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Alexander III, pope
(Encyclopedia) Alexander III, d. 1181, pope (1159–81), a Sienese named Rolandus [Bandinelli?], successor of Adrian IV. He was a canonist who had studied law under Gratian and had taught at Bologna.…Bibescu
(Encyclopedia) BibescuBibescubĭbĕsˈk&oomacr; [key] or BibescoBibesco–kô [key], Romanian noble family. A prominent member was George Bibescu, 1804–73, prince of Walachia (1842–48). The first to be…Brewer's: Florizel
Prince of Bohemia, in love with Perdita. (Shakespeare: Winter's Tale.) Florizel. George the Fourth, when prince, corresponded under this name with Mrs. Robinson, actress and poet,…William Shakespeare: Love's Labor's Lost, Act III
Act IIIScene IThe sameEnter Don Adriano de Armado and MothDon Adriano de ArmadoWarble, child; make passionate my sense of hearing.MothConcolinel.SingingDon Adriano de ArmadoSweet air! Go,…William II, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia
(Encyclopedia) William II, 1859–1941, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia (1888–1918), son and successor of Frederick III and grandson of William I of Germany and of Queen Victoria of England.…William Shakespeare: Richard II, Act II, Scene III
Scene IIIWilds in GloucestershireEnter Henry Bolingbroke and Northumberland, with ForcesHenry BolingbrokeHow far is it, my lord, to Berkeley now?NorthumberlandBelieve me, noble lord, I am a…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: The Kingdom of Cards, IV
by Rabindranath Tagore IIIVIV The days passed one by one, and the placid existence of the Island went on almost without a ripple. The Three Companions obeyed no rules nor regulations.…Rulers of England and Great Britain (table)
(Encyclopedia) Rulers of England and Great Britain(including dates of reign) Saxons and Danes Egbert, 802–39 Æthelwulf, son of Egbert, 839–58 Æthelbald, son of Æthelwulf, 858–60 Æthelbert,…Cluny
(Encyclopedia) ClunyClunykl&oomacr;ˈnē, Fr. klünēˈ [key], former abbey, E France, in the present Saône-et-Loire dept., founded (910) by St. Berno, a Burgundian monk and reformer. Cluny was one of…Whig
(Encyclopedia) Whig, English political party. The name, originally a term of abuse first used for Scottish Presbyterians in the 17th cent., seems to have been a shortened form of whiggamor [cattle…Trending
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