The plot of Roberto Devereux was hardly original, mainly derived from Felice Romani's libretto Il Conte d ' Essex of 1833, originally set by Saverio Mercadante.

Romani's expertise in French and antiquity is reflected in the libretti he wrote ; the majority are based on French literature and many, such as Norma, use mythological sources.

Gatti's widow was charged with first degree murder after the strap of her purse was found stained with blood.

* Speculation that, in 1547 – 8, Queen Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII, and her fourth husband Thomas Seymour were involved in a ménage with the future Queen Elizabeth, is probably exaggerated, although there were well attested episodes of sexually charged horseplay involving the three.

On the day the trial started Gongadze's widow Myroslava Gongadze commented on the fact that no-one has been charged for the killing: " They are known and they should be punished just the same as those who will be sitting in the dock today ".

In 2005, Wendy Peirce, widow of accused Victor Peirce, gave an interview to media detailing how her late husband had planned and carried out the murders and was actually guilty as charged.

Montaigne died the following year, and his widow, Françoise de Montaigne, provided Gournay with a copy of the Essays and charged her with its publication.

His widow was charged with first-degree murder on January 19, 2012.

His widow was charged with first-degree murder on January 19, 2012.

Featured participants included Nuria Schoenberg ( daughter of Arnold Schoenberg and widow of Luigi Nono ), musicologist James Harrison, the opera conductor Roberto Abbado, violinist Ivry Gitlis, composers Salvatore Sciarrino, Lorenzo Ferrero, and Andrea Liberovici, poet Edoardo Sanguineti, popular singer-songwriters Teresa De Sio, Gianna Nannini, and Gino Paoli, rock and jazz artists Peppe Servalo and Peppe D ' Argenzio of the Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel, and administrators Anna Cammarano ( director of classical music at RAI Trade ), Gennaro di Benedetto ( superintendent of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa ), and Joseph Hussek ( director of the artistic programme at the Salzburg Festival ).

She was Ellen Aldridge, a widow of good repute who was employed by Gorton's wife and lived with the family.

After the usual Honorable Sirs, it went on to say that there had been set off to the widow one full third part of the real estate of the deceased Salu Norberg, one lower room, on the Western side, privileges to the well and bake-oven and to one third of the cellar ( I can show you the cellar when we go up ), also one Cow Right, and lastly they set off to the widow her own land that she brought with her as dower, namely the Beech Pasture.

Roser Segimon was the wealthy widow of Josep Guardiola, an Indiano, a term applied locally to the Catalans returning from the American colonies with tremendous wealth.

Germanicus ’ death in the year 19 caused much public grief in Rome, and gave rise to rumors that he had been murdered by Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso and Munatia Plancina on the orders of Tiberius, as his widow Agrippina the Elder returned to Rome with his ashes.

During this time the queen dowager, Baldwin III's widow Theodora, eloped with her cousin Andronicus to Damascus, and Acre, which had been in her possession, reverted back into the royal domain of Jerusalem.

Camelot was a hit nonetheless, with a poignant coda ; immediately following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, his widow told Life magazine that JFK's administration reminded her of the " one brief shining moment " of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot.

Martha, Bill's widow, who was with him in these troubling times, denies he had a brain tumor as does his old, very close friend, Hugh McCallum.

The Ancient Near Eastern collection also had its beginnings in 1825 with the purchase of Assyrian and Babylonian antiquities from the widow of Claudius James Rich.

Tombaugh's widow Patricia stated after the IAU's decision that while Clyde may have been disappointed with the change since he had resisted attempts to remove Pluto's planetary status in his lifetime, he would have accepted the decision now if he were alive.

After her death, his widow, Genevieve Collins Linebarger, was interred with him on November 16, 1981.

His father was a merchant who came to the island from France to deal with the business affairs of a deceased uncle, and married his widow.

Joan Plowright, Olivier's widow, has dealt with the matter in different ways on different occasions: she deflected the question ( but alluded to Olivier's " demons ") in a BBC interview.

In 1969, after Campbell's fatal accident, his widow, Tonia Bern-Campbell negotiated a deal with Lynn Garrison, President of Craig Breedlove and Associates, that would see Craig Breedlove run Bluebird on Bonneville's Salt Flats.

The Duce personally gave the announcement to the widow, who was a guest at his villa in Riccione with children.

He came to the throne with the support of the Soga clan and Empress Suiko, his half sister and the widow of Emperor Bidatsu.

The possessions of the dead prince were gathered together along with the sword Kusanagi ; and his widow venerated his memory in a shrine at her home.

Max states his discomfort with lying but reluctantly agrees when he considers Nan's financial predicament as a widow.

His friends could find no public office for him, and a scheme for retrieving his position by a marriage with the wealthy and young widow Lady Elizabeth Hatton failed after she broke off their relationship upon accepting marriage to a wealthier man.

The graveyards in central London had no space, and fearing that he might have to be cremated, against his wishes, his widow appealed to his friends to see whether any of them knew of a church with space in its graveyard.

As a widow, she is bound by tradition to wear black and avoid conversation with young men.

