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Anne of Cleves
Anne of Cleves , 1515-57, fourth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. The sister of William, duke of Cleves, one of the most powerful of the German Protestant princes, she was considered a desirable match for Henry by those English councilors, most notably Thomas Cromwell , who wished to ally ... Read more
Duisburg
Duisburg , city (1994 pop. 536,800), North Rhine-Westphalia, W Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. Located in the Ruhr district, it is the largest inland port in the world and a center for iron and steel production. Other manufactures include shipbuilding, brewing, heavy machi... Read more
holmium
holmium [Lat.,=Stockholm], metallic chemical element; symbol Ho; at. no. 67; at. wt. 164.9304; m.p. about 1,474°C; b.p. about 2,425°C; sp. gr. 8.78 at 25°C; valence +3. Holmium is a soft, malleable, lustrous, silvery metal of the lanthanide series in Group 3 of the periodic table . I... Read more
John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice of Nassau 1604-79, Dutch general and colonial administrator, a prince of the house of Nassau-Siegen; grandnephew of William the Silent. The Dutch West India Company appointed him (1636) governor-general of its newly acquired possessions in Brazil. He conquered NE Brazil from the Portug... Read more
Catherine Howard
Catherine Howard 1521?-1542, fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and the niece of the powerful Thomas Howard, 3d duke of Norfolk . Henry married her soon after his divorce from Anne of Cleves in 1540. Late in 1541 she was accused of immoral co... Read more
Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex
Thomas Cromwell, earl of Essex 1485?-1540, English statesman. While a young man he lived abroad as a soldier, accountant, and merchant, and on his return (c.1512) to England he engaged in the wool trade and eventually became a lawyer. He entered Parliament in 1523 and soon became legal secretary to... Read more
Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator , Latin form of Gerhard Kremer , 1512-94, Flemish geographer, mathematician, and cartographer. He studied in Louvain , where he had a geographical establishment (1534). From 1537 to 1540 he surveyed and mapped Flanders . In 1538 he produced his first map of the world (based on... Read more
scandium
scandium , metallic chemical element; symbol Sc; at. no. 21; at. wt. 44.9559; m.p. 1,541°C; b.p. 2,831°C; sp. gr. 2.99 at 20°C; valence +3. Scandium is a soft silver-white metal. It is a member of Group 3 of the periodic table ; because of its chemical and physical properties, its scarc... Read more
thulium
thulium [from Thule, an ancient name for Scandinavia], metallic chemical element; symbol Tm; at. no. 69; at. wt. 168.9342; m.p. about 1,545°C; b.p. 1,947°C; sp. gr. 9.3; valence +3. Thulium is a soft, malleable, ductile, lustrous silver-white metal. It is one of the rare-earth metals of... Read more
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer , 1489-1556, English churchman under Henry VIII ; archbishop of Canterbury. A lecturer at Jesus College, Cambridge, he is said to have come to the attention of the king in 1529 by suggesting that Henry might further his efforts to achieve a divorce from Katharine of Aragón b... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Cleves,"

Anne of Cleves, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Anne of Cleves, Queen, Consort of Henry VIII, King...of Henry VIII, German princess Anne of Cleves (1515–1557) was one of Henry...annulled after several months. Anne of Cleves lived out her life in England, where...
duchy of Cleves
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition duchy of Cleves former state, W Germany, on both sides...Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county from late Carolingian...made a duchy. In 1521, Duke John III of Cleves inherited through marriage the duchies...
Anne of Cleves
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Anne of Cleves , 1515-57, fourth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. The sister of William, duke of Cleves, one of the most powerful of the German Protestant princes, she was considered a desirable match for Henry by those English councilors...
Cleves
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cleves see Kleves , Germany.
Symmes, John Cleves (1780-1829)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Symmes, John Cleves (1780-1829) Born November 5, 1780, Symmes was a captain in the U.S. Army in the war of 1812-14, nephew of the jurist...
Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World J Ü LICH-CLEVES-BERG J Ü LICH-CLEVES-BERG. The duchy of J ü lich-Cleves was a shifting agglomeration of principalities on the Lower Rhine, a location that, despite its lack of large cities, gave it strategic...
Frederick William (Brandenburg) (1620–1688; Ruled 1640–1688)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...possessions, Prussia in the east and Cleves and Mark in the west, had not suffered...traditional rights of the Estates of Prussia and Cleves and Mark and granted the Estates of Brandenburg...Frederick William turned to the Estates of Cleves and Mark and Prussia. Between 1655 and...
Any Wednesday
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Music Box Theatre , 982 perf.] John Cleves ( Don Porter) is an arrogant, lecherous...he treats like dirt, discovers that Cleves writes off Ellen as a tax deduction, the cat is out of the bag. Cleves's puerile, petulant reaction alienates...
Jülich
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...lich and Berg passed (1521) to Duke John III of Cleves (see Cleves, duchy of ). The struggle that broke out in 1609 for the succession to the territories of the dukes of Cleves ended in 1666. Jülich and Berg passed to...
Berg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...uuml;lich line, Berg passed to Duke John III of Cleves (see Cleves, duchy of ), whose line died out in 1609, setting...Wittelsbach; the award was confirmed in the Treaty of Cleves (1666). Ceded to France in 1806, Berg was raised...

