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Round Table

(Encyclopedia)Round Table, in Arthurian legend, the table at which King Arthur and his knights held court. It was allegedly fashioned at the behest of Arthur to prevent quarrels among the knights over precedence. A...

Digby, John

(Encyclopedia)Digby, John: see Bristol, John Digby, 1st earl of. ...

Churchill, John

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

Fitzgibbon, John

(Encyclopedia)Fitzgibbon, John: see Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of. ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine

(Encyclopedia)Eleanor of Aquitaine ăkwĭtānˈ, ăkˈwĭtān [key], 1122?–1204, queen consort first of Louis VII of France and then of Henry II of England. Daughter and heiress of William X, duke of Aquitaine, s...

New Brunswick, University of

(Encyclopedia)New Brunswick, University of, at Fredericton, N.B., Canada; nondenominational; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1800 as the College of New Brunswick, called King's College b...

William, prince of Wales

(Encyclopedia)William, (William Arthur Philip Louis), 1982–, Prince of Wales of Great Britian, eldest son of King Charles III and Diana ...

Lambton, John George

(Encyclopedia)Lambton, John George: see Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of. ...
 

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