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Grace Kelly Biography

Grace Kellyactress, Princess of MonacoBorn: 11/12/1929Birthplace: Philadelphia Academy Award-winning film actress whose cool beauty launched her career in such films as The Country Girl (1954), Dial…

Mswati III

(Encyclopedia) Mswati III, 1968–, king of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Given the title of Prince Makhosetive at an early age, he was crowned king in 1986, following a regency after his father, King…

Monaco Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Monaco Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Monaco Relations GEOGRAPHYThe Principality of…

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VAct IIScene IScene IIAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IVScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VIIAct…

Brewer's: Black Prince

Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Edward III. Froissart says he was “styled black by terror of his arms” (c. 169). Strutt confirms this saying: “for his martial deeds surnamed Black the…

Edward the Black Prince

(Encyclopedia) Edward the Black Prince, 1330–76, eldest son of Edward III of England. He was created duke of Cornwall in 1337, the first duke to be created in England, and prince of Wales in 1343.…

Charlottetown

(Encyclopedia) Charlottetown, city, capital and chief port of Prince Edward Island, E Canada, on the southern coast. Food processing, tourism, fishing…

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),…

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…

Frederick III, elector palatine

(Encyclopedia) Frederick III (Frederick the Pious), 1515–76, elector palatine (1559–76). The first German prince to accept Calvinism, he ordered the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) drawn up (see under…