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Prout, Father

(Encyclopedia)Prout, Father: see Mahony, Francis Sylvester. ...

Old Pretender

(Encyclopedia)Old Pretender: see Stuart, James Francis Edward. ...

Townsend plan

(Encyclopedia)Townsend plan: see under Townsend, Francis Everett. ...

Josephine

(Encyclopedia)Josephine, 1763–1814, empress of the French (1804–9) as the consort of Napoleon I. Born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie in Martinique, she was married in 1779 to Alexandre de Beauharnais...

Assisi

(Encyclopedia)Assisi äs-sēˈzē [key], town, Umbria, central Italy. A religious and tourist center, it stands on a hill in the Apennines with an expansive view of the plains below. Al...

Lagerfeld, Karl

(Encyclopedia)Lagerfeld, Karl, 1938–2019, German fashion designer, b. Hamburg as Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, immigrated with his family to Paris in 1952. He won a fashion award at 16, designed for couturiers Pierre Bal...

windsurfing

(Encyclopedia)windsurfing, also called boardsailing or sailboarding, water sport that employs a board-and-sail device and combines elements of sailing and surfing. The sailboard was first developed in 1964 by boate...

Alençon, François, duc d'

(Encyclopedia)Alençon, François, duc d': see Francis, duke of Alençon and Anjou. ...

Franz Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Franz Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary: see Francis Joseph. ...

Marignano, battle of

(Encyclopedia)Marignano, battle of märēnyäˈnō [key], 1515, in the Italian Wars, fought by Francis I of France and his Venetian allies against the Swiss Confederates, who then controlled the duchy of Milan. It ...