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Louis the Pious

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...

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 ...

Philip the Fair

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France. ...

Philip the Good

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Good, 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy (1419–67); son of Duke John the Fearless. After his father was murdered (1419) at a meeting with the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France), Philip...

Philip the Handsome

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Handsome: see Philip I, Spanish king of Castile. ...

Philip the Tall

(Encyclopedia)Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France. ...

Agrippina the Younger

(Encyclopedia)Agrippina the Younger, d. a.d. 59, Roman matron; daughter of Germanicus Caesar and Agrippina the Elder. By her first husband, Cneius Domitius Ahenobarbus, she was the mother of Nero. After her brother...

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