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(Encyclopedia) Clare, Richard de: see Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Flahaut de La Billarderie, Auguste Charles Joseph, comte de ōgüstˈ shärl zhōzĕfˈ kôNt də fläōˈ də lä bēyärdərēˈ [key], 1785–1870, French general and statesman; illegitimate son of...

(Encyclopedia) Vere, Edward de: see Oxford, Edward de Vere, 17th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Montreal môNrāälˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 1,017,666), S Que., Canada, on Montreal island, surrounded by St. Lawrence River and Rivière des Prairies. Montreal is the second largest metropolitan are...

(Encyclopedia) López de Mendoza, Iñigo, marqués de Santillana: see Santillana. ...

(Encyclopedia) Champ-de-Mars shäN-də-märs [key], former parade ground of Paris, France, between the École militaire and the Seine River. There, at the Fête de la Fédération (July 14, 1790), Louis XVI took an ...

(Encyclopedia) Lope de Rueda lōˈpā dā ro͞oāˈᵺä [key], 1510?–1565, Spanish dramatist. A precursor of the Golden Age of Spanish literature, Rueda was an actor and a manager as well as a playwright. He is s...

(Encyclopedia) Curtea de Arges ko͝orˈtāä dā ärˈzhĕsh [key], town, S central Romania, in Wala...

(Encyclopedia) Bruyn, Cornelis de broin [key], 1652–c.1726, Dutch portrait painter and traveler. He painted for some years in Italy, where he was known, in Rome, as Adonis. Bruyn is remembered chiefly for the rec...