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| x Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York |
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House of York |
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (5 June 1341 – 1 August 1402) was a younger son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, the fourth of the five sons of the Royal couple who lived to adulthood. Like so many medieval princes, Edmund...
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| x Richard III of England |
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House of York |
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king of the House of York and the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field was the decisive battle of the Wars of the...
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| x Edward V of England |
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House of York |
Edward V (4 November 1470 – probably 1483) was King of England from 9 April 1483 until his deposition two months later. His reign was dominated by the influence of his uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him as Richard III. Along with...
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| x Elizabeth of York |
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House of York |
Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was the daughter, sister, niece, mother, grandmother and wife of Kings of England. She was Queen of England as spouse of King Henry VII, whom she married in 1486.
She was born at Westminster,...
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| x Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York |
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House of York |
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York and 1st Duke of Aumale (1373 – 25 October 1415), was a member of the English royal family who died at the Battle of Agincourt.
The son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and his first wife Isabella of Castile...
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| x Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York |
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House of York |
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (21 September, 1411 – 30 December, 1460) was a leading English magnate, descended from King Edward III. He inherited great estates, and served in various offices of state in France at the end of the Hundred...
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| x Edward IV of England |
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House of York |
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England. The first half of his rule was characterised by violence,...
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| x Henry V of England |
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House of Lancaster |
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death. From an unassuming start, his military successes in the Hundred Years' War, culminating with his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt, saw him come...
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| x Henry IV of England |
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House of Lancaster |
Henry IV (15 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399–1413). Like other kings of England, at that time, he also claimed the title of King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence the other...
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| x Henry VI of England |
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House of Lancaster |
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England 1422–1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realms were governed by regents. Contemporaneously, he was described as a peaceful and pious...
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| x Leonard Huxley |
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Huxley |
Leonard Huxley (December 11, 1860 - May 2, 1933) was a British schoolteacher, writer and editor.
His father was the zoologist Thomas Henry Huxley, 'Darwin's bulldog'. Leonard was educated at University College School, London, St. Andrews University,...
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| x Thomas Huxley |
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Huxley |
Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist, known as Darwin's Bulldog for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Huxley's famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce was a key moment in the wider...
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| x Andrew Huxley |
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Huxley |
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, OM, FRS (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London) is an English physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action...
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| x Aldous Huxley |
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Huxley |
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his...
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| x Julian Huxley |
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Huxley |
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (22 June 1887–14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection, and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century evolutionary synthesis. He...
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| x Joseph Pease |
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Pease family |
Joseph Pease (22 June 1799 – 8 February 1872) was involved in the early railway system in England and was the first Quaker elected to Parliament.
Pease joined his father Edward and other members of the Pease family in starting the Stockton and...
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| x Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford | Pease family |
Joseph Edward Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford (b.1921) succeeded to the family honours upon the death of his father in (1971).
He is the eldest son of Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford and his wife Veronica Margaret Noble. He married 1953, Margaret...
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| x William Edwin Pease | Pease family |
William Edwin Pease (3 June 1865 – 23 January 1926) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician from County Durham.
He was born into the wealthy Pease family of Darlington, Quakers who had prospered through a variety of enterprises...
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| x Alfred E. Pease |
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Pease family |
Sir Alfred Edward Pease, 2nd Baronet (29 June 1857 – 27 April 1939), was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1902 and was an early settler of British East Africa, now Kenya.
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Pease, a member of the Quaker...
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| x Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton | Pease family |
Herbert Pike Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton (7 May 1867 – 10 May 1949) was a British politician.
Pease was born into a wealthy family, the son of the politician Arthur Pease and his wife Mary Lecky née Pike. His brother was Arthur Francis Pease. Both...
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| x Elizabeth Pease Nichol |
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Pease family |
Elizabeth Pease Nichol (1807–1897) was an abolitionist, anti-segregationist, woman suffragist, and anti-vivisectionist in 19th century Great Britain. In 1853 she married Dr. John Pringle Nichol (1804-1859), Regius Professor of Astronomy at the...
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| x Joseph W. Pease |
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Pease family |
Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, 1st Baronet (23 June 1828 – 23 June 1903) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Pease was a member of the Darlington Peases and the son of the Quaker MP Joseph Pease (1799-1872). He married Mary Fox daughter of Alfred...
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| x Katherine Routledge |
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Pease family |
Katherine Maria Routledge, née Pease (1866-1935) was a British archaeologist who initiated (but did not complete) the first true survey of Easter Island.
She was the second child of Kate and Gurney Pease, and was born into a wealthy Quaker family in...
