Thus we have of Mambrun "Eclogues ;"} "Georgics," and a heroic poem in 12 books entitled "Constantine, or Idolatry overthrown." He died in 1661. MAMMEA, Julia, mother of the emperor Severus, known for her virtues and judicious conduct; she was assassinated in 235. MAN, Cornelius de, an eminent painter, of Delft, died in 1706. MANARA, Prosper, an Italian marquis, and poet, and tutor to prince Ferdinand, of Parma he died in 1800. ; MANLEY, Mary, an English female, of con siderable reputation as a writer, but of a wanton and licentious character. She wrote plays and romances, and died in 1724. MANLIUS, Torquatus, a famous Roman, who put his son to death for fighting without orders, 384 B. C. MANLIUS CAPITOLINUS MARCUS, a renowned Roman consul and general, who saved the Capitol when it was attacked by the Gauls in the night. He was alarmed by the cries of geese, which were ever after held sacred, and MANASSEH, son of Hezekiah, succeeded the general himself styled the Capitolinus. He his father at the age of 12. His conduct was at was thrown from the Tarpeian rock, 384 B. C. first wicked and disgraceful, but he became an MANLY, John, a captain in the navy of the exemplary monarch, and re-established the wor-United States, distinguished for his services in ship of the God of his fathers; he died 643 the revolutionary war; he died in 1793. B. C. MANCINELLI, Antonio, an Italian poet, and orator, died in 1506. MANCO-CAPAC, founder of the Peruvian empire, declared himself the descendant of the sun, and was worshipped as a deity. MANDEVILLE, sir John, an Englishman, famous for his traves, born about 1300, died in 1372. He travelled through almost all countries, made himself master of almost all languages; and left, at his death, an account of is travels, in English, French, and Latin, which abounds in improbabilities. MANNING, James, D. D., a distinguished baptist clergyman, who was elected first president of the college at Providence, R. I., and a member of congress from that state; he died in 1791. MANNINGHAM, Thomas, D. D., a learned prelate, who became bishop of Chichester, and published some sermons; he died in 1722. MANNORI, Lewis, an advocate of Paris, who published "Memoirs of Pleadings" in 18 vols.; he died in 1778. MANNOZZI, John, a painter, who adorned the palace of Lorenzo de Medicis, by the works of his art; he died in 1636. MANSARD, Francis, a Frenchman, first architect to the king of France. He adorned Paris with many elegant designs, and died in 1666. His nephew succeeded him, and died in 1708. MANDEVILLE, Bernard de, a celebrated writer in the 18th century, born in Holland, where he studied physic, and took the degree of dector in that faculty. He wrote several books, all of them ingenious and witty, but some which are supposed to have had a very ill effect upon MANSFIELD, Peter Ernest, count de, an society. His chief work is, "The Fable of the able statesman in the service of the emperor Bees; or, Private Vices made Public Benefits."of Germany; he died in 1604. He died in 1733. MANSFIELD, Ernest de, natural son of the MANDRILLON, I., a Frenchman, who tra-preceding, distinguished by the emperor Rovelled in America, and Holland. On his return dolphus II.; he died in 1625. o France, he became suspected by Robespierre, he ordered him to the guillotine, in 1793. He wrote the "American Spectator.' MANETHO, an ancient Egyptian historian. MANETTI, Gianozzo, a native of Florence, Ilustrious as one of those men, to whom the evival of literature may be attributed. He vas the author of many works, and died in 1459. MANETTI, Rutilio, a native of Siena, emiment as a painter, died in 1639. MANETTI, Xavier, professor of botany and nedicine, at Florence, was keeper of the impeial garden, and author of several learned books; e died in 1785. MANSFIELD, earl of. See MURRAY. MANSTEIN, Christopher Herman de, a distinguished officer in the Russian and Prussian service, author of "Memoirs of Russia ;" he was shot in battle, in 1757. MANTEGNA, Andrea, an Italian painter of great eminence, originally a shepherd, died at Mantua, in 1517. MANTICA, Francis, professor of law at Padua, was made a cardinal at Rome. He wrote several books in Latin, and died in 1614. MANTINUS, James, a Spanish physician, of