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Alexios I Komnenos
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Alexios I Komnenos

Alexios I Komnenos (Alexius Comnenus) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1118 CE. Regarded as one of the great Byzantine rulers, Alexios defeated the Normans, the Pechenegs, and, with the help of the First Crusaders...
Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch
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Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch

A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Joseph Dassy of Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch, 1097-8 CE during the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE).
Robert Du Guesclin
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Robert Du Guesclin

A statue of Robert du Guesclin (c.1320-1380 CE), a French knight and national hero also known as the ‘Eagle of Brittany’. (Sculptor: Emmanuel Fremiet. Dinan, France)
Robert Owen by Brooke
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Robert Owen by Brooke

An 1834 oil on canvas portrait by William Henry Brooke (1772-1860) of the industrialist Robert Owen (1771-1858) who rose from the position of a lowly apprentice to become a great mill owner during the Industrial Revolution...
Philip VI Presiding Over the Lawsuit of Robert of Artois
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Philip VI Presiding Over the Lawsuit of Robert of Artois

A 14th century CE manuscript illustration showing Philip VI of France (r. 1328-1350 CE) presiding over the lawsuit of Robert III of Artois. (MS fr: 18437, National Library of France, Paris)
Robert Y. Hayne
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Robert Y. Hayne

Robert Y. Hayne (1791-1839), senator from South Carolina and proponent of nullification, engraving by William G. Jackman. New York Public Library.
Robert Ross
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Robert Ross

British Major General Robert Ross (1766-1814), who served in the Napoleonic Wars and in the War of 1812 and was killed during the Battle of Baltimore. Oil portrait by an unknown artist. Private collection.
Sir Robert Pigot
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Sir Robert Pigot

Sir Robert Pigot, a British military officer who led troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill and at the Battle of Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Portrait by Francis Cotes, c. 1765.
Curses & Fines on Epitaphs
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Curses & Fines on Epitaphs

The concept of a curse laid on a tomb or gravesite is best known from ancient Egypt but the practice was quite common in other civilizations of antiquity. The tomb or grave was the eternal home of the physical remains...
Anne-Robert Jacques Turgot
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Anne-Robert Jacques Turgot

Portrait of Turgot (1727-1781), oil on canvas painting attributed to Antoine Graincourt, 1782. Palace of Versailles.
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