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ALENC ,ON, See also:COUNTS See also:ANA See also:DUKES OF. The first See also:line of the counts of Alengon,was founded by Yves, See also:lord of Bellesme, who in the See also:middle of the, loth See also:century possessed and fortified the See also:town of See also:Alencon. His successors, involved in all the See also:wars of the See also:kings of See also:England in See also:Normandy, were alternately deprived and
repossessed of their domains, according to the fluctuations of See also:fortune between the See also:rival parties. Mabille, countess of Alencon and heiress of this See also:family (d. ro82), married See also:Roger of See also:Montgomery, and from them descended a second See also:house of Alencon which became See also:extinct in the See also:person of See also:Robert IV.;, the See also:county of Alencon was then joined to the royal domain. It was successively granted as an See also:appanage to 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, son of St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis (2268), and to See also:Charles, See also:count of See also:Valois, See also:brother of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip the See also:Fair (1293). The third house of Alencon sprang from Charles, second son of the count of Valois, who was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Crecy in 1346. The countship of Alencon was raised to a See also:peerage in 1367 and into a dukedom in 1414. See also:John, 1st See also:duke of Alencon, was killed at See also:Agincourt on the 25th of See also:October 14151 after having with his own See also:hand slain the duke of See also:York. His son, also named John, was dispossessed of his duchy by 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 of England, but reconquered it in 1449. In 1524 the dukedom of Alencon reverted to the See also:crown, in consequence of the See also:death of the duke Charles IV. without issue of his See also:marriage with See also:Margaret, See also:sister of See also:Francis I. It was given as a See also:jointure to See also:Catherine de'See also:Medici in 1559, and as an appanage to her son Francis in 1566. It was pawned by 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 IV. to the duke of See also:Wurttemberg, and subsequently it passed to Gaston, duke of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, by 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 Louis XIII.; to See also:Elizabeth of Orleans, duchess of See also:Guise; to Charles, duke of See also:Berry, See also:grandson of Louis XIV. (171o); and to See also:Monsieur (Louis XVIII.), brother of Louis XVI.
The See also:title of duc d'Alencon was given to See also:Ferdinand of Orleans, son of the duc de See also:Nemours, and grandson of Louis-Philippe. , (M.
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