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Nicolls, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Nicolls, Richard, 1624–72, first English governor of New York, b. Bedfordshire, England. He served in the English civil war as a royalist and followed the Stuarts into exile, where he entered the se...

Catherine of Braganza

(Encyclopedia)Catherine of Braganza brəgănˈzə [key], 1638–1705, queen consort of Charles II of England, daughter of John IV of Portugal. She was married to Charles in 1662. As part of her dowry England secure...

Wharton, Thomas Wharton, 1st marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Wharton, Thomas Wharton, 1st marquess of, 1648–1715, English politician. Before his entry into Parliament (1673) he had acquired the reputation as a rake and gambler that he retained for life. After...

Berkhamstead

(Encyclopedia)Berkhamstead, formerly also Great Berkhampstead both: bûrkˈəmstĕd, bärkˈ– ...

Wenceslaus I, king of Bohemia

(Encyclopedia)Wenceslaus I, d. 1253, king of Bohemia (1230–53), son and successor of Ottocar I. He invited large numbers of Germans to settle in the villages and towns of Bohemia and Moravia. In some villages pea...

Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus

(Encyclopedia)Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus: see Stanislaus II. ...

Uccialli, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Uccialli, Treaty of: see Menelik II. ...

Catherine the Great

(Encyclopedia)Catherine the Great: see Catherine II. ...

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini

(Encyclopedia)Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini: see Pius II. ...

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon

(Encyclopedia)Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon: see Simeon II. ...