Abdication
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Abdication is the act of resigning from an office (official job), especially from being the leader of a country. The word is normally used for kings and queens who decide to give up their position which brings an end to a reign.[1] The term is also used for popes.[2] called emeritus.
A similar term for an elected or appointed official is resignation.
King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom is an example of a king who abdicated.[3]
Select list of abdications
- Caedwalla of Wessex, 688[4]
- Ine of Wessex, 726[5]
- Pope Benedict IX, 1048[6]
- Stephen II of Hungary, 1131[1]
- Pope Celestine V, 1294[7]
- Richard II of England, 1399[1]
- Pope Gregory XII, 1415.[7]
- Murad II, Ottoman Sultan, 1444-1445[1]
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1556[1]
- Christina of Sweden, 1654[8]
- James II of England, 1688[9]
- Philip V of Spain, 1724[1]
- Ahmed III, Sultan of Turkey, 1730[1]
- Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 1814[10] and 1815[11]
- Charles X of France, 1830[1]
- Pedro I of Brazil, 1831[12]
- Miguel of Portugal, 1834[1]
- Louis Philippe I of France, 1848[1]
- Fredrik Kaarle I of Finland, 1918
- Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, 1936
- Pope Benedict XVI, 2013.[7]
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 2013
- King Albert II of Belgium, 2013
- King Juan Carlos I of Spain, 2014
- Emperor Akihito of Japan, 2019[13]
- Margrethe II of Denmark, 2024
References
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