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Henry of Navarre
(Encyclopedia)Henry of Navarre: see Henry IV, king of France. ...Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia
(Encyclopedia)Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia: see Wenceslaus, Holy Roman emperor. ...Rulers of Spain since 1474 (table)
(Encyclopedia) Rulers of Spain since 1474(including dates of reign) Union of Castile and Aragón Hapsburg Dynasty Bourbon Dynasty French Intrusion Bourbon Restoration Elective Monarchy First Republic ...fable
(Encyclopedia)fable, brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while retainin...Ivano-Frankivsk
(Encyclopedia)Ivano-Frankivsk stənyĭsläfˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 214,000), capital of Ivano-Frankivsk region, W Ukraine, on the Bystrytsya River. It is a rail junction and industrial center situated in a fertil...Chernihiv
(Encyclopedia)Chernihiv chĭrnyēˈgəf [key], city (1990 est. pop. 296,000), capital of Chernihiv region, in N Ukraine, on the Desna River. It is a rail junction, a river port, and an air and highway transport hub...Peter IV, king of Portugal
(Encyclopedia)Peter IV, king of Portugal: see Pedro I, emperor of Brazil. ...Charles IV, king of Hungary
(Encyclopedia)Charles IV, king of Hungary: see Charles I, emperor of Austria. ...Ferdinand IV, king of Naples
(Encyclopedia)Ferdinand IV, king of Naples: see Ferdinand I, king of the Two Sicilies. ...Spinola, Ambrogio
(Encyclopedia)Spinola, Ambrogio ämbrôˈjō spēˈnōlä [key], 1569–1630, Spanish general, b. Italy, of a noble Genoese family. In 1602, Spinola entered Spanish service in the Netherlands. He took (1604) Ostend...Browse by Subject
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