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Ten Great Girl Characters: Novels

Alice Alice, an impressionable Victorian girl of seven-and-a-half, falls down a rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she has many strange and curious adventures. Alice is one of the earliest classic…

Orléans, Charles, duc d'

(Encyclopedia) Orléans, Charles, duc d'Orléans, Charles, duc d'shärl dük dôrlāäNˈ [key], 1391–1465, French prince and poet; nephew of King Charles VI. After the assassination of his father, Louis d'…

Leopold I, prince of Anhalt-Dessau

(Encyclopedia) Leopold I, 1676–1747, prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1693–1747). He served as field marshal in the Prussian army and was nicknamed “the Old Dessauer.” As chief military adviser to King…

Milan, prince and king of Serbia

(Encyclopedia) Milan (Milan Obrenović)Milanmĭlˈän ōbrĕˈnəvĭch [key], 1854–1901, prince (1868–82) and king (1882–89) of Serbia; grandnephew of Miloš Obrenović. He succeeded his cousin Michael…

Rohan, Louis René Édouard, prince de

(Encyclopedia) Rohan, Louis René Édouard, prince deRohan, Louis René Édouard, prince delwē rənāˈ ādwärˈ prăNs də [key]Rohan, Louis René Édouard, prince de rôäNˈ [key], 1734–1803, French churchman and…