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Modred, Sir
(Encyclopedia)Modred, Sir: see Arthurian legend. ...Pelleas, Sir
(Encyclopedia)Pelleas, Sir: see Arthurian legend. ...Percivale, Sir
(Encyclopedia)Percivale, Sir: see Arthurian legend and Parsifal. ...Launcelot, Sir
(Encyclopedia)Launcelot, Sir lănˈsəlŏtˌ, lŏnˈ–, lônˈ– [key], in Arthurian legend, bravest and most celebrated knight at the court of King Arthur. He was kidnapped as an infant by the mysterious Lady of...Christian X
(Encyclopedia)Christian X, 1870–1947, king of Denmark (1912–47) and Iceland (1912–44), son and successor of Frederick VIII and brother of King Haakon VII of Norway. He granted (1915) a new constitution that i...Kyffhäuser
(Encyclopedia)Kyffhäuser kĭfˈhoizər [key], forested mountain, c.1,550 ft (470 m), Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is crowned by the two ruined castles of Rothenburg (7th cent.) and Kyffhausen (12th cent.) an...Mount Hopkins Observatory
(Encyclopedia)Mount Hopkins Observatory: see Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory. ...Frederick Barbarossa
(Encyclopedia)Frederick Barbarossa: see Frederick I, Holy Roman emperor. ...Barbarossa, Frederick
(Encyclopedia)Barbarossa, Frederick: see Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. ...Frederick the Great
(Encyclopedia)Frederick the Great: see Frederick II, king of Prussia. ...Browse by Subject
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