* Lord Berowne – attending on the King ( also spelt Biron )

At Anna's coronation ( May 19, 1730 ), he became grand chamberlain, a count of the Empire, on which occasion he is said to have adopted the arms of the French ducal house of Biron, and was presented with an estate at Wenden with 50, 000 crowns a year.

* Armand de Gontaut, Baron de Biron ( 1524 – 1592 ), Marshal of France in 1577

* Charles de Gontaut, Duc de Biron ( 1562 – 1602 ), Marshal of France in 1594.

* Charles de Gontaut, Duke of Biron ( 1663 – 1756 ), Marshal of France in 1734

* Louis Antoine de Gontaut, ( 1701 – 1788 ), Count ( afterwards Duke ) of Biron, Marshal of France in 1757

A few days after this proclamation the empress died ( 28 October 1740 ), leaving directions regarding the succession, and appointing her favourite Ernest Biron, Duke of Courland, as regent.

Besides the books which have been already mentioned he wrote: Organization in Daily Life, an Essay ( 1862 ), Casimir Maremma ( 1870 ), Brevia, Short Essays and Aphorisms ( 1871 ), Thoughts upon Government ( 1872 ), Life and Labors of Mr Thomas Brassey ( 1872 ), Iras de Biron ( 1874 ), Social Pressure ( 1875 ).

* Peter von Biron ( 1724 – 1800 ), duke of Żagań from 1786 to 1800

As there are no jersey number restrictions in ice hockey, a goaltender could theoretically wear any number from 00 to 99 ( or 1 to 98 in the NHL, since 99 is retired in honour of Wayne Gretzky throughout the league and 00 notably of Martin Biron has since been banned ), however there have been traditional goalie numbers.

* Mathieu Biron ( born 1980 ), Canadian hockey defenceman

Born in Paris, he bore the title of Duc de Lauzun, which had passed, on the death of Antoine Nompar de Caumont, duc de Lauzun ( 1633 – 1723 ), to his niece, the wife of Charles Armand de Gontaut, duc de Biron ( 1663 – 1756 ).

During her reign, Anna relied heavily on Ernst Johann von Biron ( her longtime adviser and lover ), making many refer to her reign as “ Bironovshchina ” ( Biron ’ s repressive regime ) Together, they repealed Peter I ’ s legislature which prohibited nobles dividing up their estates amongst their sons while similarly reducing the nobility ’ s state service requirements Many associate her reign as a time of foreign domination, particularly German, in the court However, this mainly stems from the fact that a few Germans had high ranking positions During her reign, Anna remained involved in external conflicts.

His son, Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron ( 1562-1602 ), also became Marshal of France in 1594.

Over eighty former players and coaches have gone on to play or coach in the National Hockey League ( NHL ), including Martin Biron, Ales Hemsky, Luc Robitaille, Jeremy Roenick, Michael Ryder, Maxime Talbot, José Théodore, Colin White, Claude Giroux, David Krejčí, Jack Adams-winning head coaches Alain Vigneault and Pat Burns, and 2011 Stanley Cup-winning coach Claude Julien.

* Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron ( 1524 – 1592 ), a celebrated French soldier

* Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron ( 1562 – 1602 ), a French marshal, son of Armand de Biron

* Armand Louis de Gontaut ( 1747 – 1793 ), known as Biron, soldier and politician

* Ernst Johann von Biron, ( 1690 – 1769 ), Russian regent 1740, sovereign Duke of Courland ( 1737 – 40, 1763 – 72 )

Simon seems to have shown great personal valour and daring as well as being particularly brutal with those close to him who betrayed him-as for example, Martin Algae, lord of Biron.

It resisted Henry of Navarre in 1592, and Marshal Biron fell in the attack which preceded its eventual capture.

As a page of Queen Marguerite de Navarre, Biron attracted the notice of the marshal de Brissac, with whom he saw active service in Italy.

Anticipating a lifetime of regret, Shakespeare's character Biron says: " Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes.

In 1965, BBC screened a live performance of Val May's production of Love's Labour's Lost at the Bristol Old Vic, starring David Dodimead as the King of Navarre and Richard Pasco as Lord Berowne ( 1965 ), and in 1970, they screened The Tragedy of Richard II, sourced from Richard Cottrell's touring production, starring Ian McKellen as Richard and Timothy West as Bolingbroke ( 1970 ).