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| x Joseph Pease, 1st Baron Gainford |
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Pease family |
Joseph Albert "Jack" Pease, 1st Baron Gainford PC, DL, JP (17 January 1860 – 15 February 1943), known as Jack Pease before 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a member of H. H. Asquith's Liberal cabinet between 1910 and...
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| x Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford | Pease family |
Joseph Pease, 2nd Baron Gainford (1889 - 1971) was the second Baron Gainford.
He was the only son of the Liberal peer Joseph Albert Pease, 1st Baron Gainford and his wife Ethel Havelock-Allan, a daughter of Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan, Bt.. He...
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| x Edward Pease | Pease family |
Edward Pease (31 May 1767 - 31 July 1858) was an English railway owner.
Pease was born in Darlington, a member of the locally prominent Pease family, and was educated locally and at a Quaker boarding school in Leeds. He was active in his family's...
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| x Arthur Pease | Pease family |
Arthur Pease, DL (12 September 1837 – 27 August 1898) was a British politician, son of Joseph Pease (railway pioneer) (1799–1872).
He was Member of Parliament for Whitby from 1880 to 1885, and for Darlington from 1895 until his death in 1898.
He...
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| x Arthur Francis Pease | Pease family |
Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet, DL (11 March 1866 – 23 November 1927) was an English coal owner and public servant.
Pease was born in Hummersknott, a suburb of Darlington. He came from a wealthy local Quaker family, and was the son of the...
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| x Johann Dientzenhofer |
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Dientzenhofer Family of Architects |
Johann Dientzenhofer (25 May 1663 - 20 July 1726) was a builder and architect during the Baroque period in Germany.
Johann was born in St. Margarethen near Rosenheim, Bavaria, a member of the famous Dientzenhofer family of German architects, who...
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| x Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer |
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Dientzenhofer Family of Architects |
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689, Prague – December 18, 1751) was a Bohemian architect Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and Bohemian mother and a member...
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| x Kryštof Dientzenhofer |
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Dientzenhofer Family of Architects |
Christoph Dientzenhofer (Czech: Kryštof Dientzenhofer) (born 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen near Brannenburg, Landkreis Rosenheim - 20 June 1722 in Prague) was a prominent German architect of Bohemian Baroque. He was a member of the famous...
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| x Leonhard Dientzenhofer |
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Dientzenhofer Family of Architects |
Leonhard Dientzenhofer (also: Johann Leonhard Dientzenhofer; * 20. February 1660 in St. Margarethen (Bavaria), District of Rosenheim; † 26. November 1707 in Bamberg) was a German builder and architect from the well known Dientzenhofer family of...
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| x Ernest, Elector of Saxony |
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Wettin |
Ernst, Elector of Saxony (b. Meissen, 24 March 1441 - d. Colditz, 26 August 1486) was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.
Ernst was founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of George I of Great Britain, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg...
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| x Fujiwara no Kamatari |
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Fujiwara family |
Fujiwara no Kamatari (藤原鎌足, 614–669 A.D.) was the founder of the Fujiwara clan in Japan. His birth clan was the Nakatomi. He was the son of Nakatomi no Mikeko, and his birth name was Nakatomi no Kamatari (中臣鎌足). Just before his death, he received...
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| x Fujiwara no Fuhito |
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Fujiwara family |
Fujiwara no Fuhito (藤原不比等: 659–720) was a powerful member of the imperial court of Japan during the Asuka and Nara periods. Second son of Fujiwara no Kamatari (or, according to one theory, of Emperor Tenji), he had sons by two women, and those sons...
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| x Fujiwara no Fusasaki | Fujiwara family |
Fujiwara no Fusasaki (藤原房前, 681–737 A.D.) was a member of the Fujiwara clan in Japan and was a high-ranking minister of the court. He was the son of Fujiwara no Fuhito (659-720).
He founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura in 734 with the...
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| x Alexander Downer, Sr. |
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Downer family |
Sir Alexander Russell Downer KBE (7 April 1910 - 30 March 1981), Australian politician generally known as Alec Downer, was born in Adelaide, a part of the Downer family and son of John Downer, who was a former Premier of South Australia and member...
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| x Alexander Downer |
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Downer family |
Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951) is an Australian former Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history. He was also the leader of the...
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| x John Downer |
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Downer family |
Sir John William Downer, KCMG (6 July 1843 – 2 August 1915) was the Premier of South Australia from 16 June 1885 until 11 June 1887 and again from 1892 to 1893. He was the first of three Australian politicians from the Downer family dynasty.
Downer...
