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Louis the Great
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...Louis IX, king of France
(Encyclopedia)Louis IX or Saint Louis, 1214–70, king of France (1226–70), son and successor of Louis VIII. His mother, Blanche of Castile, was regent during his minority (1226–34), and her regency probably la...Louis le Hutin
(Encyclopedia)Louis le Hutin: see Louis X, king of France. ...Louis the Pious
(Encyclopedia)Louis the Pious: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...Louis I, French king
(Encyclopedia)Louis I, French king: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...Joinville, Jean, sire de
(Encyclopedia)Joinville, Jean, sire de zhäN sēr də zhwăNvēlˈ [key], 1224?–1317?, French chronicler, biographer of Louis IX of France (St. Louis). As seneschal (governor) of Champagne, Joinville was a close ...Saint Ann
(Encyclopedia)Saint Ann, city (1990 pop. 14,489), St. Louis co., E Mo., a NW suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1948. It is primarily residential, with a major shopping mall. Lambert–St. Louis International Airport is nea...Robert I, king of Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Robert I or Robert the Bruce, 1274–1329, king of Scotland (1306–29). He belonged to the illustrious Bruce family and was the grandson of that Robert the Bruce who in 1290 was an unsuccessful claim...Robert II, king of Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Robert II, 1316–90, king of Scotland (1371–90), nephew and successor of David II. He was the first sovereign of the house of Stuart, or Stewart (see Stuart, family), which eventually succeeded to ...La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de
(Encyclopedia)La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de rōbĕrˈ kävəlyāˈ syör də lä sälˈ [key], 1643–87, French explorer in North America, one of the most celebrated explorers and builders of New France. He ...Browse by Subject
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