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Philip V, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia) Philip V, 1683–1746, king of Spain (1700–1746), first Bourbon on the Spanish throne. A grandson of Louis XIV of France, he was titular duke of Anjou before Charles II of Spain…

Philip VI, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia) Philip VI, 1968–, king of Spain (2014–). The only son and youngest child of Juan Carlos I, he was created prince of Asturias in 1977. As heir apparent, he traveled widely as a…

Sancho I, king of Aragón

(Encyclopedia) Sancho I (Sancho Ramírez)Sancho Isänˈchō rämēˈrĕth [key], 1045?–1094, king of Aragón (1063–94) and, as Sancho V, king of Navarre (1076–94); son and successor of Ramiro I. He continued…

Sancho III, king of Navarre

(Encyclopedia) Sancho III or Sancho the GreatSancho the Greatsänˈchō [key], c.970–1035, king of Navarre (1000–1035). Having inherited the kingdom of Navarre, which included Aragón, he launched an…

Sancho I, king of Portugal

(Encyclopedia) Sancho ISancho Isänˈch&oomacr; [key], c.1154–1211, king of Portugal (1185–1211), son and successor of Alfonso I. He was associated in his father's government from c.1170. Sancho…

Pyrrhus, Molossian king of Epirus

(Encyclopedia) PyrrhusPyrrhuspĭrˈəs [key], c.318–272 b.c., Molossian king of Epirus. He fought at Ipsus in Asia Minor in the service of Demetrius Poliorcetes (later Demetrius I) of Macedon, and by…