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Crillon, Louis des Balbes de Berton de
(Encyclopedia)Crillon, Louis des Balbes de Berton de lwē dā bälb də bĕrtôNˈ də krēyôNˈ [key], c.1541–1615, French soldier. He fought under François de Guise in the retaking (1558) of Calais; served in...Antsiranana
(Encyclopedia)Antsiranana dē-āˈgō-swärˈĕs [key], town, N Madagascar, on Antsiranana Bay. The bay, an arm of the Indian Ocean, is one of the world's finest natural harbors; its lo...Moreau, Jean Victor
(Encyclopedia)Moreau, Jean Victor môrōˈ [key], 1763–1813, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. Despite his successes on the Rhine and in Germany (1796–97), he was dismissed for withholding compr...La Noue, François de
(Encyclopedia)La Noue, François de fräNswäˈ də lä no͞o [key], 1531–91, French Protestant general in the Wars of Religion (see Religion, Wars of). He fought at Jarnac (1569) and Moncontour (1569). In 1570 h...Taylor, Alan John Percivale
(Encyclopedia)Taylor, Alan John Percivale, 1906–90, English historian, primarily interested in diplomatic and Central European history. Educated at Oxford, he became a fellow of Magdalen College in 1938. He appea...Duguay-Trouin, René
(Encyclopedia)Duguay-Trouin, René rənāˈ dügāˈ-tro͞oăNˈ [key], 1673–1736, French privateer and naval officer. A member of a Breton family of shipowners, he became (1689) a privateer and was given command...Cleves, duchy of
(Encyclopedia)Cleves, duchy of, former state, W Germany, on both sides of the lower Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county from late Carolingian times, it acquired (late 14th cent.) t...Castelnau, Michel de
(Encyclopedia)Castelnau, Michel de mēshĕlˈ də kästĕlnōˈ [key], c.1520–1592, French diplomat and soldier. He early attracted the favorable notice of the cardinal of Lorraine (Charles de Guise) and performe...Bergen op Zoom
(Encyclopedia)Bergen op Zoom bĕrˈgən ôp zōmˈ [key], town, North Brabant prov., SW Netherlands, on the Zoom River near ...Heredia, José María
(Encyclopedia)Heredia, José María hōsāˈ märēˈä ārāˈᵺēä [key], 1803–39, Cuban journalist and poet. He is considered the most lyrical of the poets writing during the period of the wars of independen...Browse by Subject
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