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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...

Berkhamstead

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

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...

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...

Uccialli, Treaty of

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

Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini

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

Catherine the Great

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

Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus

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

Reichstadt, Napoleon, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Reichstadt, Napoleon, duke of: see Napoleon II. ...