King's Champion

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title: King's Champion
text: The Honourable The King's Champion is an honorary and hereditary office in the Royal Household of the British sovereign. The champion's original role at the coronation of a British monarch was to challenge anyone who contested the new monarch's entitlement to the throne to trial by combat. Although this function was last enacted at the coronation of George IV in 1821, the office continues to descend through the Dymoke family. The Lord of the Manor of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, England, has, sin
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description: Ceremonial officer in the United Kingdom
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Champion
date created: 2005-08-07T06:33:18Z
date modified: 2024-09-07T15:06:53Z
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