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Bibliothèque nationale
(Encyclopedia)Bibliothèque nationale bēblēōtĕkˈ näsyônälˈ [key], national library of France, in Paris, a government archive, and one of the foremost libraries of the world. It originated with the collecti...Louis, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Louis, Saint: see Louis IX, king of France. ...Philip Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Philip Augustus: see Philip II, king of France. ...Philip the Fair
(Encyclopedia)Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France. ...Philip the Tall
(Encyclopedia)Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France. ...Angoulême, Charles de Valois, comte d'Auvergne, duc d'
(Encyclopedia)Angoulême, Charles de Valois, comte d'Auvergne, duc d' shärl də välwäˈ kôNt dōvĕrnˈyə dük däNgo͞olĕmˈ [key], 1573–1650, illegitimate son of King Charles IX of France. He turned again...Joseph I
(Encyclopedia)Joseph I, 1678–1711, Holy Roman emperor (1705–11), king of Hungary (1687–1711) and of Bohemia (1705–11), son and successor of Leopold I. Joseph became Holy Roman emperor in the midst of the Wa...Ludlow, Edmund
(Encyclopedia)Ludlow, Edmund, 1617?–1692, English parliamentarian and regicide. He commanded a regiment of cavalry in the English civil war and served on the court that condemned King Charles I, signing his death...Badoglio, Pietro
(Encyclopedia)Badoglio, Pietro pyāˈtrō bädôˈlyō [key], 1871–1956, Italian soldier and public official. After serving in World War I, he was governor of Libya (1929–33) and succeeded Gen. Emilio de Bono a...Louis le Hutin
(Encyclopedia)Louis le Hutin: see Louis X, king of France. ...Browse by Subject
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