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Kent CONRAD, Congress, ND (1948)

Senate Years of Service: 1987-1992; 1992-2013 Party: Democrat CONRAD Kent , a Senator from North Dakota; born in Bismarck, Burleigh County, N. Dak., March 12, 1948; attended the public schools of…

Conrad BURNS, Congress, MT (1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1989-2007 Party: Republican BURNS Conrad , a Senator from Montana; born in Gallatin, Davies County, Mo., January 25, 1935; attended the Gallatin public schools; attended…

Montpellier, University of

(Encyclopedia) Montpellier, University of, at Montpellier, France; founded 1220 by Cardinal Conrad and confirmed by papal bull. The university was suppressed during the French Revolution and replaced…

Manuel I, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia) Manuel I (Manuel Comnenus)Manuel Ikŏmnēˈnəs [key], c.1120–1180, Byzantine emperor (1143–80), son and successor of John II. He began his reign with a war against the Seljuk Turks, the…

Innocent IV

(Encyclopedia) Innocent IV, d. 1254, pope (1243–54), a Genoese named Sinibaldo Fieschi, a distinguished jurist who studied and later taught law at the Univ. of Bologna; successor of Celestine IV. He…

Henry II, Holy Roman emperor and German king

(Encyclopedia) Henry II, 973–1024, Holy Roman emperor (1014–24) and German king (1002–24), last of the Saxon line. He succeeded his father as duke of Bavaria. When Otto III died without an heir,…

Guy of Lusignan

(Encyclopedia) Guy of LusignanGuy of LusignanlüsēnyäNˈ [key], d. 1194, Latin king of Jerusalem (1186–92) and Cyprus (1192–94), second husband of Sibylla, sister of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. In…

Coppola, Francis Ford

(Encyclopedia) Coppola, Francis FordCoppola, Francis Fordkōˈpəˌlə [key], 1939–, American film director, b. Detroit. Coppola began his career directing low-budget films and working on screenplays for…

Holy Roman Emperors (table)

(Encyclopedia) HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS(including dates of reign) Saxon dynasty Otto I, 936–73 Otto II, 973–83 Otto III, 983–1002 Henry II, 1002–24 Salian or Franconian dynasty Conrad II,…