(Encyclopedia) Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756–1837, wife of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV). He was her third husband. The marriage (1785) was illegal by the terms of the Royal Marriage Act…
(Encyclopedia) Albert, 1819–61, prince consort of Victoria of Great Britain, whom he married in 1840. He was of Wettin lineage, the son of Ernest I, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and first cousin to…
(Encyclopedia) Francis, 1554–84, French prince, duke of Alençon and Anjou; youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Although ill-shapen, pockmarked, and endowed with a…
(Encyclopedia) Medici, Lorenzo de'Medici, Lorenzo de'lōrĕnˈtsō [key]Medici, Lorenzo de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1449–92, Italian merchant prince, called Lorenzo il Magnifico [the…
(Encyclopedia) Medici, Piero de'Medici, Piero de'pyĕˈrō [key]Medici, Piero de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1416–69, Italian merchant prince. He succeeded his father, Cosimo de' Medici, as head…
(Encyclopedia) Medici, Piero de', 1471–1503, Italian merchant prince. He succeeded his father, Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo il Magnifico), as head of the Medici family and as leader of the Florentine…
physicistBorn: 2/10/1931Birthplace: Prince Edward County, Va. James West was born in 1931 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and studied physics at Temple University.…
From Muhammad Ali to Andrew Young Compiled by Ann Marie Imbornoni Try the African-American Quotations Quiz. I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the…
fiction and nonfiction writerBorn: 10/26/1945Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia Southern writer whose career was launched in 1972 with The Water Is Wide, a nonfiction book about teaching black children…
