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(kät r ´nä k rnä´r ) (KEY) , 1454–1510, queen of Cyprus. A celebrated Venetian beauty, she was married in 1472 to James II of Cyprus, who was e...
d. c.1306, German commander of Spanish mercenaries, b. Italy. He entered the order of the Knights Templars and fought (1291) at Acre (see Akko, but he...
(b n´ f s) (KEY) , d. 432, Roman general. He defended (413) Marseilles against the Visigoths under Ataulf. Having supported Galla Placidia in her str...
(lüs nyäN´) (KEY) , d. 1194, Latin king of Jerusalem (1186–92) and Cyprus (1192–94), second husband of Sibylla, sister of King Baldwin IV of Je...
(y d ´sh m k´´r mb l´´ t s´ ) (KEY) , fl. 11th cent., Byzantine empress. At the death of her husband, Constantine X, she married Romanus IV.
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(Constantine Palaeologus), d. 1453, last Byzantine emperor (1449–53), brother and successor of John VIII. To secure Western aid against the Turkish ...