the 16th century, who practised at Venice, and translated the works of Avicenna and AverMANFREDI, Eustachio, a celebrated mathe-roe into Latin. natician of Italy, born in 1674, acquired great MANTON, Thomas, D. D., a popular preacheputation by his "Ephemerides," and by his er, in London, and before parliament. At the other works, and died in 1739. restoration, he was chaplain to the king. He MANFREDI, Bartholomew, an eminent pain-wrote sermons and Calvinistic tracts, and died in 1677. er, born at Mantua, in 1574. MANGEART, Thomas, a learned Benedicne antiquary, librarian, and counsellor to the uke of Lorraine. He wrote on medals, and ied in 1763. MANTUAN, Baptist, an Italian poet, whose works possess much animation, and were printed at Paris, in 3 vols. folio, in 1513. MANUEL, Commenus, emperor of the east, MANGENOT, Lewis, a native of Paris, au-made war against Dalmatia, Hungary, and or of eclogues, fables, tales, &c., died in 1768. Egypt; he died in 1180. MANGET, John James, physician to the MANUEL, Palæologus, king of Constanti. Hector of Brandenburgh, and the learned au-nople, resigned his throne to his son John, as benor of many works, was born at Geneva, and ing more capable of repelling the invasion of the ied in 1742. Turks; he died in 1425. MANGEY, Thomas, D. D., prebendary of ondon. He was the author of commentaries, nd practical sermons, and died in 1755. MANILIUS, Marcus. a poet in the reign of Tiberius. MANUTIUS, Aldus, the first of those celebrated printers at Venice, who were as illustrious for their learning as for uncommon skill in their profession, was born at Bassano, in Italy, about the middle of the 15th century, and thence is sometimes called Bassianus. He was the first who printed Greek neatly and correctly; and he acquired so much reputation in his art, that whatever was finely printed was proverbially said to have come from the press of Aldus. In short, he carried it to such perfection, that all improvements afterwards were greatly indebted to his previous advancements. He died in 1516. MANUTIUS, Paul, the son of Aldus, was born at Venice, in 1512, and brought up to his father's profession. He published, with commentaries, editions of "Tully's Epistles," and other works, and died in 1574. MANUTIUS, Aldus, the son of Paul, also a learned man and a printer, died in 1597, leaving behind him "Commentaries upon Cicero," three books of epistles, and other works in Itaban as well as in Latin. MANZO, John Baptist, marquis de Ville, an Italian, who after serving with reputation in the Spanish army, devoted himself to literature, at Naples, and wrote a Life of Tasso, and other works; he died in 1645. MANZOULI, Tomaso, a much admired historical painter, of Italy, died in 1570. MAPES, Walter, a poet, chaplain to Henry II. He wrote in Latin, and his verses are still admired. MAPLETOFT, Dr. John, a very learned English medical and theological writer, born in 1631, died in 1721. MARACCI, Lewis. See MARRACCI. MARACCI, John, a historical painter, of Lucca, died in 1704. MARAIS, Marin, a celebrated musician, and composer, born in Paris, in 1656. MARALDI, James Philip, a celebrated mathematician, who was engaged with Cassinia in constructing the great meridian line through France; he died in 1729. MARANA, John Paul, born near Genoa, in 1642, published at Paris, "The Turkish Spy," which became very popular. He died in Italy, in 1693. MARAT, John Paul, one of the most cruel of the atrocious leaders of the French revolution, He had studied medicine, and was an empiric. As a revolutionist he promoted revolt, pillage, and murder, and himself delighted in shedding innocent blood. He declared that 300,000 more lives must be sacrificed before France would be safe. This monster was killed, in 1793 by a young lady, Charlotte Corday, whose lover Marat had sacrificed. MARATTI, Carlo, a famous Italian painter and engraver, was born in 1625, and died in 1713. MARBACH, John, a protestant divine, of Lindau, who wrote a curious book, comparing the doctrines of Jesus, with those of the jesuits; he died in 1581. MARBODUS, or MARBODÆUS, surnamed Galus, a monk, bishop of Rennes, author of several works, died in 1123. MARCA, Peter de, a French bishop, and as a polemical writer, one of the greatest