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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...
Victor Amadeus III
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Victor Amadeus III 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...
Victor Amadeus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Amadeus was crowned king of Sardinia. Victor Amadeus brought equitable justice to both...and the University of Turin. In 1730 Victor Amadeus abdicated in favor of his son, Charles Emmanuel III. Victor Amadeus died on Oct. 31, 1732. Further...
Popes of the Roman Catholic Church
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1080-1100 (see Guibert of Ravenna ) Victor III, 1086-87 Urban II , 1088-99 Paschal...1153-54 Adrian IV , 1154-59 Alexander III , 1159-81 antipope: Victor IV, 1159-64 antipope: Paschal III, 1164-68 antipope: Calixtus III...
Popes since AD 1000
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...x2013;44 Benedict IX 1045 Sylvester III 1045 Benedict IX 1045–...x2013;54 Leo IX 1055–57 Victor II 1057–58 Stephen IX...85 Gregory VII 1086–87 Victor III 1088–99 Urban II 1099...
Urban II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Frenchman named Odo (or Eudes) of Lagery; successor of Victor III. He studied at Reims and became a monk at Cluny. He went...Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and his antipope, Clement III (Guibert of Ravenna). He began work in the lands that...
Saint Gregory VII
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...up an imperial antipope, Guibert of Ravenna (Clement III). When the civil war ended in Henry's favor, he marched...all support but that of the Normans. He was succeeded by Victor III. Contributions to the Church Gregory's contribution...
Monte Cassino
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...civilization is immeasurable (see Benedictines ). Its greatest abbot after St. Benedict was Desiderius (later Pope Victor III) in the 11th cent. The buildings of the abbey were destroyed four times: by the Lombards (c.581); by the Arabs...
house of Savoy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Amadeus II was succeeded by Charles Emmanuel III (reigned 1730-73), Victor Amadeus III (reigned 1773-96), and Charles Emmanuel...assassinated in 1900. His son and successor, Victor Emmanuel III , also took the titles emperor of Ethiopia...
Caesar Augustin Grasselli
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...D. Rockefeller. He was honored in 1910 by King Victor Emmanuel III for his humanitarian philanthropy after natural disasters in Italy and in 1923 by both King Victor Emmanuel III and Pope Pius XI for helping Italy's World War...

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Victor Emmanuel III
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947) King of Italy...1922 in order to forestall civil war, Victor Emmanuel lost all political power. However...Mussolini and conclude an armistice. Victor Emmanuel abdicated in favour of his son...
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...
Constantine the African
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...his name show signs of having been written at the monastery: two are dedicated to its abbot, Desiderius (later Pope Victor III), and others to Johannes Afflacius, another Muslim turned Christian monk, and Constantine ’ s disciple...
Ladislaus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...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...
Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...avoid swearing an oath of allegiance to the Duce , he resigned his chair at the University of Rome in 1931. One of Victor Emanuel III's advisers in the coup that ousted Mussolini after a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council , he became President...
Albania
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Mussolini , spurred by Hitler's annexationist policies, invaded Albania. Zog fled the country, and the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III was declared King over Albania instead. Albania subsequently fought on the side of Italy and Germany, but when...
Mussolini, Benito
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...elites with whose help he had attained it. The fact that he had to take into account the opinions of the monarch, Victor Emanuel III , the Church, industrial elites, and parts of the administrative system meant that, unlike in Nazi Germany , a...
Frederick I
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...which he concluded with Eugenius III in 1153 and renewed with Hadrian...recognized the minority candidate, Victor IV, against Alexander III . After his defeat at Legnano in...Lombard League or to Alexander III; he preferred to submit to the...
Bernard of Chartres
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...high stature of the giants ” ( Metalogicon III, 4, p. 136). This comparison, in which the giants...x2013; 14), and commented on by Hugh of Saint Victor in his Didascalicon III, 13 – 20. II. Secondary Literature...
Goldschmidt, Victor
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Goldschmidt, Victor ( b . Mainz, Germany, 10...Portheim Stiftung, of which the Victor-Goldschmidt-Institut f...chemistry by Aleksandr Fersman, Victor Moritz, Goldschmidt, and...number in the Normalreihe III: Goldschmidt defined the...

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United States Life Elects Royall Victor III to Board of Directors.
Business Wire; 3/25/1997; 700+ words ; ...announced the election of Royall Victor III to its board of directors. In making...We are very pleased to have Mr. Victor join the United States Life board...dedicated board of directors." Royall Victor III, 58, is managing director of Chase...
J. Victor Arthur III.(Business Times)(15 Minutes With. . .)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; J. Victor Arthur III, chapter manager of the Virginia Waste Industries Association, wants the Virginia legislature and Republican Gov. James S. Gilmore III to stop talking trash about his industry. The governor has said that...
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; 700+ words ; Victor Halbach III has been named client service manager for the Life of the South (LOTS) Financial Institution Group in Jacksonville, Florida...
FORMER GARY POLICE OFFICER BECOMES NEW OFFICER IN HOBART WHILE VICTOR BOUGHAMER III BOOSTS HOBART'S RANKS TO 50, GARY LOSES ANOTHER TRAINED OFFICER TO A HIGHER SALARY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/24/1997; 570 words ; PHOTO COLOR THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Victor D. Boughamer III is the city's newest police officer. Before being sworn in by Hobart Mayor Linda Buzinec last week, he wore a Gary police uniform...
VICTOR C. HARWOOD III, 64, PROMINENT BERGEN LAWYER
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 2/16/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-16-1999 VICTOR C. HARWOOD III, 64, PROMINENT BERGEN LAWYER By ELISE...2 Star P, 1 Star Early Biographical: VICTOR C. HARWOOD ORADELL -- Victor C. Harwood III, a founding partner of one of Bergen County...
Lil Poison's got mad game: Victor De Leon III has been playing video games since age 2. At the ripe age of 8, he's a world-class professional.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 9/3/2006; 700+ words ; ...well below his kneecaps. And when Victor De Leon III sits down, he positions himself...game controller in his hand, and Victor becomes larger than life. He becomes...the last weekend in August, and Victor is in town for a Major League Gaming...
CEC.(appointment of Victor W. Wehman III at Civil Engineering Consultants)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Texas Contractor; 6/18/2007; 603 words ; Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) is pleased to welcome Victor W. Wehman III, P.E., as a project manager in our Development Division. Wehman has 10 years of experience in residential and commercial...
Victor Ecimovich III
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/12/1989; ; 502 words ; ...actually an East European mutt." His grandparents are Croatian, German, Hungarian, Austrian. GRANDDAD A BREWMASTER Granddad Victor Sr. was head brewmaster at Peter Hand Brewery here "pretty much from repeal through 1972, when he retired. He died in 1980...
Behind the labels: two young designers. (Paul Wackym of Howard Wolf and Leonard Steinberg of Victor Costa) (Dallas: Best of Group III supplement)
Magazine article from: WWD; 8/8/1988; ; 700+ words ; BEHIND THE LABELS: TWO YOUNG DESIGNERS PAUL WACKYM OF HOWARD WOLF Paul Wackym just celebrated his second anniversary as designer with Howard Wolf, the Dallas better-price sportswear maker, and he couldn't be happier. "The group here at Howard Wolf is energetic and forward thinking," he says. "We
Real lives: Agnes and Victor set to celebrate a sensational 70 years together
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 9/16/2009; 645 words ; ...life centred on home and work, with Victor Jr describing his mother as "the...gardening and playing the banjo. Victor Jr added: "They did some travelling...couple have four grandchildren - Victor III, Lorraine, David and Diane - and...