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Kunigunde, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Kunigunde, Saint: see Henry II, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Frederick Barbarossa

(Encyclopedia)Frederick Barbarossa: see Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Barbarossa, Frederick

(Encyclopedia)Barbarossa, Frederick: see Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. ...

Charles III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily

(Encyclopedia)Charles III, 1716–88, king of Spain (1759–88) and of Naples and Sicily (1735–59), son of Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese. Recognized as duke of Parma and Piacenza in 1731, he relinquished the duc...

Louis the Bavarian

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Bavarian: see Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Otto the Great

(Encyclopedia)Otto the Great: see Otto I, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia

(Encyclopedia)Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia: see Wenceslaus, Holy Roman emperor. ...

John VI, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia)John VI (John Cantacuzene) kănˌtəkyo͞ozēnˈ [key], c.1292–1383, Byzantine emperor (1347–54). He was chief minister under Andronicus III, after whose death he proclaimed himself emperor and ma...

Tancred, king of Sicily

(Encyclopedia)Tancred (Tancred of Lecce) tăngˈkrĭd;, lĕˈchā [key], b. 1130 or 1134, d. 1194, king of Sicily (1190–94), illegitimate son of Roger of Apulia and grandson of Roger II of Sicily. On the death of...

Charles I, king of Spain

(Encyclopedia)Charles I, king of Spain: see Charles V, Holy Roman emperor. ...