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  1. 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...
  2. Marie de France (1845 bytes)
    1: ...which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
    3: ...s of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
    7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Ge...
    8: ..., Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
    10: * Rychner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion.
  3. Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
    5: ...ng even food and sleep to study. After graduating from high school, she suffered a [[nervous breakdown...
    7: ...g more [[radioactive]] than the uranium extracted from it. By [[1898]] they deduced a logical explanat...
    9: ...ative country, and the other was named [[radium]] from its intense radioactivity.
    17: ... to matter). France at the time was still reeling from the effects of the [[Dreyfus affair]], so the s...
    19: ...n]]. Marie personally provided the tubes, milked from the radium she purified. Promptly after the wa...

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  1. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
    7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
    19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
    25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
    29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France.
  2. 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...
  3. Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
    3: ... [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly tho...
    5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
    13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
    17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi...
    19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ...
  4. Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
    20: ... Edward Snowden leaks highly classified documents from the National Security Agency.
    52: ...orge H. W. Bush dies from complications resulting from Parkinson's disease. He lies in the state at th...
    54: ...Washington bans all persons under 21 years of age from purchasing a semi-automatic rifle.
    55: ...ernment shutdown in American history, which lasts from December 22, 2018 to *January 25, 2019 (35 days...
    87: ...l emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, freeing up $50 billion in disaster relief funds.
  5. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    26: *[[Franz Ackerman|Ackerman, Franz]] (c1330-1387)
    34: *[[Georg Friedrich Ackermann|Ackermann, Georg Friedrich]] (1787-1843)
  6. Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
    1: ...ntinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
    5: ...id not want the throne. As Robert was still in [[France]] at the time, there was technically no emper...
    7: Yolanda also held [[Namur]], which she inherited from her uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to h...
    19: * Agnes, who married [[Geoffrey II de Villehardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea...
  7. 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.
    30: *[[Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros|Cardinal Cisneros]], I...
  8. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
    3: ...iddle Ages]]. She was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
    8: ...chest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as ...
    10: ...|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
    12: ... of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader.
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
    10: ...atherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Ba...
    12: ...itle of queen. Her ex-husband would become one of France's most beloved monarchs.
  11. 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.
    31: ...ted them to break their traditional alliance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[...
  12. 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
  13. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
    12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
    14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
    20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
    23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro...
  14. 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...
  15. Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
    40: ...umbia University]], and her Masters and Doctorate from Columbia University's Department of Public Law ...
    42: ...e was responsible for foreign policy legislation. From [[1976]] to [[1978]], she served as Chief Legis...
    44: From [[1981]] to [[1982]], Secretary Albright was aw...
    47: From 1981 to 1982 she also served as a Senior Fellow...
    76: ...]], [[1937]] in [[Prague]]. ''Madeleine'' was the French version of "Madlenka", a Czech nickname given...
  16. Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
    9: ...r magazines. In [[1963]] she became a full-time [[freelance writer]] through the publication of her in...
    33: * ''Revolution from Within'' (1992)
  17. 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...
  18. Marie de France (1845 bytes)
    1: ...which translates as, "My name is Marie, I am from France."
    3: ...s of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
    7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of Ge...
    8: ..., Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
    10: * Rychner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion.
  19. Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
    3: ...t to the [[Montparnasse]] Quarter in [[Paris]], [[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy...
    5: ...ni, painter and Jew". In addition to making close friends with [[Amedeo Modigliani]], [[Pablo Picasso]...
    7: ...fter divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]].
    11: ...portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry.
    13: ...s favourite hangout as well as that of her friend from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later ano...
  20. Ouida (1938 bytes)
    3: ...er and a French mother. She derived her pen name from her own baby-talk nickname for "Louise". During...

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