ornaments of the Gallican church, born in 1594, died in 1662. MARCEL, N., a painter of fruits and flow ers at Frankfort, died in 1683. MARCEL, William, a French advocate, author of a "History of the origin of the French Monarchy," 4 vols. and other works; he died 1708. ARCELLI, Benedict, a noble Venetian, who excelled in music, philosophy and poetry he died in 1739. MARCELLINUS, a pope of Rome, in 296. MARCELLINUS, Ammianus, an ancient Roman historian of great merit, flourished in the latter ages of the empire, under Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius the Great, and composed a history in 31 books, comprising the period from A. D. 99 to 378. He died about 390, leaving behind him the character of an impartial, faithful, and accurate historian. MARCELLUS, a physician, who flourished under Adrian, and the Antonines. MARCELLUS, a physician, of Bordeaux, author of some medical works, in 381. MARCELLUS I., pope after Marcellinus, died in 310. MARCELLUS II., pope after Julius III., died a few weeks after his elevation, in 1555. MARCH, Ausius, a poet, of Valentia, in the 15th century, who wrote after the manner of Petrarch. MARCHAND, Prosper, of Paris, but settled in Holland, where he wa the principal author of a "Journal Literaire," which was reckoned excellent in its kind. He composed "L'Histoire de l'Imprimerie;" gave a new edition of the Dictionary and Letters of Bayle;" and died in 1756. MARCHE, Oliver de la, a French writer, gentleman to Philip the Good. His works are "Memoirs or Chronicles" 4to, in 1610, a Treatise on Duels," &c.; he died in 1501. MARCHETTI, Alexander, a physician and poet, and professor of mathematics at Pisa, died in 1714. MARCHIN, Ferdinand count, a native of Liege, who signalized himself in the French armies on many occasions. He was sent arr bassador to Spain, by Lewis XV., and died in 1706. MARCIANUS, an obscure Thracian, raised to imperial dignity on the death of Theodosias II. He was a man of many virtues, and died in 457. MARCILIUS, Theodore, a learned German critic, who visited Paris, and was made profes sor of the Latin tongue there; he died in 1612 MARCION, a heretic of the 2d century, whose father was a bishop, and excommunicated him for incontinence. It is said, that before his death, he wished to renounce his errors. MARDONIUS, son-in-law to Darius, was at the head of the army of Xerxes, in his invasion of Greece, and was killed at the battle of Plata, 479 B. C. MARDUEL, John, a native of Lyons, who became minister of St. Roch, where his conduct as a pastor was most exemplary; he died in 1787. MARE, or MARA, William de la, a Latin poet, of noble birth, who flourished about 1510. MARE, Philibert de la, counsellor in the par liament of Dijon, and an elegant Latin writer; he died in 1687. MARE, Nicholas de la, a French magistrate, and author of a valuable treatise on Police; he died in 1723. MARECHAL, George, a native of Calais, 500 of a poor officer. He become a surgeon of gre fame, and died in 1736. ris, who studied law, and afterwards became a MARETS, Roland des, a native of Paris, and uthor of Latin philological letters, of great erit; he died in 1653 Holland, fabulously said to have given birth to 365 children. MARGARET, of York, sister of Edward IV., married Charles the Rash, duke of Burgundy, known by the opposition she made to the elevation of Henry VII., of England. MARETS, John des, a French writer, very ebauched in his youth. He afterwards became great saint and fanatic, and uttered various rophecies. He wrote dramatic pieces, which ined him applause, and died in 1676. MARETS, Samuel des, a celebrated French vine, of the Reformed church, born in 1599, ed in 1663 A chronological table of the works this celebrated divine may be found at the id of his "System of Divinity." Their numer is prodigious, and the variety of their sub-for her voluminous productions, in letters, plays, cts shows an unbounded genius. poems, philosophical discourses, and orations. She died in 1673. MARGARET, countess of Richmond and Derby, married Edward, earl of Richmond, and on his death she was married to Sir Henry Stafford, who dying, she took Thomas Stanley, ear! of Derby. She was a woman of virtue and intelligence, and died in 1509. MARGARET, sister