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Victor Emmanuel III
Victor Emmanuel III 1869-1947, king of Italy (1900-1946), emperor of Ethiopia (1936-43), king of Albania (1939-43), son and successor of Humbert I. In 1896 he married Princess Helena of Montenegro. Though involved with Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Triple Alliance, he sought cordial relations ... Read more
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II 1820-78, king of Sardinia (1849-61) and first king of united Italy (1861-78). He fought in the war of 1848-49 against Austrian rule in Lombardy-Venetia and ascended the throne when his father, Charles Albert , abdicated after the defeat at Novara. With the skillful collaboration... Read more
Alexander III
Alexander III d. 1181, pope (1159-81), a Sienese named Rolandus [Bandinelli?], successor of Adrian IV. He was a canonist who had studied law under Gratian and had taught at Bologna. He came to Rome under Eugene III, was made a cardinal, and became a trusted adviser of Adrian IV. Alexander's electio... Read more
Victor Marie Hugo, Vicomte
Victor Marie Hugo, Vicomte , 1802-85, French poet, dramatist, and novelist, b. Besançon. His father was a general under Napoleon. As a child he was taken to Italy and Spain and at a very early age had published his first book of poems, resolving "to be Chateaubriand or nothing." The prefa... Read more
Luigi Cadorna
Luigi Cadorna , 1850-1928, Italian field marshal. His father, Raffaele Cadorna, was a general in the wars of the Risorgimento and took Rome in 1870. Luigi Cadorna, a count, became the head of the army general staff and reorganized the Italian army before World War I. Until the Italian defeat at Capo... Read more
Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio , 1871-1956, Italian soldier and public official. After serving in World War I, he was governor of Libya (1929-33) and succeeded Gen. Emilio de Bono as commander in chief in the Ethiopian conquest, which he brought (1936) to a victorious end. Created duke of Addis Ababa, he was brief... Read more
house of Savoy
house of Savoy dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Collateral branches of the house of Savoy include that of Nemours. Savoy ... Read more
Monte Cassino
Monte Cassino , monastery, in Latium, central Italy, E of the Rapido River. Situated on a hill (1,674 ft/510 m) overlooking Cassino, it was founded c.529 by St. Benedict of Nursia, whose rule became that of all Benedictine houses in the world. Monte Cassino was throughout the centuries one of the ... Read more
Zog
Zog , 1895-1961, king of Albania. Originally Ahmad Zogu, he came from a Muslim family and served in the Austrian army in World War I. He became Albanian minister of the interior in 1920, minister of war in 1921, and premier in 1922. A revolution in 1924 led to his flight, but he returned with Yugosl... Read more
Urban II
Urban II c.1042-1099, pope (1088-99), a Frenchman named Odo (or Eudes) of Lagery; successor of Victor III. He studied at Reims and became a monk at Cluny. He went to Rome, as prior of Cluny, early in the reign of St. Gregory VII. The pope kept him there, finding in Odo one of his ablest assistants ... Read more

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Victor Emmanuel III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Victor Emmanuel III Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947) was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946. He contributed to the liquidation of the Italian monarchy. Victor Emmanuel was born on Nov. 11, 1869, in Naples. After his father, Umberto I, was assassinated in 1900, Victor Emmanuel succeeded... Read more
Victor Amadeus III
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 1726-96, king of Sardinia (1773-96), son and successor of Charles Emmanuel III. He declared war on France in 1792 after French Revolutionary troops had occupied Savoy and Nice. With Austrian help he defended... Read more
Victor Amadeus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...kingdom of Sicily and was crowned in September. In 1720 Victor Amadeus ceded his claims to Sicily to Emperor Charles VI in exchange for the island of Sardinia. That year Victor Amadeus was crowned king of Sardinia. Victor Amadeus brought equitable justice to both Savoy and Sardinia...secondary school ... Read more
Victor Emmanuel II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Piedmontese a year earlier by his father. To his great credit, Victor Emmanuel rejected this offer, suffering as a result the...Austrians was ratified in January 1850. In the same year Victor Emmanuel appointed Camillo di Cavour to the office of...privileges in favor of civil power. When the Crimean War began, ... Read more
Alexander III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Alexander's papacy that St. Thomas Becket was martyred. Alexander III was born as Orlando (also known as Roland, Rolandus, and...Alexander was summoned to Rome in 1148 by Pope Eugenius III, who named him cardinal deacon in 1150, then cardinal priest...would hold the post through the pontificates of Eugenius ... Read more
Harold III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Harold III Harold III (1015-1066), who is surnamed Haardraade, or "Ruthless, " was...never-failing Viking compulsion for wealth and fame overseas, Harold III embarked on the last effective Viking intervention in the...forces of Harold II, he won only the 7 feet of land that the victor had promised ... Read more
