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Riel, Louis

(Encyclopedia)Riel, Louis lwē rēĕlˈ [key], 1844–85, Canadian insurgent, leader of two rebellions, b. Manitoba, of French and Métis parentage. In 1869–70 he led the rebels of the Red River settlements, main...

Louis the German

(Encyclopedia)Louis the German, c.804–876, king of the East Franks (817–76). When his father, Emperor of the West Louis I, partitioned the empire in 817, Louis received Bavaria and adjacent territories. In the ...

Louis d'Outremer

(Encyclopedia)Louis d'Outremer: see Louis IV, French king. ...

Louis the Stammerer

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...

Louis the Bavarian

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Bavarian: see Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. ...

Louis the Great

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...

Louis le Hutin

(Encyclopedia)Louis le Hutin: see Louis X, king of France. ...

Louis the Pious

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...

Malle, Louis

(Encyclopedia)Malle, Louis lwē mäl [key], 1932–95, French film director, b. Thumeries, France. Malle's motion pictures are noted for their nonjudgmental approach to often taboo material, for which he sought to ...

Louis the Younger

(Encyclopedia)Louis the Younger, c.830–882, German king, ruler (876–82) over Saxony, Franconia, and Thuringia, son of Louis the German. He shared the succession to his father's lands with his brothers Carloman ...