of Edgar Atheling, fled Scotland on the invasion of William the Coneror, and married Malcolm, king of the couny. She was an amiable and benevolent priness, and died in 1093. MARGARET, duchess of Newcastle, famous MARGARITONE, an Italian painter, who invented the mode of gilding cn Armenian bole, or clay; he died in 1275. MARGON, William Plantavit de la Pause de, a French author and journalist, who was banished for his libelous publications; he died in 1760. MARGRAAF, Andrew Sigismund, a celebrated practical chymist, of Berlin, who made great improvements in the modes of analysis; MARGARET, daughter of Waldemar III., MARGARET, daughter of Raymond Beren- MARGUNIO, Massineo, a native of Candia, who printed Greck books at Venice, and afterwards became bishop of Cerigo. He wrote Greek odes, and died in 1602. MARIA THERESA, queen of Hungary and Bohemia, married Francis Stephen of Lorraine, who was crowned emperor, in 1745. Her reign began with a war, in which all the neighbouring nations were engaged, and Maria was near losing her throne. After the war had continued eight years, a peace was concluded at Aix-la Chapelle, and Maria immediately devoted her MARGARET, daughter of Robert, duke of urgundy, married Louis Hutin, king of France 11305. She was a beautiful, but sensual wo-self to repairing the ravages which her subjects an, and was strangled in 1315. had suffered during the commotion. She built hospitals, encouraged commerce and science, and did every thing which humanity and munificence could devise, to render her infirm soldiers comfortable. The king of Prussia, again declared war against her, but in this terrible struggle, she maintained her elevation, and a peace was established. After a long reign, during which she displayed, heroismi, virtue, and charity, to a degree which endeared her to her subjects, she died at Vienna, in 1780. MARGARET, daughter of Maximilian I., arried to the infant of Spain, and afterwards the duke of Savoy. She displayed her relious zeal against the Lutherans, and died 1530. MARGARET, of Anjou, daughter of Rene Anjou, king of Naples, and wife of Henry I., king of England, an ambitious, enterprisg, courageous woman. Intrepid in the field, e signalized herself by heading her troops in everal battles against the house of York; and 7 she had not been the instrument of her hus- MARIA ANTOINETTE, queen of France, and's misfortunes by putting to death the duke was the daughter of the emperor Francis I., f Gloucester, his uncle, her name would have and Maria Theresa; she was married to Lewis een immortalized for the fortitude, activity, XVI. of France, in 1770. This celebrated queen, nd policy with which she supported the rights was humane and benevolent to her subjects, f her husband and son, till the fatal defeat at but fond of magnificence and pleasure. 'ewksbury, which put an end to all her enter-was doomed in the latter part of her reign to rises; the king being taken prisoner, and prince witness the most horrid scenes of riot and murder Edward, their only son, basely murdered by among her subjects, the execution of her husEichard, duke of York. Margaret was ransom-band, and her own trial and condemnation. d by her father, and died in Anjou, in 1482. MARGARET, daughter of Francis I., of rance, married Emanuel Philibert, duke of Favoy, and died highly respected in 1574. MARGARET, of France, daughter of Henry V., disgraced herself by the levity and licenousness of her character. She was divorced 1509, and devoted the rest of her life to literay and religious exercises. MARGARET, of Valois, queen of Navarre, nd sister of Francis I., of France, born in 1452, he was celebrated as a writer both in verse nd prose. Her "Heptameron" or novels, have een often republished. She died in 1549. MARGARET, daughter of Florent, count of She She bore all these calamities with great fortitude and serenity, but such was their effect on her, that the colour of her hair changed to a silvery white. She was guillotined, being carried to the scaffold in a cart, on the 16th Oct., 1793. MARIAMNE, wife of Herod the Great, and mother of Alexander the high-priest of the Jews, slain by order of Herod, 28 B. C. MARIANA, John, a Spanish historian, borr in 1593, died in 1624. He wrote