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(Encyclopedia) MaroziaMaroziamərōˈzhēə, Ital. märôˈtsyä [key], c.892–c.937, Italian noblewoman. Daughter of the Roman consul Theophylact and his wife Theodora, Marozia was strongly influenced by her…Bachofen, Johann Jakob
(Encyclopedia) Bachofen, Johann JakobBachofen, Johann Jakobbäkōˈfən [key], 1815–87, Swiss legal historian and antiquarian. Bachofen studied in Berlin, Göttingen, Paris, and Cambridge, and accepted…Alcestis
(Encyclopedia) AlcestisAlcestisălsĕsˈtĭs [key], in Greek mythology, daughter of Pelias. She was won in marriage by Admetus, who fulfilled her father's condition that her suitor come for her in a…Cleves, duchy of
(Encyclopedia) Cleves, duchy of, former state, W Germany, on both sides of the lower Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county from late Carolingian times, it acquired (…Alphonse
(Encyclopedia) AlphonseAlphonseälfôNsˈ [key], 1220–71, count of Poitiers and of Toulouse, brother of King Louis IX of France. By his marriage to the daughter of Raymond VII, count of Toulouse, he…Dubois, Guillaume
(Encyclopedia) Dubois, GuillaumeDubois, Guillaumegēyōmˈ dübwäˈ [key], 1656–1723, French statesman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A man of humble birth, he was tutor to Philippe II d'Orléans…Hera
(Encyclopedia) HeraHerahĭrˈə, hērˈə [key], in Greek religion and mythology, queen of the Olympian gods, daughter of Kronos and Rhea. She was the wife and sister of Zeus and the mother of Ares and…Britannicus
(Encyclopedia) Britannicus (Claudius Tiberius Germanicus Britannicus)Britannicusbrĭtănˈĭkəs [key], a.d. 41?–a.d. 55, Roman prince, son of Claudius I and Messalina, so called in honor of Claudius'…Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo
(Encyclopedia) Bécquer, Gustavo AdolfoBécquer, Gustavo Adolfog&oomacr;stäˈvō ädôlˈfō bāˈkĕr [key], 1836–70, Spanish poet and writer of romantic tales. Bécquer's work is considered to be among the…Wekerle, Alexander
(Encyclopedia) Wekerle, AlexanderWekerle, Alexandervĕˈkĕrlĕ [key], 1848–1921, Hungarian premier. He became minister of finance in 1889 and retained that post during his first two terms as premier (…Trending
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