(Encyclopedia) Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur deMaisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, sieur depōl də shômdāˈ syör də māzôNnövˈ [key], 1612–76, founder and first governor of Montreal, b. France. A…
(Encyclopedia) Géricault, Jean Louis André ThéodoreGéricault, Jean Louis André ThéodorezhäN lwē äNdrāˈ tāōdôrˈ zhārēkōˈ [key], 1791–1824, French painter. He studied with Antoine Vernet and with…
(Encyclopedia) Talleyrand or Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice deTalleyrand or Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice detălˈērăndˌ, Fr. shärl mōrēsˈ də tälāräNˈ-pārēgôrˈ [key], 1754–1838, French…
(Encyclopedia) Beaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire deBeaumanoir, Philippe de Remi, sire defēlēpˈ də rəmēˈ sēr də bōmänwärˈ [key], c.1250–1296, French poet and jurist, a writer of medieval law texts.…
(Encyclopedia) De profundisDe profundisdā prōf&oomacr;nˈdēs [key] [Lat.,=from the depths], the opening words of Psalm 130, one of the penitential Psalms, in Jerome's Latin version (see Vulgate);…
(Encyclopedia) Louis III, 1845–1921, last king of Bavaria (1913–18). He succeeded (1912) his father, Luitpold, as regent for the insane Otto I but proclaimed himself king in 1913. He was overthrown…
(Encyclopedia) Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas RobertBugeaud de la Piconnerie, Thomas Roberttōmäˈ rōbĕrˈ büzhōˈ də lä pēkōnərēˈ [key], 1784–1849, marshal of France, duc d'Isly, general and…
(Encyclopedia) Racan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur deRacan, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur deōnōräˈ də böˈyə sānyörˈ də räkäNˈ [key], 1589–1670, French poet. A disciple of Malherbe, he wrote some lyric…
(Encyclopedia) Soubise, Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur deSoubise, Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur debäNzhämăNˈ də rōäNˈ sānyûrˈ də s&oomacr;bēzˈ [key], 1583–1642, French Protestant general. He fought…
