The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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COLBERT , kôl - bâr ' , Jean Baptiste ( 1619-1683 ) , French statesman , who was finance minister to Louis XIV and the first controller general of France . He was born in Reims on Aug. 29 , 1619 . In 1640 , through the efforts of his ...
COLBERT , kôl - bâr ' , Jean Baptiste ( 1619-1683 ) , French statesman , who was finance minister to Louis XIV and the first controller general of France . He was born in Reims on Aug. 29 , 1619 . In 1640 , through the efforts of his ...
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His son Henri I also be- came a Huguenot leader , and like his cousin , Henri , Duke de Bourbon and king of Navarre ( later Henry IV of France ) , he renounced his Huguenot faith to save his life at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day ...
His son Henri I also be- came a Huguenot leader , and like his cousin , Henri , Duke de Bourbon and king of Navarre ( later Henry IV of France ) , he renounced his Huguenot faith to save his life at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day ...
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THE CONTI LINE Charles IV ( 1489-1537 ) , Duke de Bourbon Antoine ( 1518-1562 ) Duke de Bourbon King of Navarre HENRY IV ( 1533-1610 ) Duke de Bourbon King of Navarre King of France Louis I ( 1530-1569 ) Prince de Condé Henri I ...
THE CONTI LINE Charles IV ( 1489-1537 ) , Duke de Bourbon Antoine ( 1518-1562 ) Duke de Bourbon King of Navarre HENRY IV ( 1533-1610 ) Duke de Bourbon King of Navarre King of France Louis I ( 1530-1569 ) Prince de Condé Henri I ...
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