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Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde de
(Encyclopedia)Chinchón, Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, conde de lo͞oēsˈ hārōˈnēmō fārnänˈdās dā käbrāˈrä bōbäᵺēˈyä sārˈdä ē mĕndōˈsä kōnˈdā dā c...Benoît de Sainte-More
(Encyclopedia)Benoît de Sainte-More or Benoît de Sainte-Maure bĕnwäˈ də săNt–môrˈ [key], 1154–73, French trouvère. He was the author of the Roman de Troie, a romance in 30,000 verses. It became a prim...De Hooch, Pieter
(Encyclopedia)De Hooch or De Hoogh, Pieter: see Hooch, Pieter de. ...Vendôme, François de
(Encyclopedia)Vendôme, François de: see Beaufort, François de Vendôme, duc de. ...Monluc, Blaise de
(Encyclopedia)Monluc, Blaise de: see Montluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de. ...Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de
(Encyclopedia)Nemours, Gaston de Foix, duc de: see Foix, Gaston de. ...Bazán, Álvaro de
(Encyclopedia)Bazán, Álvaro de: see Santa Cruz, Álvaro de Bazán, marqués de. ...Girardin, Delphine Gay de
(Encyclopedia)Girardin, Delphine Gay de dĕlfēnˈ gā də zhērärdăNˈ [key], 1804–55, French writer; wife of Émile de Girardin. She wrote patriotic poems and, under the pseudonym Vicomte Charles de Launay, w...Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de
(Encyclopedia)Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de la Brède et de shärl lwē də səkôNdäˈ bärôNˈ də lä brĕd ā də môNtĕskyüˈ [key], 1689–1755, French jurist and political philosopher....Chrétien de Troyes
(Encyclopedia)Chrétien de Troyes or Chrestien de Troyes both: krātyăNˈ də trwä [key], fl. 1170, French poet, author of the first great literary treatments of the Arthurian legend. His narrative romances, comp...Browse by Subject
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