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Capetians

(Encyclopedia)Capetians kəpēˈshənz [key], royal house of France that ruled continuously from 987 to 1328; it takes its name from Hugh Capet. Related branches of the family (see Valois; Bourbon) ruled France unt...

Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y

(Encyclopedia)Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y rôᵺrēˈgāth ᵺā sēlˈvä ē vāläthˈkāth [key], 1599–1660, b. Seville. He was the most celebrated painter of the Spanish school. Velázquez's dev...

Popes of the Roman Catholic Church (table)

(Encyclopedia)Popes of the Roman Catholic ChurchIn the following list, the date of election, rather than of consecration, is given. Before St. Victor I (189), dates may err by one year. Antipopes—i.e., those men...

Christian V

(Encyclopedia)Christian V, 1646–99, king of Denmark and Norway (1670–99), son and successor of Frederick III. His minister, Griffenfeld, who until his fall in 1676 dominated Christian's reign, made the monarchy...

Enghien

(Encyclopedia)Enghien, Du. Edingen, town, Hainaut prov., W central Belgium. It is a tourist center and has industries that manufacture linen and lace. Enghien ...

Fernández, Gregório

(Encyclopedia)Fernández or Hernández, Gregório grāgōˈrēō fārnänˈdāth, ārnänˈdāth [key], c.1576–1636, Spanish baroque sculptor. By 1605 he was established in Valladolid and was working for Philip I...

Flèche, La

(Encyclopedia)Flèche, La lä flĕsh [key], town, Sarthe dept., on the Loir River. The town has a few light ...

Menkaure

(Encyclopedia)Menkaure mĭsərīˈnəs [key], fl. 2525? b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the IV dynasty; successor of Khafre. He built the third pyramid at Giza. ...

Mustafa I

(Encyclopedia)Mustafa I mo͝ostäfäˈ [key], 1591–1639?, Ottoman sultan (1617–18, 1622–23), brother and successor of Ahmed I to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Set aside for incompetence, he was s...

Kristiansand

(Encyclopedia)Kristiansand krĭstyänsänˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 68,618), capital of Vest-Agder co., S Norway, a commercial and passenger port on the Skagerrak. Manufactures include ships, textiles, metal and woo...