The Encyclopædia Britannica: Lord Chamberlain-MecklenbergHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1911 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... passed in 1093 to the lords of Montbéliard ; the countship of Chiny , formed at the end the capital ; the lordship of Commercy , whose rulers bore the special title of damoiseau , and which passed in the 13th century to the house of ...
... passed in 1093 to the lords of Montbéliard ; the countship of Chiny , formed at the end the capital ; the lordship of Commercy , whose rulers bore the special title of damoiseau , and which passed in the 13th century to the house of ...
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... passed his life in losing his estates . His brother Francis , in favour of whom he had abdicated , was a cardinal at the age of nineteen and subsequently bishop of Toul , although he had never taken orders . He obtained a dispensation ...
... passed his life in losing his estates . His brother Francis , in favour of whom he had abdicated , was a cardinal at the age of nineteen and subsequently bishop of Toul , although he had never taken orders . He obtained a dispensation ...
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... passed at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne , until 815 when he became ruler of Bavaria . When Louis in 817 divided the Empire between his sons , Lothair was crowned joint emperor at Aix - la - Chapelle and given a certain ...
... passed at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne , until 815 when he became ruler of Bavaria . When Louis in 817 divided the Empire between his sons , Lothair was crowned joint emperor at Aix - la - Chapelle and given a certain ...
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... passed off by Bononcini as his own in London . Another is quoted by Martini in his Saggio di Contrappunto . Among ... passing phase , and he soon returned to the cooler schemes of his earlier work . Among his chief pictures executed in ...
... passed off by Bononcini as his own in London . Another is quoted by Martini in his Saggio di Contrappunto . Among ... passing phase , and he soon returned to the cooler schemes of his earlier work . Among his chief pictures executed in ...
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... passed the vote of want of confidence in the ministry of the duc de Broglie . In the general election of October he was re - elected , local enthusiasm for him being increased by the fact that the government had driven him from the ...
... passed the vote of want of confidence in the ministry of the duc de Broglie . In the general election of October he was re - elected , local enthusiasm for him being increased by the fact that the government had driven him from the ...
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