11) Conrad III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Conrad III, c.1093-1152, German king (1138-52), son of Frederick, duke of Swabia, and Agnes, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV; first of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.... 12) Teresa, Mother. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...missionary in India, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, b. Skopje (now in Macedonia) as Agnes Goxha Bojaxhiu. Of Albanian parentage, she went to India at 17, becoming... 13) Dunbar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...the North Sea. It is a fishing center and seaside resort. Dunbar Castle was held by "Black Agnes," countess of Dunbar, against a six-week siege by the English in... 14) Leopold III, margrave of Austria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...Saint Leopold, c.1073-1136, margrave of Austria (1095-1136). By his marriage (1106) with Agnes, widow of Duke Frederick I of Swabia (see Hohenstaufen), he became... 15) Hohenstaufen. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...castle of Staufen built in 1077 by a Swabian count, Frederick. In 1079, Frederick married Agnes, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and was created duke of... 16) Boucicault, Dion. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Assurance at Covent Garden, London. In 1853 he went to the United States with his wife, Agnes Robertson, an actress who was the adopted daughter of Charles Kean.... 17) Alonso, Alicia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...the American Ballet Theatre, in 1939. She was best known for her work in Giselle and in Agnes de Mille's Fall River Legend. Her own works include La Tinaja (1943),... 18) Louis XI, king of France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...father. He was pardoned after joining (1440) the Praguerie; after conspiring (1446) against Agnes Sorel and Pierre de Breze, he was exiled to the Dauphine, which... 19) Thomas a Kempis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...the Augustinian canons (1399) and was ordained a priest (c.1413). His convent was Mt. St. Agnes, near Zwolle, in the Netherlands. Thomas worked principally at copying... 20) Loches. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...residence and a state prison. The royal lodge, built by Charles VII, contains the tomb of Agnes Sorel and the oratory of Anne of Brittany.... |