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  • 111Xavier de Maistre —     Xavier de Maistre     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Xavier de Maistre     French romance writer, younger brother of Joseph Marie, Comte de Maistre, b. at Chambery, Savoy, in 1763; d. at St. Petershurg, 12 June, 1852. Being an officer in the… …

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  • 112Constantin Petrovicescu — (Romanian pronunciation: [konstanˈtin petroviˈt͡ʃesku]; October 22, 1883 – September 8, 1949) was a Romanian soldier and politician, who served as Interior Minister from September 14, 1940 to January 21, 1941 during the National Legionary… …

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  • 113Paul François de Quelen de la Vauguyon — or Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, duc de La Vauguyon (30 July 1746, Paris 14 March 1828, Paris) was a French nobleman. He was governor of Cognac, after having been involved in the last campaigns of the Seven Years War. He wrote a… …

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  • 114Michael Bourtzes — Born ca. 930/935 Died after 996 Allegiance Byzantine Empire Rank strategos …

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  • 115Ottavio Piccolomini — Ottavio Piccolomini. Ottavio Piccolomini (November 11, 1599 – August 11, 1656) was an Italian general who served as Generalfeldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire. Biography Piccolomini was born in Florence, and carried a pike in …

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  • 116Nefertiry — (fl. 1395 BC)    A wife of King Thutmose IV. She appears on several of his monuments.    See also Iaret; Mutemwia. Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier * * * Queen reign of Akhenaten 1379 1362 BC.     The Chief Queen of… …

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  • 117Ramesses XI — King 1113 1085 BC.     Ramesses XI, the last king of the Twentieth Dynasty, managed to hold his kingdom together although it was during his reign that the country virtually divided into two parts.     The king continued to rule in the north, but… …

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  • 118DODD, DR. WILLIAM —    an English divine, born at Bourne, Lincolnshire; was one of the royal chaplains; attracted fashionable audiences as a preacher in London, but lived extravagantly, and fell hopelessly into debt, and into disgrace for the nefarious devices he… …

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  • 119SAINT-JUST, LOUIS FLORELLE DE —    a prominent French Revolutionist, born at Decize, near Nevers; as a youth got into disgrace with his family and fled to Paris, where, being bitten already by the ideas of Rousseau, he flung himself heart and soul into the revolutionary… …

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  • 120Polignac, Melchior de — (1661 1742)    cardinal, diplomat    Born in Le Puy, Melchior de Polignac was brought to Rome by Cardinal de bouillon (1689) and began his brilliant diplomatic career by playing a role in preventing a rupture between France and the Holy See. As… …

    France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present