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Robert Guiscard
(Encyclopedia)Robert Guiscard gēskärˈ [key], c.1015–1085, Norman conqueror of S Italy, a son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans). Robert joined (c.1046) his brothers in S Italy and fought with them to expel...Kemble, Adelaide
(Encyclopedia)Kemble, Adelaide: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Kemble, Charles
(Encyclopedia)Kemble, Charles: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Kemble, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia)Kemble, Elizabeth: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Kemble, Fanny
(Encyclopedia)Kemble, Fanny: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Wood, Sarah
(Encyclopedia)Wood, Sarah: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Kemble, George Stephen
(Encyclopedia)Kemble, George Stephen: see under Kemble, Roger. ...Morris, Mary Philipse
(Encyclopedia)Morris, Mary Philipse: see under Morris, Roger. ...Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st earl of, 1621–79, Irish statesman and writer; son of Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork. Created (1627) Baron Broghill, he studied at Trinity College, Dublin, traveled abroad, ...Coddington, William
(Encyclopedia)Coddington, William, 1601–78, one of the founders of Rhode Island, probably b. Boston, England. He came to America in 1630 as an officer of the Massachusetts Bay Company and was its treasurer from 1...Browse by Subject
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