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Yolande (other)
Yolande or Yolanda may refer to: Royalty and nobility *Yolande of Aragon (other), several people *Yolande_of_Montferrat, Yolande de Montferrat (c.1274–1317), Byzantine Empress consort *Yolande de Courtenay (c.1200–1233), wife of Andrew II of Hungary *Yolanda of Jerusalem, erroneous name of Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212–1228), queen of Jerusalem *Yolanda of Vianden (1231–1283), daughter of Count Henry I of Vianden, Luxembourg; prioress of Marienthal from 1258 *Yolande de Dreux, Queen of Scotland (1263–1330) *Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428–1483) *Yolande of Valois (1434–1478), Duchess of Savoy *Yolande de Polastron (1749-1793) Duchess of Polignac and favourite of Marie Antoinette Other people *Yolande E. Chan, Jamaican-Canadian information systems professor *Yolande Dalpé (born 1948), Canadian mycologist *Yolande Fox, Yolande Betbeze Fox (1928–2016), American singer, activist, and beauty pageant winner *Dolly Fox, Yolande Dolly Fox, American actress, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Of Aragon (other)
Yolande, Yolanda, Violant or Violante of Aragon may refer to: *Violant of Aragon, queen consort of Castile, daughter of James I the Conqueror (1236–1301) *Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria, daughter of Peter III the Great (1273–1302) *, countess of Luna, daughter of James II the Just (1310–1353) *Violant of Bar, queen consort of Aragon, wife of John I the Hunter (c.1365– 1431) *Yolande of Aragon Yolande of Aragon (11 August 1384 – 14 November 1442) was Duchess of Anjou and Countess of Provence by marriage, who acted as regent of Provence during the minority of her son. She was a daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Violant o ..., titular queen consort of Naples, daughter of John I the Hunter (1384–1442) * Yolande of Aragon, Countess of Niebla, illegitimate daughter of Martin I the Young (c.1400–1428) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Yolande or Yolanta may refer to: Royalty and nobility *Yolande of Aragon (other), several people * Yolande de Montferrat (c.1274–1317), Byzantine Empress consort *Yolande de Courtenay (c.1200–1233), wife of Andrew II of Hungary *Yolande of Jerusalem or Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212–1228), queen of Jerusalem *Yolanda of Vianden (1231–1283), daughter of Count Henry I of Vianden, Luxembourg; prioress of Marienthal from 1258 *Yolande de Dreux, Queen of Scotland (1263–1330) *Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428–1483) *Yolande of Valois (1434–1478), Duchess of Savoy Other people *Yolande E. Chan, Jamaican-Canadian information systems professor *Yolande Dalpé (born 1948), Canadian mycologist *Yolande Grisé (born 1944), Canadian historian and writer *Yolande Mabika (born 1987), Congolese-born Brazilian judoka Fictional * Yolande (Greyhawk), an elven queen in the ''World of Greyhawk'' setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *Yolande Perraudin, a school nurse in the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Lyoko
''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated series, animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil Général de la Charente, Pôle Image Magelis, Région Poitou-Charentes and Wallimage. The series centers on a group of teenagers who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to battle against a malignant artificial intelligence known as X.A.N.A. who threatens Earth with powers to access the real world and cause trouble. The scenes in the real world employ traditional animation with hand-painted backgrounds, while the scenes in Lyoko are presented in computer-generated imagery, 3D CGI animation. The series began its first, 97-episode run on 3 September 2003, on France's France 3, and ended on 10 November 2007. It started airing in the United States on 19 April 2004 on Cartoon Network. ''Code Lyoko'' aired every day on Cartoon Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande (Greyhawk)
This is a list of characters from the Greyhawk campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. A Acererak Acererak was a powerful wizard who became a lich, and later a demilich. Publication history Acererak first appears in the original ''Tomb of Horrors'' adventure (1978) by Gary Gygax as the main adversary. One of the areas in the Tomb is a "Chapel of Evil", described as "obviously some form of temple area - there are scenes of normal life painted on the walls, but the people have rotting flesh, skeletal hands, worms eating them, etc."Gygax, Gary. ''Tomb of Horrors'' (TSR, 1978) The adventure described him as "a human magic-user/cleric of surpassing evil" who took the steps necessary to preserve his life force as the lich, Acererak." The boxed set adventure ''Return to the Tomb of Horrors'' (1998) by Bruce Cordell included a small booklet titled "The Journal of the Tomb", which notes that the character Desatysso discovered that Acererak "o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Mabika
Yolande Bukasa Mabika (born 8 September 1987) is a Congolese-born Brazilian judoka who was selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed in the women's 70 kg event, losing her first round match against Israeli Linda Bolder. Personal life Mabika was born on 8 September 1987. She is from the Bukavu area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an area severely affected by the Second Congo War. During the conflict she was separated from her parents and was taken to a children's home in the capital Kinshasa. There she took up judo, a sport the Congolese government advocated for orphans to take as an ideal way to seek some structure. She sought political asylum in Brazil after travelling there to compete in the 2013 World Judo Championships along with fellow judoka Popole Misenga. The coaches confiscated their money and passports and left them confined in their ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Grisé
