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Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) Former wife of the heir to the British throne. The daughter of Earl Spencer, Diana married Charles, Prince of Wales in 1981, and they had two sons, William and Harry. A popular, glamorous figure, she worked for many charities. Their marriage fell apart ... Read more
Albany
Albany , town (1996 pop. 14,590), Western Australia, SW Australia. It is a port on Princess Royal Harbour of King George Sound. The town has woolen mills and fish canneries. Founded in 1826 as a penal colony, Albany is the oldest settlement in the state of Western Australia. ... Read more
Anne
Anne (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise), 1950-, British princess, only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh. She was educated at Benenden School. In 1973 she married a British army officer, Mark Phillips, but they were divorced in 1992 and she married Timothy Laurence. Her... Read more
George Macdonald
George Macdonald 1824-1905, Scottish author. Ordained a Congregational minister, he eventually abandoned his vocation to become a writer and free-lance preacher. His first published works were several volumes of poetry, including the narrative poem Within and Without (1855), Phantastes (1858), ... Read more
Andromache
Andromache , in Greek mythology, Trojan princess, wife of Hector and mother of Astyanax. After the Trojan War she was carried away by Neoptolemus , whose father, Achilles, had slain her husband. She later married Hector's brother Helenus and they jointly ruled Epirus. She is a noble figure in the ... Read more
Cassandra
Cassandra , in Greek legend, Trojan princess, daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the power of prophecy by Apollo, but because she would not accept him as a lover, he changed her blessing to a curse, causing her prophecies never to be believed. While seeking refuge from the Greeks during the... Read more
Jezebel
Jezebel , in the First Book of Kings, Phoenician princess who was the wife of King Ahab and the mother of Ahaziah, Jehoram, and Athaliah. She encouraged worship of Baal, including the worship of Asherah and persecuted the prophets of her day. Jezebel was the bitter foe of Elijah . Elijah's prophe... Read more
Ramsgate
Ramsgate , town (1991 pop. 36,678), in the Isle of Thanet, Kent, SE England. Ramsgate is a resort and yachting harbor. The town began as a fishing settlement, and extensive trade with Baltic ports developed early in the 18th cent. Queen Victoria lived there as a young princess. Examples of Regency a... Read more
Battenberg
Battenberg , German princely family, issued from the morganatic union of Alexander, a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess Julia von Hauke, who was created (1858) princess of Battenberg. Their oldest son, Louis (1854-1921), an admiral in the British navy, married a gr... Read more
Grace
Grace 1929-82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and patrician, she became a major film star after her first Hollowood picture, High Noon (1952). Her major films includ... Read more

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Queens and Empresses
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...sovereigns sought marriage with crown princesses above all others. That France was exceptional...line, whereas kings could wed crown princesses and thus obtain new lands or even a...homeland to live in a new kingdom. Princesses by birth, they thus became the queens...
Ottoman Dynasty
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...of Bayezid II (ruled 1481 – 1512). Initially princesses of the royal house were married to the sons of foreign royal...line. From around the middle of the fifteenth century the princesses were married to men of the ruling elite within the empire...
Elizabeth II
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...convention of confidentiality by writing a book about the two princesses, and was cast into outer darkness. Princess Elizabeth grew...Most of the war was spent at Windsor castle, where the princesses learned the art of rolling out of bed and into air raid shelters...
Folk Tales and Fairy Tales
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...a handful of "restoration" fairy tales about princes and princesses who lose their royal positions, later regaining them through...magical intervention — marry princes, kings, or princesses, thereby gaining great wealth. Straparola's restoration...
Schneider, Romy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Romy Schneider Austrian-born actress Romy Schneider (1938–1982) went from playing Bavarian princesses in frothy historical dramas to working with some of the most influential and daring European filmmakers of her era during the 1960s...
Elizabeth Bagaaya Nyabongo of Toro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...mother (Lady Kezia Byanjeru) was the king's legal wife, Bagaaya became entitled to the status of Batebe (head of the princesses). She, however, shared the hectic royal court life in Kabalole with the king's other children. The harmonious life...
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Livilla, Claudius's nieces. The empress Messalina, however, whose influence over Claudius was all-powerful, saw the two princesses as dangerous rivals and secured the banishment of Julia Livilla in 41 on charges of immorality. Seneca was accused of being...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...governor general of British India. On Feb. 7, 1787, Sheridan spoke for 5 hours on the crimes of Hastings against the begums (princesses) of Oudh. A typical response to this speech was that of a Mr. Logan, who, before he heard it, had written a spirited...
Race Mixing
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...such as Virginia and Alabama related family stories of their descent from early male European settlers and “ Indian princesses. ” Race mixing between Africans and Europeans in the colonial era was also initially a matter of debate and confusion...
Compton, Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Oxford (1674–5) and of London (1675–1713), where he was also responsible for the education of Princesses Mary and Anne, James's protestant daughters. Dedicated to national stability, he viewed sectarian turbulence and Romanism...

