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Charles the Bald
(Encyclopedia) Charles the Bald, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West.Charles the Fat
(Encyclopedia) Charles the Fat, French king: see Charles III, emperor of the West.Shah Alam
(Encyclopedia) Shah AlamShah Alamshä äˈləm [key], 1728–1806, Mughal emperor of India (1759–1806). Driven out of Delhi in 1758, he nonetheless proclaimed himself emperor after the murder (1759) of his…Szombathely
(Encyclopedia) SzombathelySzombathelysômˈbŏt-hāˌ [key], Ger. Steinamanger, city (1991 est. pop. 85,700), W Hungary, near the Austrian border. An important railway junction, it produces leather goods…Arius
(Encyclopedia) AriusAriusərīˈəs, ârˈē– [key], c.256–336, Libyan theologian, founder of the Arian heresy. A parish priest in Alexandria, he advanced the doctrine famous as Arianism and was…Andronicus II
(Encyclopedia) Andronicus II (Andronicus Palaeologus)Andronicus IIăndrənīˈkəs [key]Andronicus IIpālēŏlˈəgəs [key], 1258–1332, Byzantine emperor (1282–1328), son and successor of Michael VIII. He…John III, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea
(Encyclopedia) John III (John Ducas Vatatzes)John IIId&oobreve;ˈkəs vətătˈzēz [key], d. 1254, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1222–54), successor and son-in-law of Theodore I. He extended his…Nerva
(Encyclopedia) Nerva (Marcus Cocceius Nerva)Nervanûrˈvə [key], c.a.d. 30–a.d. 98, Roman emperor (a.d. 96–a.d. 98). He had an honorable career as a statesman at Rome, and his reputation was blameless…Galba
(Encyclopedia) Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba)Galbagălˈbə [key], 3 b.c.–a.d. 69, Roman emperor (a.d. 68–a.d. 69). He distinguished himself in a political and military career as praetor (a.d. 20),…Gervase of Tilbury
(Encyclopedia) Gervase of Tilbury, fl. 1200, medieval author, b. England. He became marshal of the kingdom of Arles under Emperor Otto IV and wrote the Otia imperiala, a miscellany of legend, history…