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William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act IV, Scene IV

Scene IVA plain in DenmarkEnter Fortinbras, a Captain, and Soldiers, marchingPrince FortinbrasGo, captain, from me greet the Danish king; Tell him that, by his licence, Fortinbras Craves the…

Geoffrey IV

(Encyclopedia) Geoffrey IV, known as Geoffrey PlantagenetGeoffrey IV,plătăjˈənət [key] [O.Fr.,=sprig of broom; he usually wore a sprig in his helmet], 1113–51, count of Anjou (1129–51); son of Fulk,…

Diane de France

(Encyclopedia) Diane de FranceDiane de Francedyän də fräNs [key], 1538–1619, duchess of Angoulême; illegitimate daughter of King Henry II of France. She was legitimized in 1547. She was married to…

Bruce

(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. His son…

Catherine of Braganza

(Encyclopedia) Catherine of BraganzaCatherine of Braganzabrəgănˈzə [key], 1638–1705, queen consort of Charles II of England, daughter of John IV of Portugal. She was married to Charles in 1662. As…

Haakon IV

(Encyclopedia) Haakon IV (Haakon Haakonsson), 1204–63, king of Norway (1217–63), illegitimate son of Haakon III and grandson of Sverre. Secretly reared by the Birkebeiner faction (see Sverre), he was…