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Medici Medici
Medici , Italian family that directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th cent. until 1737. Of obscure origin, they rose to immense wealth as merchants and bankers, became affiliated through marriage with the major houses of Europe, and, besides acquiring (1569) the title grand duke of... Read more
Henry III (France) Henry III (France)
Henry III 1551-89, king of France (1574-89); son of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. He succeeded his brother, Charles IX. As a leader of the royal army in the Wars of Religion (see Religion, Wars of ) against the French Protestants, or Huguenots, Henry, then duke of Anjou, defeated (1569)... Read more
Alessandro de Medici Alessandro de Medici
Alessandro de' Medici , 1510?-37, duke of Florence (1532-37); probably an illegitimate son of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. His prominence began when Pope Clement VII , then head of the Medici family succeeded (1530) in restoring the Medici to power in Florence after a three-year banishment.... Read more
Marie de Medici Marie de Medici
Marie de' Medici , 1573-1642, queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV and daughter of Francesco de' Medici, grand duke of Tuscany. She was married to Henry in 1600. After his assassination (1610) she became regent for her son Louis XIII. She reversed the policies set by her husband; the duc de... Read more
Margaret of Denmark Margaret of Denmark
Margaret of Denmark Margaret of Denmark (1353-1412) was a fourteenth-century Danish queen and first medieval queen to rule in Europe, who united three powerful Scandinavian kingdoms. In the 11th century, the kingdoms of Scandinavia were a relatively new feature of medieval Europe. During the... Read more
Margaret Beaufort countess of Richmond and Derby Margaret Beaufort countess of Richmond and Derby
Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby , 1443-1509, English noblewoman, mother of Henry VII . She was the daughter and heiress of John, 1st duke of Somerset, and great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster. She was married three times: to Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, who... Read more
Tenskwatawa Tenskwatawa
Tenskwatawa Tenskwatawa (1775-1836), also known as the "The Prophet," was a Shawnee religious leader and reviver of traditional ways. With his brother Tecumseh, he worked to create an Indian confederacy to resist American encroachment on Indian lands. Tenskwatawa, known as Lalewithaka in his... Read more
Robert Russell Bennett Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981) was an arranger, composer, and conductor who orchestrated the scores of more than three hundred Broadway musicals over a period spanning four decades Bennett was born into a musical family. His father, George Robert Bennett, played... Read more
Maxwell Maxwell
Maxwell Singer, songwriter For the Record… Signed with Columbia Romantic at Heart Selected discography Sources Heralded as the savior of soul music in the 1990s, Maxwell, the self professed former nerd, rocketed from relative obscurity to infamy with his romantic concept album, Urban Hang... Read more
Archibald Sir Geikie Archibald Sir Geikie
Geikie, Archibald (b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 28 December 1835; d. Haslemere, Surrey, England, 10 November 1924) geology. Geikie was the son of James Stuart Geikie, an Edinburgh businessman who was also a composer and music critic. His mother, Isabella Thom, was the daughter of a captain in the... Read more

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