he abdicated all responsibility for the children
1Netherlands, The — officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,033 sq mi (41,526 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 16,142,000. Capital: Amsterdam; Seat of Government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. Languages:… …
2NETHERLANDS, THE (Holland) — NETHERLANDS, THE (Holland), kingdom in N.W. Europe. The Middle Ages It is not known when exactly the Jews settled in the area which is now called The Netherlands. As early as the 11th century one can find some indications of Jewish settlers in… …
3George III of the United Kingdom — George III redirects here. For other uses, see George III (disambiguation). George III …
4Monarchy of the Netherlands — Monarch of Kingdom of the Netherlands Monarchy Federal …
5William the Silent — William I, Prince of Orange Key, Adriaen Thomas (ca. 1570–84), William of Orange …
6abdicate — [[t]æ̱bdɪkeɪt[/t]] abdicates, abdicating, abdicated 1) VERB If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen. The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848. [Also V n] Derived words: abdication… …
7History of Western civilization — The history of Western civilization traces its roots back to Classical Antiquity and continues to the present era in Europe, North America, Australia, and New ZealandAntiquity (before AD 500)The opposition of an European West to an Asiatic East… …
8Byzantine Empire — the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Empire in A.D. 476. Cap.: Constantinople. * * * Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony… …
9Norway — For other uses, see Norway (disambiguation). Kingdom of Norway Kongeriket Norge (Bokmål) Kongeriket Noreg (Nynorsk) …
10Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
