People

1602–1661

Cardinal Mazarin was chief minister of France during the minority of Louis XIV and a central political figure in seventeenth-century Europe. He continued Richelieu’s policies, managed […]

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1780–1831

Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian officer and military thinker whose career spanned the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Opposed to Prussia’s forced alliance with […]

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1683–1737

Caroline of Ansbach was queen consort of Great Britain as the wife of George II. Intelligent and politically engaged, she acted as regent during the king’s […]

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1631–1687

Catharina Bolnes was the wife of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the daughter of Maria Thins. She lived with Vermeer in Delft, bore a large […]

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1762–1831

Catherine Blake was the wife and close working partner of the poet and artist William Blake. She assisted with printing, colouring and selling his illuminated books, […]

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1729-1796

Catherine the Great was the empress who ruled Russia after the overthrow of Peter III. She expanded Russian territory through wars against the Ottoman Empire and […]

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1761–1848

Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was a French naval officer who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is particularly associated with operations in the Indian […]

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1767–1850

Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, held several government offices and became a close associate of […]

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1836–1929

Charles Goodnight was a Texas Ranger, cattleman and rancher who helped open the Goodnight–Loving Trail after the American Civil War. He developed large ranching operations, co-founded […]

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1536–1624

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, was an English admiral and courtier under Elizabeth I and James I. As Lord Admiral he played a leading role […]

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