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Magdiel

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

James I, king of Majorca

(Encyclopedia)James I, 1243–1311, king of Majorca (1276–1311), count of Roussillon and Cerdagne, lord of Montpellier, son of James I of Aragón. In 1278 he was forced to become a vassal of his brother, Peter II...

Roses, Wars of the

(Encyclopedia)Roses, Wars of the, traditional name given to the intermittent struggle (1455–85) for the throne of England between the noble houses of York (whose badge was a white rose) and Lancaster (later assoc...

Peter of Dreux

(Encyclopedia)Peter of Dreux: see Peter I, duke or count of Brittany. ...

Jetheth

(Encyclopedia)Jetheth jēˈthĕth [key], in the Bible, duke of Edom and descendant of Esau. ...
 

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