Bible Encyclopedias

Antraigues, Count D'
one of the firebrands of the french revolution; "rose into furor almost pythic; highest where many were high," but veered round to royalism, which he at length intrigued on behalf of—to death by the stiletto (1765-1812).

An`drassy, Count
a hungarian statesman, was exiled from 1848 to 1851, became prime minister in 1867, played a prominent part in diplomatic affairs on the continent to the advantage of austria (1823-1890).

Apraxen, Count
a celebrated naval commander under peter the great and his right-hand man in many enterprises (1671-1728).

Aranda, Count of
an eminent spanish statesman, banished the jesuits, suppressed brigandage, and curtailed the power of the inquisition, was prime minister of charles iv., and was succeeded by godoy (1719-1798).

Arnim, Count
ambassador of germany, first at rome and then at paris; accused in the latter capacity of purloining state documents, and sentenced to imprisonment; died in exile at nice (1824-1881).

Asquini, Count
a rural economist who did much to promote silk culture in italy (1726-1818).

Au`ersperg, Count von
an austrian lyrical and satirical poet, of liberal politics, and a pronounced enemy of the absolutist party headed by metternich (1806-1876).

Aymon, the Count of Dordogne
the father of four sons, renaud, guiscard, alard, and richard, renowned in the legends of chivalry, and particularly as paladins of charlemagne.

Batthya`ni, Count
an hungarian patriot, who fought hard to see his country reinstated in its ancient administrative independence, but failed in his efforts; was arrested, tried for high treason by court-martial, and sentenced to be shot, to the horror, at the time, of the civilised world (1809-1849).

Belleisle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Count of
Marshal of France; distinguished in the war of the Spanish Succession; an ambitious man, mainly to blame for the Austrian Succession war; had grand schemes

Benedetti, Count Vincent
french diplomatist, born at bastia, in corsica; is remembered for his draft of a treaty between france and prussia, published in 1870, and for his repudiation of all responsibility for the franco-german war; b . 1817.

Benyow`sky, Count
a hungarian, fought with the poles against russia; taken prisoner; was exiled to kamchatka; escaped with the governor's daughter; came to france; sent out to madagascar; was elected king by the natives over them; fell in battle against the french (1741-1786).

Ben`ningsen, Count
a russian general, born at brunswick; entered the russian service under catherine ii.; was commander-in-chief at eylau, fought at borodino, and victoriously at leipzig; he died at hanover, whither he had retired on failure of his health (1745-1826).

Bernstorff, Count
a celebrated statesman, diplomatist, and philanthropist of denmark; called the danish oracle by frederick the great; founded an agricultural society and an hospital at copenhagen, and obtained the emancipation of the serfs (1711-1772).

Bernstorff, Count (2)
a nephew of the preceding; also statesman and diplomatist (1712-1772).

Berthollet, Count
A famous chemist, native of Savoy, to whom we owe the discovery of the bleaching properties of chlorine, the employment of carbon in purifying water,

Beust, Count von
a german statesman, born at dresden; minister for foreign affairs in saxony; of strong conservative leanings, friendly to austria; became chancellor of the austro-hungarian empire; adopted a liberal policy; sympathised with france in the franco-german war; resigned office in 1871; left "memoirs" (1809-1886).

Boigne, Count de
a french soldier of fortune, born at chambéry; served under france, russia, east india company, and the prince of the mahrattas, to whom he rendered signal service; amassed wealth, which he dealt out generously and for the benefit of his country (1751-1830).

Boissy D'anglas, Count
A member and president of the Convention in Paris, noted for his firmness and coolness during the frenzy of the Revolution: one day the Parisian mob

Borghesi, Count
an italian savant skilled in numismatics (1781-1860).

Borowlaski, Count
a polish dwarf, of perfect symmetry, though only three feet in height; attained the age of 98.

Brühl, Heinrich, Count von
minister of augustus iii., king of poland, an unprincipled man, who encouraged his master, and indulged himself, in silly foppery and wasteful extravagance, so that when the seven years' war broke out he and his master had to flee from dresden and seek refuge in warsaw (1700-1763).

Brunnow, Count von
a russian diplomatist, born at dresden; represented russia in several conferences, and was twice ambassador at the english court (1797-1875).

Cagliostro, Count Alessandro Di
Assumed name of an arch-impostor, his real name being Giuseppe Balsamo, born in Palermo, of poor parents; early acquired a smattering of chemistry and

Capo D'istria, Count of
born in corfu; entered the russian diplomatic service; played a prominent part in the insurrection of the greeks against turkey; made president of the greek republic; assassinated at nauplia from distrust of his fidelity (1776-1831).

