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- Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: '''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]...
4: ...f [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of...
6: ...eanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ... It was reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... or [[19 July]] 1553 (''[[de facto]]'') until her death. Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of t...
13: ...was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed t...
15: ...[[English language|English]]. Other studies included [[Greek language|Greek]], [[science]], and [[mus...
17: ...h England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Franc...
19: ... [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Po... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [...
6: ... a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had ...
8: ...dropout|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classi...
10: ... claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
18: ...tes|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President George W. Bush. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...al monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]. S...
9: ...]. Elizabeth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impat...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|ho...
16: ...on after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Successio...
18: ...daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbish... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain...
10: ... crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-opera...
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally...
15: ...rom France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acquaintance of Sarah Jennings, who would bec...
17: ...nued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion. - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ...William III]], who became the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know the joint reig...
11: ...harles II]]; her maternal grandfather, [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]], served for a lengthy pe...
13: ...aking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...Mary became betrothed to the Protestant [[Stadtholder]] and [[Prince of Orange]], William III. William...
17: ...t enjoy a happy marriage; her three pregnancies ended in miscarriage or stillbirth. She became popular... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...ork]]. These boys would play a major role in the destiny of both sisters.
9: ...he Chateau d'Amboise in [[France]], probably on [[December 13]], [[1470]].
11: ...e to prevent such a marriage was motivated by his determination to be the sole heir to the Neville sis...
15: ...], [[1472]], at [[Westminster Abbey]], and they made their marital home in the familiar surroundings o...
19: ...], and Richard made the boy his heir, probably in deference to her wishes. - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
3: ...ment following the [[Battle of Agincourt]] (her elder sister [[Isabella of Valois]] having been the or...
5: ... [[Tudor dynasty]]. Although Catherine was forbidden by a new law to marry again, there was a general...
7: ...given earldoms by King Henry VI after Catherine's death. Edmund would become the father of the future... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ... [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ... 1st Earl Rivers|Sir Richard Woodville]] (later made first Earl Rivers) and [[Jacquetta of Luxembourg]...
10: ...ers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
16: ...was considered a legally binding contract that rendered any other marriage contract invalid as bigamou...
18: ...[[Princes in the Tower]] is unknown but both were dead in this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost t... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
14: ...uchet, Lord Audley]] defeated by a Yorkist army under [[Richard Neville]].
16: ...t [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Richard Neville, Ea...
18: ... to Margaret's son, Edward, Prince of Wales, in order to cement the alliance, and Margaret insisted th...
20: ...e of Tewkesbury]] in [[1471]], at which they were defeated and her son was killed. Over the previous t... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
5: ...he tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality and propriety, especially dur...
9: ... was [[Her Royal Highness]] [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger d...
11: ...f Cambridge. Despite this, the family was deep in debt and had to flee abroad to avoid their [[credito...
13: ...odge]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] as a residence. Princess May was close to her mother and acte...
17: ...May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], whose father, HRH The [[Prince Ad... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...nd were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: Constance studied art at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where...
8: ...uted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...s]]. However, in line with Sinn F驮 policy, she declined to take her seat on release from prison in ...
14: ...eft government in January 1922 along with [[Eamon de Valera]] and others in opposition to the Treaty. ... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
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25: |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
27: ...ominated by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] on [[February 11]], [[1993]]...
30: ...enry Reno, immigrated to the United States from [[Denmark]] and for forty-three years was a police rep... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...eled around the United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [...
5: ...hts|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady...
9: ...lorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
11: ...ed from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
13: ...n afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President. - Annie Besant (4275 bytes)
7: ... for the first time (in [[1893]]). Thereafter she devoted much of her energy not only to the Theosophi...
9: ...y in [[1907]] upon the death of the previous president [[Henry Steel Olcott]].
11: ...ed Hindu opinion more than former Theosophical leaders. This was a clear reversal of policy from Blav...
13: Soon after Besant's inheritance of the presidency, in [[1909]], Leadbeater discovered [[Jiddu Kr...
15: ...rti's views into her life, but never really succeeded. The two remained friends, though, until the end... - Millicent Fawcett (1226 bytes)
5: ...nham College, Cambridge]]. She later became president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Socie...
7: She was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame of the British Empire...
9: ...t Fawcett was the sister of [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]], the first English female doctor, and the m... - Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
3: ... language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federacinarquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
6: ...for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
9: At the age of 17 she emigrated with her elder sister, Helene, to Rochester, NY, to live with t...
10: ...anberkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
13: ...attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkma...
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