Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 1Smith Elder, 1885 - Great Britain |
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... queen to explain that she had written under compulsion , and that she particularly begged he would by no means give up the brief as in her letter she requested him to do . Thus the emperor was made fully aware of the queen's position ...
... queen to explain that she had written under compulsion , and that she particularly begged he would by no means give up the brief as in her letter she requested him to do . Thus the emperor was made fully aware of the queen's position ...
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... queen and accept the name of Princess Dowager . This she steadily refused to do ; and the deputation endea- voured at first , with equally little success , to impose an oath upon her servants incon- sistent with that which they had ...
... queen and accept the name of Princess Dowager . This she steadily refused to do ; and the deputation endea- voured at first , with equally little success , to impose an oath upon her servants incon- sistent with that which they had ...
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... queen on the subject , and obtained a license on 24 June 1563 to take up workmen . By 8 Jan. 1566 , a tract of 600 ... queen's master of Italian and groom of the privy chamber , who published the ' Timor di Dio . ' The following is a ...
... queen on the subject , and obtained a license on 24 June 1563 to take up workmen . By 8 Jan. 1566 , a tract of 600 ... queen's master of Italian and groom of the privy chamber , who published the ' Timor di Dio . ' The following is a ...
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... Queen Adelaide in that town shortly after the death of William IV , Miss Acton presented the queen with some verses commemorating her devoted attendance on her husband during his last illness . In 1838 she published the ' Chronicles of ...
... Queen Adelaide in that town shortly after the death of William IV , Miss Acton presented the queen with some verses commemorating her devoted attendance on her husband during his last illness . In 1838 she published the ' Chronicles of ...
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... Queen Caroline of Naples . On the advice of Cara- manico she induced her brother , the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany , in 1779 to permit Acton to undertake the reorganisation of the Neapolitan navy . Acton thus became associated with ...
... Queen Caroline of Naples . On the advice of Cara- manico she induced her brother , the Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany , in 1779 to permit Acton to undertake the reorganisation of the Neapolitan navy . Acton thus became associated with ...
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