Caprivi, Count
born in berlin, entered the army in 1849; held chief posts in the austrian and franco-german wars; in 1890 succeeded bismarck as imperial chancellor; resigned in 1894 (1831-1899).

Castiglione, Count
an accomplished italian, born in mantua; author of "ii cortegiano," a manual for courtiers, called by the italians in admiration of it "the golden book"; had spent much of his time in courts in england and spain, as well as rome, and was a courtly man (1478-1529).

Cavour, Count Camillo Benso de
One of the greatest of modern statesmen, born the younger son of a Piedmontese family at Turin; entered the army, but was precluded from a military career

Caylus, Count
a distinguished archæologist, born in paris; author of a "collection of antiquities of egypt, etruria," &c., with excellent engravings (1692-1765).

Chalais, Count de
a favourite of louis xiii., accused of conspiracy against richelieu, arrested at nantes, and beheaded (1599-1626).

Cicognara, Count
an italian writer, born at ferrara; author of a "history of sculpture" (1767-1834).

Custine, Count de
a french general, born at metz; seized and occupied mayence, 1792; was forced out of it by the prussians and obliged to retreat; was called to account and sent to the guillotine; "unsuccessfulness," his crime; "had fought in america; was a proud, brave man, and his fortune led him hither " (1746-1793)

D'orsay, Count
A man of fashion, born in Paris; entered the French army; forsook it for the society of Lord and Lady Blessington; married Lady B.'s daughter by a former

Diebitsch, Count
a russian general, born in silesia; commander-in-chief in 1829 of the russian army against turkey, over the forces of which he gained a victory in the balkans; commissioned to suppress a polish insurrection, he was baffled in his efforts, and fell a victim to cholera in 1831.

Egmont, Lamoral, Count of
Born in Hainault; became attached to the Court of Charles V., by whom, for distinguished military and diplomatic services, he was appointed governor

Estrades, Count D'
a french diplomatist (1579-1680).

Fathom, Count Ferdinand
a villain in the novel of smollett so named.

Fieschi, Count
a genoese of illustrious family who conspired against andrea doria, but whose plot was frustrated on the eve of its fulfilment by his falling into the sea and being drowned as he stept full-armed from one of his ships into another (1523-1547).

Fuentes, Count
a spanish general and statesman, eminent both in war and diplomacy; commanded the spanish infantry at the siege of rocroi when he was eighty-two, borne on a litter in the midst of the fight, and perished by the sword, the great condé having attacked the besiegers (1560-1643).

Gozzi, Count Carlo
Italian dramatist, born at Venice; was 39 when his first dramatic piece, "Three Oranges," brought him prominently before the public; he followed up this

Lavalette, Count de
french general, born at paris; condemned to death after the restoration as an accomplice of napoleon, he was saved from death by the devotion of his wife, who was found in the prison instead of him on the morning appointed for his execution (1769-1830).

Libri-Carrucci, Count
italian mathematician; professor at pisa, but obliged to resign for his liberal opinions and take refuge in france, where he was made professor at the sorbonne, was a kleptomaniac in the matter of books (1803-1869).

Maistre, Count, Joseph de
A keen and extreme Ultramontanist, born at Chambéry, of a noble French family; accompanied the king of Sardinia in his retreat while the French

Manfred, Count
hero of a poem of byron's; sold himself to the prince of darkness; lived in solitude on the alps, estranged from all sympathy with others, and was carried off in the end by the master whom he had served.

Moltke, Count von
Surnamed the Silent, great German field marshal, born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, of an old family; was pre-eminent as a military strategist, planned and

Muravieff, Count
russian statesman, born of a distinguished family; entered the diplomatic service in connection with the russian embassies at berlin, stockholm, the hague, and paris, and became minister to denmark in 1893; in 1897 he was appointed minister for foreign affairs in succession to lobanoff; b . 1845.

Nesselrode, Count von
Celebrated Russian diplomatist, born at Lisbon, where his father was Russian ambassador; represented Russia at a succession of congresses, played a prominent

Okuma, Count
A Japanese, rose into office from the part he took in the Japanese Revolution of 1868, held in succession but resigned the offices of Minister of Finance

Olivarez, Count D'
a spanish statesman, born at rome, where his father was ambassador; was the confidant and minister of philip iv., and the political adversary of richelieu; was one of the ablest statesmen spain ever had, but was unfortunate in his conduct of foreign affairs (1587-1645).