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Netherlands West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Netherlands West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...

Dutch West Indies

(Encyclopedia)Dutch West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...

West Irian Jaya

(Encyclopedia)West Irian Jaya: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

West New Guinea

(Encyclopedia)West New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

West Texas Basin

(Encyclopedia)West Texas Basin: see Permian Basin. ...

West Roman Empire

(Encyclopedia)West Roman Empire: see Roman Empire under Rome. ...

Baldwin I, Latin king of Jerusalem

(Encyclopedia)Baldwin I (Baldwin of Boulogne), 1058?–1118, Latin king of Jerusalem (1100–1118), brother and successor of Godfrey of Bouillon, whom he accompanied on the First Crusade (see Crusades). Separating ...

Albert II, Holy Roman Emperor

(Encyclopedia)Albert II, 1397–1439, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1438–39), duke of Austria (1404–38). He was the son-in-law of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, whom he aided against the Hussi...

Charles IV, king of France

(Encyclopedia)Charles IV (Charles the Fair), 1294–1328, king of France (1322–28), youngest son of Philip IV, brother and successor of Philip V. Charles continued his brother's work of strengthening the royal po...

Eugene of Savoy

(Encyclopedia)Eugene of Savoy, 1663–1736, prince of the house of Savoy, general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire. Born in Paris, he was the son of Eugène, comte de Soissons of the line of Savoy-Carignano,...