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Monk, George

(Encyclopedia)Monk, George: see Monck, George, 1st duke of Albemarle. ...

Churchill, John

(Encyclopedia)Churchill, John: see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of. ...

Talbot, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Talbot, Richard: see Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot, duke and earl of. ...

Brandon, Charles

(Encyclopedia)Brandon, Charles: see Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke of. ...

Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of, 1391–1447, English nobleman; youngest son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun. He was well educated and had a great interest in humanist scholarship. After the accession of ...

John of Gaunt

(Encyclopedia)John of Gaunt [Mid. Eng. Gaunt=Ghent, his birthplace], 1340–99, duke of Lancaster; fourth son of Edward III of England. He married (1359) Blanche, heiress of Lancaster, and through her became earl (...

Magdiel

(Encyclopedia)Magdiel măgˈdēĕl [key], in the Bible, duke or chief of Edom. ...
 

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