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Wittelsbach

(Encyclopedia)Wittelsbach vĭˈtəlsbäkh [key], German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In 1180 Holy Roman Emper...

Clayton

(Encyclopedia)Clayton, city (2020 pop. 17,355), seat of St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1919. Developed in the 1960s, it has high-rise offic...

Hugh the Great

(Encyclopedia)Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet. Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, he supported the candidacy of Louis ...

Angevin

(Encyclopedia)Angevin ănˈjəvĭn [key] [Fr.,=of Anjou], name of two medieval dynasties originating in France. The first ruled over parts of France and over Jerusalem and England; the second ruled over parts of Fr...

Eliot, T. S.

(Encyclopedia)Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns Eliot), 1888–1965, American-British poet and critic, b. St. Louis, Mo. One of the most distinguished literary figures of the 20th cent., T. S. Eliot won the 1948 Nobel P...

Dolan, Timothy Michael

(Encyclopedia)Dolan, Timothy Michael, 1950–, American Roman Catholic cardinal, b. St. Louis, Mo. Educated at Cardinal Glennon College, the Pontifical American College in Rome, and the Catholic University of Ameri...

Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d'

(Encyclopedia)Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d' däNgo͞olĕmˈ [key], 1778–1851, wife of Louis Antoine d'Angoulême; daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She was imprisoned (1792–95) d...

Crestwood

(Encyclopedia)Crestwood, city (2020 pop. 11,808), St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. as a city 1949. Located in a truck-farming area, it is mos...

Ladue

(Encyclopedia)Ladue lədo͞oˈ, –dyo͞oˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 8,847), St. Louis co., E Mo., a residential suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1936. There is light manufacturing. ...

Affton

(Encyclopedia)Affton, uninc. city, St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. Manufacturing includes machinery and medical equipment. Settled in the mid-1800s largely by German immigrants, Affton main...