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Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia)Chevreuse, Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de märēˈ də rōäNˈ-môNbäzôNˈ düshĕsˈ də shəvrözˈ [key], 1600–1679, French beauty and politician, an intimate of the French queen, Anne ...Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de
(Encyclopedia)Brinvilliers, Marie Madeleine d'Aubray, marquise de: see Poison Affair. ...Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de (Cardinal Richelieu) plĕsēˈ dük də rēshəlyöˈ [key], 1585–1642, French prelate and statesman, chief minister of King Louis XIII, cardinal of the Ro...Soo Canals
(Encyclopedia)Soo Canals: see Sault Sainte Marie Canals, United States and Canada. ...Alfonso VI, king of Portugal
(Encyclopedia)Alfonso VI, 1643–83, king of Portugal (1656–83), son and successor of John IV. Slightly paralyzed and mentally defective, he led a dissolute youth until he came under the influence of the count of...Devolution, War of
(Encyclopedia)Devolution, War of, 1667–68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands. On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced her rights ...Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte
(Encyclopedia)Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte zhän märēˈ bo͞ovyāˈ də lä môt güēyôNˈ [key], 1648–1717, French mystic and author of writings dealing largely with quietism. Confined by the gove...Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de
(Encyclopedia)Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de märēˈ də räbütăNˈ-shäNtälˈ märkēzˈ də sāvēnyāˈ [key], 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her correspondence of more than 1,500 lett...Amundsen Sea
(Encyclopedia)Amundsen Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, bordered by Thurston Island and Cape Dart. Off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, the sea was named after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. ...Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, marquis de
(Encyclopedia)Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, marquis de märēˈ zhäN äNtwänˈ nēkôläˈ kärētäˈ märkēˈ də kôNdôrsāˈ [key], 1743–94, French mathematician, philosopher, and politic...Browse by Subject
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