Encyclopedia article on this king of Aragon and southern Italy offers a list of his principal achievements and links to related entries.

Encyclopedia article on Lithuanian president Algirdas Brazauskas offers a history of his political career and links to related events.

Discover the man behind the legend, and learn of the operatic incarnations.

Read a brief history of the ascension of Ferdinand to the throne of Aragon. Explains his role in ending the Great Schism in the church.

Biography of Castilian King Ferdinand I offers a history of his military and political intrigues and describes his battles against the Moors.

King of Aragon from 1213 to 1276 captured the Balearic Islands and claimed control over the Moorish city and kingdom of Valencia.

King of Castile and Leon from 1379 to 1390 made a series of attacks on Portugal during his rule. Find a brief bio.

Concise article enumerates the battles, revolts, and family feuds engaged in by this king of Aragon, 1458-1479, and Navarre, 1425-1479.

Brief encyclopedia article describes intrigue in the court of this king of Castile and Leon from 1406 to 1454.

Furnishes facts about the king of the principality of Monaco famed for his marriage to the late film actress Grace Kelly.

Former Moldavan president is spotlighted with a biography, a photograph and links to related material.

Briefly discusses this mathematician born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1906. Read about how she taught in Vienna, Oxford and California.

Features a biography of this Latvian president, who began his term after the collapse of communism.