(Encyclopedia) Henry V, 1387–1422, king of England (1413–22), son and successor of Henry IV.
Henry abandoned his early recklessness (celebrated and probably exaggerated by Shakespeare) and ruled…
The Bismarck Fearsome Nazi ship, short career on the seas by Gerry Brown Launched Feb. 14, 1939 and named for former German chancellor Otto von Bismarck the fearsome Bismarck was the…
(Encyclopedia) Frederick IV, 1671–1730, king of Denmark and Norway (1699–1730), son and successor of Christian V. He allied himself (1699) with Augustus II of Poland and Saxony and with Peter I of…
(Encyclopedia) Charles VIII, 1470–98, king of France (1483–98), son and successor of Louis XI. He first reigned under the regency of his sister Anne de Beaujeu. After his marriage (1491) to Anne of…
(Encyclopedia) Christian VIII, 1786–1848, king of Denmark (1839–48), nephew of Christian VII; successor of Frederick VI. As governor and king (May–Oct., 1814) of Norway he accepted a liberal…
(Encyclopedia) Raymond VII, 1197–1249, count of Toulouse; son of Count Raymond VI. He fought with his father in the Albigensian Crusade (see under Albigenses), assisting Raymond VI in his attempt to…
(Encyclopedia) Magnus VII (Magnus Ericsson), b.1316, d.1373 or 1374, king of Norway (1319–43) and Sweden (1319–63). He succeeded his grandfather, Haakon V, in Norway; at the same time he was elected…
Congo: Rulers Theophile Theodore Joseph Antoine Baron Wahis, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1900–12) Felix Alexandre Fuch, governor-general of the Belgian Congo (1912–16) Eugene Joseph…
Ancient Egypt: RulersAmenemhet I, king of ancient Egypt, founder of the XII dynasty (2000–1970 B.C.)Sesostris I, king of ancient Egypt, second ruler of the XII dynasty (1980–1926 B.C.)Amasis I,…