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Parthenopean Republic

(Encyclopedia) Parthenopean RepublicParthenopean Republicpärˌthənōpēˈən [key] [from Parthenope, an ancient name of Naples], state set up in Naples in Jan., 1799, by the French Revolutionary army…

Breitenfeld

(Encyclopedia) BreitenfeldBreitenfeldbrīˈtənfĕltˌ [key], village, Saxony, S central E Germany. It gave its name to two battles of the Thirty Years War. Gustavus Adolphus (Gustavus II) of Sweden there…

Valera, Diego de

(Encyclopedia) Valera, Diego deValera, Diego dedyāˈgō dā välāˈrä [key], 1412?–1488?, Spanish adventurer and writer. Reared at the Castilian court, he was page to John II and later became one of his…

Marcos, Imelda

(Encyclopedia) Marcos, Imelda: see under Marcos, Ferdinand.

Maximilian II, 1527–76, Holy Roman emperor

(Encyclopedia) Maximilian II, 1527–76, Holy Roman emperor (1564–76), king of Bohemia (1562–76) and of Hungary (1563–76), son and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. Before acceding he…

Alfonso X, Spanish king of Castile and León

(Encyclopedia) Alfonso X (Alfonso the Wise), 1221–84, Spanish king of Castile and León (1252–84); son and successor of Ferdinand III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking…

Ferrante

(Encyclopedia) Ferrante: see Ferdinand I, king of Naples.