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Louis the German
(Encyclopedia)Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent territories. In the ...Louis the Great
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...Louis the Pious
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...Louis the Stammerer
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...Louis the Younger
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Younger, c.830–882, German king, ruler (876–82) over Saxony, Franconia, and Thuringia, son of Louis the German. He shared the succession to his father's lands with his brothers Carloman ...Kingis Quair, The
(Encyclopedia)Kingis Quair, The: see James I, king of Scotland. ...Pliny the Elder
(Encyclopedia)Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus) plĭˈnē [key], c.a.d. 23–a.d. 79, Roman naturalist, b. Cisalpine Gaul. He was a friend and fellow military officer of Vespasian, becoming eventually an arm...Pliny the Younger
(Encyclopedia)Pliny the Younger: see under Pliny the Elder. ...Philip the Arabian
(Encyclopedia)Philip the Arabian: see Philip, Roman emperor. ...Philip the Fair
(Encyclopedia)Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France. ...Browse by Subject
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