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ALBRET ., The lordship (seigneurie) of Albret (Labrit, Lebret),situated in the See also:Landes, gave its name to one of the most powerful feudal families of See also:France in the See also:middle, ages. Its members distinguished themselves in the See also:local See also:wars of that See also:epoch; and during the 14th See also:century they espoused the See also:English cause for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, afterwards transferring their 'support to the See also:side of France. See also:Arnaud Amanieu, See also:lord of Albret, helped to take See also:Guienne from the English. His son See also:Charles became See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of France, and was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Agincourt in 1415. Alain the See also:Great, lord of Albret (d. 1522), wished to marry See also:Anne of See also:Brittany, and to that end fought against Charles VIII.; but his hopes being defeated by the See also:betrothal of Anne to See also:Maximilian of See also:Austria, he surrendered See also:Nantes to the See also:French in 1486. At that time the See also:house of Albret had attained consider-able territorial importance, due in great See also:part to the liberal grants
taking of See also:Algeciras in 1344 he led the armed See also:levy of his See also:arch-bishopric. In 1343 he had been sent to See also:Pope See also:Clement VI. at See also:Avignon to negotiate a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a tax on the revenues of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church for the Crusade. • His military and See also:diplomatic ability became known to the pope, who made him a See also:cardinal in 1350, See also:Albornoz See also:left See also:Spain on the See also:death of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:Alphonso XI. in that See also:year, and never returned. It has been said, but not on contemporary See also:evidence, that he fled from fear of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the Cruel. In 1353 See also:Innocent VI. sent him as a See also:legate into See also:Italy, with a view to the restoration of the papal authority in the states of the Church. He was recalled in 1357, but was sent again to Italy after a brief See also:interval, and in 1362 had paved the way for the return of See also:Urban V., to See also:Rome. As legate, Albornoz showedhimself to be an astute manager of men and effective fighter. He began by making use of See also:Rienzi, whose See also:release from See also:prison at Avignon he secured. After the See also:murder of the See also:tribune in 1354 Albornoz pursued his task of restoring the pope's authority by intrigue and force with remarkable success. As a See also:mark of gratitude the pope appointed him legate at See also:Bologna in 1367, but hp died at See also:Viterbo the same year. According to his own See also:desire his remains were carried to See also:Toledo, where See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of See also:Castile caused them to be entombed with almost royal honours.' A See also:work by Albornoz on the constitution of the Church of Rome, first printed at, See also:Jesi in 1473, is now very rare. The See also:college of St Clement at Bologna was founded. by Albornoz for the benefit of See also:Spanish students.
See " De Vita et See also:Rebus Gestis Aegidii Albornotii," in Sepulveda's See also:Opera,Omnia, vol. iv. {1780); Cardenal,Albornoz der zweits;Begrunder
which it had obtained from successive See also:kings of France. See also:John of Albret, son of Alain, became king of See also:Navarre by his See also:marriage with See also:Catherine of See also:Foix. Their son Henry, king of Navarre, was created See also:duke of Albret and peer of France in 1550. By his wife See also:Margaret, See also:sister of the French king, See also:Francis I., he had a daughter, Jeanne d'Albret, See also:queen of Navarre, who married See also:Anthony de See also:Bourbon, duke of See also:Vendome, and became the See also:mother of Henry IV., king of France. The dukedom of Albret, See also:united to the See also:crown of France by the See also:accession of this See also:prince, was granted to the See also:family of La Tour d'See also:Auvergne in 1651, in See also:exchange for See also:Sedan and See also:Raucourt.
To a younger See also:branch of this house belonged See also:Jean d'Albret, seigneur of Orval, See also:count of See also:Dreux and of See also:Rethel, See also:governor of See also:Champagne (d. 1524), who was employed by Francis I. in many diplomatic negotiations, more particularly in his intrigues to get himself elected See also:emperor in 1519. (M.
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