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Creon
Creon , a name given to several minor legendary Greek kings. In the legend of Oedipus, Creon is the brother of Jocasta and after the death of Oedipus' sons becomes king of Thebes. In Euripides' Medea, Creon is the king of Corinth and is murdered by the vengeful Medea. Apollodorus portrays him as... Read more |
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Saint Magnus
Magnus, St (c.1075–c.1117). Magnus was the victim of his ambitious cousin Haakon, who intrigued with the Norwegian king Magnus Barefoot to bring about the downfall of their fathers, ruling earls of the Orkney Islands. The king installed his own son in their place. Magnus was seized,... Read more |
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Cardinal Henry Benedict Stuart
Stuart, Cardinal Henry Benedict (1725–1807). The younger son of James Stuart, and latterly Jacobite cardinal-king, he was born in March 1725 in Rome and was his father's favourite son. He was kept ignorant about Franco-Jacobite intrigues in 1744, but did go to France to support his brother ... Read more |
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Lugh
Lugh In medieval Irish romance, son of Kian and father of Cuchulain. He was brought up by his uncle Goban, the Smith, and by Duach, King of Fairyland. It was prophesied that Lugh should eventually overcome his father's old enemy Balor, his own grandfather. So instead of killing the three... Read more |
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Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu , 1882-1946, Romanian marshal and dictator. He served in World War I and later became chief of staff, but he fell into disfavor with King Carol II because of his pro-Nazi attitude and his suspected intrigues with the Iron Guard . In World War II, on Sept. 4-5, 1940, Carol,... Read more |
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Henry Howard earl of Northampton
Henry Howard Northampton, earl of , 1540-1614, English courtier; son of the poet, Henry Howard, earl of Surrey; member of the powerful Howard family. His public career under Elizabeth I was marked by a charge of intrigue with Mary Queen of Scots and imprisonment (1583-85) for suspected heresy and... Read more |
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Charles II (Navarre)
Charles II (Charles the Bad), 1332-87, king of Navarre (1349-87), count of Évreux; grandson of King Louis X of France. He carried on a long feud with his father-in-law, John II, king of France, procuring the assassination (1354) of John's favorite, Charles de La Cerda, and forming an... Read more |
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Farouk I
Farouk I Farouk I (1920-1965) was the second king of modern Egypt. Though he was dynamic and a nationalist, the realization of being powerless under British sovereignty turned his interests from statecraft to the gratification of his desires. Farouk, the only son of Fuad I, was born in Cairo... Read more |
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Anne of Austria
Anne of Austria 1601-66, queen of France, daughter of King Philip III of Spain. Married to the French king Louis XIII (1615), she was neglected by her husband and sought the society of the court intriguer, Mme de Chevreuse . Anne's indiscretion, especially her flirtation with the duke of... Read more |
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Dectera
Dectera A figure of Irish medieval romance. She was the daughter of Cathbad the Druid and mother of Cuchulain. Dectera and 50 other maidens disappeared from the court of Conor mac Nessa. Three years later, while pursuing a flock of birds that were spoiling the crops, the king and courtiers came... Read more |
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