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Godoy, Manuel de
(Encyclopedia) Godoy, Manuel deGodoy, Manuel demänwĕlˈ dā gōᵺoiˈ [key], 1767–1851, Spanish statesman. An army officer, he won the favor of Queen María Luisa and rose rapidly at the court of Charles…Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl ofAlbemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl ofălˈbəmärl [key], 1669–1718, Dutch adherent and constant companion of William III of…Henry VI, king of England
(Encyclopedia) Henry VI, 1421–71, king of England (1422–61, 1470–71). Henry was a mild, honest, and pious man, a patron of literature and the arts and the founder of Eton College (1440). He was,…Carstares, William
(Encyclopedia) Carstares or Carstairs, William, 1649–1715, Scottish statesman and Presbyterian divine. While studying theology at Utrecht, he became a friend of William of Orange (later William III…Shakespeare Quotes: Histories
The better part of valour is discretion . . . William Shakespeare Related Links William ShakespeareQuiz: Famous Quotes from Shakespeare Shakespeare's PlaysShakespeare's…Edward V
(Encyclopedia) Edward V, 1470–83?, king of England (1483), elder son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. His father's death (1483) left the boy king the pawn of the conflicting ambitions of his…William Shakespeare: Cymbeline
ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIAct IIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VIIAct IVScene…William Shakespeare: Richard II, Dramatis Personae
Dramatis PersonaeKing Richard, the Second.Uncles to the King.John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.Henry, surnamed Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, Son to John of…William III, king of the Netherlands
(Encyclopedia) William III, 1817–90, king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg (1849–90), son and successor of William II. William III ruled as a constitutional monarch, and his long reign…Ivan IV
(Encyclopedia) Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, grand duke of Moscow (1533–84), the first Russian ruler to assume formally the title of czar. In his later years, Ivan's character, always…Trending
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