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  1. 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: ...count, was managed by her uncles, the cardinal of Lorraine and the duke of Guise. The queen-mother, however,...
    13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38...
  2. Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
    1: [[Image:JeanneIII.jpg|frame|right|Jeanne d'Albret]]
    2: ...on, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry IV of France]].
    4: ...ew up at the French court. When she was thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this ...
    6: ...rince of the blood," who would become heir to the French throne if the Valois line died out.
    12: ...he siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood...
  3. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    1: ...hers, who was the queen consort of [[Louis XIV of France]].''
    3: [[Image:MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Quee...
    4: ...stria]], and Queen of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when ...
    8: ...g of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She had 16 children by him,...
    26: ...arried [[Louis XVI of France|HM King Louis XVI of France]] (1754-1793); had issue
  4. 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: ...aples]] and [[Sicily]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine]]. She married King Henry VI, who was eight year...
    18: ... of Warwick]], who had fallen out with his former friend and was now seeking revenge for the loss of h...
    20: ... in the [[Tower of London]] until ransomed by the French king. She died on August 25, [[1482]], in Anj...
  5. 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...
  6. Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
    1: ...]s. The word has been used to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a p...
    4: ...of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimately derived from ''mousa'', the Greek word for [[muses|muse]]. I...
    10: ... refers strictly to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea o...
    12: ...cult sciences]] or [[esoteric thought]] - ranging from [[astrology]] to believing certain [[minerals]]...
    14: ...t the mathematical or physical relationships in [[frequency]] that give rise to the [[musical interval...
  7. World War I (62979 bytes)
    2: ...rst time, the first mass bombardment of civilians from the sky was executed, and some of the century's...
    6: ...democratic Islamic state, Turkey. Activity by the French and British forces in the eastern part of the...
    8: ...nch defeat in the Franco-Prussian that would lead France to exploit a Balkan crisis as a precept for a...
    10: ...attlefield, and nearly that many more on the home front due to food shortages, [[genocide]], and groun...
    11: ...?E=0&O=03300083 French National Library] (Text in French language).]]
  8. List of popes (77758 bytes)
    25: | <small>Disciple of [[Jesus]] from whom, according to {{bibleverse||Matthew|16:18-...
    91: | <small>[[Aquileia]], Friuli, Italy</small>
    119: | <small>[[North Africa|Northern Africa]]</small>
    165: ===From 250===
    255: | <small>Africa</small>
  9. Pope Adrian II (1929 bytes)
    1: ...Hadrian II'''), ([[792]]&ndash;[[872]]), [[pope]] from [[867]] to [[872]], was a member of a noble Rom...
    3: ...mperor, [[Louis II]], the heritage of the king of Lorraine.
    5: ...eposition against [[Pope Nicholas I]], was driven from the patriarchate by a new emperor, [[Basil I|Ba...
  10. Pope John XV (3578 bytes)
    1: '''John XV''' (born in [[Rome]]), [[pope]] from [[984]] to [[996]], generally recognized as the...
    3: ...the presence of the empress [[Theophano]] in Rome from [[989]] to [[991]] restrained also the ambition...
    7: ...ath ([[October 23]] [[996]]), Arnulf was released from his imprisonment, and soon restored to all his ...
    9: ...sburg]], an event which the pope announced to the French and German bishops in a [[papal bull]] dated ...
    11: ... a journey to Italy to obtain imperial coronation from the pope, but John died early in April, while O...
  11. Pope Silvester II (8276 bytes)
    1: ...e]] (see [[List of French popes|list]]), reigning from [[999]] until his death in [[1003]].
    5: ... the [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]] region of [[France]]. Around [[963]], he entered the monastery o...
    11: ... supporting [[Hugh Capet]]. Capet became king of France, ending the [[Carolingian]] line of kings.
    13: ...egate to France who temporarily suspended Gerbert from his episcopal office. Gerbert sought to show th...
    27: ...Gerbert was aware of the pursuit, and hid hanging from a wooden bridge, where, suspended between heave...
  12. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
    10: | [[President of France]]
    13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
    40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
    42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics.
  13. Florence (11538 bytes)
    9: ...ght|thumb|300px|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]]
    17: ...[[Byzantine]], [[Ostrogothic]], [[Lombard]] and [[Frankish rule]], during which the population may hav...
    19: Reviving from the 10th century and governed from [[1115]] by an autonomous commune, the city was...
    23: ...the city from behind the scenes, his power coming from a vast [[patronage]] network and his alliance t...
    28: ...later a [[Duchy of Lucca|Duchy]]) was independent from Florence in all Tuscany.
  14. History of Germany (53864 bytes)
    3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
    5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
    12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
    13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
    15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin...
  15. Voltaire (48640 bytes)
    3: [[Image:Voltaire.jpg|frame|Voltaire]]
    4: ...y the [[pen name]] '''Voltaire''', was a [[France|French]] [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] ...
    8: ...his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came from a [[noble]] background.
    10: ...nism|Jansenist]] and had a poor relationship with Fran&ccedil;ois.
    12: ...Abb&eacute; de [[Ch&acirc;teauneuf]], a friend of Fran&ccedil;ois' mother, instructed him in ''les bel...
  16. First Crusade (34670 bytes)
    2: ...side of [[Europe]]. Both [[knight]]s and peasants from many different nations of [[western Europe]], w...
    5: ...ral, and of the First Crusade in particular, stem from events earlier in the [[Middle Ages]]. The brea...
    7: ...Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
    12: ... were politically and, to some extent, culturally fragmented at the time of the First Crusade, which c...
    16: ...rusalem to the Seljuks in 1076, but recaptured it from the Ortoqids in 1098 while the crusaders were o...
  17. Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
    3: ... they exerted influence upon Western civilization from its very beginnings.
    5: ...known as the second Reich to indicate its descent from the medieval empire. By the same reasoning, [[A...
    12: ...ptive work about the Germanic people at the Roman frontier on the Rhine]]
    13: ...ic peoples thrust into [[Celts|Celtic]] territory from [[Schleswig-Holstein]], advancing to the [[Oder...
    15: ...nz]], [[Mainz]] and elsewhere to secure the Rhine frontier. In 9 AD a Roman army led by [[Publius Quin...
  18. Axumite Kingdom (5328 bytes)
    1: ...rading nation in northeastern [[Africa]], growing from ca. [[5th century BC]] to become an important t...
    3: It was founded by people who crossed from South Arabia (what is today Yemen). The kingdom...
    14: ... its position to profit in trade between various African ([[Nubia]]), Arabian ([[Yemen]]), and Indian ...
    18: ...verthrow Aksum as they spread across the face of Africa.
    20: ...mained untouched by the Islamic movements across Africa.

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