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Maximin, d. 313, Roman emperor
(Encyclopedia) Maximin (Galerius Valerius Maximinus), d. 313, Roman emperor (308–13); kinsman of Galerius. He is called Maximin Daia. He was made caesar in 305 and in 308 proclaimed himself augustus…Marie Louise
(Encyclopedia) Marie Louise, 1791–1847, empress of the French (1810–15) as consort of Napoleon I and duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla (1816–47), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II (…Alexius V
(Encyclopedia) Alexius V (Alexius Ducas Mourtzouphlos)Alexius Vəlĕkˈsēəs, [key]Alexius Vd&oomacr;ˈkəsm&oobreve;rtˈs&oomacr;flŏs [key], d. 1204, Byzantine emperor (1204), son-in-law of…Field of the Cloth of Gold
(Encyclopedia) Field of the Cloth of Gold, locality between Guines and Ardres, not far from Calais, in France, where in 1520 Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met for the purpose of…Hapsburg, Otto von
(Encyclopedia) Hapsburg, Otto von, 1912–2011, Austrian archduke and former pretender to the Austro-Hungarian throne, son of Emperor Charles I and Empress Zita. After World War II began, he went to…Agrippina the Elder
(Encyclopedia) Agrippina the ElderAgrippina the Elderăgˌrĭpīˈnə [key], d. a.d. 33, Roman matron; daughter of Agrippa and Julia and granddaughter of Augustus. She was the wife of Germanicus Caesar and…Wu-ti
(Encyclopedia) Wu-tiWu-tiw&oomacr; dē [key], posthumous temple name of the 5th emperor (140 b.c.–87 b.c.) of the Han dynasty. Wu-ti [Chin.,=martial emperor] ruled directly through a palace…Widukind, Saxon leader
(Encyclopedia) WidukindWidukindwĭdˈ&oomacr;kĭnd [key] or WittekindWidukindwĭtˈə– [key], d. 807?, leader of the Saxons against the Frankish king Charlemagne (later emperor of the West). In 782,…Wenceslaus I, king of Bohemia
(Encyclopedia) Wenceslaus I, d. 1253, king of Bohemia (1230–53), son and successor of Ottocar I. He invited large numbers of Germans to settle in the villages and towns of Bohemia and Moravia. In…Theodosian Code
(Encyclopedia) Theodosian CodeTheodosian Codethēˌədōˈshən [key], Latin Codex Theodosianus, Roman legal code, issued in 438 by Theodosius II, emperor of the East. It was at once adopted by Valentinian…Trending
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