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| x Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck |
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House of Wangchuck |
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 21 February 1980) is the fifth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan and head of the Wangchuck dynasty. He became king on 14 December 2006, and was officially crowned on 6 November 2008.
Khesar is the eldest son of the fourth...
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| x Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale | Clan Bruce |
Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale (Robert de Brus) (c.1220–31 March 1295), 5th Lord of Annandale, was a feudal lord, Justice and Constable of Scotland and England, a Regent of Scotland, and a leading competitor to be King of Scotland in 1290-92 in...
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| x Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale | Clan Bruce |
Robert I de Brus (died 1142) was an early 12th century Norman baron and knight, the first of the Bruce dynasty of Scotland. A monastic patron, he is remembered as the founder of Gisborough Priory in Yorkshire in 1119.
Nothing is known of Robert's...
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| x William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale | Clan Bruce |
William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale (died July 16, 1212) was the second but eldest surviving son of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale.
His elder brother, Robert III de Brus, predeceased their father and never held the lordship of Annandale....
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| x Robert III de Brus | Clan Bruce |
Robert III de Brus (fl. 12th century) was the oldest son of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale.
He predeceased his father, and so did not inherit the lordship of Annandale, which passed to his brother, William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale.
His...
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| x Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale | Clan Bruce |
Robert II de Brus, The Cadet, (died 1194) was a 12th century Norman noble and Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son, of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale.
The elder de Brus' allegiances were compromised when David I invaded...
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| x Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale | Clan Bruce |
Robert IV de Brus(† 1226 x 1233) was a 13th century Lord of Annandale.
He was the son of William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale and Christina or Beatrice de Teyden.
Robert IV married Isabella, the second daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of...
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| x Robert I of Scotland |
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Clan Bruce |
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329) usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys) was King of the Scots from 1306...
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| x David II of Scotland |
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Clan Bruce |
David II (Medieval Gaelic: Daibhidh a Briuis, Modern Gaelic: Dàibhidh Bruis) (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scotland from 7 June 1329 until 22 February 1371.
David II was the elder and only surviving son of Robert I of Scotland and...
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| x Moulay Ali Cherif |
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Alaouite Dynasty |
Moulay Ali Cherif (Standard Arabic: مولاي علي الشريف Mawlāy ˤAlī Sharīf') was allegedly a descendant of l-Hesn d-Dakhl and is considered to have been the founder of the Alaouite Dynasty of Morocco. He began to increase his power in the Tafilalt...
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| x Mohammed V of Morocco |
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Alaouite Dynasty |
Mohammed V (August 10, 1909 – February 26, 1961) (Arabic: محمد الخامس) was Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953, exiled from 1953-55, where he was again recognized as Sultan upon his return, and King from 1957 to 1961. His full name was Sidi...
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| x Mohammed VI of Morocco | Alaouite Dynasty |
Mohammed VI (Arabic: محمد السادس) is the present King of Morocco. He was born on 21 August 1963 and ascended to the throne in July 1999.
His father, the late King Hassan II, was keen on giving him a religious and political education from an early...
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| x Hassan II of Morocco |
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Alaouite Dynasty |
King Hassan II (Arabic: الحسن الثاني, class. pron. (a)l-hasan uth-thânî, dial. (Mar.) el-hasan ett(s)âni); July 9, 1929–July 23, 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was the eldest son of Mohammed V, Sultan, then King of...
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| x Claes Martenzsen Van Rosenvelt | Roosevelt family | ||
| x Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Roosevelt family |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), the 32nd President of the United States, was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world...
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| x Nicholas Roosevelt | Roosevelt family |
Nicholas Roosevelt (or Nicholas Van Rosenvelt) (bap. October 2, 1658 - July 30, 1742) was an early member of the Roosevelt family and a prominent Dutch citizen of New Amsterdam (later New York City). He was the first Roosevelt to hold an elected...
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| x Theodore Roosevelt |
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Roosevelt family |
Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919; pronounced /ˈroʊzəvɛlt/) was the 26th President of the United States. He is well remembered for his energetic persona, his range of interests and achievements, his leadership of the Progressive...
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| x Eleanor Roosevelt |
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Roosevelt family |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (pronounced /ˈɛlɪnɔr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and assumed a role as...
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| x Johannes Roosevelt | Roosevelt family |
Johannes Roosevelt (called John) (bap. February 27, 1689 - 1750) was a New York City businessman and alderman and the progenitor of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts, including Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt. Johannes was a linseed oil manufacturer.
He was...
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| x Jacobus Roosevelt | Roosevelt family | ||
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