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Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d'

(Encyclopedia) Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d'Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d'märēˈ tārĕzˈ shärlôtˈ düshĕsˈ [key]Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d' däNg…

Sault Sainte Marie, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Sault Sainte MarieSault Sainte Maries&oomacr; sānt mərēˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 81,476), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Mich. A bridge connects…

Marie, Alexandre Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Marie, Alexandre ThomasMarie, Alexandre ThomasälĕksäNˈdrə tômäˈ märēˈ [key], 1795–1870, French minister of public works. He served in the revolutionary provisional government of 1848…

Marie de l'Incarnation

(Encyclopedia) Marie de l'IncarnationMarie de l'Incarnationdə lăNkärnäsyôNˈ [key], 1599–1672, French missionary. Her name was originally Marie Guyard. She was married in her youth and bore a son;…

Caylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse de

(Encyclopedia) Caylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse deCaylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse demärē märgərētˈ kôNtĕsˈ də [key]Caylus, Marie Marguerite, comtesse de kālüsˈ [key], 1673–1729, French writer…

Corelli, Marie

(Encyclopedia) Corelli, MarieCorelli, Mariekərĕlˈē [key], pseud. of Mary MackayCorelli, Marieməkīˈ [key], 1855–1924, English novelist. Her popular, highly moralistic books, written in flamboyant,…

Marie

(Encyclopedia) MarieMariemərēˈ [key], 1875–1938, queen of Romania, consort of Ferdinand. The daughter of Alfred, duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, she was the granddaughter of Czar…

Fréron, Louis Marie Stanislas

(Encyclopedia) Fréron, Louis Marie StanislasFréron, Louis Marie Stanislaslwē märēˈ stänēsläsˈ [key]Fréron, Louis Marie Stanislas frārôNˈ [key], 1754–1802, French revolutionary; son of Élie Fréron.…