People: Rulers, Monarchs, and Heads of State (Part 3)
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riverrider6000 on November 7, 2011
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Jack E. Singley Academic Decathlon
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Edgar I | English ruler who appointed himself King of the Angles and Emperor and Lord of all British nations, seas, and kings; ruled from 959 to 975 |
| Edward I | English ruler who made the most ferocious Medieval English claims; ruled from 1272 to 1307 |
| Edward VI | Henry VIII's only son; ruled from 1547 to 1553; physically fragile |
| Elizabeth I | British monarch who succeeded Queen Mary in 1558; established religious peace early in her reign; had Mary, Queen of Scots executed in 1587; died childless in 1603 |
| Emperor and Lord | See "Edgar 1" |
| Empress Eugénie | French empress who first entered the Suez Canal on November 17, 1869; embarked on the three-day journey aboard her yacht, Aigle |
| Faisal | King of Saudi Arabia after World War II; showed himself willing to negotiate for expanding Saudi drilling if the British were excluded |
| King Ferdinand of Aragon | Spanish monarch who married Queen Isabella of Castile; sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus |
| Francis I | Monarch who sponsored the 1524 mission of Giovanni de Verrazzano |
| King George III | British king who authorized Captain James Cook to establish British authority in Hawaii in 1779 |
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