Mama was now the first maid to Mrs. Coolidge, because Catherine, the previous first maid, had become ill and died.

Though Catherine was vexed at the number of French officers streaming to the Turkish standard, there were several under her own, such as the Prince De Nassau ; ;

Ballet flowered in Italy during the next hundred years, and about 1550 was carried to France when the Italian princess, Catherine De Medicis, married the King of France.

Their one monastery was on the top of Monte Varese, near Lago Maggiore, on the spot where their foundress, the Blessed Catarina Morigia ( or Catherine of Palanza ), had first led a solitary life.

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia from 1762 – 1796, was a member of the House of Ascania, herself the daughter of Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.

The 2009 Broadway revival with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury recorded a cast album on January 4, 2010 which was released on April 6.

At the age of three, Catherine was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir to the English throne, and they married in 1501, but Arthur died five months later.

By 1525 Henry was infatuated with his mistress Anne Boleyn and dissatisfied that his marriage to Catherine had produced no surviving sons, leaving their daughter, the future Mary I of England, as heiress presumptive at a time when there was no established precedent for a woman on the throne.

Catherine was born at the Archbishop's Palace in Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, on the night of 16 December 1485.

Catherine was quite short in stature with long red hair, wide blue eyes, a round face, and a fair complexion. She was descended, on her maternal side, from the English royal house ; her great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster, after whom she was named, and her great-great-grandmother Philippa of Lancaster were both daughters of John of Gaunt and granddaughters of Edward III of England.

At an early age, Catherine was considered a suitable wife for Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII of England and heir to the throne, due to the English ancestry she inherited from her mother Queen Isabella I of Castile.

At the time, the house of Trastámara was the most prestigious in Europe, due to the rule of the Catholic Monarchs, so the alliance of Catherine and Arthur validated the House of Tudor in the eyes of European royalty and also strengthened the Tudor claim to the English throne via Catherine of Aragon's ancestry.

To settle the matter, it was agreed that Catherine would marry Henry VII's second son, Henry, Duke of York, who was five years younger than she was.

Catherine testified that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated, as also according to canon law, a marriage was not valid until consummated.

He had been a descendant of the Israelite tribe of Issachar ; he had been educated by his grandfathers, who had both been physicians to the court of Good King René of Provence ; he had attended Montpellier University in 1525 to gain his first degree: after returning there in 1529 he had successfully taken his medical doctorate ; he had gone on to lecture in the Medical Faculty there until his views became too unpopular ; he had supported the heliocentric view of the universe ; he had travelled to the north-east of France, where he had composed prophecies at the abbey of Orval ; in the course of his travels he had performed a variety of prodigies, including identifying a future Pope ; he had successfully cured the Plague at Aix-en-Provence and elsewhere ; he had engaged in scrying using either a magic mirror or a bowl of water ; he had been joined by his secretary Chavigny at Easter 1554 ; having published the first installment of his Propheties, he had been summoned by Queen Catherine de ' Medici to Paris in 1556 to discuss with her his prophecy at quatrain I. 35 that her husband King Henri II would be killed in a duel ; he had examined the royal children at Blois ; he had bequeathed to his son a ' lost book ' of his own prophetic paintings ; he had been buried standing up ; and he had been found, when dug up at the French Revolution, to be wearing a medallion bearing the exact date of his disinterment.

He was educated at Oxford and entered the service of Queen Catherine as her chaplain some time before 1528 and appears to have taught the queen modern languages and music.

She was not educated as highly as King Henry's previous wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.

According to David Starkey, Catherine was most likely better educated overall than Anne Boleyn.

He was the eldest son of the 1st Earl by his first wife, Catherine Spencer, granddaughter of Sir William Spencer of Yarnton, Oxfordshire, England, was born in 1602, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ( 1618 – 22 ).

Blake was born in 1833, in Adelaide Township, Upper Canada ( Ontario ) the son of William Hume Blake and Catherine Honoria Hume, and was educated at Upper Canada College.

Born in Glasgow as Anne Catherine Long, she was educated at the city's Our Lady and St Francis Secondary School ( became part of St Mungo's Academy in 1988 ) on Charlotte Street and the University of Glasgow where she was awarded a MA in politics with history .< ref >

Sir Henry, son of the famous caricaturist, Henry William Bunbury and Catherine Horneck, was educated at Westminster, and served on active service in the army from 1795 – 1809, notably in the Helder Campaign 1799, the Egyptian Campaign 1801, and the campaigns in the Mediterranean, where Bunbury served as Quartermaster-General.

