Example sentences of "was elected king " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1457 , however , Ladislas died and Matthias was elected king of Hungary ( 1458 ) . |
| 2 | On Edgar 's death , a faction sought to win the throne for his younger son , Ethelred , but Edward was elected king by the witan , influenced by Dunstan . |
| 3 | It says a great deal for Saxon resilience that the Sussex settlements do not seem to have reverted to wholesale waste , and the pressure was greatly liked in 1017 when Cnut was elected king of England and the country passed under a Scandinavian aegis for the next half century or so . |
| 4 | He was elected king at Cologne on 9 June 1198 . |
| 5 | In December 1212 Frederick was elected king of the Romans and crowned and anointed in Mainz . |