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Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la Croix
(Encyclopedia) Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la CroixSaint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la CroixzhäN bätēstˈ də lä krwä săN-välyāˈ [key], 1653–1727, Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, b. France. He…Scheldt
(Encyclopedia) ScheldtScheldtskĕlt [key], Du. Schelde, Fr. Escaut, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in N France and flowing generally NE across W Belgium and into the North Sea through the…Sedan
(Encyclopedia) SedanSedansədäNˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries…Raoul
(Encyclopedia) RaoulRaoulrä&oomacr;lˈ [key], d. 936, duke of Burgundy, king of France (923–36). Elected king to succeed his father-in-law, Robert I, Raoul fought the Normans and the Hungarians,…Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of
(Encyclopedia) Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess ofPortsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess oflwēz rənāˈ də kār&oomacr;älˈ [key], 1649–1734, French mistress of Charles II of…Sorel, Albert
(Encyclopedia) Sorel, AlbertSorel, Albertälbĕrˈ [key]Sorel, Albert sôrĕlˈ [key], 1842–1906, French historian. After a diplomatic career that gave him unique access to the archives of the foreign…Troyes, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia) Troyes, Treaty of, 1420, agreement between Henry V of England, Charles VI of France, and Philip the Good of Burgundy. Its purpose, ultimately unsuccessful, was to settle the issues of…Ems dispatch
(Encyclopedia) Ems dispatch, 1870, communication between King William of Prussia (later German Emperor William I) and his premier, Otto von Bismarck. In June, 1870, the throne of Spain was offered to…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…Compiègne
(Encyclopedia) Compiègne Compiègne kôNpyĕˈnyə [key], city, Oise dept., N France, in Île-de-France, on the Oise…Trending
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