severa', bcc.; theological and historical; the most co of all his performances, is his" Hisaugustin Bruzen MARIANUS, Scotus, a Scotchary to the king of to the venerable Bede, and authce king of Spain, from Jesus Christ, to 1083. ginity professor MARIETTE, Peter John, secretary to the MARKLAND, Jeremiah, a very acute and French king, and chancellor comptroller, died learned English critic, born in 1693, died in 1776. in 1774. He wrote on pictures and engravings. MARLOE, Christopher, an English dramatic MARIGNAN, John James Medichino, mar-author, born about 1562, and bred a student at quis de, a native of Milan, who was prevailed on by Francis Sforza, duke of Milan, to murder Visconti, a Milanese nobleman; he died in 1555. MARIGNY, James Carpentier de, an ecclesiastic, more admired for his wit than the purity of his morals. He was the author of poems, and several histories; he died in 1762. MARIKOWSKY,Martin, a physician of Hungary, eminent for his writings and practice; he died in 1772. MARILLAC, Louis de, a French officer, raised by Louis XIII. to the rank of marshal of France, and afterwards found guilty of extortion and peculation, for which he was beheaded, in 1632. the university of Cambridge; but afterwards becoming a player, trod the same stage with the incomparable Shakspeare. He was accounted an excellent poet in his time, even by Ben Jon son himself; and Heywood, his fellow-actor styles him the best of poets. He was murdered in 1593, in an affray. MARLORAT, Augustin, an Augustine monk of Lorraine, who embraced the tenets of the protestants, and was an eminent theological writer, he was murdered in 1662. MARMION, Sheckerley, an English dramat writer, born in 1602, died in 1639. MARMOL, Lewis, a Spaniard, taken prism er by the Turks, at Tunis, and kept in slaven 8 years. He wrote a description of Africa. MARIN, Michael Angelo, a French novel writer, whose works tend to promote the cause MARMONTEL, John Francis, a Fren of virtue and religion; he died in 1767. novelist, admired at once for the vigour a MARINARI, Honorio, an Italian painter, pu- the delicacy of his genius, was born at Bort, pil and imitator of Carlo Dolce; he died in 1715. 1719. Seldom has wisdom been arrayed in? MARINELLA, Lucretia, an ingenious Vene- more charming dress than in his "Moral Tales tian lady, who lived in the 17th century, and" Belisarius," &c. He died in great retirement wrote a work called "A Demonstration that the Women are more noble, more political, more courageous, more knowing, more virtuous, and better Managers, than the Men." MARINI, John Ambrose, a native of Genoa, and author of two Romances, which were very popular. MARINO, John Baptist, an Italian poet, of eminence, who went to France, and was patronised by queen Margaret, and Mary de Medicis. His works are numerous; he died at Rome, in 1622. MARIO NUZZI, or MARIO DE FIORI, an eminent painter of flowers and landscapes, died at Rome, in 1673. MARION, Francis, an active and successful partisan officer of the revolution, who for his activity, bravery, and usefulness, received the thanks of congress and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general; he died in 1795. MARIOTTE, Edme, a native of Dijon, known as an able mathematician, and learned ecclesiastic; he died in 1684. but in a state bordering on want, in 1799. Thre years before his death, being nominated to the legislature, he went to the Electoral Assembly, and, thanking his fellow-citizens for this mark of respect, said to them, "You behold, friends, a body enfeebled by age; but the bear of an honest man never grows old." MARNEZIA, N. de Lezia, a member of the French convention, who reprobated the violence of their proceedings, and retired to Ameris He was the author of several good works, died in 1797. MARNIX, Philip de, a native of Bruss who warmly embraced the tenets of Luther He was afterwards consul at Antwerp, and d in 1598. MAROLLES, Michael de, born in France 1600, died in 1681. He attached himself to t translating of ancient Latin writers, was t tainly a man of great learning, and discove all his life a love for the arts. He collec about 100,000 prints, and these made one of t ornaments of the French king's cabinet. MAROT, John, a French poet of some MARIUS