Biography Category
Djambi (both: jäm´b ) (KEY) , city (1990 est. pop. 340,066), SE Sumatra, capital of Jambi prov., Indonesia, a port at the head of navigation on the ...
(John Palaeologus) (p l´´ l´ g s) (KEY) , 1332–91, Byzantine emperor (1341–91), son and successor of Andronicus III. Forced to fight John VI (...
1397–1479, king of Aragón and Sicily (1458–79), king of Navarre (1425–79), count of Barcelona. He succeeded his brother, Alfonso V, in Aragón,...
1167–1216, king of England (1199–1216), son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Early Life
The king’s youngest son, John was left out of He...
(sôlz´b r ) (KEY) , c.1110–1180, English scholastic philosopher, b. Salisbury. He studied in France at Paris and Chartres under Abelard and other ...
1566–1625, king of England (1603–25) and, as James VI, of Scotland (1567–1625). James’s reign witnessed the beginnings of English colonization...