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De Valera, Eamon

(Encyclopedia)De Valera, Eamon āˈmən dĕ vəlârˈə [key], 1882–1975, Irish statesman, b. New York City. He was taken as a child to Ireland. As a young man he joined the movement advocating physical force to ...

Beauchamp, Guy de

(Encyclopedia)Beauchamp, Guy de: see Warwick, Guy de Beauchamp, earl of. ...

Beauchamp, Richard de

(Encyclopedia)Beauchamp, Richard de: see Warwick, Richard de Beauchamp, earl of. ...

Beauchamp, Thomas de

(Encyclopedia)Beauchamp, Thomas de: see Warwick, Thomas de Beauchamp, earl of. ...

Clare, Richard de

(Encyclopedia)Clare, Richard de: see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of. ...

Silvestre de Sacy

(Encyclopedia)Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...

Vere, Edward de

(Encyclopedia)Vere, Edward de: see Oxford, Edward de Vere, 17th earl of. ...

Lope de Rueda

(Encyclopedia)Lope de Rueda lōˈpā dā ro͞oāˈᵺä [key], 1510?–1565, Spanish dramatist. A precursor of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, Rueda was an actor and a manager as well as a playwright. He is s...

Curtea de Arges

(Encyclopedia)Curtea de Arges ko͝orˈtāä dā ärˈzhĕsh [key], town, S central Romania, in Wala...

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