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Brown, Joseph Emerson
(Encyclopedia)Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821–94, U.S. public official, b. Pickens District, S.C. As governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Brown quarreled with Jefferson Davis over conscription and the suspension...Kissinger, Henry Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Kissinger, Henry Alfred kĭsˈənjər [key], 1923–2023, American political scientist and U.S. secretary ...Krupp
(Encyclopedia)Krupp kro͝op [key], family of German armament manufacturers. The family settled in Essen in the 16th cent. The core of the great Krupp industrial empire was started by Friedrich Krupp, 1787–1826, w...Mercia
(Encyclopedia)Mercia mûrˈshə [key], one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, consisting generally of the region of the Midlands. It was settled by Angles c.500, probably first along the Trent valley. Its hist...Charles II, French king
(Encyclopedia)Charles II, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West. ...Charles II, king of Hungary
(Encyclopedia)Charles II, king of Hungary: see Charles III, king of Naples. ...Charles III, king of Hungary
(Encyclopedia)Charles III, king of Hungary: see Charles VI, Holy Roman emperor. ...Charles IV, king of Hungary
(Encyclopedia)Charles IV, king of Hungary: see Charles I, emperor of Austria. ...Charles I, king of Spain
(Encyclopedia)Charles I, king of Spain: see Charles V, Holy Roman emperor. ...Charles the Bald
(Encyclopedia)Charles the Bald, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West. ...Browse by Subject
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