John of Gaunt of Castile. As his father and elder brother, Edward, the Black Prince, became incapacitated due to poor health, Gaunt assumed control of many government functions, and rose to become one of the most powerful political figures in England. He was faced with military difficulties abroad and political divisions at home, and disagreements as to how to deal with these crises led to tensions between Gaunt, the English Parliament, and the ruling class, making him an extremely unpopular figure for a time. John exercised great influence over the English throne during the minority of King Richard II, and the ensuing periods
Line of succession to the former Romanian throne in 1880), who renounced his rights to the Romanian throne, on 20 December 1886, in favor of his younger brother, the future King Ferdinand. On 30 December 2007, the 60th anniversary of his loss of the throne, the former King Michael issued the "Fundamental Rules of the Royal House of Romania". in which he again appealed to the Romanian Parliament to alter the Salic Law of succession, should the Romanian nation and Parliament consider restoring the monarchy in the future, and calling for the first in line of succession to be Michael's eldest daughter, newly titled "Crown Princess of Romania"