He was educated almost entirely by Jesuits, by his guardian and tutor Aleixo de Meneses and by Catherine of Austria, sister of Charles V and wife of King John III.

Born as Catherine Dalling Taylor, Stihler was educated at Coltness High School, later going on to the University of St Andrews where she gained an MA with joint honours in International Relations and Geography and a postgraduate MLitt in International Security Studies.

The son of Alex McKinnon and Catherine Luce, he was educated in Norwood, at St. Paul's College and at the University of Manitoba.

The French literary style called préciosité (, preciousness ) arose in the 17th century from the lively conversations and playful word games of les précieuses (), the witty and educated intellectual ladies who frequented the salon of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet ; her Chambre bleue ( the " blue room " of her hôtel particulier ) offered a Parisian refuge from the dangerous political factionism and coarse manners of the royal court during the minority of Louis XIV.

He married Margaret Josephine Macdonald, the daughter of Donald Alexander Macdonald, and Catherine Fraser, at Toronto, Ontario September 16, 1875, Margaret was born at Alexandria, Ont., and educated in Montreal.

He was a well educated ( he attending the University of Leipzig ), and a well-traveled man, who, like her father, was in favour with Catherine II.

Howden was born in Prestonpans, East Lothian, in 1832, the son of James Howden and his wife, Catherine Adams, and was educated at the local parish school.

A later US radio version by the Theatre Guild in 1947 featured Rathbone with Wendy Hiller and Catherine Rowan, his co-star from a contemporary Broadway production.

* The Golden Pine Cone, a classic novel by Canadian author Catherine Anthony Clark

* " Crank " ( song ), a song by the alternative rock band Catherine Wheel

Furthermore, Catherine won widespread admiration by starting an extensive programme for the relief of the poor.

Portrait by Juan de Flandes thought to be of 11-year old Catherine

On Midsummer's Day, Sunday, 1509, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon were anointed and crowned together by the Archbishop of Canterbury at a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

File: Krakow kosciol sw Katarzyny 20070930 1522. jpg | Saint Catherine Church in Kazimierz, founded by the King in 1363

Giovanna was handed over to a wet-nurse, and presently died, whereas Catherine was nursed by her mother, and developed into a healthy child.

Often assumed to be illiterate, Catherine is acknowledged by Raymond in his life of her as capable of reading both Latin and Italian, and another hagiographer, Tommaso Caffarini, claimed that she could write in her own hand, though the majority of her written work was dictated.

When stopped by the Roman guards, they prayed to St Catherine to help them, confident that she would rather have her body ( or at least part thereof ) in Siena.

Boston MFA. jpg |" The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine " by an unknown artist, c. 1340, in Boston.

File: Catherine of Siena Demons. jpg |" St Catherine and the Demons " by an unknown artist, c. 1500, tempera on panel.

* Drawn by Love, The Mysticism of Catherine of Siena

Some writers of the " realist " strain of modern Arthurian fiction have attempted a more sensible Camelot ; inspired by Alcock's Cadbury-Camelot excavation, writers Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mary Stewart, and Catherine Christian place their Camelots in that city and describe it accordingly.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena ( 1347-1380 ) by Giovanni di Paolo, ca.

Catherine of Siena ( 1347-1380 ), portrait by Andrea Vanni, late 14th or early 15th century.

Jenner's trial balloon descended into Kingscote Park, Gloucestershire, owned by Anthony Kingscote, one of whose daughters was Catherine.

The miners rioted and Bentley and his wife Catherine fled for their lives as the hotel was burnt down by the angry mob.

* " La pratique du droit européen des sociétés-analyse comparative des structures et des fusions transfrontalières ", JOLY Editions, 2010 ( presentation of the book written by Catherine Cathiard and Arnaud Lecourt )

* " La société européenne " ( in French by Catherine Cathiard for TVDMA, the first WebTV of Law & Management Business and Entreprises )

* " Les structures européennes: Principales caractéristiques et Intérêts pour les entreprises " ( the european corporate entities: main characteristics and interests for enterprises ) by Catherine Cathiard and Arnaud Lecourt, DROIT DES SOCIÉTÉS-REVUE MENSUELLE LEXISNEXIS JURISCLASSEUR-AOÛT-SEPTEMBRE 2011 ( French )

Catherine Champernowne, better known by her later, married name of Catherine " Kat " Ashley, was appointed as Elizabeth's governess in 1537, and she remained Elizabeth's friend until her death in 1565, when Blanche Parry succeeded her as Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber.