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Stuart, Frances Teresa, duchess of Richmond and Lennox
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Frances Teresa, duchess of Richmond and Lennox: see Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of. ...Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart, duchess of
(Encyclopedia)Richmond and Lennox, Frances Teresa Stuart or Stewart, duchess of, 1647–1702, mistress of Charles II of England. The daughter of an exiled Scottish physician, she was educated in France and returned...Stuart, Ludovick, 2d duke of Lennox and duke of Richmond
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Ludovick, 2d duke of Lennox and duke of Richmond, 1574–1624, Scottish nobleman; son of Esmé Stuart, 1st duke of Lennox, and cousin of James VI of Scotland (James I of England). H...Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, 3d duke of
(Encyclopedia)Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, 3d duke of, 1735–1806, British statesman. He was secretary of state for the south of Europe (1766) and became a staunch defender of the cause of the American col...Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of
(Encyclopedia)Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of lwēz rənāˈ də kāro͞oälˈ [key], 1649–1734, French mistress of Charles II of England. She exerted a powerful influence over the king in fav...Lennox, Matthew Stuart, 4th earl of
(Encyclopedia)Lennox, Matthew Stuart or Stewart, 4th earl of lĕnˈəks [key], 1516–71, Scottish nobleman. Related to the royal family, being next in the line of succession to the throne after James Hamilton, 2d ...Stuart, Esmé, 1st duke of Lennox
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Esmé, 1st duke of Lennox ĕzˈmē [key], 1542?–1583, Scottish nobleman; cousin to James VI of Scotland (later James I of England). Born and reared in France, he succeeded his fat...Teresa, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Teresa, Saint. For most saints thus named use Theresa, Saint. See also Teresa, Mother. ...Teresa, Mother
(Encyclopedia)Teresa, Mother (Saint Teresa of Calcutta), 1910–97, Roman Catholic missionary in India, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, b. Skopje (now in North Macedonia) as Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu. Of Albanian...Stuart, Matthew
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, Matthew: see Lennox, Matthew Stuart, 4th earl of. ...Browse by Subject
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