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<p> King of [[England]] from 1216 to 1272, eldest son of King John; succeeded to the throne at the age of nine; during his minority the kingdom was wisely and faithfully served by the [[Earl]] of Pembroke and Hubert de Burgh; when he came to years he proved himself a weak ruler, and, according to Stubbs, his administration was "one long series of impolitic and unprincipled acts"; with the elevation of Peter des Roches, a native of Anjou, to the post of chief adviser, French interlopers soon became predominant at the Court, and the recipients of large estates and pensions, an injustice further stimulated by the king's marriage with [[Eleanor]] of Provence; justice was prostituted, England humiliated under a feeble foreign policy, and the country finally roused by infamous exactions; Simon de Montfort, the king's own brother-in-law, became the leader of the people and the champion of constitutional rights; by the Provisions of Oxford, forced upon the king by [[Parliament]] assembled at Oxford, a wider and more frequent Parliamentary representation was given to the people, and the king's power limited by a permanent council of 15; as an issue of the Barons' War, which resulted in the defeat and capture of the king at Lewes, these provisions were still further strengthened by the Mise of Lewes, and from this time may be dated the birth of representative government in England as it now exists; in 1265 was summoned the first Parliament as at present constituted, of peers temporal and spiritual, and representatives from counties, cities, and boroughs; internal dissensions ceased with the victory of Prince [[Edward]] over the barons at Eastham, the popular leader De Montfort perished on the field (1206-1272). </p>
<p> An illustrious [[Emperor]] of the [[Holy]] Roman Empire, son of [[Conrad]] II.; in 1026 he became king of the Germans, succeeded to the dukedoms of [[Bavaria]] and Suabia, and in 1039 assumed the imperial crown; under his strong and wise government, dissensions, papal and otherwise, were put down, the territory of the empire extended, and many churches and monastic schools established (1017-1056). </p>


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<ref name="term_74460"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/henry+iii. Henry Iii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_74465"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/henry+iii.+(2) Henry Iii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:29, 15 October 2021

Henry Iii. [1]

An illustrious Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Conrad II.; in 1026 he became king of the Germans, succeeded to the dukedoms of Bavaria and Suabia, and in 1039 assumed the imperial crown; under his strong and wise government, dissensions, papal and otherwise, were put down, the territory of the empire extended, and many churches and monastic schools established (1017-1056).

References

  1. ↑ Henry Iii. from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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