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	Peter III of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter III (February 21, 1728 - July 17, 1762) (Russian Пётр III Федорович (Pyotr III Fyodorovitch)) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762.
		Peter favored Prussia in many respects: after he gained the throne in 1762, he withdrew from the Seven Years' War and made peace with Prussia, in which Russia did not gain anything,in spite of Russia's virtual victory in the war.
		In December 1796, Peter's son the tyrannical Emperor Paul, who disliked his mother, arranged for his remains to be exhumed and then reburied with full honors in the Cathedral of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress, St. Petersburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_III_of_Russia (427 words)

	Peter III, czar of Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1744, Peter had married Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, who was to become Czarina Catherine II.
		In the summer of 1762 a conspiracy against Peter, headed by Catherine’s lover Grigori Orlov and his brother Aleksey, was set in motion.
		Peter’s claim to ducal Holstein passed to his son Paul (later Czar Paul I), in whose name Catherine ceded it to Denmark in exchange for Oldenburg in 1773.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pe/Peter3-Rus.html (310 words)

	Peter_III_of_Aragon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		'''Peter III of Aragon''' (1239 - November 11, 1285, also '''Peter I of Valencia''', '''Peter II of Barcelona'''), known as ''the Great'', was the king of Aragon and Valencia and count of Barcelona from 1276 to 1285.
		Peter himself was the direct descendant and the heir-general of Mafalda of Hauteville, daughter of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, the Norman conqueror, and his official wife Sigelgaita of Salerno, a Langobard princess.
		Peter left Aragon to his eldest son Alfonso III of Aragon, and Sicily to his second son James I of Sicily.
	q-basic.xodox.de /Peter_III_of_Aragon (279 words)

	AllRefer.com - Peter III, king of AragOn and king of Sicily (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Peter III (Peter the Great), 1239?–1285, king of AragOn and count of Barcelona (1276–85) and king of Sicily (1282–85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese influence on the northern shores of Africa.
		Peter's Sicilian venture was unpopular with the Aragonese nobility and towns, and he was compelled to grant them wide privileges to quell their opposition.
		Peter was succeeded in AragOn by his eldest son, Alfonso III, and in Sicily by his second son, James (later James II of AragOn).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Peter3-Arag.html (359 words)

	PETER III. - LoveToKnow Article on PETER III. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Nor was Peters behaviour to his consort in public of the outrageous character we have been led to suppose.
		Peter, in fact, was too good-natured and inconsequent to pursue, or even premeditate, any deliberate course of ill treatment.
		Peters foreign policy was the absolute reversal of the policy of his predecessor.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PETER_III_.htm (773 words)

	Peter III of Portugal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Peter was the younger son of Dom João V and brother of José I.
		Peter married Maria in 1760, at which time she was the heir to the throne then held by his brother José I. They had six children, of whom the eldest surviving son succeeded Maria as João VI on her death in 1816.
		Peter III of Portugal Peter III of Portugal Category:Portuguese monarchs
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Peter_III_of_Portugal (469 words)

	Coins & Medals of Imperial Russia: Peter III (1761-1762)
		Peter III’s first act upon accession was to make a humiliating peace with Frederick the Great of Prussia.
		Peter III’s wife Catherine, with the help of the Orlov brothers (one of whom was Catherine’s paramour) and with the support of the Russian nobility, dethroned him.
		During Peter’s short six-month reign, Count Peter Shuvalov’s scheme of raising money for the government, by reducing by half the metal content of the existing copper coinage, was quickly implemented.
	www.library.yale.edu /slavic/coins/html/peter3.html (128 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles
		Peter was one of the three Apostles (with James and John) who were with Christ on certain special occasions the raising of the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Mark 5:37; Luke 8:51); the Transfiguration of Christ (Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:28), the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani (Matthew 26:37; Mark 14:33).
		Peter returned occasionally to the original Christian Church of Jerusalem, the guidance of which was entrusted to St. James, the relative of Jesus, after the departure of the Prince of the Apostles (A.D. The last mention of St. Peter in the Acts (xv, 1-29; cf.
		Peter's residence and death in Rome are established beyond contention as historical facts by a series of distinct testimonies extending from the end of the first to the end of the second centuries, and issuing from several lands.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11744a.htm (7804 words)

	Peter, III Biography / Biography of Peter, III Biography Biography
		In 1262 Peter had married Constance, daughter of Manfred of Sicily and granddaughter of the emperor Frederick II, and had inherited in 1266 the Hohenstaufen family claim to the kingdom of Sicily.
		Peter's reign in Sicily was challenged by Charles of Anjou, the papacy, and Charles's nephew King Philip III of France.
		Peter responded with the famous General Privilege, sometimes called the "Magna Carta of Aragon," a gesture that conciliated his subjects and restored his prestige.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-peter-iii (707 words)

