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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,…
(Encyclopedia) LechfeldLechfeldlĕkhˈfĕlt [key], plain near Augsburg, S Germany, drained by the Lech River. There in 955, King (later Emperor) Otto I defeated the Magyars and stopped their expansion…
(Encyclopedia) Altamura Altamura älˌtäm&oomacr;ˈrä [key], city, Apulia, S Italy. It is a commercial and agricultural center. The imposing Romanesque cathedral, with…
(Encyclopedia) Romanus II, 939–63, Byzantine emperor (959–63), son and successor of Constantine VII. A profligate, he came under the domination of his second wife, Theophano. She, along with the…
(Encyclopedia) Liu HsiuLiu Hsiuly&oomacr; shy&oomacr; [key], a.d. 6–a.d. 57, restorer of the Han dynasty. As first emperor (a.d. 25–a.d. 57) of the Later, or Eastern, Han (a.d. 25–a.d. 200),…
(Encyclopedia) Leo III, Saint, pope (795–816), a Roman; successor of Adrian I. He was attacked about the face and eyes by members of Adrian's family, who hoped to render him unfit for the papacy. Leo…
(Encyclopedia) AtaulfAtaulfătˈāəlf [key], d. 415, Visigothic king (410–15). Succeeding his brother-in-law, Alaric I, he abandoned Alaric's scheme of southward expansion and led the Visigoths out of…
