[LMB] About Gregor

[Jim Parish]

Peter Granzeau wrote:

> Here and now, there is but one single tradition of a monarch who
> abdicates into retirement:  queens of the Netherlands have done so
> (Wilhelmina and Juliana, anyway--we don't yet know how Beatrix feels
> about it).  I don't believe any other monarch has ever gone into
> retirement, although there have of course been monarchs forced to
> leave (Leopold III of Belgium, for instance).

Hmm? What bounds are you putting on this? The Emperor Diocletian 
comes to mind, and Pope Celestine V; both of those were voluntary. 
(Diocletian was apparently worn out, and Celestine decided he wasn't 
fit for the job.)

Jim Parish