Rallidae
Rallidae (rails, coots, corncrake, crakes, gallinules; class Aves, order Gruiformes) A family of small to medium-sized birds which have black, olive, chestnut, or buff plumage, some being barred or spotted, laterally compressed bodies, short, rounded wings, short tails, and medium to long legs with long toes. The bill is short and conical to long and
decurved, and some bills have frontal shields. Rallidae are secretive, terrestrial, and often aquatic. Most live in marshes, feed on animal and vegetable matter, and nest on the ground or low in a bush.
Fulica cornuta builds a mound of stones as a foundation to its nest. The 7–12 species of
Gallinula (gallinules and moorhens) and 15 species of
Porzana (crakes and rails) are typical. Coots (nine species of
Fulica) have a red or white shield on the forehead, replaced in
F. cornuta (horned coot) by a muscular
wattle. Despite appearing to be a weak flier,
Crex (corncrake) is a long-distance migrant; its population is declining due to changing agricultural practices. There are 30–40 genera in the family, with about 125 species, some migratory, found world-wide.
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Marguerite de Valois: "La reine Margot.".(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Eliane Viennot. Marguerite de Valois: "La reine Margot." Paris...biography of Marguerite de Valois--youngest daughter of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici and queen consort...eldest son. That two of Catherine de' Medici's sons died...
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The last Valois: a tragic story: Robert Knecht describes the shortcomings of Henry III, the last Valois king, and the circumstances that led him to become the first--but not the last--French monarch to die at the hands of one of his subjects.
Magazine article from: History Today; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...the next morning bringing to an end the Valois dynasty that had occupied the French throne...tyrant is dead! There is no more Henry of Valois in France!' But why and how had Henry...sixth child and fourth son of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. Born at Fontainebleau on...
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Jean-Antoine de Baif and the Valois Court.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Jean-Antoine de Baif and the Valois Court. By YVONNE ROBERTS. Bern...study of Baif's relations with Catherine de Medicis, whom he served devotedly...Henri de Navarre with Marguerite de Valois. Nevertheless, David Hartley...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Historical love story that started a dynasty; Penny Fray speaks to Aberystwyth writer Dedwydd Jones, who is trying to interest Catherine Zeta Jones in his new novel.(Arts)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...kohled eyes, Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones bears an uncanny resemblance to Henry V's wife Catherine of Valois, who later married Anglesey...FORBEARS: Emma Thompson played Catherine of Valois to Kenneth Branagh's Henry...
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The queen mother who really ruled Catherine de Medici was mother to three kings of France, and exercised more power than any of them in the religious turmoil of the 16th century, says Blair Worden Catherine de Medici by Leonie Frieda Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pounds 20, 440 pp pounds 18 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...a message of congratulation to Catherine. He soon revoked it. For Catherine, he was disappointed to learn...a desperate bid to preserve the Valois dynasty and the peace of the realm. For Catherine - though in her political methods...
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LAST NIGHT'S TV - The life and strange death of a porn star
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 4/29/2005; ; 661 words
; ...murder". Lolo - real name Eve Valois - is known to C4 viewers from...never been solved. Her mother, Catherine Valois, believes that Lolo's husband...continues to plead his innocence. Catherine Valois continues to accuse him. And...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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WHAT KILLED 54G LOLO?; INNER TURMOIL: SHE WAS THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE GIRL WHOSE SUICIDE BAFFLED POLICE AND SHOCKED FANS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 6/10/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...by Lolo's mother, Catherine Valois, who claims Eric ruthlessly...breasts in Europe. Catherine said: "My daughter...husband, instead blaming Catherine for her inner turmoil...real Lolo was born Eve Valois in the central French...
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TV Review:Ferrari driven to destruction
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/29/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...was Lolo Ferrari (real name Eve Valois), "the woman with the biggest...was loopy and didn't love her. Catherine Valois still campaigns for her son-in...possibility of strangulation. Catherine's lawyer believes Vigne killed...
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The Tudor Queens of England.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Loades begins his account with Catherine de Valois, who became Henry V's queen...spinning a continuous thread from Catherine de Valois to Elizabeth I, the author...consort became a non-person. Catherine de Valois had to resign herself to the...
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Tudor Queens of England.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 450 words
; ...described through a label, including Catherine de Valois, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth of York, Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Jane...
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Catherine of Valois
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Catherine of Valois (1401–37), queen of...daughter of Charles VI of France, Catherine was sent at an early age to a convent...born in December 1421 at Windsor. Catherine accompanied Henry to Harfleur, where...
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Margaret of Valois
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Margaret of Valois , 1553-1615, queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and of Catherine de' Medici. She was known as Queen Margot. Her wedding (1572) with Henry, Protestant king of Navarre (later Henry IV of...
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Médicis, Catherine de (1519–1589)
Book article from: The Renaissance
...overthrown, and Catherine was taken hostage...A member of the Valois dynasty, Henry became...in 1547. Although Catherine remained his wife...Dominican monk, and Catherine's ambitious dreams for the Valois dynasty came to an...
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Tudor dynasty
Book article from: The Renaissance
...death Tudor married his widow, Catherine of Valois; his eldest son was Edmund Tudor...married his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon, who gave birth to...Falling out of favor with Henry, Catherine was replaced by the king's...
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Tudor, Owen
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...A humble Welsh servant of Catherine of Valois , widow of Henry V, he secretly...whose close friendship with Catherine was brought to a hasty end shortly...that was wont to lie on Queen Catherine's lap.’ Anthony...
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