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Pyrenees, Peace of the
(Encyclopedia) Pyrenees, Peace of the, 1659, treaty ending the warfare between France and Spain that, continuing after the Peace of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War, had been complicated…Godefroy
(Encyclopedia) GodefroyGodefroygôdfrwäˈ [key], family of French scholars. Denis Godefroy, 1549–1622, was a Calvinist who fled (c.1580) to Geneva and later became a professor of law at Strasbourg and…Minden, city, Germany
(Encyclopedia) MindenMindenmĭnˈdən [key], city (1994 pop. 80,423), North Rhine–Westphalia, NW Germany, a port on the Weser River and the Midland Canal. It is an industrial center and rail junction.…Wismar
(Encyclopedia) WismarWismarvĭsˈmär [key], city (1994 pop. 53,149), Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, N central Germany, on the Baltic Sea. It is an industrial center and an oil and fishing port.…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…Belfort
(Encyclopedia) Belfort Belfort bāfôrˈ, bĕ–, bĕl– [key], city, capital of the Territory…Breisach
(Encyclopedia) Breisach Breisach brīˈzäkh [key], town, Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. Its…Philip IV, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily
(Encyclopedia) Philip IV, 1605–65, king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1621–65) and, as Philip III, king of Portugal (1621–40); son and successor of Philip III of Spain. Philip IV was intelligent but…Frederick Henry
(Encyclopedia) Frederick Henry, 1584–1647, prince of Orange; son of William the Silent by Louise de Coligny. He became stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands upon the death (1625) of…Charles IV, duke of Lorraine
(Encyclopedia) Charles IV, 1604–75, duke of Lorraine. He succeeded to the duchy in 1624 but was to lose it several times because of his anti-French policy. In 1633, French troops invaded Lorraine in…Trending
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