Yolande Grisé (born 1944) is a Canadian history professor at the University of Ottawa and writer who served as the President of the Royal Society of Canada from 2011 to 2013. In 1982, she wrote the book ''Le suicide dans la Rome antique''. In 2015, she was awarded the a membership into the Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ... for her efforts and contributions to the promotion of French language and culture in Canada, and to the advancement of knowledge and research as president of the Royal Society of Canada. Publications *''Le suicide dans la Rome antique'' (1982) Honors References 1944 births Living people 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian women historians Canadian non-fiction writers in French Members of the Order of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Campbell Grace
Paris Campbell Grace (née Yolande Paris Campbell; born December 23, 1992) is an American TikToker, comedian, and singer. She began her career in stand-up comedy in 2012 and has performed at various clubs in New York City. Campbell started working on musical projects with her wife, punk rock musician Laura Jane Grace, in 2023. Together with Grace, she joined musicians Matt Paton of Drive-By Truckers and Mikey Erg of The Ergs! to form the punk rock band the Mississippi Medicals. She is also a member of the band Laura Jane Grace and the Trauma Tropes. Early life and family Campbell was born in New York City on December 23, 1992, to Yolande "Dolly" Fox Campbell, an actress and philanthropist, and John Campbell, a musician. Her father died when she was an infant. Campbell's maternal grandparents were Matthew M. Fox, the former vice president of Universal Pictures, and Yolande Betbeze Fox, an opera singer and feminist activist who was crowned Miss America 1951. She is of Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolly Fox
Yolande Dolly Fox Campbell, known professionally as Dolly Fox, is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. Early life and family Fox is the daughter of Matthew M. Fox, the former vice president of Universal Pictures, and Yolande Betbeze Fox, a singer and activist who was crowned Miss America 1951. Her father died of a heart attack in 1964. Her mother purchased the Newton D. Baker House in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Michael Whitney Straight and Nina Gore Auchincloss and Fox spent the remainder of her childhood here, and in Paris and Los Angeles. The mansion had previously been the residence of Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American socialite, writer, photographer, and book editor who served as first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A po ... after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. As a child, Fox visited her maternal gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Fox
Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox (November 28, 1928 – February 22, 2016) was an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951. Early life Betbeze was born on November 28, 1928 in Mobile, Alabama, to William, a butcher, and Ethel Betbeze. Betbeze was raised in a Catholic family of French Basque descent, and she attended convent schools. Career She captured her first crown in 1949 when she won Mobile's "Miss Torch" pageant. In 1950, Fox (then Betbeze) entered Miss Alabama for the scholarship opportunities the pageant presented. As Miss Alabama, she traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to compete in the Miss America 1951 pageant. Having been educated in a convent school, she was reluctant to pose in a swimsuit and refused to do so after she won Miss America. That led the swimsuit company, Catalina, to withdraw their sponsorship of the Miss America pageant and eventually brought about the creation of the rival Miss USA pageant. Fox's Miss Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Dalpé
Yolande Dalpé is a former Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. She became the first mycologist in Ottawa to study the taxonomy of mycorrhizal fungi. Her research focuses on developing new information on taxonomy, phylogeny, distribution and biology of fungi, including systematic research related to biosecurity/alien invasive species as well as species involved in the development of bioproducts. She was awarded the Lawson Medal by the Canadian Botanical Association for her "cumulative, lifetime contributions to Canadian botany, for the research she has performed in mycology, and has been recognized nationally and internationally." Biography Dalpé was born in Waterloo, Quebec in 1948.Khasa, Damase, Yves Piché and Andrew P. Coughlan (Eds.) 2009Advances in Mycorrhizal Science and Technology National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., p. iii In 1989 she received her Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) in the Physiology of Fungi from Université Paul-Sabati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen. Marie Antoinette's position at court improved when, after eight years of marriage, she started having children. She became increasingly unpopular among the people, however, with the French ''libelles'' accusing her of being profligate, promiscuous, allegedly having illegitimate children, and harboring sympathies for France's perceived enemies—particularly her native Austria. The false accusations of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace damaged her reputation further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Of Montferrat
Yolande of Montferrat ( – 1317 in Constantinople) (also known as Violante, then Empress Irene) was the second wife of Andronikos II Palaiologos and thus Empress of the Byzantine Empire. She was the heir of the Margraviate of Montferrat. Born in Casale, she was daughter of William VII, Marquess of Montferrat and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. Her maternal grandparents were King Alfonso X of Castile and his wife Violante of Aragon. Yolande (variation of Violante) was named after her grandmother. In 1284, Andronikos II, a widower by his first marriage with Anna of Hungary, married Yolanda (who was renamed Eirene as Empress). She and Andronikos II were distant cousins, both being descendants of Andronikos Doukas Angelos (ca. 1122–1185). With her, Eirene brought the Montferrat rights to the kingdom of Thessalonica, a dominion that, despite having been conquered half-a-century before Eirene's birth by the Byzantine state of Epirus, was still claimed by its short-lived (12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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