresses of Moudros and Kotsinos.

Both titles came with sister Serena, becoming only the third pair of sisters to win a WTA tour doubles title.

The Williams sisters teamed up to win the women's doubles title at the event, their fifth Grand Slam women's doubles title together.

The Williams sisters teamed up to win the doubles title at the tournament for the fourth time.

The Williams sisters claimed their fifth Wimbledon doubles title after defeating sixth-seeded Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets in the final, on the same day Serena won her fifth Wimbledon singles title.

Collaborating with producer Narada Michael Walden in 1981, they released the album " All-American Girls ," yielding the title track single, which reached No. 3 R & B and No. 79 Pop in the U. S. and No. 41 Pop in the UK ; and the single " Next Time You'll Know ," which reached No. 28 R & B in the U. S. The sisters continued singing new material throughout the 1980s and 1990s, although not matching the success of the late 1970s.

According to Emanuel Feldman ( 1965 ), basing his argument on Albright's interpretation of the archaeology of Nuzu, a wife could legally be awarded the title " sister ", and that this was the most sacred form of marriage, and hence Abraham and Isaac referred to their wives as " sisters " for this reason.

Most archaeologists however dispute that view, instead arguing the opposite-that sisters in the region were often awarded the title " wife " in order to give them much greater status in society.

His junior title of Baron Clifford fell into abeyance between his sisters, Georgiana, Countess of Carlisle, and Harriet, Countess Granville.

The title heroines, Jean and Louise Dana, are teenage sisters and amateur detectives who solve mysteries while at boarding school.

2 sisters concurrently spouses of the same the Guangxu Emperor ( CE 1871 – 1908 ) are pictured in this image and the one immediately below: in this one Consort Zhen, popularly mislabelled with the lower-ranking title " Pearl Concubine " in English, his favorite, and her older sister ...

Somers never married, but left two sisters, of whom the eldest, Mary, married Charles Cocks, whose grandson, Sir Charles Cocks, Bt., became the second Lord Somers in 1784, the title subsequently descending in this line.

Capriati was the title favorite at the US Open after both Williams sisters pulled out with injuries.

Haggard wrote that " the title She " was taken " from a certain rag doll, so named, which a nurse at Bradenham used to bring out of some dark recess in order to terrify those of my brothers and sisters who were in her charge.

The personal union with the United Kingdom ended in 1837 on the accession of Queen Victoria because the succession laws ( Salic Law ) in Hanover prevented a female inheriting the title if there was any surviving male heir ( in the United Kingdom, a male takes precedence over only his own sisters ).

In doubles with Australian Anastasia Rodionova she won her 13th WTA title: they defeated the Taiwanese sisters Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan 3-6, 6-1, 10-8

Thus, it is possible that two or more sisters ( and their heirs after their deaths ) have an equally valid claim to the title ; in such a case, the title goes into abeyance.

With four younger children at home, Lucy stepped into her mother's role, and even after the brothers and sisters were grown, she was her father's comfort and stay until he died in 1879.

Mainly because the re-publication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was prevented by Charlotte Brontë after Anne's death, she is less known than her sisters Charlotte, author of four novels including Jane Eyre, and Emily, author of Wuthering Heights.

If through lack of issue, marriage or both, eventually only one person represents the claims of all the sisters, he or she can claim the dignity as a matter of right, and the abeyance is said to be terminated.

Although they were childless, Potter played an important role in William ’ s large family, particularly enjoying her relationship with several nieces whom she helped educate and giving comfort and aid to her husband ’ s brothers and sisters.

On 17 September 1179, when Hildegard died, her sisters claimed they saw two streams of light appear in the skies and cross over the room where she was dying.

Susan Polgár, the eldest of the sisters, 5½ years older than Sophia and 7 years older than Judit, was the first of the sisters to achieve prominence in chess by winning tournaments and by 1986 she was the world's top-rated female chess player.

An Italian nun named Sister Benedetta Carlini was documented to have seduced many of her sisters when possessed by a Divine spirit named " Splenditello "; to end her relationships with other women, she was placed in solitary confinement for the last 40 years of her life.

Sometimes she appears as one of three sisters, the daughters of Ernmas: Morrígan, Badb and Macha.

His advisers, however, told him that he could not disinherit only one of his sisters, but that he would have to disinherit Elizabeth as well, even though she embraced the Church of England.

In the name of Mary, who has obtained for me the favour of appealing to you, help me !” At that moment he disappeared and St. Lutgarda informed her sisters of what she had seen.

She is also romantic and good-tempered but not expected to be as clever as her sisters when she grows older.

Belldandy states that if Skuld were to hone this power, she could potentially be the strongest of the three sisters in the future.

The youngest and the last surviving of the three Soong sisters, she played a prominent role in the politics of the Republic of China and was the sister-in-law of Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the Republic of China preceding her husband.

Her parents divorced when she was two and her mother then moved to Timmins, Ontario with Eilleen and her sisters Jill and Carrie Ann.

" He recalled a conversation with Margaret, in which she discussed her public notoriety, saying, " It was inevitable: when there are two sisters and one is the Queen, who must be the source of honour and all that is good, while the other must be the focus of the most creative malice, the evil sister.

One of Huw's three sisters, Angharad, marries the wealthy mine owner's son, whom she does not love, and the marriage is an unhappy one.

Gardner was born in the big farming community of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, the youngest of seven children ( she had two brothers, Raymond and Melvin, and four sisters, Beatrice, Elsie Mae, Inez, and Myra ).

Her sisters, the countess of Tripoli and abbess of Bethany, came to nurse her before she died on 11 September 1161.

The first season begins ten years later in 2019, as it follows the life of the now 19-year-old Max as she struggles to search for her Manticore brothers and sisters.

Iolanthe tells her sisters that she has a son, a half-fairy, half-human named Strephon (" He's a fairy down to the waist, but his legs are mortal ").

When she asked if a man ever sleeps with his sister, Arapesh replied " No we don't sleep with our sisters.

Her sisters had all died, " Red Ellen " Wilkinson died in 1947, George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, and she did not take well to widowhood.