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Stadion, Johann Philipp, Graf von

(Encyclopedia)Stadion, Johann Philipp, Graf von yōˈhän fēˈlĭp gräf fən shtäˈdēôn [key], 1763–1824, Austrian politician. A diplomat, he was made (1805) foreign minister and campaigned for a German upri...

Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron: see Burghley. ...

Hrotswith von Gandersheim

(Encyclopedia)Hrotswith rôsvēˈtä fən gänˈdərs-hīm [key], 10th-century German dramatist, a nun. Of a noble Saxon family, Hrotswith was well educated. Her long epic poems—one including a fragment on Empero...

Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron: see Baring, family. ...

Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Baron: see Calvert, George. ...

Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron: see Buchan, John. ...

Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron: see Carleton, Guy. ...

Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav Emil

(Encyclopedia)Mannerheim, Baron Carl Gustav Emil kärl gŭˈstäv āˈmĭl mäˈnərhām [key], 1867–1951, Finnish field marshal and president of Finland (1944–46). Of a distinguished Swedish-Finnish family in ...

Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, Graf

(Encyclopedia)Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, Graf fränts gräf kônˈrät fən höˈtsəndôrf [key], 1852–1925, Austro-Hungarian field marshal. He served (1906–11, 1912–17) as chief of staff and led the Aus...

Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf von

(Encyclopedia)Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf von hĕlˈmo͞ot yōhäˈnəs lo͞otˈvĭkh gräf fən môltˈkə [key], 1848–1916, German army officer. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) and be...