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(Encyclopedia) Blériot, Louis lwē blārēōˈ [key], 1872–1936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the invention and construction of mon...

(Encyclopedia) Mary of England (Mary Tudor), 1496–1533, queen consort of Louis XII of France, daughter of Henry VII of England and sister of Henry VIII. She was betrothed in 1507 to the future Holy Roman Emperor C...

(Encyclopedia) Renault, Louis lwē rənōˈ [key], 1843–1918, French jurist, professor of international law at the Univ. of Paris. Renault was one of the founders of the scientific study of international law in Fr...

(Encyclopedia) Louis d'Outremer: see Louis IV, French king. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Stammerer: see Louis II, French king. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Bavarian: see Louis IV, Holy Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis le Hutin: see Louis X, king of France. ...

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

(Encyclopedia) Clinton, James, 1733–1812, American Revolutionary general, b. Orange co., N.Y.; brother of George Clinton and father of De Witt Clinton. He served in the French and Indian Wars and early in the Revo...