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Clotaire II. 584-629. Merovingian king of Neustria. Reunited Frankish Empire 613, but ceded power to nobles.
Clotho. Youngest Fate. Spinner of thread of life.
Clotilda, St. c475-545. Converted her husband, Clovis.
Conway Cabal. 1777 plot to replace Washington with Gates at head of Continental Army.
Corday, Charlotte. 1768-93. Killed Marat July 13, 1793.
Council of Ten. c1310-1797. Powerful Venetian tribunal. Investigated aristocratic plots vs government.
Couthon, Georges. 1755-94. French aide to Robespierre. Guillotined.
Despard, Edward. 1751-1803. 1802 Plot to assassinate George III.
Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.
Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.
DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.
Elaine. Dies of love for Lancelot in Arthurian legend.
Éloi, St. c588-660. Treasurer to Clotaire II and Dagobert. Goldsmith.
Emancipation Edict. 1861. Freed Russian serfs. Gave land allotment, paid by loans.
Enghien, Duc d’. Prince of Condé. 1772-1804. Executed for alleged plot against Napoleon.
Fawkes, Guy. 1570-1606. Gunpowder Plot perpetrator.
Field of Cloth of Gold. 1520. Kings of France and England meet near Calais to propose alliances.
Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.
Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine. 1746-1795. Public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal during Terror. Guillotined.
Francis I. 1494-1547. French king 1515-. Vs Charles V. Prosecuted Protestants. Began exploration, colonization. Field of Cloth of Gold.
Franciscans. 1209. Religious order founded by St. Francis of Assisi. Missionary and educational work. Includes Capuchins, Conventuals, Observants, Zealots.
Galahad. Chaste Arthurian knight. Lancelot’s son. Holy Grail.
Gladstone, William. 1809-98. English Liberal reform Prime Minister 1868~94. Secret ballot. Public Education. Irish land reforms.
Guillotin, Joseph. 1738-1814. Recommended guillotine 1792. Earlier used in Scotland, England.
Guinevere. Wife of King Arthur, in love with Sir Lancelot.