Facsimile of the first page of Love's Labour's Lost from the First Folio, published in 1623The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women – Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others.

Berowne reminds the king that the princess and her three ladies are coming to the kingdom and it would be suicidal for the King to agree to this law.

The King denies what Berowne says, insisting that the ladies make their camp in the field outside of his court.

In William Shakespeare's play, Love's Labours Lost, Berowne describes himself and his friends as ' four woodcocks in a dish ', after discovering they have all fallen in love when they have sworn not to.

He was also the inspiration behind the character Berowne in William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost.

"), Berowne to Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost (" A woman I forswore ; but I will prove, Thou being a goddess, I forswore not thee "), and Bertram to Diana in All's Well That Ends Well.

* Love's Labour's Lost, Berowne, Royal National Theatre, London ( 2003 )

* Berowne in Love's Labours Lost

11 ) identifies Old Norse Baldr with the Old High German Baldere ( 2nd Merseburg Charm, Thuringia ), Palter ( theonym, Bavaria ), Paltar ( personal name ) and with Old English bealdor, baldor " lord, prince, king " ( used always with a genitive plural, as in gumena baldor " lord of men ", wigena baldor " lord of warriors ", et cetera ).

When he returns home, Wallace ( Gibson ) falls in love with his childhood sweetheart, Murron MacClannough ( McCormack ), and they marry in secret so that she does not have to spend a night in the bed of the English lord.

* Charon ( Dungeons & Dragons ), a lord of the Yugoloths whose primary function is to provide passage across the River Styx for a steep price

These arrangements created the tradition of regents ( Sesshō and Kampaku ), with these positions allowed to be held only by a Fujiwara sekke lord.

Considered the master shaper of the world, god of wisdom and of all magic, Enki was characterized as the lord of the Abzu ( Apsu in Akkadian ), the freshwater sea or groundwater located within the earth.

In the epic Enki and Ninhursag, Enki, as lord of Ab or fresh water ( also the Sumerian word for semen ), is living with his wife in the paradise of Dilmun where

Baron Francis van Aarssens or Baron François van Aerssen ( 27 September 1572-27 December 1641 ), from 1611 on lord of Sommelsdijk, was a diplomat and statesman of the United Provinces.

There are seats for each of the 79 councillors, situated in a Hemicycle, all facing the Lord Provost ( the Scottish equivalent of the lord mayor found in London and other cities ), his Depute, and the Chief Executive, who are seated behind the mace.

The word derives from traditional inherited divisions of the countryside, reassigned as local jurisdictions known as manors or seigneuries ; each manor being subject to a lord ( French seigneur ), usually holding his position in return for undertakings offered to a higher lord ( see Feudalism ).

# Dependent ( serf or villein ) holdings carrying the obligation that the peasant household supply the lord with specified labour services or a part of its output ( or cash in lieu thereof ), subject to the custom attached to the holding ; and

An example is that Kamsa ( or Kansa ), the evil uncle of lord Krishna, was informed by an oracle that the eighth son of his sister Devaki would kill him.

One theory breaks it down into an element meaning " husband " or " lord " ( Greek ( posis ), from PIE * pótis ) and another element meaning " earth " ( ( da ), Doric for ( gē )), producing something like lord or spouse of Da, i. e. of the earth ; this would link him with Demeter, " Earth-mother.

* Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran ( 1639 – 1686 ), 1st Earl of Arran, marshal of the army in Ireland, lord deputy of Ireland

Odo of Aquitaine had married his daughter to Uthman ibn Naissa, a rebel Berber and lord of Cerdanya ( maybe of all current Catalonia too ), in an attempt to secure his southern borders in order to fend off Charles Martel ´ s attacks on the north.

After halting their advance north, ten years later, Odo of Aquitaine married his daughter to Uthman ibn Naissa, a rebel Berber and lord of Cerdanya ( maybe of all current Catalonia too ), in an attempt to secure his southern borders in order to fend off Charles Martel ´ s attacks on the north.

* Matilda ( Maud ), married first to Thomas Isaac, secondly to Richard de Kelso, fifth feudal lord of the Free Barony of Kelsoland.