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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and ...
8: ... for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was preg...
12: ...ican continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in ...
14: ... a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged.
19: The other Westerners, including Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...book)|Agricola]]'') and [[Dio Cassius]] (in his ''Roman History'').
3: ...ccastatue.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Boudicca near Westminster Pier]]
7: ...reserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two daughters, to his ...
9: ...tus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his...
11: ...ttempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost thr...
10: ...cotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...y disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last chi...
17: ... with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either F...
19: ...with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts t... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
1: ...beth_empress.jpg|thumb|270px|H.I.M. Yelizaveta Petrovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (1709...
3: ...xorbitant sums of money on the grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, [[Bartolomeo Ras...
7: ...litical opponents to challenge her right to the throne.
9: ...these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by he...
11: ... dislike of the princess for the various suitors proposed to her, so that on the death of her mother (... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...gland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Someti...
9: ... VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, in...
11: ...he number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...s addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...d England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...s husband was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who led the English armies in the [[War of ...
15: ... married John Churchill (the future Duke of Marlborough), who would later become one of Anne's most im...
17: ...nded the Throne as James II. James, desirous of a Roman Catholic successor, suggested to Princess Anne...
19: ...Bill of Rights 1689]] settled succession to the Throne; Princess Anne and her descendants were to be i... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ... however, govern the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
13: ...69]], but Mary and Anne had a [[Protestantism | Protestant]] upbringing, pursuant to the command of C...
15: ...ing that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William marri...
20: ...the boy was "suppositions," having been secretly brought in as a substitute for the Queen's stillborn ...
22: ...is wife's position as the heiress to the English Crown, and feared that she would become more powerful... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...d, Duke of York]]. These boys would play a major role in the destiny of both sisters.
9: ...arriage) at the Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[December 13]], [[1470]].
11: ...roperties (a large portion of which came to them from their mother, Anne Beauchamp).
15: ...health was never good, and she probably suffered from tuberculosis.
19: ...of Warwick]], and Richard made the boy his heir, probably in deference to her wishes. - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
1: ...] [[1437]]) was the Queen consort of [[England]] from [[1420]] till [[1422]].
5: ...g on her nationality. The regents kept her away from her child, and she turned for comfort to [[Owen ...
7: ...[Yorkist]]s following the [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]]. Their sons were given earldoms by King Henr... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ... to her divorce in [[1996]] she was styled '''Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was al...
13: ...oneering [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-...
15: ...To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were eve...
22: ...Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being n...
24: ... Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented ... - 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 Dor...
10: ..., and when Elizabeth's relatives, especially her brother, [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers|Earl Ri...
12: ..., the most outrageous being when her 20-year-old brother John Woodville married [[Lady Katherine Nevil...
16: ... came to the fore when a priest (believed to be [[Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), tes... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...471]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: Margaret was born in the province of [[Lorraine]] in [[France]], the daughter ...
12: ...ew [[Prince of Wales]] was the result of an adulterous liaison on Margaret's part.
14: ... England, where she was assisted by Henry's half-brother, [[Jasper Tudor]]. In [[1459]], hostilities r...
16: ...e Duke of York and the Earl of Salisbury were destroyed. Margaret had both beheaded, and ordered the p... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: .... She was the first Queen consort to attend the coronation of her successors. Known for the way she su...
9: ...Cite [[Almanach de Gotha]]). Her mother was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambrid...
11: ...]]s in [[1883]]. The Tecks travelled throughout Europe, visiting their various relatives and staying i...
13: ...d War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
17: ...he [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], was a brother of HRH The [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of ... - Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
34: ...n Wesley Rice]], Jr. Her father was a minister at Westminster [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] Church and her m...
37: ...ts]] on September 15, [[1963]]. Rice states that growing up during [[racial segregation|segregation]] ...
41: ...xperience in America." [http://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Ric... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... [[Victorian era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realis...
5: ...ay have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendin...
8: ...d became its assistant editor in [[1851]]. The ''Westminster Review'' had been founded by [[John Stuart Mill]]...
12: ...ooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on thei...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her: - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
3: ...re]], [[Wales|South Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. From [[1906]] to [[1907]] she studied at the [[Pelham...
5: ...et her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...aught at the [[Westminster Technical Institute]] from [[1917]] to [[1918]]. After divorcing Kristian, ...
11: ...[[Roger Fry]] assisting him with the avant-garde productions of fabrics, clothes, murals, furniture, r...
13: ... favourite hangout as well as that of her friend from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later anot... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
1: [[Image:Florence Nightingale - Project Gutenberg 13103.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|A y...
7: ...led woman, Florence rebelled against the expected role for a woman of her status, which was to become ...
9: ... in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...m of the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
15: == Rejection of marriage proposal == - Australia (39438 bytes)
27: ...t]]<br>- [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]]<br>- [[Australia Act]]|
28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January]] [[19...
44: ...otes=<sup>1</sup>There are some minor variations from these three timezones, see [[Australian States a...
48: ...were explored, six self-governing [[Crown Colony|Crown Colonies]] were established within Australia. O...
50: ...ing access for traditional uses of the waterway across the border by Papua New Guinean people and [[To...
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