11 events with tag "legitimacy"
152 BC
ID: 2980
Jonathan becomes High Priest - appointed by Seleucid pretender Alexander Balas, Hasmoneans gain religious authority
ID: 2980
508
ID: 2827
Clovis named honorary consul - Byzantine Emperor Anastasius recognizes him, parades in purple at Tours, legitimizes rule
ID: 2827
741
ID: 3925
St. Zachary becomes ninety-first pope - legitimizes Pepin's coup, last Greek pope
ID: 3925
743
ID: 2875
Childeric III placed on throne - Pepin and Carloman install last Merovingian to legitimize their rule
ID: 2875
750
ID: 2877
Pepin asks Pope Zachary about kingship - 'Who should be king, he who has the title or he who has the power?' Pope supports Pepin
ID: 2877
754
ID: 2880
Pope Stephen II anoints Pepin - papal consecration at Saint-Denis, creates alliance between Papacy and Franks
ID: 2880
1377
ID: 4795
Hawkwood marries Donnina Visconti - illegitimate daughter of Bernabo, cements Milan alliance
ID: 4795
1399
ID: 2463
October 13, 1399
Henry IV crowned - Lancastrian line begins, but legitimacy always questioned
ID: 2463
1454
ID: 2490
October 13, 1454
Birth of Edward of Westminster - Henry VI's only son born during his madness, paternity questioned
ID: 2490
1483
ID: 2513
July 6, 1483
Richard III crowned - lavish ceremony cannot hide questionable legitimacy, North supports, South suspicious
ID: 2513
1736
ID: 2254
Porteous Riots in Edinburgh - crowd justice against captain who fired on smugglers, legitimacy crisis
ID: 2254