Kumaragupta I

Examples of Kumaragupta I in the following topics:

• Decline of the Gupta Empire

  • Yet the succeeding rulers, beginning with Kumaragupta I and then Skandagupta, oversaw the eventual end of the Gupta Empire through military defeats, devalued money and withering leadership.
  • In 415 CE, Chandragupta II was succeeded by his second son, Kumaragupta I, who ruled successfully until 455 CE.
  • As his grandfather and father did before him, Kumaragupta also issued news coins to mark his reign.
  • Upon Kumaragupta’s death in 455 CE, his son, Skandagupta, assumed the throne and ruled until c. 467 CE.
  • A silver coin from the reign of Gupta Emperor Kumaragupta I, c. 415-455 CE.

• Alexander I's Domestic Reforms

• Territorial Gains Under Alexander I

• The Wars of Nicholas I

• New Technology in World War I

• Ivan I and the Rise of Moscow

  • Ivan I (also known as Ivan Kalita) was born around 1288 to the Prince of Moscow, Daniil Aleksandrovich.
  • Ivan I stepped into a role that had already been expanded by his predecessors.
  • Ivan I, on the other hand, garnered the title from Khan Muhammad Ozbeg in 1328.
  • Three major contributing factors helped Ivan I relocate power to this area:
  • Ivan I also spurred on the growth of Moscow by actively recruiting people to move to the region.

• The Romanovs

  • The Romanov Dynasty was officially founded at the coronation of Michael I in 1613.
  • It was founded in 1613 with the coronation of Michael I and ended in 1917 with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.
  • Sources say he was a boyar under the leadership of the Rurikid prince Semyon I of Moscow in 1347.
  • Michael I's father was forced to take monastic vows and adopt the name Philaret.
  • Alexis I’s legacy paints him as a peaceful and reflective ruler, with a propensity for progressive ideas.

• Rise of the Holy Roman Empire

  • The formation of the Holy Roman Empire was initiated by Charlemagne's coronation as "Emperor of the Romans" in 800, and consolidated by Otto I when he was crowned emperor in 962 by Pope John XII.
  • Some historians refer to the coronation of Charlemagne as the origin of the empire, while others prefer the coronation of Otto I as its beginning.
  • The last such emperor was Berengar I of Italy, who died in 924.
  • Upon Henry's death, Otto I, his son and designated successor, was elected King in Aachen in 936.
  • Replica of the Magdeburger Reiter, equestrian monument traditionally regarded as portrait of Otto I (Magdeburg, original c. 1240).

• The First Stuarts and Catholicism

  • Believing that their power is God-given right, James I and his son and successor, Charles I of England, reigned England in the atmosphere of repeated escalating conflicts with the English Parliament.
  • The break with Rome was effected by a series of acts of Parliament but Catholic Mary I restored papal jurisdiction in 1553.
  • However, Mary's successor, Elizabeth I, restored the Church of England and reasserted the royal supremacy in 1559.
  • Charles I of England, portrait from the studio of Anthony van Dyck, 1636.   
  • James I of England, Portrait attributed to John de Critz, c. 1605

• Vladimir I and Christianization

  • Vladimir I ruled from 980 to 1015 and was the first Kievan Rus' ruler to officially establish Orthodox Christianity as the new religion of the region.
  • Vladimir I, also known as Vladimir the Great or Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great, ruled Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015 and is famous for Christianizing this territory during his reign.
  • The major player in the Christianization of the Rus' world is traditionally considered Vladimir I.
  • A Christian representation of Vladimir I, who was the first Rus' leader to officially bring Christianity to the region.
  • Outline the shift from pagan culture to Orthodox Christianity under the rule of Vladimir I