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Windsor, British royal house
(Encyclopedia) WindsorWindsorwĭnˈzər [key], name of the royal house of Great Britain. The name Wettin, family name of Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria, as well as Saxe-Coburg-…Battenberg
(Encyclopedia) BattenbergBattenbergbătˈənbûrg [key], German princely family, issued from the morganatic union of Alexander, a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess…Villehardouin
(Encyclopedia) VillehardouinVillehardouinvēlärdwăNˈ [key], French noble family that ruled the Peloponnesus from 1210 to 1278. Geoffroi I de Villehardouin, d. 1218, nephew of the historian and marshal…Major Bouts, 1997-98: Junior Featherweights (122 lbs)
(Super Bantamweights)DateWinnerLoserResultTitleSiteOct. 5Kennedy McKinneyLuigi CamputaroTKO 5—Killeen, Tex.Nov. 15Vuyani BunguArnel BarotilloWu 12IBFHammanskraal, S. Afr.Dec. 12Erik…Shaphat
(Encyclopedia) ShaphatShaphatshāˈfăt [key], in the Bible. 1 Prince of the blood in Judah. 2 Father of Elisha. 3 One of the spies. 4 Officer under David. 5 Gadite.Hyattsville
(Encyclopedia) Hyattsville, city (2020 pop. 21,187), Prince Georges co., W central Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1886. Hyattsville is a…Denain
(Encyclopedia) Denain Denain dənăNˈ [key], city, Nord dept., N France. It has ironworks, steel mills, and…Canute the Saint
(Encyclopedia) Canute the Saint, d. 1086, king (1080–86) and patron saint of Denmark. He built churches and cathedrals and raised the bishops to the rank of prince. In 1085 he made an unsuccessful…Jarnac
(Encyclopedia) JarnacJarnaczhärnäkˈ [key], town, Charente dept., in the Cognac region, on the Charente River. At Jarnac in 1569 French Catholics under the duke of Anjou (later Henry III) defeated the…Mackenzie, Sir Morell
(Encyclopedia) Mackenzie, Sir Morell, 1837–92, English physician and laryngologist. A skillful surgeon, he was called to Germany to treat the crown prince (later Frederick III, emperor of Germany),…Trending
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