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Oxenstierna, Count Axel Gustafsson

(Encyclopedia) Oxenstierna, Count Axel GustafssonOxenstierna, Count Axel Gustafssonäkˈsəl g&oobreve;sˈtäfsən ŭkˈsənshĕrˌnä [key], 1583–1654, Swedish statesman. Named chancellor in 1612, he was…

Bremen

(Encyclopedia) Bremen Bremen brāˈmən [key], city, capital of the state of Bremen, NW Germany, on the Weser…

Magdeburg

(Encyclopedia) MagdeburgMagdeburgmäkˈdəb&oobreve;rkh [key], city (1994 pop. 270,546), capital of Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, on the Elbe River. It is a large inland port, an industrial center…

diet, parliamentary body

(Encyclopedia) diet, parliamentary bodies in Japan, Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, the Scandinavian nations, and Germany have been called diets. In German history, the diet originated as a meeting of…

electors

(Encyclopedia) electors, in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, the princes who had the right to elect the German kings or, more exactly, the kings of the Romans (Holy Roman emperors). Until the…

Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia) Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte deTurenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte deäNrēˈ də lä t&oomacr;r dōvĕrˈnyə vēkôNtˈ də tərĕnˈ [key], 1611–75, marshal of France…

Metz

(Encyclopedia) MetzMetzEng. and Ger. mĕts, Fr. mĕs [key], city (2010 est. pop. 127,000), capital of Moselle dept., NE France, on the Moselle River. It is a cultural, commercial, and transportation…

Antwerp, city, Belgium

(Encyclopedia) Antwerp, Du. Antwerpen, Fr. Anvers, city (2020 pop. 1,042,000), capital of Antwerp prov., N Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It is one of the busiest ports in Europe; a…

Palatinate

(Encyclopedia) PalatinatePalatinatepəlătˈĭnātˌ [key], Ger. Pfalz, two regions of Germany. They are related historically, but not geographically. The Rhenish or Lower Palatinate (Ger. Rheinpfalz or…

Fronde

(Encyclopedia) FrondeFrondefrôNd [key], 1648–53, series of outbreaks during the minority of King Louis XIV, caused by the efforts of the Parlement of Paris (the chief judiciary body) to limit the…