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Jacqueline

(Encyclopedia) Jacqueline, 1401–36, countess of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland (1417–33). The daughter and heiress of William IV, duke of Bavaria and count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, and of…

Conrad IV, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire

(Encyclopedia) Conrad IV, 1228–54, German king (1237–54), king of Sicily and of Jerusalem (1250–54), son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. He was elected (1237) king of the Romans at his father's…

Hanover, house of

(Encyclopedia) Hanover, house of, ruling dynasty of Hanover (see Hanover, province), which was descended from the Guelphs and which in 1714 acceded to the British throne in the person of George I.…

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…

Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia) Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr vonBunsen, Christian Karl Josias, Freiherr vonkrĭsˈtyän kärl yōzēˈäs frīˈhĕr fən b&oobreve;nˈzən [key], 1791–1860, Prussian diplomat and…

William Shakespeare: Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene IV

Scene IVWales: before the cave of BelariusEnter Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus.GuideriusThe noise is round about us.BelariusLet us from it.ArviragusWhat pleasure, sir, find we in life, to…