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11Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin — Infobox Prince name = Friedrich Franz (V) title =Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin full name =Freidrich Franz Michael Wilhelm Nikolaus Franz Joseph Ernst August Hans spouse 1 =Karin Elisabeth von Schaper royal house =Mecklenburg… …
12Nobility — Nobles redirects here. For other uses, see Nobles (disambiguation). For other uses, see Noble (disambiguation). Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society,… …
13Marquess — This article is about the title of nobility. For the band, see Marquess (band). Marchesa redirects here. For the fashion label, see Marchesa (brand). Marchioness redirects here. For the Thames boating disaster, see Marchioness disaster. Marchese… …
14Princess Michael of Kent — Marie Christine Princess Michael of Kent 1999 portrait by Allan Warren Spouse Prince Michael of Kent (since 1978) Thomas Troubridge (1971–1978) …
15Hatamoto — A nihongo| hatamoto |旗本 was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. While all three of the shogunates in Japanese history had official retainers, in the two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin.… …
16Melanesian culture — ▪ cultural region, Pacific Ocean Introduction the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Melanesia. From northwest to southeast, the islands form an arc that begins with New… …
17Steppe, the — ▪ geographical area, Eurasia Introduction belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east. Mountain ranges interrupt the steppe, dividing it… …
18States of the Church — • Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754 1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. States of the Church States of the Church …
19Spaspet — ( ka. სპასპეტი) was a feudal office in Georgia that originated in ancient Iberia. It is usually translated in English as High Constable. The institution of spaspet, like its rough equivalent sparapet in neighboring Armenia, was designed under the …
20Qi — /chue/, n. Pinyin. Ch i. * * * or Ch i One of the largest and most powerful of the many states into which early China was divided (771?–221 BC). During the Eastern Zhou dynasty, Qi was the first state to fully institute a uniform tax system, a… …
