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Peter I, czar of Russia

(Encyclopedia) Peter I or Peter the Great, 1672–1725, czar of Russia (1682–1725), major figure in the development of imperial Russia. Peter's personal traits ranged from bestial cruelty and vice…

Simon Peter

(Encyclopedia) Simon Peter: see Peter, Saint.

Catherine I

(Encyclopedia) Catherine I, 1683?–1727, czarina of Russia (1725–27). Of Livonian peasant origin, Martha Skavronskaya was a domestic when she was captured (1702) by Russian soldiers. As mistress of…

Peter the Cruel

(Encyclopedia) Peter the Cruel, 1334–69, Spanish king of Castile and León (1350–69), son and successor of Alfonso XI. His desertion of his wife, Blanche of Bourbon, for María Padilla and his favors…

Peter of Dreux

(Encyclopedia) Peter of Dreux: see Peter I, duke or count of Brittany.

Graves, Peter

(Peter Aurness) actorBirthplace: MinneapolisBorn: 3/18/26

Mennin, Peter

(Peter Mennini) composerBirthplace: Erie, Pa.Born: 1923Died: 1983