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Arcimboldo, Giuseppe

(Encyclopedia)Arcimboldo, Giuseppe jo͞ozĕpˈpā ärchēmbôlˈdō [key], 1527–93, Italian painter. The son of an artist, he began as a traditional portrait painter. Later, as court painter to Hapsburg kings Max...

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...

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...

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...

Rye House Plot

(Encyclopedia)Rye House Plot, 1683, conspiracy to assassinate Charles II of England and his brother James, duke of York (later James II), as they passed by Rumbold's Rye House in Hertfordshire on the road from Newm...

Berkhamstead

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

Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus

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

Catherine the Great

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

Uccialli, Treaty of

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

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini

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