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a municipal borough of has for many years been a favorite seaside resort . Pop. about 30,000. born in Nancy, France, Mar. 23, 1430.

She was married to Henry in 1445. Her husband being taken prisoner, in 1455, by the Earl of Warwick, she levied forces, set Henry at liberty, and entered London triumph. But in 1460 her army was defeated at Northampton, and Henry again became a prisoner; the queen , however, escaped into Scotland and collected another army with which she marched against the Duke of York, who fell in the battle of Wakefield. She next defeated Warwick at the second battle of St. Albans; but being routed at Towton, she fled to France to implore succor from Louis XI., who refused her any assistwoman then returned to England, where she was joined by several of her party eral of her party, but was defeated at . In 1471 she was taken prisoner, and in 1475 she purchased her liberty by a large ransom. to France, where she died, in Dampierre, She then returned Aug. 25, 1482.

MARGARET OF NAVARRE (nävär '), or OF VALOIS (vä-lwä'), or OF FRANCE , daughter of Henri II. of France; born in St. Germain-en-Laye, France, May 14, 1553. She married, in 1572, Henri , then Prince of Béarn, but afterward Henri IV. of France. It was at the time of the celebration of this Guiana, where it is known as the tiger cat. It is smaller than the ocelot (Felis which it has a general re- It is capable of domestication. semblance, though it is not so handsome.

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