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Yolande De Dreux (1263–1330)
Yolande or Yolanda 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 *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 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 d ... [...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, 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] |
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 (biology), 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 Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Lyoko
''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop (seasons 2–4) for Cartoon Network, 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 around a group of teenagers who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to battle against a hostile artificial intelligence known as X.A.N.A., which activates Towers on Lyoko to attack the real world. The scenes in the real world employ traditional animation with hand-painted backgrounds, while the scenes in Lyoko are presented in 3D CGI animation. The series began its first 97-episode run on September 3, 2003, on France's France 3, and ended on November 10, 2007 and on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 19, 2004 and ended in 2008 afte ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Ebongo Osongo
Yolande Ebongo Osongo is a Congolese politician. He was the Minister of Public Services of Democratic Republic of the Congo, under Ilunga government that ran from September 2019 to April 2021, as well as a member of parliament. He is a member of Union for Democracy and Social Progress The Union for Democracy and Social Progress (, UDPS) is a major political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Founded in 1982, amid the one-party rule of Mobutu Sese Seko and his Popular Movement of the Revolution, it is the co .... References Living people Democratic Republic of the Congo politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Democratic Republic of the Congo-politician-stub ... [...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 ... [...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 () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ... 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 Fox, Yolande Betbeze Fox, an opera singer and feminist activist who was crowned Miss America 1951. She i ... [...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 after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. As a child, Fox visited her maternal grandmother, Ethel Betbeze, in Point Clear, Alabama. Career Fox performed in many stage productions at the Red Mountain Theater Company as a singer and actressBirmingham, Alabama.In addition to many musical comedies she starred on tv soap opera for year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Fox
Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox (November 28, 1928 – February 22, 2016) was an American singer, feminist activist, 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 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande E
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 Montferrat
Yolande of Montferrat ( – 1317 in Drama) (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 heiress of the Margraviate of Montferrat. Life Born in Casale, she was the 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 (a variation of Violante) was named after her grandmother. Empress 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 it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |