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Most successions in one state in a year
Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:02:51 GMT
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Charles von Hamm...
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Aside from the Year of Four Emperors in antiquity, which state has had the
Hovite...
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That was
69 Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian
but there were six in
238 Maximinus Thrax, Gordian I, Gordian II, Pupienus, Balbinus, Gordian
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most successive kings, queens, princes, princesses, etc in one calendar
year? I can only really think of the year 1888 for the (only) three German
Emperors: William I, Frederick III and William II.
Hovite...
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Any year with a short reign:
Don Aitken...
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But some degree of recognition is, and he never got that either,
either as King or even as heir to the throne.
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1066 Edward the Confessor, Harold II, William I
1483 Edward IV, Edward V, Ricard III
1553 Edward VI, Jane, Mary I
1936 George V, Edward VIII, George VI
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Alternatively, what has been the lowest ratio of reigns (say, four, five or
more) per a given period of time? For instance, five kings in twelve years
is about two and half years per king.
Charles von Hamm
Hovite...
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Egypt, 7th Dynasty, according to Africanus:
"The Seventh Dynasty consisted of seventy kings of Memphis, who reigned
for 70 days."
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