"At the beginning of the 17th century it was described as being in ruins, with only the chapel of Saint Nicolas remaining. The foundations of the imposing keep were exposed during summer 2007. Château de Lyons-la-Forêt The Château de Lyons-la-Forêt was a castle in Lyons-la-Forêt in the Eure ""département"" of France. The castle was constructed at the start of the 12th century by Henry I of England, also known as ""Henri Beauclerc"". He died there in 1135, supposedly from ""a surfeit of lampreys"". The town and the castle were occupied by King Philip II Augustus of France in 1193 but"
"his death hint at leprosy. Penman states that it is very difficult to accept the notion of Robert as a functioning king serving in war, performing face-to-face acts of lordship, holding parliament and court, travelling widely and fathering several children, all while displaying the infectious symptoms of a leper. Along with suggestions of eczema, tuberculosis, syphilis, motor neurone disease, cancer or stroke, a diet of rich court food has also been suggested as a possible contributory factor in Robert's death. His Milanese physician, Maino De Maineri, did criticise the king's eating of eels as dangerous to his health in advancing"
"the famous and notorius villa of Vedius Pollio, later to become an Imperial Villa. The villa was described by the poet Ovid as ""like a city"". Most notoriously, he kept a pool of lampreys into which slaves who incurred his displeasure would be thrown as food, a particularly unpleasant means of death, since the lamprey ""clamps its mouth on the victim and bores a dentated tongue into the flesh to ingest blood"". Vedius died in 15 BC and was probably forced to bequeath a large part of his estates, including the villa, to the emperor Augustus. From then on the"
"his lands were restored by the King due to his incapacity during the murder of his assailant. In 1294 Richard Crepyn (Richard de Gloucester) and in 1306 Walter Crepyn (Walter de Gloucestre) were documented as sons of Ralph Crepyn, the clerk. By 1331 Ralph Crepyn is reported as deceased. ""Building on an actual murder in 1284, Doherty (""The Death of a King"") auspiciously begins a mystery series featuring Hugh Corbett, clerk of the King's Bench. Lawrence Duket, goldsmith, kills Ralph Crepyn, moneylender, and flees to London's St. Mary Le Bow for sanctuary. The next day Duket is found hanged inside"
"the section 'Gurupavanapura Mahatmyam' from Narada Purana. King Parikshit, the grandson of Arjuna and the son of Abhimanyu, died of a bite by the poisonous snake Takshaka, due to a curse which fell upon him. King Janamejaya, his son, wanted to avenge his father's death by killing all the snakes, including Takshaka, and for that, he conducted a fierce yajna called 'Sarpastra' (Snake sacrifice). Thousands of innocent snakes died in the yajna fire, but Takshaka could not be killed because he had drank amrit. Due to this act, Janamejaya was affected by the curse of snakes, and got affected by"
"Sun Simiao (c. 581 – c. 682 CE), a famous medical specialist respectfully called ""King of Medicine"" by later generations, discusses in detail the creation of elixirs for immortality (mercury, sulfur, and the salts of mercury and arsenic are prominent, and most are poisonous) as well as those for curing certain diseases and the fabrication of precious stones. Many of these substances, far from contributing to longevity, were actively toxic and resulted in Chinese alchemical elixir poisoning. The Jiajing Emperor in the Ming Dynasty died from ingesting a lethal dosage of mercury in the supposed ""Elixir of Life"" conjured by"
"of Holland and his ally Robrecht the Frisian, Count of Flanders. King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was murdered with a spear while sitting in the garderobe on August 4, 1306. George II of Great Britain died on the toilet on October 25, 1760 from an aortic dissection. According to Horace Walpole's memoirs, King George ""rose as usual at six, and drank his chocolate; for all his actions were invariably methodic. A quarter after seven he went into a little closet. His German ""valet de chambre"" in waiting heard a noise, and running in, found the King dead on the floor."""
