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Archdiocese of Chicago
The Archdiocese of Chicago is the metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church covering Cook and Lake counties in Illinois. It ministered to 2.2 million Catholics in 2021.
Archdiocese of Esztergom
The Archdiocese of Esztergom is the senior Roman Catholic archdiocese of Hungary, founded by King Stephen I in 1001, with the Esztergom Basilica as its cathedral.
Archdiocese of Lima
The Archdiocese of Lima (Arquidiócesis de Lima) is the metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru, erected by Pope Paul III in 1541 and raised to an archdiocese in 1546.
Archdiocese of Mexico
The Archdiocese of Mexico, or Arquidiócesis de México, is the Roman Catholic metropolitan see in Mexico City, made a diocese in 1530 and an archdiocese in 1546.
Archdiocese of Prague
The Archdiocese of Prague (Pražská arcidiecéze) is the Roman Catholic archdiocese seated at Prague in the Czech Republic, founded as a bishopric in 973 and raised to an archbishopric by Pope Clement VI in 1344.
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (Elisabeth Marie von Habsburg, 1883–1963), daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf, joined Austria's Social Democratic Party in 1925 as the "Red Archduchess" and married Leopold Petznek.
Archduchess Gisela of Austria
Archduchess Gisela of Austria (Gisela Louise Marie, 1856–1932), second daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth; married 1873 to Prince Leopold of Bavaria, mother of four, later patron figure for Bruckner in Munich.
Archduchess Louise of Austria
Archduchess Louise of Austria (Luise von Toscana), Habsburg-Tuscany archduchess and Crown Princess of Saxony; fled her marriage with lover André Giron, divorced and stripped of titles in 1903, expelled by Franz Joseph from the House registers.
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
Archduchess Marie Valerie (Mária Valéria), 1868-1924, youngest daughter of Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth; the 'Hungarian child', wife of Franz Salvator, mother of ten, philanthropist of Wallsee.
Archduchess Sophie of Austria
Archduchess Sophie of Austria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine of Bavaria, 1805-1872), wife of Archduke Franz Karl and mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I, secured his 1848 accession and dominated the Vienna court as the 'secret Empress', clashing with Empress Elisabeth over the upbringing of her grandchildren.
Archduchy of Austria
Archduchy of Austria: Habsburg Danube state of the Holy Roman Empire, also Erzherzogtum Österreich. Duchy from the 1156 Privilegium minus; archducal title from Rudolf IV's forged Privilegium maius, recognized 1453; ended as imperial state in 1806.
Archduke
Archduke (Erzherzog, Latin archidux): Habsburg dynastic title of Austria, created through Rudolf IV's forged Privilegium maius of 1358/59, legally confirmed by Frederick III in 1453, abolished for Austrian citizens by the 1919 Adelsaufhebungsgesetz.
Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007)
Carl Ludwig Habsburg-Lothringen (1918–2007), Austrian archduke, fifth child of Emperor Karl I and Zita; exiled as a child, US Army officer at Normandy 1944, later a Genstar/Société Générale executive in Brussels.
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (Erzherzog Karl) was an Austrian field marshal, brother of Emperor Francis, who defeated Napoleon at Aspern-Essling in 1809 before losing at Wagram.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was heir presumptive to the Austria-Hungary throne from 1896 until his 1914 assassination in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, triggering World War I.
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802–1878), third son of Emperor Franz II (I), brother of Ferdinand I, and father of Franz Joseph I; member of the 1836–1848 Privy State Conference who renounced the throne in December 1848 in favor of his son.
Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Archduke Joseph (József nádor, 1776–1847) was a Habsburg archduke who served as Palatine of Hungary, the king's deputy, from 1795 until his death, elected unanimously by the Diet at 19.
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833–1896), brother of Emperor Franz Joseph, heir presumptive after 1889, father of Franz Ferdinand and grandfather of Emperor Karl I, progenitor of the main Habsburg line.
Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
Archduke Stephen of Austria (1817–1867), son of Archduke Joseph, was the last Palatine of Hungary, serving from 1847 to 1848 before the revolution ended the office.
Arche
Arche (Jupiter XLIII, S/2002 J1) is a ~1.5 km retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter in the Carme group, discovered in 2002 by Scott S. Sheppard, orbiting 23.4 million km out in 732 days.
Archean
The Archean, also spelled Archaean, is the second eon of Earth's geological history, lasting from 4.031 to 2.5 billion years ago and forming most of the Precambrian.
Archegonium
Archegonium: the flask-shaped multicellular female sex organ of bryophytes, ferns, lycophytes, and gymnosperms, producing one egg; canal cells disintegrate at maturity so sperm can fertilize it.
Archegos Capital Management
Archegos Capital Management, also known as Archegos Capital, was a US family office run by Bill Hwang that collapsed in March 2021, costing its banks more than $10 billion.
Archelaus of Macedon
Archelaus I (Greek Ἀρχέλαος), king of Macedon 413–399 BC, illegitimate son of Perdiccas II; reformed army, coinage, and capital at Pella, patronized Euripides, and died in a royal hunt assassination.
Archelon
Archelon ischyros, largest turtle ever documented, an extinct Late Cretaceous (80–74 Ma) protostegid marine turtle of the Western Interior Seaway, 4.6 m long, 2.2–3.2 tonnes, described by Wieland in 1896.
Archéophone
The Archéophone is a modern universal playback machine for phonograph cylinders, created in France in 1998 by Henri Chamoux and used by major sound archives, including the Library of Congress.
Archer (2009 TV series)
Archer (2009 TV series), FX/FXX animated spy comedy created by Adam Reed, 14 seasons 2009 to 2023 ending with "Into the Cold"; Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) at ISIS, pitched as James Bond meets Arrested Development.
Archer (tank destroyer)
The Archer, formally the Self Propelled 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, was a British tank destroyer of the Second World War mounting a rear-facing 17-pounder gun.
Archer Alexander
Archer Alexander (died December 8, 1880) was a Missouri enslaved man who warned Union troops of a Confederate sabotage plot, was emancipated in 1863, and served as the model for the freedman in Washington's 1876 Emancipation Memorial.
Archer Artillery System
The Archer Artillery System is a fully automated 155 mm 52-caliber self-propelled howitzer developed by BAE Systems Bofors in Karlskoga, Sweden, and fielded to the Swedish Army in 2016.