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Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, FranciscoGil de Taboada y de Lemos, Franciscofränthēsˈkō hēl dā täbōäˈᵺä ē ᵺā lāˈmōs [key], d. 1809, Spanish colonial administrator. After serving as viceroy…

Boutet de Monvel, Louis Maurice

(Encyclopedia) Boutet de Monvel, Louis MauriceBoutet de Monvel, Louis Mauricelwē mōrēsˈ b&oomacr;tāˈ də môNvĕlˈ [key], 1851–1913, French painter and illustrator. His fame rests chiefly on his…

Musset, Alfred de

(Encyclopedia) Musset, Alfred de (Louis Charles Alfred de Musset)Musset, Alfred deälfrĕdˈ də müsāˈ [key], 1810–57, French romantic poet, dramatist, and fiction writer. His first collection of poems,…

Broglie

(Encyclopedia) BroglieBrogliebrôˈyə, brôglēˈ [key], French noble family of Piedmontese origin, who settled in France in the 17th cent. Victor Maurice, comte de Broglie, 1647–1727, was marshal of…

Velde, van de

(Encyclopedia) Velde, van deVelde, van devän də vĕlˈdə [key], 17th-century Dutch family of artists. Jan van de Velde, 1593–1641, was a draftsman and engraver as well as a painter. His cousin Esaias…

Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez

(Encyclopedia) Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar NúñezCabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñezälˈvär n&oomacr;ˈnyāth käbāˈthä dā väˈkä [key], c.1490–c.1557, Spanish explorer. Cabeza de Vaca [cow's head] was not actually…

La Tour, Maurice Quentin de

(Encyclopedia) La Tour, Maurice Quentin deLa Tour, Maurice Quentin demōrēsˈ käNtăNˈ [key]La Tour, Maurice Quentin de də lä t&oomacr;r [key], 1704–88, French portraitist working in pastel. From…

La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de

(Encyclopedia) La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc deLa Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc delwēz fräNswäzˈ də lä bōm lə bläN də lä välyĕrˈ [key], 1644–1710, mistress of…

Ibarbourou, Juana de

(Encyclopedia) Ibarbourou, Juana de Ibarbourou, Juana de hwäˈnä dā ēbärb&oomacr;ˈr&oomacr…

Noailles, Louis Marie Antoine, vicomte de

(Encyclopedia) Noailles, Louis Marie Antoine, vicomte deNoailles, Louis Marie Antoine, vicomte delwē märēˈ äNˈtwänˈ vēkôNtˈ [key]Noailles, Louis Marie Antoine, vicomte de də nōīˈyə [key], 1756–1804,…