"Irish ate shamrock: ""Shamrotes, watercresses, rootes, and other herbes they feed upon"". The statement that the Irish ate shamrock was widely repeated in later works and seems to be a confusion with the Irish word ""seamsóg"" or wood sorrel (Oxalis). There is no evidence from any Irish source that the Irish ate clover, but there is evidence that the Irish ate wood sorrel. For example, in the medieval Irish work ""Buile Shuibhne"" (""The Frenzy of Sweeney""), the king Sweeney, who has gone mad and is living in the woods as a hermit, lists wood sorrel among the plants he feeds"
"desert the foreign prince. The Northumbrians appeased the English king and paid compensation. The ""Historia Regum"" suggests that the threat of an independent Northumbrian king had come to an end in 952, when earls finally took over the helm. Towards the end of his life, Eadred suffered from a digestive malady which would prove fatal. 'Author B', the biographer and former apprentice of St Dunstan, described with vivid memory how the king sucked out the juices of his food, chewed on what was left and spat it out. Eadred died at the age of 32 on 23 November (St. Clement's"
"and he was able to stay alive. Afterwards, he told his half-brother the king that he rather would go and live as a commoner. On 11 October 1724, King Gyeongjong died. Soron then accused Prince Yeoning of having something to do with his brother's death due to the earlier attempt by the Noron faction to have him replace Gyeongjong on the throne. But historians now agree that he could have died of eating contaminated seafood, as to the symptoms of the illness that caused his death. Homer Hulbert described this in his book ""The History of Korea"" where he said,"
"Salisbury, Gloucester, Exeter and Surrey, Richard reputedly starved to death. There is some debate as to whether this was self-inflicted or ordered by Henry to end the risk of restoration without leaving incriminating marks on the body. There is much debate amongst historians about Henry's accession, in part because some see it as a cause of the Wars of the Roses. For many historians, the accession by force of the throne broke principles the Plantagenets had established successfully over two and a half centuries and allowed any magnate with sufficient power and Plantagenet blood to have ambitions to assume the"
"dead – but he claimed to have eaten his way through the animal kingdom: zoöphagy. The most distasteful items were mole and bluebottle fly; panther, crocodile and mouse were among the other dishes noted by guests. The raconteur Augustus Hare claimed that ""Talk of strange relics led to mention of the heart of a French King preserved at Nuneham in a silver casket. Dr. Buckland, whilst looking at it, exclaimed, 'I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before', and, before anyone could hinder him, he had gobbled it up, and the precious"
"cursed that Parikshit will die of snake bite by Takshaka, the king of serpents. After the death of Parikshit he was succeeded by his son Janamejaya. Janamejaya conducted a sacrifice to destroy all the snakes of the world including Takshaka, who was the cause of his father's death . Hundreds of thousands of snakes fell into the sacrificial fire and were killed, but the sacrifice was stopped by a Brahmin called Astika, before Takshaka was killed. Since Janamejaya was responsible for the death of millions of snakes, he was afflicted with leprosy. He lost all hope of a cure. One"
"that Ramesses III had been killed by means that would not have left a mark on the body. Among the conspirators were practitioners of magic, who might well have used poison. Some had put forth a hypothesis that a snakebite from a viper was the cause of the king's death. His mummy includes an amulet to protect Ramesses III in the afterlife from snakes. The servant in charge of his food and drink were also among the listed conspirators, but there were also other conspirators who were called the snake and the lord of snakes. The Zink unit determined that"
"salt supplies. When Emperor Jing was still Crown Prince Qi, Liu Pi's heir apparent Liu Xian () had been on an official visit to the capital Chang'an and they competed in a ""liubo"" board game. During arguments over the game, Liu Xian offended Crown Prince Qi, who threw the ""liubo"" board at him, resulting in his death. Liu Pi hated Emperor Jing for causing the death of Liu Xian. Emperor Jing's key advisor Chao Cuo suggested using as excuses offenses that the princes had committed which had generally been ignored by Emperor Wen, that he cut down the sizes of"
"(r. 298–263 BCE) being presented a ""busi zhi yao"" 不死之藥 ""immortality medicine"". As the chamberlain was taking the elixir into the palace, a guard asked if it was edible and when he answered yes, the guard grabbed and ate it. The king was angered and condemned the guard to death. A friend of the guard tried to persuade the king, saying, ""After all the guard did ask the chamberlain whether it could be eaten before he ate it. Hence the blame attaches to the chamberlain and not to him. Besides what the guest presented was an elixir of life, but"
"and seeing which of the two was the fastest eater, each having to consume a bull at a time. Despite his absolute confidence, Lepreus lost all the competitions. After getting beaten in a drinking contest as well, he challenged Heracles to single combat and was killed during the match. Pausanias' account of the story only includes the eating contest, in which Lepreus turned out to be a match for Heracles, but the following single combat has the same result as the other accounts. Lepreus was said to have been buried in Phigalia, but the local inhabitants could not show his"
