JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V15,
Page 450
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
, surnamed the See also:Parricide, and called also See also:John of See also:Swabia, was a son of See also:Rudolph II. See also:count of See also:Habsburg and See also:Agnes daughter of Ottakar II. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of Bohemia, and consequently a See also:grandson of the See also:German king Rudolph I
.
Having passed his See also:early days at the Bohemian See also:court, when he came of See also:age he demanded a portion of the See also:family estates from his See also:uncle, the German king See also:Albert I
.
His wishes were not gratified, and with three companions he formed a See also:plan to See also:murder the king
.
On the 1st of May 1308 Albert in See also:crossing the See also:river See also:Reuss at Windisch became separated from his attendants, and was at once attacked and killed by the four conspirators
.
John escaped the vengeance of Albert's sons, and was afterwards found in a monastery at See also:Pisa, where in 1313 he is said to have been visited by the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VII., who had placed him under the See also:ban
.
From this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he vanishes from See also:history
.
The See also:character of John is used by See also:Schiller in his See also:play Wilhelm Tell
.
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