Dictionary entries related to "Cleves,"

Anne of Cleves
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Anne of Cleves (1515–57), 4th queen of Henry VIII. The daughter of John, 3rd duke of Cleves, Anne was suggested by Thomas Cromwell as a wife for Henry VIII to strengthen the protestant alliance. On first meeting, in December...
Miami Purchase
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...represented the possibilities of the Miami country to Judge John Cleves Symmes of Morristown, New Jersey, an influential member of...Kent State University Press, 1986. The Correspondence of John Cleves Symmes. Edited by Beverly W. Bond Jr. New York: Macmillan...
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Lawrence Hanray (Archbishop Cranmer ); William Austin (Duke of Cleves ); John Loder (Peynell ); Claude Allister (Cornell ); Gibb...Wendy Barrie (Jane Seymour ); Elsa Lanchester (Anne of Cleves ); Binnie Barnes (Katherine Howard ); Everley Gregg (Katherine...
Joos van Cleve
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Joos van Cleve ( b ?Cleves, c. 1490; d Antwerp, 1540/1). Netherlandish painter, presumably from Cleves in the lower Rhine region and active mainly in Antwerp, where he became a member of the painters' guild in 1511. He seems to have...
Love, Spurned
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Double-Dealer ] Nemours, Count de rejected by the Princess de Cleves, who will not betray her husband even after he dies. [Fr. Lit.: Countess de La Fayette The Princess of Cleves in Magill II, 856] Newcome, Clive social conventions forbid...
More, Edmund
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Virtually all the images he carved have been destroyed, but if he and his assistant, Peter Cleyft (probably a German from Cleves), had anything to do with the architectural treatment (which seems likely), they were a remarkable team, creating one...
Cranmer, Thomas
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...later on, to decree the nullity of Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn and to celebrate, and end, the marriage to Anne of Cleves . During c. 1535–8 it is hard to separate Cranmer's role from that of Thomas Cromwell in the shaping of religious...
Catherine Howard
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Catherine, niece of the duke of Norfolk , was 19 when Henry became interested in her. The annulment of his marriage to Anne of Cleves on 9 July 1540 was followed a fortnight later by his marriage to Catherine. She was tiny, pretty, and vivacious. Henry showered...
Cromwell, Thomas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Injunctions of 1536 and 1538, the latter ordering a Bible to be provided in every church. He arranged the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves, which was mainly responsible for his fall. He was sentenced for treason and beheaded.
Gudden, Johann Bernhard Aloys von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Gudden, Johann Bernhard Aloys von ( b . Cleves, Germany, 7 June 1824; d . Lake Starnberg, near Schloss Berg, Germany, 13 June 1886) psychiatry, neuroanatomy . Gudden...

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THOMAS MORE'S CLEVES TO QUIT 'I WANT TO DO PRIESTLY THINGS'.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 6/14/2000; ; 700+ words ; The Rev. William F. Cleves is stepping aside as president of Thomas...the needs of the diocese,'' Father Cleves said. ''We have a dwindling number...want to do priestly things.'' Father Cleves went to Covington Bishop Robert Muench...
LATIN'S CLEVES CLOSES CAREER VOLLEYBALL STARS WILL PLAY TONIGHT.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 6/11/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...doubts that recent Latin graduate Christy Cleves could play in college as well. But unless Cleves changes her mind, tonight's Northern Kentucky...and she'll want to play in college.'' Cleves will attend Thomas More College and says she...
CLEVES FETES ITS NEW SPIRIT.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/23/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Wilson Post staff reporter Three years ago Cleves was bitterly divided and on the brink...more than 20,000 visitors converge on Cleves for what could to be the biggest weekend...calling it ''Family EXCELebration.'' Cleves' volunteer firefighters have sponsored...
CLEVES PRESERVES RIVER TOWN IMAGE.(WEST ZONE)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 7/26/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Post staff reporter Measures to preserve Cleves' historic old river town image are being...identity capitalizing on this image, Cleves has adopted standards for development...The planning district, approved by Cleves Village Council recently, features a...
CLEVES-CHEVRON DEAL BUYS WELL FIELD.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 4/6/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...settlement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Cleves officials are moving rapidly to replace...contaminated by gasoline byproducts. Cleves Village Council, during a special meeting...in Whitewater Township. Officials from Cleves and Chevron endorsed the agreement last...
THOMAS MORE'S CLEVES TO QUIT.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 6/14/2000; ; 700+ words ; The Rev. William F. Cleves is stepping down as president of Thomas...the needs of the diocese,'' Father Cleves said. ''We have a dwindling number...want to do priestly things.'' Father Cleves, 45, went to Covington Bishop Robert...
julia cleves
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/22/2007; 700+ words ; Aids policy adviser to the UN Julia Cleves was a specialist in Aids, gender and...first Weirfield then Taunton School, Cleves gained a First in English at Lady Margaret...for Mosse's research, was pivotal to Cleves's future work. She experienced "development...
FATHER CLEVES' CALLING.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 6/15/2000; 499 words ; ...For eight years, the Rev. William F. Cleves has served Thomas More College well as...But there is another service that Father Cleves says is required of him and which he must answer. Father Cleves is leaving his job as president of the...
Anne of Cleves, Queen of England: Retha Warnicke uncovers the real reason for Henry VIII's divorce from his fourth wife.(Pen Portraits)
Magazine article from: History Review; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...various candidates, Henry chose Anne of Cleves. The controversial issues concerning...was the daughter of John III, duke of Cleves, and Maria, heiress of Juliers. Of...Imperial fief, her homeland, Juliers-Cleves, conducted independent diplomacy and...
CLEVES ENVISIONS CANAL PARK.(WEST ZONE)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 4/6/2000; ; 700+ words ; A preservation organization and Cleves officials now have a better vision about...Three Rivers Historical Society, and Cleves' Administration and Park Committee...amphitheater could bring the wider community to Cleves, '' Bartow said. ''The nearby high...