People

c. 12th century BCE–971 BCE

Joab was the principal military commander of King David. He wins campaigns for David and suppresses rebellions, but his independent use of violence—including the killings of […]

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1191–1237

Joan, Lady of Wales, was the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and wife of Llywelyn the Great. Her marriage helped connect English and Welsh […]

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1379–1440

Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, was the legitimised daughter of John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford. Through her marriage to Ralph Neville she became matriarch of […]

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1286–1356

Joan de Geneville was an Anglo-Irish heiress whose marriage to Roger Mortimer brought him extensive estates in the Welsh Marches and Ireland. She managed family property […]

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1311–1349

Joan II of Navarre was queen of Navarre and daughter of Louis X of France. Excluded from the French succession, she retained her claim to Navarre […]

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Joan of Navarre is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, court politics and dynastic power, and political ambition and government. […]

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1632–1675

Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter active in Delft and renowned for carefully composed interior scenes, subtle light and restrained domestic drama. He produced relatively few […]

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1478–1497

John was born in 1478 as the male heir of the Catholic Monarchs. In 1497 he married Margaret of Austria as part of the alliance between […]

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1735–1826

John Adams was an American revolutionary leader, diplomat and second president of the United States. He advocated independence, negotiated abroad and later faced conflict with France […]

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John André was a British Army officer who served as adjutant general and an important intelligence organiser during the American Revolutionary War. He negotiated with Benedict […]

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