DODANA, Wife of Bernard, Duke of Settimania, or of Gotha, in the Middle of the nineteenth Century,
Was illustrious for her piety and talents; and composed a Manual, in Latin, for the instruction of her children, divided into 63 chapters, and full of moral and religious lessons.
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DSINGU, (Empress of Japan)
Who accompanied her husband Tsiuu-ti, in the war he undertook, in 201, to gain the Corean peninsula. Dying in the beginning of this expedition, the monarch charged her to complete the conquest; which she did with great expedition and rapidity.
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DUBEC, (RENÉE) Marechale de Guebriant,
Distinguished for her wit and great talents; ambassadress extraordinary to Poland; an employment which she filled with great dignity. Le Laboureur has written her life. She died at Paris 1659.
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DUCHEMIN, (CATHERINE)
A famous painter, wife of Girardon, the Sculptor.
DUMÉE, (JANE) a celebrated Parisian Astronomer, of the seventeenth Century,
Was married very young, and became a widow at the age of seventeen. Nothing now prevented her from
delivering