NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Louis

Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, generally known as Louis de Broglie (August 15, 1892 â€“ March 19, 1987), was a French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. ... Louis (Ludovico or Lodovico in Italian, b. ... Louis the Great. ... Louis II, (825 â€“ 875), Holy Roman Emperor (sole ruler 855 â€“ 875), eldest son of the emperor Lothair I, became the designated king of Italy in 839, and taking up his residence in that country was crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II on June 15, 844. ... Louis II of Monaco (July 12, 1870 â€“ May 9, 1949) was the Sovereign Prince of Monaco from June 26, 1922 until May 9, 1949. ... Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de CondÃ© Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de CondÃ© (September 8, 1621 â€“ November 11, 1686) was the most celebrated representative of Princes de CondÃ© and one of the most brilliant generals of the 17th century. ... Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia. ... Louis III (c. ... Emperor Louis IV Louis IV of Bavaria (also known as Ludwig the Bavarian) of the House of Wittelsbach (born 1282; died October 11, 1347) was duke of Bavaria from 1294/1301 together with his brother Rudolf I, also count of the Palatinate until 1329 and, German king since 1314 and... Louis IV dOutremer: King of France 936 to 954, member of the Carolingian dynasty. ... Louis V (c. ... Louis VI the Fat (French: Louis VI le Gros) (December 1, 1081 â€“ August 1, 1137) was King of France from 1108 to 1137. ... Louis VI the Roman (German: ; May 7, 1328 â€“ May 17, 1365) was the first son of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. ... Louis VII the Younger (French: Louis VII le Jeune) (1120 â€“ September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180. ... Louis VIII the Lion (5 September 1187 â€“ 8 November 1226) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226. ... Louis IX (25 April 1215 â€“ 25 August 1270), commonly Saint Louis, was King of France from 1226 to his death. ... Louis X of France Louis X the Quarreller, also called the Headstrong or the Stubborn, (French: Louis X le Hutin, Spanish: Luis el Obstinado) (October 4, 1289 â€“ June 5, 1316), King of France from 1314 to 1316, was a member of the Capetian Dynasty. ... Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 â€“ August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), or the Spider King, was King of France (1461â€“1483). ... Louis XII (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... â€œSun Kingâ€ redirects here. ... Louis XV of France (February 15, 1710 â€“ May 10, 1774), the Beloved (French: le Bien-AimÃ©), was King of France from 1715 until his death. ... Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste de France (23 August 1754 â€“ 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ... Louis XVII of France (March 27, 1785 â€“ June 8, 1795), from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of Viennois; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the son of King Louis... Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824) was King of France and Navarre from 1814 (although he declared that he considered his reign to have begun in 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleons return in the Hundred Days. ... King Louis of Spain - Luis in Spanish (August 25, 1707 â€“ August 31, 1724) was the eldest son of Philip V of Spain by his first Queen consort Maria Louisa of Savoy. ... Members of the Rohan family had filled the office of archbishop of Strasbourg from 1704. ... The last true Carolingian ruler of East Francia, Louis the Child (893â€“20 or 24 September 911) was the only legitimate son of the Emperor Arnulf and his wife, Ota, a member of the Conradine Dynasty. ... Louis the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian or German Ludwig der Deutsche) (804 â€“ August 28, 876), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, was the king of Bavaria from 817, when his father partitioned the empire... Louis the Pious, contemporary depiction from 826 as a miles Christi (soldier of Christ), with a poem of Rabanus Maurus overlaid. ... Louis the Stammerer (November 1, 846 â€“ April 10, 879), also known as Louis II and Louis le Begue, was the son of Charles II and Ermentrude of OrlÃ©ans. ... Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse (14 June 1753, Prenzlau â€“ 6 April 1830, Darmstadt) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (as Louis X) and later the first Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. ... Louis II (26 December 1777, Darmstadt â€“ 16 June 1848, Darmstadt) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1830 until his death. ... Louis III (9 June 1806, Darmstadt - 13 June 1877, Seeheim) was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death. ... Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine Louis IV (Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Karl) (12 September 1837 - 13 March 1892), was the fourth Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 13 June 1877 until his death. ... NapolÃ©on III, born Charles Louis NapolÃ©on Bonaparte (20 April 1808 â€“ 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Republic from 1848 to 1851, then from 2 December 1851 to 2 December 1852 the ruler of a dictatorial government, then Emperor of the French under the name...

Music

Louis (ë£¨ì´ìŠ¤, born December 12, 1978) is Korean pop singer, popular for being original artist of song Chinese Restaurant (ì¤‘í™”ë°˜ì ), covered by Chin2. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 â€“ February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American blues, jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ... The band Louis XIV Louis XIV is a quartet Indie rock group from San Diego, California, formed in April 2003. ... Louis Walsh Louis Walsh (born Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland, August 5, 1952) is a manager in the music industry, and a former judge on the ITV1 show The X Factor, which made him famous as a television personality rather than a manager. ...

Science

Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 â€“ September 28, 1895) was a French chemist best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in microbiology. ... Louis Wirth was born in Germany, but studied in the United States and became a leading figure in Chicago School sociology. ...

Sport

Louis Jani (born December 6, 1957 in MontrÃ©al, Quebec) is a retired judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. ... Aloysius Paulus Maria (Louis) van Gaal (born August 8, 1951 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager currently in charge of AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie. ...

Art

Louis Wain at his drawing table in the 1890s Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. ...

Economy

The Louis is any number of French coins first introduced by Louis XIII in 1640. ... Louis Richard Rukeyser (born January 30, 1933) is a U.S. business columnist, economic commentator, and newscaster. ...

Business

Literature

Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire. ... Louis Sachar (pronounced Sacker) (IPA: ), born March 20, 1954, is an American author of childrens books. ... Pierre Louys (1870 - 1925) was a French author, writer and poet. ... The Trumpet of the Swan is a childrens novel by E.B. White published in 1970. ...

Other

Louis /LOO-ee/ is the French form of the German name Ludwig. ... Louis dressing is a salad dressing based on mayonnaise, to which has been added red chili sauce, minced green onion, and minced green chilis. ... Louis Riel (October 22, 1844 â€“ November 16, 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the MÃ©tis people of the Canadian prairies. ... Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 â€“ January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille[1], a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. ... Louis Jolliet, also known Louis Joliet (baptised September 21, 1645 â€“ 1700), was a Canadian explorer born in Quebec who is important for his discoveries in North America. ... Louis vuitton was a great man he was born on fh 12 3845. ... Jean Louis (born Jean Louis Berthauldt, October 5, 1907, Paris, France - April 20, 1997, Palm Springs, California, USA) was a U.S. costume designer and multiple Academy Award nominee in Costume Design. ... Morris Louis (Morris Louis Bernstein) (1912 - 1962) was one of the talented U.S. abstract expressionist painters to emerge in the fifties. ... Louis Quinze is a term used to describe the style of architecture, interior decoration, and furniture which characterized the period of Louis XV of France, marked by the culmination of the rococo as expressed in flowing lines, rounded forms, and gracefully shell, flower, and other ornaments. ... The Sideways Stories From Wayside School series is a popular series of childrens books by Louis Sachar. ...

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