The Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information, Volume 2John Merry Ross Estes & Lauriat, 1877 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... King of Neustria , the Comte de Poitiers becoming King of Aquitaine . In 922 Robert , a brother of Eudes , and allied to the House of Burgundy , drove Karl the Simple ( le Sot , lit. the fool ' ) , into Lorraine , was himself proclaimed ...
... King of Neustria , the Comte de Poitiers becoming King of Aquitaine . In 922 Robert , a brother of Eudes , and allied to the House of Burgundy , drove Karl the Simple ( le Sot , lit. the fool ' ) , into Lorraine , was himself proclaimed ...
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... King of Sardinia , born 2d Octo- ber 1798 , a son of Prince Carlo Emanuele of Savoy - Carignan , who died in 1800. C. , connected through his mother with the house of Saxony , married in 1817 Maria Theresa , daughter of Ferdinand of ...
... King of Sardinia , born 2d Octo- ber 1798 , a son of Prince Carlo Emanuele of Savoy - Carignan , who died in 1800. C. , connected through his mother with the house of Saxony , married in 1817 Maria Theresa , daughter of Ferdinand of ...
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... King of France and Navarre , was con- firmed by a bull of Pope Paul V. in 1607 , and was incorporated with the order of the Knights of St Lazarus of Jerusalem . The specialty of the Knights of Mount C. was personal attendance on the king ...
... King of France and Navarre , was con- firmed by a bull of Pope Paul V. in 1607 , and was incorporated with the order of the Knights of St Lazarus of Jerusalem . The specialty of the Knights of Mount C. was personal attendance on the king ...
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... king wrested Leon and Navarre from his two brothers , and on his death divided his dominion between his three sons . Alonso VI . of Leon , who succeeded his brother as King of C. , conquered the Moorish territory of Toledo in 1085 , and ...
... king wrested Leon and Navarre from his two brothers , and on his death divided his dominion between his three sons . Alonso VI . of Leon , who succeeded his brother as King of C. , conquered the Moorish territory of Toledo in 1085 , and ...
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... kings is seen in the colossal reservoirs and numerous tanks , now partly ruined , scattered throughout the country . The ... King , war followed , and the Kandyan territory was annexed to the British crown in 1815. See Sir James Emerson ...
... kings is seen in the colossal reservoirs and numerous tanks , now partly ruined , scattered throughout the country . The ... King , war followed , and the Kandyan territory was annexed to the British crown in 1815. See Sir James Emerson ...
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