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Limbourg brothers
(Encyclopedia)Limbourg brothers lăNbo͞orˈ [key], fl. 1380–1416, family of Franco-Flemish manuscript illuminators. The Limbourg brothers, Pol, Jan, and Herman, were trained as goldsmiths. They succeeded Jacquem...Dutch Wars
(Encyclopedia)Dutch Wars, series of conflicts between the English and Dutch during the mid to late 17th cent. The wars had their roots in the Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry, although the last of the three wars was ...Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil
(Encyclopedia)Rio de Janeiro rēˈō də zhänāˈrō, Port. rēˈo͝o ᵺĭ zhənĕēˈro͝o [key] [Port.,=river of January], city (1990 pop. 5,533,011; 1995 metropolitan area est. pop. 10,181,000), capital of Rio...Coligny, Gaspard de Châtillon, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Coligny, Gaspard de Châtillon, comte de gäspärˈ də shätēyôNˈ kôNt də kōlēnyēˈ [key], 1519–72, French Protestant leader. A nephew of Anne, duc de Montmorency, he came to the French cou...Favras, Thomas de Mahy, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Favras, Thomas de Mahy, marquis de tômäˈ də mäēˈ märkēˈ də fävräsˈ [key], 1744–90, French royalist. After the outbreak of the French Revolution, he plotted (1789) with the comte de La ...Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco
(Encyclopedia)Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco fränthēsˈkō hēl dā täbōäˈᵺä ē ᵺā lāˈmōs [key], d. 1809, Spanish colonial administrator. After serving as viceroy of New Granada (1789), he was ...Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de: see Foix, Gaston de. ...Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur de
(Encyclopedia)Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur de pōl də shômdāˈ syör də māzôNnövˈ [key], 1612–76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A soldier, he fought in European wars before be...Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de
(Encyclopedia)Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de krātyăNˈ gēyōmˈ də lämwänyôNˈ də mälzĕrbˈ [key], 1721–94, French minister of state. After serving as counselor to the Parlement of Par...Lesdiguières, François de Bonne, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Lesdiguières, François de Bonne, duc de fräNswäˈ də bôn dük də lādēgyĕrˈ [key], 1543–1626, marshal and constable of France. He fought on the Huguenot (Protestant) side in the Wars of Re...Browse by Subject
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