PLH's Carlos Roberto Flores took office on 27 January 1998, as Honduras ' fifth democratically elected President since free elections were restored in 1981, with a 10 % margin over his main opponent PNH nominee Nora Gúnera de Melgar ( the widow of former leader Juan Alberto Melgar ).

They focused on the gender system of early modern England, pointing to the common trinity of maid, wife, or widow, with whores alone outside of the stereotype.

Hedwig and her daughter-in-law, Henry's II widow Anna of Bohemia, established a Benedictine abbey at the site of the battle in Legnickie Pole, settled with monks coming from Opatovice in Bohemia.

The Hebrew Bible forbids a man from marrying his brother's widow with the exception that, if his brother died childless, the man is instead required to marry his brother's widow so as to " raise up seed to him " ( taken from Deuteronomy 25: 5 – 6 ).

Brown ), 1865Widows were expected to wear special clothes to indicate that they were in mourning for up to four years after the death, although a widow could choose to wear such attire for the rest of her life.

The place chosen is usually the synagogue court or the house of the rabbi, although the ceremony may take place in the house of the widow.

After the defeat of rival warlord Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu, he took the widow of Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi, Lady Zhen, as a consort, although eventually she lost his favor and was forced to commit suicide.

On surveying the results, Lord Deputy Sidney agreed to a ceasefire, although he supported the claims of the MacQuillans to the Route, and of Sorley Boy's nephews ( sons of the widow Agnes ) to possession of the Glens-a typical Campbell manoeuvre, effected through their alliance with Turlough Luineach.

He was officially recognized as the son of King Radama I and his widow Queen Ranavalona I, although the king had died more than nine months before the prince's birth.

It was probably built by either Martin de Tours, the first lord of the manor of Parracombe, William de Falaise ( who married Martin's widow ) or Robert fitz Martin, although there are no written records to validate this.

This caused a certain cooling of relations between the two former allies, although in 2009-by which point both were deceased-Tyndall's widow Valerie was reported to have claimed that Tyndall and Jordan were eventually reconciled, an assertion which is supported by Jordan's account of a meeting between Tyndall and Jordan himself, in 1968, as reported in Martin Walker's book The National Front ( p 77 ).

Winter's widow rented the house to Hitler in 1928 and his half-sister Angela came to live there as housekeeper, although she left soon after her daughter Geli's 1931 death in Hitler's Munich apartment.

At the death of Joseph Smith Jr. the manuscripts and documents pertaining to the translation were retained by his widow, Emma Smith, who would not give them to the Quorum of the Twelve although Willard Richards, apparently acting on behalf of Brigham Young, requested the new translation from her.

Maria Gattilusio, the widow of David's older brother Alexander, joined the Sultan's harem, as did David's daughter Anna ( although she was later passed on to the general Zagan Pasha ).

The commission continued into 1461, when Afonso died: the property and titles passed on to his brother, Fernando, although the widow, Constança de Noronha, continued to live at the residence and received the land rents from the holdings in Guimarães.

His three sons were entrusted to his mother until his widow married Clotaire I. Clotaire, however, had Chlodomer's children killed, although Clodoald managed to escape.

With the failure of the second de Warenne male line in 1347, the earldom passed to Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, who was a nephew of the last de Warenne earl, although he did not assume the title until after the death of the previous earl's widow in 1351.

It is widely speculated that Monjur was used as a scapegoat and Ershad himself was behind the liquidation of President Zia ; although never proven in any court of law, even when Zia's widow was in power in 1991-1996 and again in 2001-2006.

It was widely known for the " thumbs up / thumbs down " review summaries given during Siskel's and Ebert's tenures ( although these are a trademark held by Ebert and by Siskel's widow, not the producers ).

A mentor of the young Colin Jordan, Leese left Jordan his Holland Park house ( 74 Princedale Road, London W11 ) upon his death ( although his widow retained the use of it as a sanctuary ), which, known for a short spell as Arnold Leese House, would become Jordan's base of operations.

In 1813, after Katarína's death, Šafárik's father married the widow Rozália Drábová, although Šafárik and his brothers and sister were against this marriage.

The text was to read " In memory of Jan Ligthart " but his widow Marie Lion Cachet objected to this because she knew that her husband had not actually written the stories, although he had given his friend Scheepstra continuous advice.

It turns out that the man had died of cancer, but when the crowd hears this they continued to honor him and protest the king, although now they are joined by the man's widow.

She was presumed widow of Thomas Radford, milliner, of the New Exchange, Strand, Westminster although it was said her husband was still alive when her son was born.

The term widow may be associated with an older woman ( although a married woman can be widowed at any time ).

This is taken as the foundation of the school, although Parker's will also stated that his widow should enjoy the income from all his property until her death, so no money was available to appoint the first master until twenty years later.

However, Shaw eventually agreed to UK satellite screenings, although according to a Radio Times interview only after being discreetly made aware that Gordon Jackson's widow, actress Rona Anderson ( who guested in Cry Wolf ), was suffering financial difficulties after her husband's death.