Victor Duruy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1811-94, French historian. He was a professor at Reims and Paris, and as minister of public instruction (1863-69) under Napoleon III he encouraged the adoption of the principle of free obligatory elementary education. His best-known work is his Histoire des... Read more
Victor Schoelcher
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...a commission that secured the abolition of slavery in French territory. He opposed the coup of Louis Napoleon (later Napoleon III) of Dec., 1851, and was forced into exile in England until Napoleon's fall in 1870. Elected to the national assembly, he sat... Read more
Victor Marie Hugo, Vicomte
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...espoused the cause of Louis Philippe's son, and then for a short time of Louis Bonaparte. Because he afterward opposed Napoleon III , Hugo was banished and went first to Brussels, then to the isle of Jersey, and later (1855) to Guernsey, where he lived until... Read more
Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...antipope: Clement III, 1080-1100 (see Guibert of Ravenna ) Victor III, 1086-87 Urban II...1130-38 antipope: Victor IV, 1138 Celestine...II, 1144-45 Eugene III , 1145-53 Anastasius...1154-59 Alexander III , 1159-81 antipope: Victor IV, 1159-64 antipope: Paschal III, ... Read more

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Victor Emmanuel III
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947) King of Italy (1900...in 1922 in order to forestall civil war, Victor Emmanuel lost all political power. However...dismiss Mussolini and conclude an armistice. Victor Emmanuel abdicated in favour of his son... Read more
Victor Emanuel III
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Victor Emanuel III (b. 11 Nov. 1869, d. 28 Dec. 1947). King of Italy 1900–46 A figurehead in theory, his position was enhanced by the instability... Read more
Alexander III
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Alexander III (d. 1181), Pope from 1159. During the 17-year schism occasioned by the establishment of an antipope ( Victor IV) supported by the Emp. Frederick I , Alexander lived mainly in France. Here he came into contact with Henry II of England... Read more
Mafalda
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Mafalda ♀ Germanic name, bestowed by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy on a daughter of his in 1902. See Matilda . Read more
Orange order
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...the preservation of the protestant constitution and the ‘glorious and immortal memory’ of King William III, the victor of the Boyne (1690). the order was founded in Loughgall (Co. Armagh) in September 1795 by the protestant veterans... Read more
Jolanda
Book article from: A Dictionary of First Names Jolanda ♀ (German) Possibly Germanic (see Yolanda ); traditional name in the royal house of Savoy, revived in Italy in 1901, when it was given by King Victor Emmanuel III to his first child. Read more
Ladislaus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...St (1040–95), King of Hungary from 1077. In the Investiture Controversy he took the side of Gregory VII and Victor III against the German Emperor, but when Urban II refused to acknowledge his suzerainty over Croatia, his relations with... Read more
Frederick I
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Constance which he concluded with Eugenius III in 1153 and renewed with Hadrian IV in...1160 recognized the minority candidate, Victor IV, against Alexander III . After his defeat at Legnano in 1176 he...either to the Lombard League or to Alexander III; he preferred to submit to the Pope. In... Read more
Mary of Teck
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...only daughter of the duke of Teck, her mother being a granddaughter of George III and first cousin to Queen Victoria. At the age of 25 she was engaged to Albert Victor, duke of Clarence (‘Eddie’), and after his sudden death married... Read more
Lemmon, Jack
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers LEMMON, Jack Nationality: American. Born: John Uhler Lemmon III in Boston, 8 February 1925. Education: Attended Rivers Country...Clark) (as Scottie Templeton) 1981 Buddy Buddy (Wilder) (as Victor Clooney) 1982 Missing (Costa-Gavras) (as Ed Horman) 1985 Mass... Read more

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Victor Halbach III has been named client service manager for the Life of the South (LOTS) Financial Institution Group in Jacksonville, Florida.(appointments)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Mortgage Banking; 7/1/2006; 47 words ; Victor Halbach III has been named client service manager for the Life of the South (LOTS) Financial Institution Group in Jacksonville, Florida. James... Read more
Crosstie fastener system.(products)(Pandrol Victor system)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Railway Age; 2/1/2004; 79 words ; The Pandrol Victor[TM] system for wood and plastic ties uses a standard AREMA...can be installed with a Pandrol Fastclip, e -clip, Safelok III fastener, or the Rollblock[TM] option designed to virtually eliminate rail rollover. Victor provides a tie plate with a large bearing area and all of the... Read more
Victor Hugo: the ghost in the pantheon.
