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Monluc, Blaise de

(Encyclopedia)Monluc, Blaise de: see Montluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de. ...

Bazán, Álvaro de

(Encyclopedia)Bazán, Álvaro de: see Santa Cruz, Álvaro de Bazán, marqués de. ...

Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de

(Encyclopedia)Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de krātyăNˈ gēyōmˈ də lämwänyôNˈ də mälzĕrbˈ [key], 1721–94, French minister of state. After serving as counselor to the Parlement of Par...

Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de

(Encyclopedia)Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de pyĕr fräNswäˈ zävyāˈ də shärləvwäˈ [key], 1682–1761, French Jesuit traveler and historian. He taught at the Jesuit college in Quebec and at the Col...

Gondi, Paul de

(Encyclopedia)Gondi, Paul de: see Retz, Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de. ...

Medici, Lorenzino de'

(Encyclopedia)Medici, Lorenzino de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1515–47, member of the cadet branch of the Medici family. A boon companion of Alessandro de' Medici, he secretly plotted the duke's...

Las Casas, Bartolomé de

(Encyclopedia)Las Casas, Bartolomé de bärtōlōmāˈ dā läs käˈsäs [key], 1474–1566, Spanish missionary and historian, called the apostle of the Indies. He went to Hispaniola with his father in 1502, and e...

Juiz de Fora

(Encyclopedia)Juiz de Fora zhwēzh dĭ fôˈrə [key], city (1996 pop. 423,913), Minas Gerais state, SE Brazil. It is an industrial and commercial city with more than half of the labor force engaged in textile prod...

Lauzun, Antonin Nompar de Caumont, duc de

(Encyclopedia)Lauzun, Antonin Nompar de Caumont, duc de äNtōnăNˈ nôNpärˈ də kōmôNˈ dük də lōzöNˈ [key], 1633–1723, French courtier and soldier. Mlle de Montpensier sought him in marriage; the king...

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