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His Brother Ferrante: Through its military exploits, marriage alliances, and great wealth, the family soon assumed an important place among the despots of Renaissance Italy. Francesco I (1366-1407) received the title of Marquess of Mantua in 1403. In 1530, Federico II (1500-1540) was named the first duke of Mantua and Marquess of Mon-ferrato for his military services to the Emperor Charles V. His brother Ferrante (1507-1557) was awarded the county of Guastalla in 1539.
RHADAMANTHUS, rad-a-man'thus, according to Greek legend, a son of Zeus and Europa, and brother of Minos, king of Crete. According to another tradition, Rhadamanthus laid the foundation of the Cretan code of laws, which his brother Minos completed. From fear of his brother he is said to have fled to Ocaleia in Boeotia, where he married Alcmene. In the belief of the Greeks, a spirit in the lower world continued the business of life; hence Rhadamanthus, after his death, was made a judge in the kingdom of Pluto, or the Islands oi Blessed, on account of the-justice of his life had for his associates Aeacus and Minos, name suggests an Egyptian origin of the myt.
"It's just how great Barbaro is,'' Brother Derek's trainer Dan Hendricks said.
Barbaro is the even-money favorite for the shortest of the Triple Crown races. Brother Derek, the talented California-bred who finished in a dead heat for fourth at the Derby, is the second choice at 3-1, with Sweetnorthernsaint at 4-1 off his seventh-place Derby finish. |
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