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Amadeus

(Encyclopedia) Amadeus, 1845–90, king of Spain (1870–73), duke of Aosta, son of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. After the expulsion (1868) of Queen Isabella II, Juan Prim urged the Cortes to elect…

Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo

(Encyclopedia) Fernández de Córdoba, GonzaloFernández de Córdoba, Gonzalogōnthäˈlō [key]Fernández de Córdoba, Gonzalo fārnänˈdāth dā kōrˈdōbä [key], 1453–1515, Spanish general, called the Great…

Juana

(Encyclopedia) Juana, Spanish queen of Castile: see Joanna.

Cuenca, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia) Cuenca, city , capital of Cuenca prov., E central Spain, in Castile–La Mancha, at the confluence of the Huécar and Júcar rivers, c.3,000…

Francis Henry DODDS, Congress, MI (1858-1940)

DODDS, Francis Henry, a Representative from Michigan; born on a farm near Waddington, Louisville Township, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., June 9, 1858; attended the local schools; moved with his…

Karle, Jerome

(Encyclopedia) Karle, JeromeKarle, Jeromekärl [key], 1918–2013, American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1943. He worked on the Manhattan Project before beginning a career (1946…