(Encyclopedia) Isabel of Bavaria, 1371–1435, French queen, consort of Charles VI, daughter of the duke of Bavaria. After her marriage (1385) she was several times regent for her demented husband.…
(Encyclopedia) Pepusch, John ChristopherPepusch, John Christopherpāˈp&oobreve;sh [key], 1667–1752, German musician, who lived in London from 1700 until his death. As a theorist he became expert…
(Encyclopedia) Cargill, Donald, 1619?–1681, Scottish Covenanter. He was a minister in Glasgow from c.1655 until 1662, when he was expelled for denouncing the Restoration and resisting the…
(Encyclopedia) Carmagnola, Francesco Bussone daCarmagnola, Francesco Bussone dafränchĕsˈkō b&oomacr;s-sôˈnā dä kärmänyôˈlä [key], c.1380?–1432, Italian condottiere. He fought for Filippo Maria…
(Encyclopedia) Casimir ICasimir Ikăsˈəmēr [key], c.1015–1058, duke of Poland (c.1040–1058), son of Mieszko II. He succeeded in reuniting the central Polish lands under the hegemony of the Holy Roman…
(Encyclopedia) Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th BaronLovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baronlŭvˈət [key], 1675?–1747, Scottish nobleman and Jacobite conspirator. The nephew of the 9th baron, he and his father…
(Encyclopedia) Rivers, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of…
(Encyclopedia) George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert), 1865–1936, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–36), second son and successor of Edward VII. At the age of 12 he commenced a naval career…
(Encyclopedia) Price, Reynolds (Edward Reynolds Price), 1933–2011, American writer, b. Macon, N.C., grad. Duke Univ. (A.B., 1955), Oxford (B.Litt., 1958). He began teaching at Duke in 1958 and…
