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Margaret. 1353-1412. Queen of Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Formed Kalmar Union 1397.
Margaret. Maid of Norway. 1283-90. Queen of Scotland 1286-. Betrothed to son of Edward I. Death led to England claiming Scotland, Civil War 1290-1314. Robert the Bruce.
Margaret of Anjou. 1430-82. Q consort to Henry VI. Led Lancastrians in War of Roses.
Margaret of France. 1553-1615. Marriage to Henry IV anulled due to promiscuity. Mémoires.
Marggraf, Andreas. 1709-82. German. Sugar in beets, 1747.
María Cristina II. 1858-1929. Spanish queen consort. As regent, 1885-1902, lost Spanish American War.
Maria Luisa. 1751-1819. Spanish queen to Charles IV. With lover Godoy, ruined Spain’s finances.
Maria Theresa. 1717-80. Hapsburg Empress of Austria-Hungary 1740-. War of Austrian Succession.
Marie Antoinette. 1755-93. Daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa, Queen Consort to Louis XVI. Guillotined for seeking US aid vs French Revolution. -“Let them eat cake”.
Marie de Medici. 1573-1642. Queen consort to Henry IV, mother of Louis XIII. Regent 1610-14. Built Luxembourg Palace. Opposed Richelieu. Banished 1630. Died penniless.
Marie Louise. 1791-1847. Daughter of Francis II. Married Napoleon...Empress of France 1810-15.
Marie Thérèse. 1638-83. Queen Consort to Louis XIV. Daughter of Philip IV. Unpaid dowry caused War of Devolution.
Marignano, Battle. 1515. French defeat Swiss mercenaries, conquer Milan.
Mariotte, Edme. 1620-84. French physicist. Law of compressibility of gases 1676, =Boyle’s Law.
Mark, St. Apostle. 2nd Gospel author.
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of. 1650-1722. English general vs Louis XIV in War of Spanish Succession. Blenheim. Malplaquet. Ramillies.
Marlborough Statute. Westminster, Provisions of.
Marlowe, Christopher. 1564-93. English dramatist: Tamerlane 1586. Dr. Faustus 1588-92. Edward II. May have written some of Shakespeare.
Marmont, Auguste. 1774-1852. French Marshal. Surrendered Paris 1814 causing Napoleon to abdicate.
Marne, Battle. 1914. Paris defence vs Germans. Joffre. 1918 Allied victory is turning point in WWI. Foch.
Maronite. Syrian Roman Catholic Church. 7C Settled Lebanon. 1182- Under Vatican. 1860 Druze massacre Maronites. 1920 Lebanon. Phalangists.
Marquess. (Marquis). Second rank of British peerage.
Married Women’s Property Act. 1882. UK. Abolished women’s property passing automatically to husband on marriage.
Marryat, Frederick. 1792-1848. English adventure writer of energetic seafaring stories. Midshipman Easy 1836.
Mars. Roman god of war. = Greek Ares.