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James II, king of Majorca
(Encyclopedia) James II, 1315–49, king of Majorca (1324–49), count of Roussillon and Cerdagne, lord of Montpellier; grandson of James I, nephew and successor of Sancho IV. In 1329 he declared himself…Osroene
(Encyclopedia) OsroeneOsroeneŏsrōēˈnē [key], ancient kingdom of NW Mesopotamia, in present-day SE Turkey and NE Syria. Edessa was its capital. It broke away (2d cent. b.c.) from the Seleucid empire…Lunda
(Encyclopedia) LundaLundal&oomacr;nˈdə [key], ethnic group of central Africa. The Lunda speak a Bantu language and now live in S Congo (Kinshasa), E Angola, and N Zambia. In the 16th cent. Lunda…Kosala
(Encyclopedia) KosalaKosalakōˈsələ [key], ancient Indian kingdom, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Oudh. Its capital was Ayodhya. It was a powerful state in the 6th cent. b.c. but was…Boleslaus III
(Encyclopedia) Boleslaus III, 1085–1138, duke of Poland (1102–38). The kingdom had been divided by his father, Ladislaus Herman, between Boleslaus and his elder brother Zbigniew, whose legitimacy was…William of Tyre
(Encyclopedia) William of TyreWilliam of Tyretīˈər [key], b. c.1130, d. before 1185, historian and churchman. Born in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and possibly of French extraction, he received his…Kakhetia
(Encyclopedia) KakhetiaKakhetiakəkhĕtˈyēə [key], historic region, in Georgia. Telavi is the chief town. Kakhetia was an independent kingdom from the 8th cent. until 1010, when it became part of…Radama I
(Encyclopedia) Radama IRadama Irädäˈmə [key], c.1793–1828, founder of the kingdom of Madagascar. He succeeded (1810) his father, Andrianimpoinimerina, as king of Merina, a small kingdom on the…Mrauk U
(Encyclopedia) Mrauk U, archaeological site and capital of the former Arakan kingdom, Rakhine State, central W Myanmar. The kingdom flourished in the 15th to 18th cent., and Mrauk U was an important…Strathclyde
(Encyclopedia) StrathclydeStrathclydestrăthˌklīdˈ [key] [Gaelic,=Clyde valley], one of several early medieval Celtic or Welsh kingdoms in present-day S Scotland and N England. Strathclyde was in SW…Trending
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