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Victor Hugo was born two hundred years...criticizing Louis Napoleon--Napoleon III after 1852. But hadn't Hugo...without disruption. No such luck. Victor Hugo refuses to lie still. Like...very real sense, of course, Victor Hugo has surpassed even himself...Quasimodo or Jean Valjean; thus, ... Read more
Napoleon III: A Life.(Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Fenton Bresler Napoleon III: A Life. Carroll & Graf...50 Being a fan of Napoleon III can be frustrating. Friends and relatives confuse the glorious victor of Marengo, the Pyramids, and...miniature bust of Napoleon III elicits the surprised remark...just the personal Napoleon III, but the ... Read more
'Wonderful things' on paper: the Egyptologist Victor Loret in the Valley of the Kings.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; Victor Loret (1859-1946) (Fig. 1) studied Egyptology in Paris with e famous scholar Gaston Maspero. In 1881, he joined him in Egypt...Valley of the Kings, where, fifteen years later, he would make the greatest discovery of his life--the tombs of Thutmoses III and Amenhotep II. From 1886 until 1929 he held the ... Read more
Victor Hugo: Drawn to the Void.(artist)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...above all in mind. It keeps me amused between two verses. --Victor Hugo Letter to Charles Baudelaire, Apr. 29,1860 It is probably...though a virtually inescapable one, to see the drawings of Victor Hugo (1802-1885) as an instance of modernism avant la lettre...republican--and in the process was expelled from ... Read more
Bear/Inner Traditions.(The Dimensions of Paradise: Sacred Geometry, Ancient Science, and the Heavenly Order on Earth; Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future; Victor Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit World: A Literary Genius's Hidden Life)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 4/1/2008; 249 words ; ...sacred geography and a spirit-driven world. John Chambers' VICTOR HUGO'S CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD: A LITERARY GENIUS...either New Age spirituality or parapsychology. It focuses on Victor Hugo's exile on the island of Jersey, where he and his friends escaped the reign of Napoleon III and where ... Read more
Ballpark roof gets big lift from "Big Blue.".(Lampson Transi-Lift 1500 series III crane used to lift sections of the roof under construction)
Magazine article from: Diesel Progress North American Edition; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Lampson Transi-Lift (LTL) 1500 series III crane provides the backbone to lift 500-ton roof sections; muscle...wall. Exhibit A, is the Lampson Transi-Lift (LTL) 1500 series III crane being used to construct Miller Park, the baseball stadium...backbone of the roof portion of the construction project, said ... Read more
Victor Arms V-22 Conversion.
Magazine article from: Guns Magazine; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...small-game hunting. Enter Steve Sarich of Houston, Texas-based Victor Arms. Sarich is a long-time Class III (full automatic) enthusiast who wanted to use .22 LR ammunition...item. The lower receiver fit should come as no surprise since Victor Arms used original AR-15 factory drawings to develop the ... Read more
The Napoleon III rooms in the Musee du Louvre, Paris.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...construction projects at the Louvre initiated by Napoleon III (1808-1873) soon after he was proclaimed emperor in 1852...was in charge of construction at the Louvre under Napoleon III. He chose the artists and decoration and appears to have been...building under successive monarchs was a theme dear to Napoleon ... Read more