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(Encyclopedia) Damville, Henri, comte de: see Montmorency, Henri, duc de, the elder.
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(Encyclopedia) Molay, Jacques de zhäk də môlāˈ [key], 1243?–1314, last grand master of the Knights Templars. He distinguished himself in defending Palestine against the Saracens. After the Templars were drive...
(Encyclopedia) de Vries, Hugo hüˈgō də vrēs [key], 1848–1935, Dutch botanist. He opened a new approach to the study of evolution by using the experimental method to investigate the processes of evolution. His...
(Encyclopedia) Clisson, Olivier de ōlēvyāˈ də klēsôNˈ [key], 1336–1407, French soldier, b. Brittany. He fought on the English side in the War of the Breton Succession but entered the French service as comp...
(Encyclopedia) Givenchy, Hubert de (Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy) übĕrˈ də zhēväNshēˈ [key], 1927–2018, French fashion designer. An assistant designer to Schiaparelli, he opened his own hou...
(Encyclopedia) Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Philippe Auguste Mathias, comte de fēlēpˈ ōgüstˈ mätyäsˈ kôNt də vēyāˈ də lēˈl-ädäNˈ [key], 1838–89, French novelist. His works, in the romantic style, a...
(Encyclopedia) Kéroualle, Louise Renée de: see Portsmouth, Louise Renée de Kéroualle, duchess of.
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(Encyclopedia) Vega, Garcilaso de la, called the Inca: see Garcilaso de la Vega.
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(Encyclopedia) Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco de fränthēˈskō dā rōˈhäs thôrēˈlyä [key], 1607–48, Spanish dramatist. He created a new type of comedia de gracioso, enlarging the role of the gracioso, or buffo...
(Encyclopedia) Saint-Jean-de-Luz săN-zhäN-də-lüz [key], town (1990 pop. 13,181), Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, in the Basque region (see Basques), on the Bay of Biscay. It is a beach resort with a cas...