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Maurepas, Jean Frédéric Phélippeaux, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Maurepas, Jean Frédéric Phélippeaux, comte de zhäN frādārēkˈ fālēpōˈ kôNt də môrəpäˈ [key], 1701–81, French statesman. He succeeded his father as minister of state at 14, the post ...Medici, Piero de', 1416–69, Italian merchant prince
(Encyclopedia)Medici, Piero de' dā mĕˈdĭchē, Ital. māˈdēchē [key], 1416–69, Italian merchant prince. He succeeded his father, Cosimo de' Medici, as head of the Medici family and as leader of the Florent...Courcelle, Daniel Rémy, sieur de
(Encyclopedia)Courcelle, Daniel Rémy, sieur de dänyĕlˈ rāmēˈ syörˈ də ko͞orsĕlˈ [key], d.1698, governor of New France (1665–72). He arrived with the intendant Jean Talon, and together they inaugurate...Fernández de Córdoba, Francisco, d. 1526?, Spanish conquistador
(Encyclopedia)Fernández de Córdoba, Francisco fränthēsˈkō fārnänˈdāth dā kōrˈdōbä [key], d. 1526?, Spanish conquistador. Sent in 1523 by Pedro Arias de Ávila to deprive Gil González de Ávila (d. 1...Santa Cruz de Tenerife
(Encyclopedia)Santa Cruz de Tenerife dā tānārēˈfā [key], city (1990 pop. 222,892), capital of Santa Cruz de Tenerife prov., Spain, a port on Tenerife island in the Canary Islands. Vegetables, tobacco, and ban...Lautrec, Odet de Foix, vicomte de
(Encyclopedia)Lautrec, Odet de Foix, vicomte de ôdāˈ də fwä vēkôNtˈ də lōtrĕkˈ [key], 1485–1528, marshal of France. In the Italian Wars he fought at Marignano (1515) and was subsequently governor of M...Lespinasse, Julie Jeanne Éléonore de
(Encyclopedia)Lespinasse, Julie Jeanne Éléonore de zhülēˈ zhän ālāōnôrˈ də lĕspēnäsˈ [key], 1732–76, French woman of letters. She aided (1754–64) Mme Du Deffand in her salon and organized (1764)...La Harpe, Jean François de
(Encyclopedia)La Harpe, Jean François de lä ärp [key], 1739–1803, French critic. He was the author of the monumental Cours de littérature ancienne et moderne, lectures he delivered after his appointment (178...Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego
(Encyclopedia)Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego dyāˈgō o͞ortäˈdhō dā māndōˈthä [key], 1503—75, Spanish poet, historian, and statesman, b. Granada. An ambassador of Charles V to England and Venice and at the C...Pezuela, Joaquín de la
(Encyclopedia)Pezuela, Joaquín de la hwäkēnˈ dā lä pāswāˈlä [key], d. 1830, Spanish general, viceroy of Peru (1816–21). During the South American wars of independence from Spain he fought against the in...Browse by Subject
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