CAIUS, a celebrated Roman, seven times consul. By a series of exploits, he be-nence, born in Normandy, in 1463, died in came the most popular commander of Rome, but his disputes with Sylla proved fatal to the Roman people; he died 86 B. C. MARIUS, Marcus Aurelius, a common soldier, who rose to the imperial purple of Rome. He was a man of astonishing strength of body; but was slain by a soldier soon after his clevation. MARIVAUX, Peter Carlet de Chamblain de, a French author and writer of romances, born in 1688, died in 1763. The great characteristic of both his works was, to convey a useful moral under the veil of wit and sentiment. MARK, St., an evangelist, the disciple of Peter, by whose direction he is supposed to have written his Gospel for the use of the Roman Christians, in 72. MARK, pope, after Silvester I., in 1335; he died the same year. TARK ANTONY. See ANTONIUS,Marcus. ers at Fran AM, Gervase, an English poet and MARCEL, writer, who lived in the reigns thor of a "Histemes I., and Charles I. Monarchy," 4 v William, a nephew of Penn, in 1708. MAROT, Clement, son of the preceding celebrated French poet, and valet de chambre Francis I., born in 1495, died in 1544. MAROT, Francis, a French painter, the pil of la Fosse, died in 1719. MARQUARD-FREHER, a native of A burgh, counsellor of state to the elector pala and professor of civil law at Heidelberg. wrote several works, and died in 1614. MARQUET, Francis Nicholas, a native Nancy, eminent as a physician and bota He wrote an account of the plants of Lo in 10 vols., and some other curious works died in 1759. MARRACCI, Luigi, a very learned theological writer and antiquary, born in died in 1700. He was author of several p in Italian; but the grand work, which has him deservedly famous all over Europe, edition of the "Koran," in the o,ginal Ar with a Latin version, notes, and confutation his own. MARRIER, D. Martin, of Paris, made nd lieutenant governor of Penn-rious collection of ecclesiastical writers, wh MARCELLLied in 1704. he published; he died in 1644. 298 MARETS, Roland des, a native of Paris, and author of Latin philological letters, of great merit; he died in 1653 Holland, fabulously said to have given birth to 365 children. MARGARET, of York, sister of Edward IV., married Charles the Rash, duke of Burgundy, known by the opposition she made to the elevation of Henry VII., of England. MARGARET, countess of Richmond and Derby, married Edward, earl of Richmond, and on his death she was married to Sir Henry Stafford, who dying, she took Thomas Stanley, ear! of Derby. She was a woman of virtue and intelligence, and died in 1509. MARETS, John des, a French writer, very debauched in his youth. He afterwards became a great saint and fanatic, and uttered various prophecies. He wrote dramatic pieces, which gained him applause, and died in 1676. MARETS, Samuel des, a celebrated French divine, of the Reformed church, born in 1599, died in 1663 A chronological table of the works of this celebrated divine may be found at the end of his "System of Divinity." Their number is prodigious, and the variety of their sub-for her voluminous productions, in letters, plays, jects shows an unbounded genius. poems, philosophical discourses, and orations. She died in 1673. MARGARET, sister of Edgar Atheling, fled to Scotland on the invasion of William the Conqueror, and married Malcolm, king of the country. She was an amiable and benevolent princess, and died in 1093. MARGARET, duchess of Newcastle, famous MARGARITONE, an Italian painter, who invented the mode of gilding cn Armenian bole, or clay; he died in 1275. MARGON, William Plantavit de la Pause de, a French author and journalist, who was banished for his libelous publications; he died in 1760. MARGRAAF, Andrew Sigismund, a celebrated practical chymist, of Berlin, who made great improvements in the modes of analysis; MARGARET, daughter of Waldemar III., king of Denmark, born in 1353, was styled the Semiramis of the North. She succeeded her father in the throne of Denmark, her husband in that of Norway, and the crown of Sweden was given her as a recompense for delivering the Swedes from the tyranny of Albert, their king.he died in 1782. Thus possessed of the three kingdoms, she formed the