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(“the Great”; Jalal-ud-Din Mohammed ) 1542–1605, Mogul emperor of India 1556–1605. |
[baz-uhl, bas-, bey-zuhl, -suhl] | 1. | Saint. Also, Basilius. (“the Great”), a.d. 329?–379, bishop of Caesarea in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Gregory of Nyssa). |
| 2. | a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “royal.” |
[kon-stuhn-teen, -tahyn] | 1. | (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus; “the Great”) a.d. 288?–337, Roman emperor 324–337: named Constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned Christian worship. |
| 2. | 1868–1923, king of Greece 1913–17, 1920–22. |
[kon-stuhn-tin-ee-uhn] , adjective [sahy-ruhs] | 1. | (“the Elder” or “the Great”) c600–529 b.c., king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire. |
| 2. | (“the Younger”) 424?–401 b.c., Persian prince and satrap: leader of the armed conspiracy against his brother King Artaxerxes II. |
| 3. | a male given name: from an Old Persian word meaning “throne.” |
[duh-rahy-uhs] | (Darius Hystaspes; “the Great”) 558?–486? b.c., king of Persia 521–486. |
| (“the Great”), a.d. c190–265, patriarch of Alexandria 247?–265?. |
[her-uhd] | (“the Great”) 73?–4 b.c., king of Judea 37–4. |
| 1. | Saint, died a.d. 526, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 523–526. |
| 2. | (“the Great”) 1357–1433, king of Portugal 1385–1433. |
[kah-mey-hah-mey-hah, kuh-mey-uh-mey-uh] | (“the Great”) 1737?–1819, king of the Hawaiian Islands 1810–19. |
| (“the Great”; “the Sun King”) 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII). |
[med-i-chee; It. me-dee-chee] | 1. | Catherine de'. Catherine de Médicis. |
| 2. | Cos⋅mo or Co⋅si⋅mo de' [kawz-maw or -kaw-zee-maw de] , (“the Elder”), 1389–1464, Italian banker, statesman, and patron of art and literature. |
| 3. | Cosmo or Cosimo de' (“the Great”), 1519–74, duke of Florence and first grand duke of Tuscany. |
| 4. | Gio⋅van⋅ni de' [jaw-vahn-nee de] . Leo X. |
| 5. | Giu⋅lio de' [joo-lyaw de] . Clement VII. |
| 6. | Lo⋅ren⋅zo de' [law-ren-tsaw de] , (“Lorenzo the Magnificent”), 1449–92, poet and patron of the arts and literature: ruler of Florence 1478–92 (father of Leo X). |
| 7. | Ma⋅ri⋅a de' [muh-ree-uh duh; It. mah-ree-ah de] . Marie de Médicis. |
[med-i-see-uhn, ‑chee-uhn] , adjective [mith-ri-dey-teez] | (“the Great”) 132?–63 b.c., king of Pontus 120–63. |
[yoo-puh-tawr] .| (“the Great”) a.d. 912–973, king of the Germans 936–973; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 962–973. |
| 1. | (“the Great”), 1672–1725, czar of Russia 1682–1725. |
| 2. | (Peter Karageorgevich), 1844–1921, king of Serbia 1903–21. |
[pom-pee] | (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; “the Great”) 106–48 b.c., Roman general and statesman: a member of the first triumvirate. |
[thee-uh-doh-shee-uhs, -shuhs] | (“the Great”) a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395. |
[vahl-duh-mahr] | (“the Great”) 1131–82, king of Denmark 1157–82. |
A family of skilled politicians and patrons of the arts who lived in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance. (See Lorenzo de Medici.)
Note: The family produced two queens of France: Catherine, in the sixteenth century, and Marie, in the seventeenth.
A king of France in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Louis was known as the Sun King for his power and splendor. By inviting French nobles to live in luxury at his palace at Versailles, he removed them as threats and greatly increased his own power. He is known for saying, “L'état, c'est moi” (“I am the state”).