Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Ockham, William of: see William of Occam. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wykeham, William of: see William of Wykeham. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wickham, William of: see William of Wykeham. ...

(Encyclopedia) William Henry, Fort: see Fort William Henry. ...

(Encyclopedia) William of Longchamp: see Longchamp, William of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Henry III, 1207–72, king of England (1216–72), son and successor of King John. Henry III has suffered at the hands of many historians, in part, because of the hostility of contemporary chronicl...

(Encyclopedia) Babenberg bäˈbənbĕrk [key], ruling house of Austria (976–1246). It possibly descended from, or succeeded, a powerful Franconian family of the 9th cent. from whose castle the city of Bamberg prob...

(Encyclopedia) Christian IV, 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648), son and successor of Frederick II. After assuming (1596) personal rule from a regency, he concentrated on building the navy, indust...

(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth, 1709–62, czarina of Russia (1741–62), daughter of Peter I and Catherine I. She gained the throne by overthrowing the young czar, Ivan VI, and the regency of his mother, Anna Leopoldovna...

(Encyclopedia) William the Conqueror: see William I, king of England. ...