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  2. Mary II - Wikipedia

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    Mary, born at St James's Palace in London on 30 April 1662, was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York (the future King James II & VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary's uncle was Charles II , who ruled the three kingdoms of England , Scotland and Ireland ; her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon , served for a ...

  3. List of places in the United States named after royalty

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    College of William & Mary - King William III of England and Queen Mary II of England. Georgetown University - Likely named after King George II of Great Britain. John Paul the Great Catholic University - Pope John Paul II, Sovereign of the Vatican City State; Saint Louis University - King Louis IX of France.

  4. Maryville University - Wikipedia

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    Maryville University of St. Louis is a private university in Town and Country, Missouri, United States. [3] It was founded on April 6, 1872, by the Society of the Sacred Heart and offers more than 90 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

  5. Desloge family - Wikipedia

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    Desloge II was also involved with the development of the Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad (aka the Iron Mountain Railroad) from St. Louis, Missouri, to Texarkana, Arkansas. The St. Joseph Lead Company built a 13.5-mile narrow gauge railroad from the mines to a junction with the Iron Mountain Railroad at Summit in Washington County. [15] St.

  6. Hortense Mancini - Wikipedia

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    Following the death of Charles II, Hortense was well-provided for by James II, possibly because of her kinship with James's wife, the new queen, Mary of Modena. Even when James fled England and William III and Mary II came to power, she remained in place, albeit with a much-reduced pension. [3] During this time she presided over a salon of ...

  7. Lucy A. Delaney - Wikipedia

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    One day, Mary complained that Polly put on "white airs" and threatened to sell and subsequently did sell Polly at a slave auction in St. Louis for $550 (equivalent to $15,737 in 2023) [17] [24] to Joseph Magehan, a carpenter and lumberman from St. Louis.

  8. Cornelia Connelly - Wikipedia

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    Cornelia was sent to a large convent at St. Mary's Church in Derby. Soon she was running a day school for 200 pupils, an evening school for factory women, and a crowded Sunday school program, as well as training novices to her "Society of the Holy Child Jesus." The institute, whose constitution is based on that of the Jesuits, remains devoted ...

  9. English Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The English Revolution is a term that has been used to describe two separate events in English history.Prior to the 20th century, it was generally applied to the 1688 Glorious Revolution, when James II was deposed and a constitutional monarchy established under William III and Mary II.