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Meredith, Owen

(Encyclopedia)Meredith, Owen: see Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert. ...

Old Pretender

(Encyclopedia)Old Pretender: see Stuart, James Francis Edward. ...

Kienholz, Nancy Reddin

(Encyclopedia)Kienholz, Nancy Reddin: see under Kienholz, Edward. ...

Black Prince

(Encyclopedia)Black Prince: see Edward the Black Prince. ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie

(Encyclopedia)Bonnie Prince Charlie: see Stuart, Charles Edward. ...

(Encyclopedia)Llywelyn or Llewelyn ap Gruffydd hləwĕlˈĭn äp grĭfˈĭᵺ, lo͞oĕlˈĭn [key], d. 1282, Welsh prince, grandson of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. He succeeded (1246) his uncle, David II, as ruler of Nort...

George V, king of Great Britain and Ireland

(Encyclopedia)George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert), 1865–1936, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–36), second son and successor of Edward VII. At the age of 12 he commenced a naval career, but this en...

Souris East

(Encyclopedia)Souris East, town (1991 pop. 1,333), NE Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Settled in 1748 by Acadians, it is a fishing port. ...

Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace

(Encyclopedia)Ferguson, Miriam A. Wallace (Ma Ferguson): see under Ferguson, James Edward. ...

Crécy

(Encyclopedia)Crécy –äN–pôNtyöˈ [key], village, Somme dept., N France. A nearby forest is popular for camping. At Crécy, on Aug. 26, 1346, Edward III of England defeated Philip VI of France in the Hundred...