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(Encyclopedia) Beyazid, 1612–1638?, Ottoman prince; brother of Sultan Murad IV. Considering Beyazid a dangerous rival, Murad ordered his execution. Beyazid's death is treated in Jean Racine's tragedy…Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de
(Encyclopedia) Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse deLongueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse deän zhənəvyĕvˈ də b&oomacr;rbôNˈ-kôNdāˈ düshĕsˈ də lôNgvēlˈ [key],…McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier
(Encyclopedia) McClure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier, 1807–73, British arctic explorer. He entered the navy and in 1848 accompanied Sir James Clark Ross to the arctic. As a naval captain he was given…Fortescue, Sir John
(Encyclopedia) Fortescue, Sir JohnFortescue, Sir Johnfôrˈtĭsky&oomacr; [key], c.1394–1476, English jurist. A supporter of the Lancastrian king Henry VI, he was chief justice of the Court of King'…Albert, prince consort of Victoria of Great Britain
(Encyclopedia) Albert, 1819–61, prince consort of Victoria of Great Britain, whom he married in 1840. He was of Wettin lineage, the son of Ernest I, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and first cousin to…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-…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…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…Ralph Hunter DAUGHTON, Congress, VA (1885-1958)
DAUGHTON Ralph Hunter , a Representative from Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., September 23, 1885; attended public and private schools in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Md.; was…Members of Congress: Georgia, Congress, GA
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Georgia Member Name Birth-Death ABBOT, Joel 1776-1826 ADAMSON, William Charles 1854-1929 ALFORD, Julius Caesar 1799-1863…Trending
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