(Encyclopedia) OrkhanOrkhanôr-khänˈ [key], 1288?–1362?, Ottoman sultan (1326–1362?), son and successor of Osman I as leader of the Ottoman Turks. He defeated Byzantine Emperor Andronicus III and…
(Encyclopedia) Leo IX, Saint, 1002–54, pope (1049–54), a German named Bruno of Toul, b. Alsace; successor of Damasus II. A relative of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III, he was educated at Toul and was…
(Encyclopedia) Louis the Younger, c.830–882, German king, ruler (876–82) over Saxony, Franconia, and Thuringia, son of Louis the German. He shared the succession to his father's lands with his…
(Encyclopedia) Bourbon, Charles, duc deBourbon, Charles, duc deshärl, dük də [key]Bourbon, Charles, duc de b&oomacr;rbôNˈ [key], 1490–1527, constable of France and governor of Milan. He…
(Encyclopedia) Canova, AntonioCanova, Antonioäntôˈnyō känôˈvä [key], 1757–1822, Italian sculptor. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical school whose influence on the art of his time was…
(Encyclopedia) Valentinian IValentinian Ivălˌəntĭnˈēən [key], 321–75, Roman emperor of the West (364–75). He held high military rank under Julian and Jovian. After the death of Jovian, Valentinian…
Congo: Rulers
Theophile Theodore Joseph Antoine Baron Wahis, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1900–12) Felix Alexandre Fuch, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1912–16) Eugene Joseph…
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CE5
Holy Roman Empire (c.1100)
CE5
Holy Roman Empire, designation for the political entity that originated at the coronation as emperor (962) of the German king Otto I and…
(Encyclopedia) GuelphsGuelphsgwĕlfs [key], European dynasty tracing its descent from the Swabian count Guelph or Welf (9th cent.), whose daughter Judith married the Frankish emperor Louis I. Guelph…
(Encyclopedia) Walewska, Countess MariaWalewska, Countess Mariamärēˈä välĕfˈskä [key], 1789–1817, Polish noblewoman. She became (1807) the mistress of Emperor Napoleon I and bore (1810) him a son,…