"for lamprey is ""Neunauge"", which means ""nine-eye"", and in Japanese they are called ""yatsume-unagi"" (八つ目鰻, ""eight-eyed eels""), which excludes the nostrils from the count. Vedius Pollio kept a pool of lampreys into which slaves who incurred his displeasure would be thrown as food. On one occasion, Vedius was punished by Augustus for attempting to do so in his presence: This incident was incorporated into the plot of the 2003 novel ""Pompeii"" by Robert Harris in the incident of Ampliatus feeding a slave to his lampreys. Lucius Licinius Crassus was mocked by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54 BC) for weeping over"
"[the people] are hungry, let them eat grass,"" he is said to have once proclaimed, although the claim is unsubstantiated. Because Foulon, an aristocrat administrator of the royal government, was in charge of the Paris markets. Foulon was known for his coldheartedness towards the needs of the common French people; he was suspected of controlling Paris' food supply and, thereby, keeping food prices unaffordable. So hated that he had even staged his own funeral to escape the people's wrath, the 74-year-old Foulon had spent years growing rich at his post while the poor starved. On 22 July 1789, he was"
"Solomon has a reappearance in Arabian and Islamic lore, however Asmodeus is commonly named ""Sakhr"" (rock) probably a reference to his fate, because according to Islamic lore, after Solomon defeated Asmodeus, he imprisoned him inside a box of rock, chained with iron, and threw it into the sea. Tabari linked Asmodeus to Surah 37:106 of the Quran in his work Annals of al-Tabari, therefore Solomon was replaced by Asmodeus over forty days. Asmodeus' reputation as the personification of lust continued into later writings, as he was known as the ""Prince of Lechery"" in the 16th century romance ""Friar Rush"". The"
"George Naea George Naʻea (died 1854), was a high chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and father of Queen Emma of Hawaii. He became one of the first Native Hawaiians to contract leprosy and the disease became known as ""maʻi aliʻi"" (the ""sickness of the chiefs"") in the Hawaiian language because of this association. Born in the late 18th century, George Naʻea was the son of High Chief Kamaunu and High Chiefess Kukaeleiki. His father Kamaunu was descended from the high chiefs of the northern districts of the island of Hawaii. His mother Kukaeleiki was the daughter of Kalauawa, a"
"Fjölnir Fjölnir (, ""Manifold"" or ""Multiplier"") is a legendary king in Norse mythology said to have been the son of Freyr (Frey) and his consort Gerðr (Gertha). The name appears in a variety of forms, including Fiolnir, Fjölner, Fjolner, and Fjolne. He was claimed as the progenitor of the Swedish Yngling dynasty, reigning from Gamla Uppsala. According to the ""Grottasöngr"", Fjölnir lived from the 1st century BC to the early 1st century AD. Fjölnir was said to have drowned in a vat of mead while visiting Peace-Fróði, a similarly-legendary king of Zealand, the Danish island. Fjölnir was then succeeded by"
"with God's help, made and manifested many precious miracles."" In a letter from 1172, Pope Alexander III complains that some people in Sweden had begun worshiping ""a man who had been killed in debauchery and feasting"". Some scholars have assumed that King Eric is alluded to, and that the celebration of the Ascension Day was accompanied by feasting which enabled the surprise rebel attack. The identification is very uncertain, however. After killing Eric, Magnus II was able to take power. (Magnus I, son of Niels, King of Denmark [c. 1064–1134] has been confused with Magnus II, but he did not"
"March after Carnarvon apologised. This was to be Lord Carnarvon's last significant involvement in the excavation project, he falling seriously ill shortly afterwards. On 19 March 1923, Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite which became infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. Fueled by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's suggestion that Carnarvon's death had been caused by ""elementals"" created by Tutankhamun's priests to guard the royal tomb; the ""Curse of Tutankhamun,"" or, the ""Mummy's Curse,"" entered popular culture. Arthur Weigall had reported, six weeks before his death, that he had watched"
"caused by the duplicity in his knights. A linking motif throughout a variety of centuries and countries, authors focus on the treasonous destruction of Arthur's court, and the temptation knights face to engage in treason. Queen Guinevere found herself facing accusations of treason several times over the course of recorded Arthurian legend. In Malory's Le Morte d’Arthur, she is accused first in the “Poisoned Apple” episode, when at a dinner she holds for some of the knights of the Round Table, one of the knights, Sir Patrise, dies from eating a poisoned apple intended for Gawain. The real culprit is"
"a fireman. His four birthdays were national holidays. In August 1862, the usually serene child became restless, and his medical condition got progressively worse. The newspapers of the time reported the illness as ""brain fever,"" now known as meningitis. Writing much later, Queen Liliuokalani blamed the father for putting the child under a cold-water faucet as punishment for throwing a tantrum over a pair of boots. The parents did mistake a fever for sunstroke. A modern medical historian and Honolulu physician analyzed the possible causes of Albert's death. They concluded the Prince most likely died from a case of appendicitis."
