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Why the royal fuss?

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Přemysl

(Encyclopedia) PřemyslPřemyslpərzhĕmˈĭsəl [key], earliest dynasty of Bohemia. Its semilegendary founder was the peasant Přemysl, whom the Bohemian Princess (sometimes called Queen) Libussa chose as…

Oates, Titus

(Encyclopedia) Oates, Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator. An Anglican priest whose whole career was marked with intrigue and scandal, he joined forces with one Israel Tonge to invent the story of…

Ferdinand I, king of Portugal

(Encyclopedia) Ferdinand I, 1345–83, king of Portugal (1367–83), son and successor of Peter I. His ambitions and his private life plunged the realm into disaster, although during his reign…

Mortals on Mount Olympus

  A history of climbing Mount Everest   by Borgna Brunner   Sir Edmund Hillary poses with Sherpa climber Tenzing Norgay at Everest base. Climbers who die on the mountain are…

Biography Features

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Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Aleksey Petrovich, Count

(Encyclopedia) Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Aleksey Petrovich, CountBestuzhev-Ryumin, Aleksey Petrovich, Countəlyĭksyāˈ pētrôˈvĭch byĭst&oomacr;ˈzhĕv-rē&oomacr;ˈmyĭn [key], 1693–1766, Russian statesman…

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…