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Polygamy
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...marriage. [Am. Hist.: NCE , 1833] Muhammad had a total of ten wives and ten or fifteen concubines. [Islam: Brewer Dictionary , 614] Solomon 700 wives, princesses, and 300 concubines. [O.T.: I Kings 11:1 – 8]
Compton, Henry
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Compton, Henry (1632–1713), Bp. of London from 1675. He was tutor to the princesses Mary and Anne, but his anti-papal attitude brought him into disfavour with James II , and he was restrained from the exercise...
Xiongnu
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...league under their Shan Yu (Heavenly Ruler). In the confusion following the Han's collapse, claiming descent from Chinese princesses, they set up ephemeral dynasties in northern China. Thereafter Chinese records make no reference to them. The Eastern Turks...
Lavigne, Avril
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Because of this, many of Lavigne's teenage fans find that her music speaks to them more directly than that of the pop princesses who preceded her. SELECTIVE DISCOGRAPHY: Let Go (Arista, 2002). WEBSITE: . caroline polk o'meara
among
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...reciprocally: members of the government bickered among themselves . 4. indicating a division, choice, or differentiation involving three or more participants: the king called the three princesses to divide his kingdom among them.
Gunn, Sir James
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, 1950 (NPG, London), showing George VI, Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), and Princesses Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II) and Margaret. In 1953 Gunn succeeded Augustus John as president of the Royal Society of...
Jane Seymour
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Anne was under arrest and Jane's marriage took place soon after her execution. A new Act of Succession disinherited the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth in favour of Jane's offspring. In October 1537 she gave birth to the future Edward VI but died twelve...
Charlotte of Mecklenburg‐Strelitz
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...x2010;Strelitz (1744–1818), queen of George III. Though Charlotte was chosen unseen from lists of German princesses in 1761, her marriage to George III proved a great success. She was considered by many to be rather dull and distinctly...
Pedersen, Carl-Henning
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...and in 1948 became a founder member of the Cobra group. Characteristically he portrayed a fantastic world of palaces and princesses, demons and dwarfs. Pedersen became well known internationally when his work was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1962...
Schadow, Johann Gottfried
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...Second World War and has been replaced by a copy. His finest achievement is perhaps the charming and sensitive group of the Princesses Luise and Frederika of Prussia (1795–7, Alte NG, Berlin). From 1815 until his death he was director of the...

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2002 HOLIDAY AT HOME FESTIVAL PREVIEW; QUEENS AND PRINCESSES THROUGH THE YEARS
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 8/29/2002; 700+ words ; 1959 Queen: Sandra Ahrens Cashin Princesses: Darlene DiPasquale Westbrook, Ann...Queen: Darlene DiPasquale Westbrook Princesses: Katherine Roberts, Sylvia Alcoke...Queen: Sarah Margaret Rowling Bryant Princesses: Sue Hilburn, Nancy Scholeman, Kattie...
Princesses visit Redlands' favorite castle
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...dreams to come true Sunday as they played princesses for the afternoon at the fifth annual Princesses at the Castle event. The Kimberly-Shirk...wonderful fundraiser where the girls get to be princesses for a day," said Terri deVries, executive...
Barbie(R) Takes Center Stage in ``Barbie(TM) in The 12 Dancing Princesses'' DVD and Toy Line; New DVD Release and Magical, Interactive Toy Line Promise to Be Tops on Holiday Wishlists.
Business Wire; 9/18/2006; 700+ words ; ...Barbie(TM) in The 12 Dancing Princesses." Supported by a full line of toys...Barbie(TM) in The 12 Dancing Princesses" marks the third time Barbie(TM...the "Barbie(TM) in The 12 Dancing Princesses" Interactive Dance Mat, which allows...
New blood: Year of the princesses
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 12/21/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...in all their glory: the new European princesses. The sad departure of the future Queen...monarchical glamour and that the Hollywood Princesses Nicole and Gwyneth had filled the vacant...rescue! The court couturier to European princesses (think Marie Chantal of Greece) produced...
12 dancing princesses
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/20/2006; 441 words ; ...Straits Times 08-20-2006 12 dancing princesses Edition: New Sunday Times Section...not one or two, but 12 beautiful princesses lived with their loving father, the...the tallest to the smallest, all 12 princesses loved to dance and the most graceful...
Princesses get the royal treatment at magic castle
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 11/19/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...chteau that is Kimberly Crest. It was Princesses at the Castle Day Saturday, Nov. 5...Kimberly Crest became a magic castle when "Princesses for the Day" Laura Hundman, Taylor...of the association. The life-size princesses doubled as the day's storytellers...
Princesses grow up
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 10/10/2001; ; 693 words ; ...Yap New Straits Times 10-10-2001 Princesses grow up Byline: Ricky Yap Edition...its inception, the Four Little Golden Princesses are primed for a new musical direction...nine months since Four Little Golden Princesses made the video compact disc version...
BBC Three commissions The Undercover Princesses.
M2 Presswire; 7/31/2009; 512 words ; ...Three commissions The Undercover Princesses(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...Here come the girls... four princesses head for the UK in search of their Prince Charming, in The Undercover Princesses. Following the highly successful...
Princesses, Pirates and Pixies - Disney Store's Halloween Costumes Have Arrived!; This Year's Most Popular Costumes Range from Plundering Pirates on the High-Seas to Magical Mermaids Under the Sea; Princesses Continue to Top the List.
Business Wire; 8/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...line, heroes will be more valiant, princesses will be more regal, pixies will be...Classic character costumes such as princesses have been redesigned to more closely...For Girls Disney's most popular princesses will receive the royal treatment this...
Pop-stars, princesses and pirates are the "it" costumes this year
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 10/27/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...we buy it? Can we buy it?" While princesses and pirates will always sell big, Hannah...kids clamoring to dress royally. "Princesses rule. It's easily the most popular...Even the littlest girls want to be princesses." The Halloween Shoppe has a whole...