"25, 1100. ""While he was besieging the city of Acre, Godfrey, the ruler of Jerusalem, was struck by an arrow, which killed him"", reports the Arab chronicler Ibn al-Qalanisi. Christian chronicles make no mention of this; instead, Albert of Aix and Ekkehard of Aura report that Godfrey contracted an illness in Caesarea in June 1100. It was later believed that the emir of Caesarea had poisoned him, but there seems to be no basis for this rumour; William of Tyre does not mention it. It is also said that he died after eating a poisoned apple. In any event, he"
"the king's physicians concluded that Charles would not live past August. Ill and weary, the king became delirious, convinced that he was surrounded by traitors loyal only to his son. Under the pressure of sickness and fever, he went mad. By now another infection in his jaw had caused an abscess in his mouth. The swelling caused by this became so large that, for the last week of his life, Charles was unable to swallow food or water. Although he asked the Dauphin to come to his deathbed, Louis refused, instead waiting at Avesnes, in Burgundy, for his father to"
"Thomas Barrie Thomas Barrie (died 1538 in Newbury, Berkshire) was an English almoner who, in 1538 was found guilty of spreading rumours about the death of Henry VIII and was pilloried in the market square at Newbury. It was reported that he died from shock as a result of his punishment. Barrie worked as an almsman at Donnington Hospital, living in one of the institution's almshouses. In 1538, he was accused of spreading seditious rumours about the death of Henry VIII. This was around the time of the ; Henry did not die for a further 9 years. However, Barrie's"
"crows were cooked, when they assisted me to eat them"".King lived at Cooper Creek under the care of the Yandruwandha for around three months until he was discovered by Edwin Welch, a member of Alfred Howitt's relief party on 15 September 1861. King was cared for by the Yandruwandha. He received daily rations of nardoo, and sometimes fish, and repaid their efforts by shooting birds for them. John King died at St Kilda on 15 January 1872. He never fully regained his health and died at the relatively young age of 33. The disappearance of the explorers was beginning to"
"colic, cramps, and discharge of blood from arsenic poisoning, and gives several antidotes including emetics. Ming dynasty (1368–1644) authorities strongly disapproved of immortality elixirs, but the Jiajing Emperor (r. 1521–1567) supposedly died from consuming them. The emperor was interested in the art of immortality and put great confidence in Daoist physicians, magicians, and alchemists. One named Wang Jin 王金, who was appointed a Physician-in-Attendance in the Imperial Academy of Medicine, convinced the emperor that eating and drinking from vessels made of alchemical gold and silver would bring about immortality, but it only resulted in his death. Wang fled but was"
"advisors. In August 1868 King Mongkut contracted malaria whilst on an expedition to see a solar eclipse in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, six weeks later he died on 1 October. The young Chulalongkorn (who was only 15 years old at the time) was unanimously declared king by a council of high-ranking nobility, princes of the Chakri Dynasty and monks. The council was presided by Si Suriyawongse who was also appointed Regent for the young King. During the meeting when one of the Princes nominated Prince Yodying Prayurayot Krom Muen Bovorn Vichaichan as the next Front Palace, many in the council"
"the goddess disappeared and left the king in deep regret. Later, Taleju appeared in the king’s dream and informed him that she would embody in the human form a virgin girl of the Shakya caste, a Buddhist by faith, who would bless him every year. It is believed that he was murdered one night while taking his dinner through poison, which was kept in his dinner foods. Trailokya Malla Trailokya Malla () was a Malla Dynasty King of Bhaktapur, Nepal from 1560 to 1613. The origin of Kumari can be traced to King Trailokya Malla who is believed to have"