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(August Anheuser Busch, Jr.)brewerBorn: 3/28/1899Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Joined the family brewing business, Anheuser-Busch, and became its president in 1946. During his tenure, which lasted…
(Encyclopedia) VersaillesVersaillesvərsīˈ, Fr. vĕrsīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 91,029), capital of Yvelines dept., N central France. It was an insignificant rural hamlet when Louis XIII constructed a…
(Encyclopedia) Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien, Louis Antoine Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'lwē äNtwänˈ äNrēˈ də b&oobreve;rbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ dük däNgyăNˈ [key], 1772–1804…
(Encyclopedia) Henrietta of England (Henrietta Anne), 1644–70, duchesse d'Orléans, called Madame; sister-in-law of King Louis XIV of France. The daughter of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria…
(Encyclopedia) JadwigaJadwigayädvēˈgä [key], 1374–99, Polish queen (1384–99), daughter of Louis I of Hungary and Poland. To satisfy Polish demands for autonomy at Louis's death, she reigned in Poland…
(Encyclopedia) Petitot, JeanPetitot, JeanzhäN pətētōˈ [key], 1607–91, French painter in enamel, b. Switzerland. He was apprentice and later partner to a goldsmith, Pierre Bordier, whom he accompanied…
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