	The Worden Family Genealogy
		PETER WORDEN was born on 1 Jun 1728 and died on 21 Feb 1808.
		PETER DODGE was born on 8 Jan 1757 in Hopkinton, Ri.
		BELINDA WORDEN (PETER Jr, PETER Sr, SYLVESTER, PETER IV, PETER III, SAMUEL, PETER II, PETER I, ROBERT, WILLIAM) was born on 21 Aug 1825 in Halifax, Windham Co., VT. was buried in 1887 in Stafford Cem., Halifax, VT.581 1860 VT cn Windham Co.Halifax, 292 DENISON: Willard A., ae 38 farmer,$25, b.
	members.tripod.com /~catnip13/Worden-3.html (13164 words)

	Peter III of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Peter III (February 21, 1728 - July 17, 1762) (Russian Пётр IIIФедорович (Pyotr III Fyodorovitch)) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762.
		Peter favored Prussia in many respects: after he gained the throne in 1762, hewithdrew from the Seven Years' War and made peace with Prussia onterms that were somewhat unfavorable for Russia.
		In December 1796, Peter's son the tyrannical Emperor Paul, who dislikedhis mother, arranged for his remains to be exhumed and then reburied with full honors in the Cathedral of the St. Peter and St.Paul fortress, St. Petersburg.
	www.therfcc.org /peter-iii-of-russia-55732.html (333 words)

	Peter III on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		(Peter the Great), 1239?-1285, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1276-85) and king of Sicily (1282-85); son and successor of James I. In 1280 he established Aragonese influence on the northern shores of Africa.
		From his marriage (1262) to Constance, daughter and heir of Manfred of Sicily, were derived the claims of the house of Aragón to Sicily and S Italy.
		Peter was succeeded in Aragón by his eldest son, Alfonso III, and in Sicily by his second son, James (later James II of Aragón).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p/peter3-a1rag.asp (578 words)

	Peter III, Emperor of Russia - Olga's Gallery
		He was the grandson of Peter the Great and son of Peter's elder daughter Anna Petrovna and Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein Gottorp.
		Peter was a weak and unstable man, a great admirer of Frederick II the Great.
		In June of 1762, Peter III was deposed by a group of nobles, led by Count Orlov, the lover of Peter's III wife, Catherine.
	www.abcgallery.com /bio/peter3.html (167 words)

	Biography: Peter Davis III, Vice President Bank of Mississippi
		Peter Davis III was born on October 22, 1962 in Oxford, MS He was the third from a long line of wealthy bankers.
		Peter Davis III, was determined not to lead the way of his father and grandfather.
		Between 1919 and 1932, Peter Davis I, born in 1900, would take his young son, Peter Davis II, (born in 1924) out back in their property, pull their heavily modified Ford sedan out of the old barn, and fill it with cases of moonshine from the Bourbon still carefully hidden among the Magnolias.
	www.crimescene.com /james/bio.davis.html (864 words)

	Peter III of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		She arranged for Peter to marry Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst who formally to Russian Orthodoxy and took the name Ekaterina Feodorovna Catherine.
		Peter favored Prussia in many respects: after he gained throne in 1762 he withdrew from the Seven Years' War and made peace with Prussia on that were somewhat unfavorable for Russia.
		In December 1796 Peter's son the tyrannical Emperor Paul who disliked his mother arranged for remains to be exhumed and then reburied full honors in the Cathedral of the Peter and St. Paul fortress St. Petersburg.
	www.freeglossary.com /Peter_III_of_Russia (496 words)

	Peter Iii Of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Widener was the son of Peter Arrell Brown Widener...
		His parents were Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna, a daughter of Emperor Peter the Great of Russia and his second wife, Catherine I of Russia (a former Latvian peasant, Martha Skavronskaya).
		Peter favored Prussia in many respects: after he gained the throne in 1762, he withdrew from the Seven Years' War and made peace with Prussia on terms that were somewhat unfavorable for Russia.
	www.wikiverse.org /peter-iii-of-russia (500 words)

	History House: Catherine and Peter: The Odd Couple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Peter was a young barbarian with the manners of an unlicked cub...
		Peter would make little cannon-firing noises with his mouth and shout orders to the inanimate armies on the bed, beg Catherine to join him, and hurriedly stash the playthings under the sheets whenever members of the court happened by to check on the odd assortment of noises emanating from behind their chamber door.
		Peter claimed that the rat was clearly guilty according to military law, and that, after one of his dogs broke its back, he had hanged it in public view "for three days, as an example." Catherine, thinking he was joking, burst into hysterics.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/catherine_one (2093 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Peter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Peter III (1728-1762), emperor of Russia (1762), son of Duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife, Anna, daughter of Peter I of...
		Henry III (of England) (1207-1272), King of England (1216-1272), son and successor of King John (Lackland), and a member of the House of Anjou, or...
		Henry III (of France) (1551-1589), king of France (1574-1589), the last of the Valois kings.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Peter_III.html (104 words)

