Queen Elizabeth Celebrates Golden Jubilee 50 years on the throne remembered by David Johnson Only four other monarchs have ruled Great Britain as long as Queen Elizabeth II. When…
(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth I, 1533–1603, queen of England (1558–1603).
After the Armada, Elizabeth's popularity began to wane. Parliament became less tractable and began to object to the abuse of…
(Encyclopedia) Joanna (Joanna the Mad), 1479–1555, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1504–55), daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I. She succeeded to Castile and León at the death of her mother.…
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Source: iStockHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was born on April 21st, 1926, and died on September 8th, 2022, aged 96. This marks the end of the longest-reigning British monarch and the most popular…
(Encyclopedia) Queen Charlotte Islands, archipelago of several large and many small islands, off the coast of W British Columbia, Canada. The main islands are Graham and Moresby. Masset on Graham…
(Encyclopedia) Queen Elizabeth Islands, northern part of the Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, N Canada. Ellesmere Island (the largest), the Parry group (Melville, Bathurst,…
(Encyclopedia) Queen Anne's lace or wild carrot, herb (Daucus carota) of the family Umbelliferae (carrot family), native to the Old World but naturalized and often weedy throughout North America.…
(Encyclopedia) BichriBichribĭkˈrī [key], in the Bible, father of Sheba (3,) but “son of Bichri” may stand for “descendants of Becher” (see Becher (1)). The “Berites,” supporters of Sheba, are…
