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Margaret of Navarre
(Encyclopedia)Margaret of Navarre äNgo͞olāmˈ [key], 1492–1549, queen consort of Navarre; sister of King Francis I of France. After the death of her first husband she married (1527) Henri d'Albret, king of Nav...Sweet, Henry
(Encyclopedia)Sweet, Henry, 1845–1912, English philologist and phonetician. An authority on Anglo-Saxon and the history of the English language, Sweet was also a pioneer in modern scientific phonetics. His Histor...Margaret of Angoulême
(Encyclopedia)Margaret of Angoulême: see Margaret of Navarre. ...Alacoque, Margaret Mary
(Encyclopedia)Alacoque, Margaret Mary: see Margaret Mary, Saint. ...Margaret Tudor
(Encyclopedia)Margaret Tudor, 1489–1541, queen consort of James IV of Scotland; daughter of Henry VII of England and sister of Henry VIII. Her marriage (1503) to James was accompanied by a treaty of “perpetual ...Angoulême, Margaret of
(Encyclopedia)Angoulême, Margaret of or Marguerite d': see Margaret of Navarre. ...Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of
(Encyclopedia)Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of: see Beaufort, Margaret. ...Douglas, Archibald, 6th earl of Angus
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Archibald, 6th earl of Angus, 1489–1557, Scottish nobleman; grandson of Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Douglas. His marriage (1514) to Margaret Tudor alienated the Scottish noblemen and cau...Margaret of Anjou
(Encyclopedia)Margaret of Anjou ănˈjo͞o, Fr. äNzho͞oˈ [key], 1430?–1482, queen consort of King Henry VI of England, daughter of René of Anjou. Her marriage, which took place in 1445, was negotiated by Will...Margaret
(Encyclopedia)Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jone...Browse by Subject
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