	Peter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Son of Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gotorb, and Anna Petrovna, Peter the Great's daughter, Peter III was born on February 10, 1728, in Kila and christened Karl Peter Ulrich.
		On August 21, 1745, Peter Feodorovich married Princess Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt-Zerbst, who was christened into the Orthodox faith as Ekaterina Alexeevna (the future Catherine the Great).
		Peter III was buried in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery but in December 1796, by order of his son Paul I, his remains were reburied with full honors in the Cathedral of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress in St. Petersburg.
	www2.sptimes.com /Treasures/TC.2.3.12.html (276 words)

	History House: Catherine the Great's Ascent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In defiance of the country's sorrow [Peter] refused to stand vigil over the body, and on those rare occasions when he approached the coffin it was with the deliberate intention of shocking those present: he would talk in a loud voice, jest, make faces, mock the priests....
		Peter shrugged and ordered all sacred images except for Christ and the Virgin Mary removed, built a Lutheran chapel in the palace, ordered all Russian priests to shave their beards, and decreed that all of the Church's wealth was owned by the state.
		Peter sailed to the city of Kronstadt, hoping to amass troops who had not yet sworn allegiance to Catherine, but he was a little late.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/catherine_two (1687 words)

	Peter III on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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		Attorney Zedrick Braden III has a great view of construction activity at the Millennium Park project on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Peter3-R1us.asp (636 words)

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		Notes for PETER GOERES: !The data for the Goeres family was provided by Margaret Goeres Stessman of Defiance, Iowa (Sept 1992) with additional ancestor history provided by Loren Goeres of Seattle, Washington and Catherine Goeres of Osmond, Neb. (1993).
		Miss Anna Goeres was born in November, 1877, at Calidonia, Minn. She was united in marriage to Peter Miller at Earling in November, 1896, and to this union seven children were born, two girls and five boys, all of whom are living.
		His father (J. Peter) was a proud and stern man. His mother died one week after his 11th birthday and his father had his hands full running a farm and raising 5 rambunkous sons alone.
	www.rootsweb.com /~iashelby/text/dpgoeres.txt (9704 words)

	Peter III. (Russland) - Wikipedia
		Februar 1728 als Karl Peter Ulrich von Holstein-Gottorp in Kiel zur Welt.
		In einem Brief an Wilhelm Graf von Fermor, dem Oberkommandierenden der russischen Truppen versuchte Peter, ihn zum Einlenken gegen die Preußen zu bewegen.
		Der hielt sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt in Oranienbaum auf und wurde von den Geschehnissen völlig überrascht.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_III._%28Russland%29 (643 words)

	Russian Lacquer Box - Peter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Peter III Feodorovich was the son of Elizabeth's oldest sister, Anne, and grandson of Peter the Great.
		Peter III, in fact, held up in admiration Frederick II, the King of Prussia, with whom Russia was fighting the "Seven Year's War".
		In the end, one sharp and ambitious woman, daughter of an unheralded German prince, took advantage of the situation and overthrew the regime of Peter III.
	www.lacquerbox.com /TSPT3.HTM (307 words)

	Peter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In 1262 he had married Constance, heiress of Manfred, the Hohenstaufen king of Sicily; and after the revolt of the Sicilians in 1282 he invaded the island and was proclaimed king at Palermo, despite strong Guelph and papal opposition (see Sicilian Vespers).
		In 1285 Philip III of France invaded Aragon to dethrone Peter but was disastrously defeated.
		Among his children were Alfonso III of Aragon, James I of Sicily (II of Aragon), and Frederick III of Sicily.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /tours/spain/peter3.html (152 words)

	Peter III of Aragon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		He became Peter I of Sicily from 1276 after the SicilianVespers expulsed the French from the island.
		His navy under the admiral Roger of Lauria defeated theinvading French crusade at Roses, and his armies crushed the retreating French crusadersat the Coll dePanissars in 1285.
		Peter left Aragon to his eldest son Alfonso III ofAragon, and Sicily to his second son James I of Sicily.
	www.therfcc.org /peter-iii-of-aragon-65134.html (120 words)

	Russian Antiques: Peter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Karl Peter Ulrich (1739-1762), duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and a grand son of Peter I the Great became Emperor Peter III of Russia in 1761, he was overthrown by his wife - Catherine (later Catherine II the Great) in summer 1762.
		Peter was proclaimed an heir to the Russian throne by Empress Elizabeth.
		The front gilt plate of the Grenadier Cap is mounted with the fl Imperial eagle, which holds 2 crowned medallions with hand painted coats of arms of Russia and Holstein.
	www.romanovrussia.com /Grenad.html (182 words)

	Who was Peter Ainslie III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Peter Ainslie was born June 3, 1867, soon after the end of the Civil War in the Tidewater region of Virginia near the village of Dunnsville (Essex County).
		His grandfather, Peter Ainslie I, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, from where he emigrated to the U.S. and became a leading Disciples minister who served and preached among the landed gentry of the Commonwealth.
		Peter Ainslie was a “catholic Protestant” with a tireless passion for Christian unity.
	www.disciples.org /CCU/AinslieBio.htm (779 words)

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