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Russell Russell
Russell English noble family. It first appeared prominently in the reign of Henry VIII when John Russell, 1st earl of Bedford, 1486?-1555, rose to military and diplomatic importance. He was lord high steward and lord keeper of the privy seal under Henry VIII and Edward VI, was created 1st earl of... Read more
Shakespeares Plays Shakespeares Plays
Shakespeare's Plays Shakespeare's Plays (arranged by approximate date of composition) Play Approximate date of composition Date of first publication Sources Major characters Genre Henry VI, Part II 1590 1594 Edward Hall, Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster... Read more
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Babenberg Babenberg
Babenberg , ruling house of Austria (976-1246). It possibly descended from, or succeeded, a powerful Franconian family of the 9th cent. from whose castle the city of Bamberg probably took its name. Holy Roman Emperor Otto II created Count Leopold of Babenberg margrave of the Eastern March (i.e.,... Read more
Edward Seymour duke of Somerset Edward Seymour duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour Somerset, duke of 1506?-1552, protector of England. He served on various military and diplomatic missions for Henry VIII and, after the marriage of his sister Jane to the king, was created Viscount Beauchamp (1536) and earl of Hertford (1537). In 1544, as lieutenant general in the... Read more
Mary Rose Mary Rose
Mary Rose, a ‘great ship’ of 600 tons, having an armament of about twenty heavy and 60 light guns and a complement of 400. She was built for Henry VIII and named in honour of his sister Mary Tudor. This ship, the first of her name in the British Navy, took part in the first... Read more
Battle of Sevenoaks Battle of Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks, battle of, 1450. In June 1450 Henry VI advanced with a sizeable force into Kent to confront Jack Cade's rebels. But on the 18th a detachment under Sir Humphry Stafford was routed and the commander killed. Though little more than an ambush, it was enough to undermine morale in the... Read more
William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper William Cowper 1st Earl Cowper
William Cowper Cowper, 1st Earl 1664?-1723, English jurist. He became lord keeper of the great seal in 1705 and in 1706 took a leading part in negotiating the union of England with Scotland. He was the first lord chancellor of Great Britain (1707-10), and presided at the trial of Henry Sacheverell... Read more
Thomas Stanley 1st earl of Derby Thomas Stanley 1st earl of Derby
Thomas Stanley Derby, 1st earl of där´bē , 1435?-1504, English nobleman. During the Wars of the Roses, Stanley was ostensibly a supporter of the Lancastrian Henry VI, but he had Yorkist sympathies, having married Eleanor, sister of the Yorkist Richard Neville, earl of Warwick. In... Read more
Henry Ireton Henry Ireton
Henry Ireton , 1611-51, English parliamentary general; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. He held various commands in the parliamentary army during the first civil war (see English civil war ) and in 1646 married Cromwell's daughter Bridget. A conservative reformer and advocate of limited monarchy, he... Read more

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