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(Encyclopedia) Recared (Recared I) rĕkˈərĕd [key], d. 601, Visigothic king in Spain (586–601), son and successor of Leovigild. Although before his accession he had greatly distinguished himself in warfare with...

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Great, Frankish king, emperor of the West: see Charlemagne. ...

(Encyclopedia) William I or William the Conqueror, 1027?–1087, king of England (1066–87). Earnest and resourceful, William was not only one of the greatest of English monarchs but a pivotal figure in European hi...

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Bald, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Fat, French king: see Charles III, emperor of the West. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis I, French king: see Louis I, emperor of the West. ...

(Encyclopedia) Charles II, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West. ...

(Encyclopedia) Demetrius II, d. 229 b.c., king of Macedon (239–229 b.c.), son of Antigonus II. His reign was a confusion of wars and invasions, mostly concerned with possession of Epirus. The Aetolian League and t...

(Encyclopedia) West Lothian, council area (1993 est. pop. 146,730), 164 sq mi (425 sq km), and former county, S central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, West Lothian was divided between the Lothian ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (Holy Roman E...