(Encyclopedia) Montespan, Françoise Athénaïs, marquise deMontespan, Françoise Athénaïs, marquise defräNswäzˈ ätānäēsˈ märkēzˈ də môNtəspäNˈ [key], 1641–1707, mistress of King Louis XIV of France. She…
(Encyclopedia) Napoleon II, 1811–32, son of Napoleon I and Marie Louise, known as the king of Rome (1811–14), as the prince of Parma (1814–18), and after that as the duke of Reichstadt. Napoleon's…
(Encyclopedia) pseudonympseudonyms&oomacr;ˈdənĭm [key] [Gr.,=false name], name assumed, particularly by writers, to conceal identity. A writer's pseudonym is also referred to as a nom de plume (…
(Encyclopedia) Puvis de Chavannes, PierrePuvis de Chavannes, Pierrepyĕr püvēˈ də shävänˈ [key], 1824–98, French mural painter, b. Lyons. In 1844 he went to Paris, where he studied under Delacroix and…
(Encyclopedia) PourbusPourbusp&oobreve;rˈbəs, –büs [key], family of Flemish painters. Pieter Pourbus, 1510–84, painted portraits and religious subjects. His Last Judgment is in the Bruges Museum…
MOONEY, Charles Anthony, a Representative from Ohio; born in St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, January 5, 1879; attended the public and Jesuit schools; was graduated from St. Marys High School…
founder of the Mali EmpireBorn: c. 1210Birthplace: Kangaba State (in present-day Mali) West Africa An ethnic Malinké (also known as Mandinka), Mari Diata was the son of Nare Maghan, ruler of the…
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(Encyclopedia) Louis XIII, 1601–43, king of France (1610–43). He succeeded his father, Henry IV, under the regency of his mother, Marie de' Medici. He married Anne of Austria in 1615. Even after…
Born: 1727Birthplace: York County, Va. Ashby was the son of a Black man and Mary Ashby, a white woman who was an indentured servant. He was born free because in Colonial times a child inherited his…
