The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... daughter of his own wife's brother , was extremely proud of his nobility , not to call it , as the emperor sarcastically observes , his ignoble blood . As he was evidently a Sclavonian in face and figure , he was ridiculed by a ...
... daughter of his own wife's brother , was extremely proud of his nobility , not to call it , as the emperor sarcastically observes , his ignoble blood . As he was evidently a Sclavonian in face and figure , he was ridiculed by a ...
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... daughter of the King of France . The army of Bohemund , like that of William the Conqueror , whose glory he expected to eclipse , was composed of warlike adventurers from Normandy , France , and Germany . The winter was consumed ...
... daughter of the King of France . The army of Bohemund , like that of William the Conqueror , whose glory he expected to eclipse , was composed of warlike adventurers from Normandy , France , and Germany . The winter was consumed ...
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... daughter in the hands of his new liege - lord . Isaac had expected to obtain more favourable terms of peace ; and the moment he beheld the careless confidence of the English after the treaty was concluded , and he had taken the oath of ...
... daughter in the hands of his new liege - lord . Isaac had expected to obtain more favourable terms of peace ; and the moment he beheld the careless confidence of the English after the treaty was concluded , and he had taken the oath of ...
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... daughter should be set at liberty . The article is supposed to have been sug- gested by the Duke of Austria , who was connected with the family of Komme- nos by marriage . The daughter of Isaac was married to a Flemish noble , who ...
... daughter should be set at liberty . The article is supposed to have been sug- gested by the Duke of Austria , who was connected with the family of Komme- nos by marriage . The daughter of Isaac was married to a Flemish noble , who ...
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... daughter of Amaury or Almeric , King of Jerusalem . Sybilla , the elder daughter , wife of Guy of Lusignan , died without issue . A. D. 1192 . § 3 . CHAP . III . property ; and.
... daughter of Amaury or Almeric , King of Jerusalem . Sybilla , the elder daughter , wife of Guy of Lusignan , died without issue . A. D. 1192 . § 3 . CHAP . III . property ; and.
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