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(Alexius Ducas Mourtzouphlos) ( l k´s s, d ´k sm rt´s fl s) (KEY) , d. 1204, Byzantine emperor (1204), son-in-law of Alexius III. The head of the ...
(r ks n´ ) (KEY) or Roxane (–s n´ ) (KEY) , d. 311 B.C., wife of Alexander the Great. She was the daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian baron, and Ale...
(p t´ k s) (KEY) , c.650–c.570 B.C., Greek statesman and military leader; one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. He helped to overthrow the tyrant of...
(Baldwin the Leper), c.1161–1185, Latin king of Jerusalem (1174–85), son and successor of Amalric I. Raymond, count of Tripoli, was regent from 11...
1130–62, Latin king of Jerusalem (1143–62), son and successor of Fulk. Until 1152 he ruled with his mother, Melisende. In his reign began the deca...
(Baldwin of Le Bourg), d. 1131, Latin king of Jerusalem (1118–31), count of Edessa (1100–1131); cousin and successor of Baldwin I. He accompanied ...