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Blois

(Encyclopedia)Blois blwä [key], town, capital of Loir-et-Cher dept., central France, in Orléanais, on the...

Passionists

(Encyclopedia)Passionists: see Paul of the Cross, Saint. ...

Mary of England

(Encyclopedia)Mary of England (Mary Tudor), 1496–1533, queen consort of Louis XII of France, daughter of Henry VII of England and sister of Henry VIII. She was betrothed in 1507 to the future Holy Roman Emperor C...

Davout, Louis Nicolas

(Encyclopedia)Davout, Louis Nicolas lwē nēkôläˈ dävo͞oˈ [key], 1770–1823, marshal of France. One of Napoleon's ablest generals, Davout defeated a Prussian army at Auerstedt (1806) and played a brilliant p...
 

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