grand political design of a perpetual union, which she accomplished, pro tempore only, by the famous treaty styled the union of Colmar. She died in 1412. MARGARET, daughter of Raymond Berenger, count of Provence, married St. Lewis, in 1254, and attended him in his wars to the holy land, where, on his captivity, she behaved with heroic intrepidity; she died in 1235. MARGUNIO, Massineo, a native of Candia, who printed Greck books at Venice, and afterwards became bishop of Cerigo. He wrote Greek odes, and died in 1602. MARIA THERESA, queen of Hungary and Bohemia, married Francis Stephen of Lorraine, who was crowned emperor, in 1745. Her reign began with a war, in which all the neighbouring nations were engaged, and Maria was near losing her throne. After the war had continued eight years, a peace was concluded at Aix-la Chapelle, and Maria immediately devoted her MARGARET, daughter of Robert, duke of Burgundy, married Louis Hutin, king of France In 1305 She was a beautiful, but sensual wo-self to repairing the ravages which her subjects man, and was strangled in 1315. had suffered during the commotion. She built MARGARET, daughter of Maximilian I., hospitals, encouraged commerce and science, married to the infant of Spain, and afterwards and did every thing which humanity and munito the duke of Savoy. She displayed her reli- ficence could devise, to render her infirm soldiers gious zeal against the Lutherans, and died 1530.comfortable. The king of Prussia, again deMARGARET, of Anjou, daughter of Rene clared war against her, but in this terrible 'Anjou, king of Naples, and wife of Henry struggle, she maintained her elevation, and a VI., king of England, an ambitious, enterpris-peace was established. After a long reign, ng, courageous woman. Intrepid in the field, during which she displayed, heroismi, virtue, she signalized herself by heading her troops in and charity, to a degree which endeared her to several battles against the house of York; and her subjects, she died at Vienna, in 1780. if she had not been the instrument of her hus- MARIA ANTOINETTE, queen of France, band's misfortunes by putting to death the duke was the daughter of the emperor Francis I., of Gloucester, his uncle, her name would have and Maria Theresa; she was married to Lewis been immortalized for the fortitude, activity, XVI. of France, in 1770. This celebrated queen, and policy with which she supported the rights was humane and benevolent to her subjects, of her husband and son, till the fatal defeat at but fond of magnificence and pleasure. Tewksbury, which put an end to all her enter- was doomed in the latter part of her reign to wrises; the king being taken prisoner, and prince witness the most horrid scenes of riot and murder Edward, their only son, basely murdered by among her subjects, the execution of her husRichard, duke of York. Margaret was ransom-band, and her own trial and condemnation. ed by her father, and died in Anjou, in 1482. She bore all these calamities with great fortiMARGARET, daughter of Francis I., of France, married Emanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, and died highly respected in 1574. MARGARET, of France, daughter of Henry V., disgraced herself by the levity and licenJousness of her character. She was divorced 1509, and devoted the rest of her life to literay and religious excrcises. MARGARET, of Valois, queen of Navarre, ad sister of Francis I., of France, born in 1452, he was celebrated as a writer both in verse and prose. Her" Heptameron" or novels, have een often republished. She died in 1549. MARGARET, daughter of Florent, count of She tude and serenity, but such was their effect on her, that the colour of her hair changed to a silvery white. She was guillotined, being carried to the scaffold in a cart, on the 16th Oct., 1793. MARIAMNE, wife of Herod the Great, and mother of Alexander the high-priest of the Jews, slain by order of Herod, 28 B. C. MARIANA, John, a Spanish historian, borr in 1593, died in 1624. He wrote severa'c.; theological and historical; the most com of all his performances, is his" Hisugustin Bruzen MARIANUS, Scotus, a Scotchary to the king of to the venerable Bede, and authee king of Spain, from Jesus Christ, to 1083. 2ginity professor |
