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3 unusual facts about The Nobles


The Nobles

The Simbul's Gift, by Lynn Abbey (paperback, November 1997, ISBN 978-0-7869-0763-2)

The Nobles is a series of novels by David Cook, Victor Milan, Mark Anthony, Brian Thomsen, Paul Kidd, and Lynn Abbey, set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

War in Tethyr, by Victor Milan (paperback, October 1995, ISBN 978-0-7869-0184-5)



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Acri

In 1496 the Aragonese were besieged by the French under King Charles VIII, who destroyed the castle and executed the nobles of Acri by sawing them alive.

Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth

Having served in the American War of Independence under Rochambeau, he was sent in 1789 as deputy to the States-General by the nobles of the bailliage of Péronne, Somme.

Arnulf of Carinthia

With the support of the nobles, Arnulf held a Diet at Tribur and deposed Charles in November 887, under threat of military action.

Ermengol IV, Count of Urgell

In 1076, having brought the nobles to submission, he began a Reconquista of his own, taking the basin of the river Sió with the villages of Agramunt and Almenara that year and Linyola and Belcaire in 1091.

Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton

Having supported the cause of the nobles against James III at the Battle of Sauchieburn, 1 June 1488, he, on the accession of James IV, obtained a remission for throwing down the house of Turnelaw (Kerrielaw), and for all other offences committed by him up to 29 August.

Izates bar Monobaz

But when several of Izates' relatives openly acknowledged their conversion to Judaism, some of the nobles of Adiabene secretly induced Abia, an Arab king, to declare war against him.

John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey

Warenne was one of the four earls who captured the two Roger Mortimers, and in 1322 he was one of the nobles who condemned to death the earl of Lancaster.

Kokorou

The nobles of Kokoro village are Songhay people, who trace their ancestry in the male line to Askia Mohammed Toure.

Lower Navarre

In 1525 a new military inroad led by the Spanish viceroy of Navarre subdued the region, and tried to earn the loyalty of the nobles, but they hung unanimously onto their allegiance to the Albrets, and both the lord of Luxa and the lord of Miossens, Esteban of Albret, reconquered the region in 1527.

New Monarchs

England did not have as hard a time as France in weakening the nobles because Henry VII comes to power after the War of Roses, which was between two noble families, his family, the House of Lancaster and his rivals, the House of York.

Nikotimasi Fatafehi Laufilitonga Kakau Vaha'i

Nikotimasi Fatafehi Laufilitonga Kakau Vahaʻi of Tonga (born September 1971), styled simply the Hon. Vaha'i in most references, is the Lord Vaha'i of Fo'ui, as well as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Nobles in Tonga, holding one of three such seats for the Nobles of Tongatapu.

Plaisance of Antioch

Plaisance, supported by a majority of the nobles, was accepted as acting regent and then appointed her former father-in-law John of Ibelin (lord of Arsuf) to rule as bailiff in her place; he had already been bailiff before her arrival and both Bohemund and John of Jaffa had hoped the presence of Plaisance and Hugh would eliminate the need for another bailiff.

Remonstrances

Foremost among the nobles were Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England, and Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Constable of England.

Roots of the Balkan

They were those who entertained when the sovereign was crowned (the nobles listened to music on the drums and gusle when Stefan the First-Crowned was crowned), they would greet kings with songs (like King Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia) and despots with bugles (Stefan Lazarević).

Simon II, Duke of Lorraine

His mother wished for her second son, Frederick, to succeed and so Simon was forced to convene an assembly of the nobles to confirm his succession.

Tomme des Pyrénées

First mentioned in the 12th century, it was eaten by the nobles of St-Girons in Ariège and King Louis VI of France also knew the cheese of the Pyrenees.

Tongan general election, 2014

These overlap with the four constituencies for the election of the nobles' representatives: a four-member constituency covering Tongatapu and ʻEua, a two-member constituency covering Vavaʻu, a two-member constituency covering Haʻapai, and a single-member constituency covering the islands of Niuafoʻou and Niuatoputapu.

Ubykhia

Ubykhs supplanted the Sadz Abkhazians from the area in the 17th century, and unlike the principality of Abkhazia, there were no princes in Ubykhia and it was governed by the council, which represented the nobles from all 11 Ubykh subdivisions and 2 from Akhchipsou and Sadz peoples, incorporated to the commonwealth.

Vaha'i of Fo'ui

It is held by Nikotimasi Fatafehi Laufilitonga Kakau Vaha'i, who is one of the Members of the Tongan Legislative Assembly for the Nobles.

Veste Landskron

According to local folklore, the nobles at Landskron and the neighboring castles Conerow, Klempenow and Spantekow frequently engaged as robber barons holding up transports between the towns Anklam, Demmin, Friedland, Jarmen and Teterow.

Visborg

The nobles again rose up and offered the crown to Duke Albert of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden).