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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...Image:queen_anne_england.JPG|right|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland<...
8: ...ritain]]. She continued to reign until her death. Anne was the last British monarch of the [[House of St...
10: ...I of England|William III]]. The failure of either Anne or of her sister to produce a child who could sur...
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...ke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals. - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
1: <b>Anne Neville</b> ([[June 11]], [[1456]] - [[March 16]]...
5: ...r]] of [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]] and [[Anne Beauchamp]]. Throughout her short life, she woul...
9: ...valent of marriage) at the Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[December 13]], [[1470]].
11: ... portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Beauchamp).
15: ... health was never good, and she probably suffered from tuberculosis. - Anne Bonny (5802 bytes)
1: '''Anne Bonny''' (March 8, 1700 – possibly April 25, 17...
5: Much of what is known about Anne Bonny is based on Captain pirate biographer, Char...
10: There is no evidence supporting the story that Anne Bonny started a fire on the plantation in retalia...
12: ...le." She was sentenced to the flogging, but later Anne and Rackham escaped to live together as pirates.
15: ...ead's name and gender were, however, known to all from the start, including Gov. Rogers, who named the...
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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
42: ...ss Royal|HRH The Princess Anne, Princess Royal]] (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise) (born [[15 August]] [[195... - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
1: [[image:Anne_of_Austria.jpg|thumb|right|Anne of Austria]]
2: ...les Cardinal Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] served as France's [[Religious minister|chief minister]].
6: ...ear-old son was crowned King Louis XIV of France. Anne assumed the regency but entrusted the government ...
8: ...mented by the marriage of the young King Louis to Anne's niece, the Spanish Hapsburg princess [[Maria Th...
10: In [[1661]], on the death of Mazarin, Anne retired to a convent where she later died. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what ...
5: ... [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the e...
7: ...ame a bookseller in [[Paris]]. In 1743 he married Anne Toinette Champion, a devout [[Roman Catholic]]. H...
10: ...dash;1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning...
14: ...ing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any su... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
9: ... these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by h...
11: ...e departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess f...
13: ...d her fathers sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites...
15: ... tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled herself with a handsome young [[Cossa...
19: ... seems to have been first suggested to her by the French ambassador, La Chetardie, who was plotting to... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...zabeth's well-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
3: ...Image:queen_anne_england.JPG|right|thumb|150px|'''Anne''' <br><small>Queen of Great Britain and Ireland<...
8: ...ritain]]. She continued to reign until her death. Anne was the last British monarch of the [[House of St...
10: ...I of England|William III]]. The failure of either Anne or of her sister to produce a child who could sur...
12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
15: ...ke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most important generals. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...9]] until her death, and as Queen of [[Scotland]] from [[11 April]] 1689 until her death. Mary, a [[Pr...
11: ...ry and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into adulthood.
13: ...Catholicism in [[1668]] or [[1669]], but Mary and Anne had a [[Protestantism | Protestant]] upbringing,...
15: ...ash; he preferred that Mary marry the heir to the French Throne, the [[Louis, the Grand Dauphin|Dauphi...
20: ...June [[1688]], for the son would, unlike Mary and Anne, be raised a Roman Catholic. Some charged that th... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
1: <b>Anne Neville</b> ([[June 11]], [[1456]] - [[March 16]]...
5: ...r]] of [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]] and [[Anne Beauchamp]]. Throughout her short life, she woul...
9: ...valent of marriage) at the Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[December 13]], [[1470]].
11: ... portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Beauchamp).
15: ... health was never good, and she probably suffered from tuberculosis. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ...[Queen consort]] of King [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ... claimant to the throne.) Elizabeth had two sons from the marriage, [[Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Do...
10: ...ick]], was negotiating a marriage alliance with [[France]]. When the marriage to Elizabeth Woodville ...
33: * Anne Plantagenet (1475-1511), Duchess of Norfolk - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ... was the Queen consort of [[Henry VI of England]] from [[1445]] to [[1471]], and a major proponent in ...
3: ...ret was born in the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter of [[Rene I of Naples]], Duke...
14: Margaret seems to have been quite mild-mannered until her husband was threatened with depositi...
18: ...f his political influence. Warwick's daughter, [[Anne Neville]], was married to Margaret's son, Edward,...
20: ... in the [[Tower of London]] until ransomed by the French king. She died on August 25, [[1482]], in Anj... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...VII]]. She was guillotined at the height of the [[French Revolution]].
4: ... [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She was born at the...
13: ...as flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred to speak Germ...
15: ... was decided that Maria-Antonia should be sent to France to marry the dauphin.
17: ...arewell, my dearest child. Do so much good to the French people that they can say that I have sent the... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...ll Dabney Langhorne]] (1843-1919) and his wife, [[Anne Witcher Keene]]. Her sister [[Irene Langhorne]] w...
12: ...t easy because they were avoiding the real war in France and the future invasion. The allied soldiers ...
20: # [[David Astor|Francis David Langhorne Astor]] (1912-2001) - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...other by pet names, Sarah being "Mrs Freeman" and Anne "Mrs Morley". In [[1677]], Sarah married John Ch...
4: ...h Sarah and her husband fell out of royal favor. Anne's death in [[1714]] restored their fortunes, but ...
6: ...ederick, Prince of Wales]]. The Duchess remained friendly with the prince and his family, however, ev... - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...Spanish Armada]], and her mother, Anne Laisney, a Frenchwoman. Her parents met in [[Bilbao, Spain]] du...
5: ...ation of Flora and her mother changed drastically from the high standards of living they were accustom...
7: ...fe through their experiences outside their native France. - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
2: ...]] and [[1623]] - [[October 17]], [[1705]]) was a French [[author]], and patron of the arts.
4: ... an early age. In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, and when her mother died ten ye...
8: ... her accountant, a nine-year old named [[Voltaire|Fran篩s Marie Arouet]] so he could buy books.
10: ...56 at the behest of [[Anne of Austria]], Queen of France and regent for her son [[Louis XIV]]. Not lon...
14: ...r she would become a close friend with the devout Fran篩se d'Aubigne, better known as [[Madame de Mai... - Ruth Benedict (3045 bytes)
1: [[image:Ruth0003.JPG|frame|Ruth Benedict]]
7: ...lumbia University]] in [[1919]], studying under [[Franz Boas]], receiving her [[Doctor of Philosophy|P...
9: Benedict wrote poetry under the name "Anne Singleton" until the early 1930s.
20: ...and formulating the recommendation to President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] that permitting continuation... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
6: ...ron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] and his wife, [[Anne Isabella Milbanke|Annabella Milbanke]], a cousin ...
11: ...Byron born [[12 May]] [[1836]], Annabella ([[Lady Anne Blunt]]) born [[22 September]] [[1837]] and Ralph...
17: ...eft two sons and a daughter; the daughter, [[Lady Anne Blunt]], is famous in her own right as a travelle...
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