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- Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
8: ...hilippa of Lancaster]], daughter of John of Gaunt from his first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her fi...
18: The regime of [[Francisco Franco]] claimed the prestige of the Catholic Monarc...
19: ... a reaction, Isabella was despised by opposers to Franco.
22: ...eology|Liberation theologists]] and [[Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger]].
30: ...s]], Isabella and Ferdinand's famous and powerful Cardinal. - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that br...
5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren b...
11: ...n her own account, was managed by her uncles, the cardinal of Lorraine and the duke of Guise. The queen-moth...
13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38... - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
2: ...les Cardinal Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] served as France's [[Religious minister|chief minister]].
6: ...r four-year-old son was crowned King Louis XIV of France. Anne assumed the regency but entrusted the g...
12: Queen Anne's memoirs were published in 1662 by [[Fran篩s de la Rochefoucauld]]. Many view her as a b... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ...ay 27]], [[1615]]), "Queen Margot" was Queen of [[France]] and [[Navarre]]. She should not be confuse...
4: ...rles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...ter Henri de Navarre and eventually [[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]]), the son of the Protestant [[Jean...
8: ...ight ahead, never looking at each other. When the Cardinal asked Marguerite if she willingly took Henri to b...
10: ...atherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Ba... - 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: ...is or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed to se...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], ...
12: ... [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
24: ... there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep her from rolling off.
26: ...ell, 5th Earl of Argyll|Earl of Argyll]], and the Cardinal performed the ceremony of girding the three-foot ... - 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: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - 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... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
27: ...first [[African American]] [[woman]], the second African American (after [[Colin Powell]]), and the se...
31: ...isor]] during his first term. She was the second African American (after Powell) and the first female ...
37: ...air]] was killed in the bombing of the primarily African-American [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing...
41: ...Experience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ri...
43: ...s [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - 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: ...en of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's behalf and arranged for her ...
14: ...r she would become a close friend with the devout Fran篩se d'Aubigne, better known as [[Madame de Mai... - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - Rose (15436 bytes)
21: ...oses, all from the northern hemisphere and mostly from temperate regions. The species form a group of ...
27: ...chest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating [[bird]]s such as [[Thrush (bird)|thrus...
29: ...]). Despite the presence of the thorns, roses are frequently heavily browsed by [[deer]]. A few specie...
33: The name originates from [[Persian language|Persian]] *''vrda''- via Gre...
42: *''[[Rosa gallica]]'' - Gallic Rose, French Rose - Babe Ruth (55357 bytes)
10: ...Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding up bat, in baseball uniform, on field...
12: ...itcher. Brother Matthias promptly switched George from catcher to pitcher to teach him a lesson. But, ...
15: ...rs, placed a team in Baltimore, across the street from minor league Orioles, and the competition hit O...
25: ...9 his physique had changed from the tall athletic frame of 1916 to a rotund shape with which he was us...
29: ...e the [[Black Sox Scandal|1919 World Series]] and Frazee's own failings as a theater promoter meant th... - Indiana (20194 bytes)
47: ...n]] as part of the settlement at the end of the [[French and Indian War]], given to the [[United State...
60: ... 475 mile long [[Wabash River]] bisects the state from northeast to southwest and has given Indiana tw...
71: A high percentage of Indiana's GDP comes from manufacturing, and much of this activity is hea...
75: ...bably best known for its decorative [[limestone]] fron the southern, hilly portion of the state. One o...
83: *8.4% [[African American|Black]] - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] |
38: ...dcats) and the [[University of Louisville]] (red, Cardinals)).
41: ...h the [[Cumberland Gap]], and was the first major frontier developed west of the [[Appalachian Mountai...
45: ...to the state. A different version of the name is from the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody huntin...
48: ... [[capital]] of Kentucky is [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]] and its governor is [[Ernie Fletcher]] (... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...ate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia during the [[American Civil War]].
40: ...aylor]] round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Historical footn...
46: ...America]], eventually applying to the whole coast from [[South Carolina]] to [[Maine]]. The [[London ...
48: ...overnor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779, and again from 1784 to 1786. On [[June 12]], [[1776]], the [[V...
50: ...a is one of the states that [[secession|seceded]] from the Union to become the [[Confederate States of... - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
38: ... Maryland and Virginia. West Virginia broke away from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]]....
40: .../www.wvbridgeday.com/bridge-day-BASE-jumping.php] from the bridge), as well as many national and state...
48: ...braham Lincoln]]. Upon the secession of Virginia from the union on [[April 27]], [[1861]], anti-seces...
76: ...n a near shore environment from sediments derived from mountains to the east, in a shallow inland sea ...
90: ...sup2;), most statistics in this section are taken from the 2002 US Census of Agriculture for West Virg... - Pope Paschal II (3427 bytes)
1: ...nk of the [[Cluny|Cluniac order]]. He was created cardinal priest of San Clemente by [[Pope Gregory VII]] ab...
3: ... 1106 to seek the mediation of King [[Philip I of France]] and Prince Louis in the Imperial struggle, ...
5: ...hem as imperial fiefs and forced the pope to flee from Rome. Paschal returned after the emperor's with... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding...
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