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Peter the Cruel

(Encyclopedia)Peter the Cruel, 1334–69, Spanish king of Castile and León (1350–69), son and successor of Alfonso XI. His desertion of his wife, Blanche of Bourbon, for María Padilla and his favors to the Padi...

Bleimor

(Encyclopedia)Bleimor: see Calloc'h, Jean Pierre. ...

Argenson, Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d'

(Encyclopedia)Argenson, Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d' märk pyĕr də vwäyāˈ də pōmēˈ kôNt därzhäNsôNˈ [key], 1696–1764, French statesman and patron of literature; younger brother of René ...

Grouès, Henri Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Grouès, Henri Antoine: see Pierre, Abbé. ...

Viaud, Julien

(Encyclopedia)Viaud, Julien: see Loti, Pierre. ...

Rougemont, Denis de

(Encyclopedia)Rougemont, Denis de dənēˈ də ro͞ozhmôNˈ [key], 1906–85, French philosopher and critic, b. Switzerland. He moved to Paris in 1936 and published numerous articles on existentialism, some of whi...

Miquelon

(Encyclopedia)Miquelon, French island: see Saint Pierre and Miquelon. ...

Villa Park

(Encyclopedia)Villa Park, village (1990 pop. 22,253), Du Page co., NE Ill.; inc. 1914. It is a residential suburb W of Chicago.

Choderlos de Laclos

(Encyclopedia)Choderlos de Laclos: see Laclos, Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de. ...

La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de

(Encyclopedia)La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de: see Vérendrye. ...