Quotes About Dynasty

Amid this dynastic turmoil, sudden shock waves reverberated around Europe

Her son, Prince James

The Guises were one of the most powerful noble families in France.

of the kingdauphin and queen-

The Guise family's ascendancy was over.

his goal, unlike Elizabeth's, was to keep her off the throne.

Even the cook has to admit that there are advantages to living alongside a dynasty of cats.

Mercia was the last of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to emerge.

England had been conquered by the Vikings, and its ancient royal family were in exile – in Normandy.

So began the rule of the greatest king of eighth-century Britain,

there is no denying that his reign got off to a terrible start with the murder of his brother.

the old king died not long afterwards in January 858. The elder son retained the position he had usurped,

he had been married three times, and had fathered at least thirteen children,

Alchfrith was King Oswiu's eldest son, and a king in his own right

Of course! Jeb Bush! America is hungry for another leader from that talented family!

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.

Wonderful to see with the whole family. It's like travelling from dynasty to dynasty, from one Chinese region to another.

Donald Trump has a pre-modern monarchic family structure. His business is a monarchy with family members all around. His administration is a monarchy with family members all around.

Above the town, on the hill brow, the stone angel used to stand. I wonder if she stands there yet, in memory of her who relinquished her feeble ghost as I gained my stubborn one, my mother's angel that my father bought in pride to mark her bones and proclaim his dynasty, as he fancied, forever and a day.

At the beginning of a dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments.

Empire of the Czar

In February 1912, ancient China came to an end when the last of three millennia of Chinese emperors abdicated. Imagine twentieth-century Italy coming to terms with the fall of the Roman empire or Egypt with the last pharaoh abdicating in 1912. For China, the last century has been a period of transition - dramatic change and perpetual revolution.

In India all politicians, except members of the Gandhi family, have to protect their base.

How far is it useful to see Roman history in terms of imperial biographies or to divide the story of the empire into emperor-sized (or dynasty-sized) chunks?