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See also:ALPHONSE I ., See also:COUNT OF See also:TouLousE (1103-1148), son of Count See also:Raymond IV. by his third wife, See also:Elvira of See also:Castile, was See also:born in 1103, in the See also:castle of Mont-Pelerin, See also:Tripoli. He was surnamed Jourdain on See also:account of his being baptized in the See also:river See also:Jordan. His See also:father died when he was two years old and he remained under the guardianship of his See also:cousin, See also:Guillaume Jourdain, count of Cerdagne (d. 1109), until he was five. He was then taken to See also:Europe and his See also:brother See also:Bertrand gave him the count-See also:ship of See also:Rouergue; in his tenth See also:year, upon Bertrand's See also:death (1112), he succeeded to the countship of Toulouse and marquisate of See also:Provence,. but Toulouse was taken from him by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IX., count of See also:Poitiers, in 1114. He recovered a See also:part in 1119, but continued to fight for his possessions until about 1123. When at last successful, he was excommunicated by See also:Pope See also:Calixtus II. for having expelled the monks of See also:Saint-Gilles, who had aided his enemies. He next fought for the See also:sovereignty of Provence against Raymond See also:Berenger I., and not till See also:September 1125 did the See also:war end in an amicable agreement. Under it Jourdain became See also:absolute See also:master of the regions lying between the See also:Pyrenees and the See also:Alps, See also:Auvergne and the See also:sea. His ascendancy was an unmixed See also:good to the See also:country, for during a See also:period of fourteen years See also:art and See also:industry flourished. About 1134 he seized the countship of See also:Narbonne, only restoring it to the Viscountess Ermengarde (d. 1197) in 1143. 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 VII., for some See also:reason which has not appeared, besieged Toulouse in 1141, but without result. Next year Jourdain again incurred the displeasure 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 by siding with the rebels of See also:Montpellier against their See also:lord. A second 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 he was excommunicated; but in 1146 he took the See also:cross at the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of See also:Vezelay called by Louis VII., and in See also:August 1147 embarked for the See also:East. He lingered on the way in See also:Italy and probably in See also:Constantinople; but in 1148 he had arrived at See also:Acre. Among his companions he had made enemies and he was destined to take no See also:share in the crusade he had joined. He was poisoned at Caesarea, either the wife of Louis or the See also:mother 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 of See also:Jerusalem suggesting the See also:draught.
See the documentary Histoire generale de See also:Languedoc by De See also:Vie and Vaissette, vol. iii. (Toulouse, 1872).
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