Senate Years of Service: 1956-1956Party: DemocratLAIRD, William Ramsey, III, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Keswick, Shasta County, Calif., June 2, 1916; educated in the public schools…
(Encyclopedia) Valentinian III, 419–55, Roman emperor of the West (425–55). Two years after the death of his uncle, Honorius, he was placed on the throne by his cousin Theodosius II, who deposed the…
(Encyclopedia) Henry III, 1551–89, king of France (1574–89); son of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. He succeeded his brother, Charles IX. As a leader of the royal army in the Wars of Religion…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987; 1989-2001Party: RepublicanGORTON, Thomas Slade, III (Slade), a Senator from Washington; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 8, 1928; attended public…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987; 1989-2001 Party: Republican GORTON, Thomas Slade, III (Slade), a Senator from Washington; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 8, 1928; attended…
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore), d. 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93), son of Duncan I; successor to Macbeth (d. 1057). It took him some years after Macbeth's death to regain the…
(Encyclopedia) Alfonso III, 1265–91, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1285–91), son and successor of Peter III. He was forced to grant wide privileges to the cortes of the Aragonese nobles. At…
(Encyclopedia) Muhammad III or Mehmet III, 1567–1603, Ottoman sultan (1595–1603), son and successor of Murad III to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Muhammad, who was a provisional governor…
(Encyclopedia) Selim III, 1761–1808, Ottoman sultan (1789–1807), nephew and successor of Abd al-Hamid I to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). He suffered severe defeats in the second of the…
(Encyclopedia) Charles VI, 1685–1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711–40), king of Bohemia (1711–40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712–40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.…
