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Louise of Savoy, duchesse d'Angoulême
(Encyclopedia)Louise of Savoy, duchesse d'Angoulême düshĕsˈ däNgo͞olĕmˈ [key], 1476–1531, regent of France; daughter of Duke Philip II of Savoy and mother of King Francis I of France and Margaret, queen o...Bacon, Francis, English painter
(Encyclopedia)Bacon, Francis, 1910–92, English painter, b. Dublin. A self-taught artist, Bacon rejected abstraction in painting to explore a repertoire of strange, fractured, and often bizarre figurative images, ...Throgmorton, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Throgmorton, Francis: see Throckmorton, Francis. ...Borgia, Francis
(Encyclopedia)Borgia, Francis: see Francis Borgia, Saint. ...Francis of Assisi, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Francis of Assisi, Saint: see Francis, Saint. ...Xavier, Saint Francis
(Encyclopedia)Xavier, Saint Francis: see Francis Xavier, Saint. ...Marie Byrd Land
(Encyclopedia)Marie Byrd Land, area of W Antarctica, E of the Ross Shelf Ice and the Ross Sea and S of the Amundsen Sea; the Ford Ranges lie in the northwest part. The region was discovered and claimed for the Unit...Elizabethtown
(Encyclopedia)Elizabethtown, city (2020 pop. 31,394), seat of Hardin co., central Ky.; inc. 1797. Originally developed as a trade center for agriculture, whiskey, and...James Francis Edward Stuart
(Encyclopedia)James Francis Edward Stuart: see Stuart, James Francis Edward. ...Francis of Sales, Saint
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