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See also:ARTHUR I . (118g–1 203), See also:duke of See also:Brittany, was the See also:posthumous son of See also:Geoffrey, the See also:fourth son of 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 II. of See also:England, and See also:Constance, heiress of Conan IV., duke of Brittany. The Bretons hoped that their See also:young See also:prince would uphold their See also:independence, which was threatened by the See also:English. Henry II. tried to seize Brittany, and in 1187 forced Constance to marry one of his favourites, Randulph de Blundevill, See also:earl of See also:Chester (d. 1232). Henry, however, died soon afterwards (1189). The new 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, See also:Richard Cceur de See also:Lion, claimed the guardianship of the young Arthur, but in 1190 Richard See also:left for the Crusade. Constance profited by his See also:absence by governing the duchy, and in 1194 she had Arthur proclaimed duke of Brittany by an See also:assembly of barons and bishops. Richard invaded Brittany in 1196, but was defeated in 1197 and became reconciled to See also:Con-stance. On his See also:death in 1189, the nobles of See also:Anjou, See also:Maine and See also:Touraine refused to recognize See also:John of England, and did See also:homage to Arthur, who declared himself the See also:vassal 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 See also:Augustus. In 1202 See also:war was resumed between the king of England and the king of See also:France. The king of France recognized Arthur's right to Brittany, Anjou, Maine and See also:Poitou.
While Philip Augustus was invading See also:Normandy, Arthur tried to seize Poitou. But, surprised at Mirebeau, he See also:fell into the hands of John, who sent him prisoner to See also:Falaise. In the following See also:year he was transferred to See also:Rouen, and disappeared suddenly. It is thought that John killed him with his own See also:hand. After this See also:murder John was condemned by the See also:court of peers of France, and stripped of the fiefs which he possessed in France.
See See also:Ralph of Coggeshall, " Chronicon Anglicanum," in the Monumenta Britanniae historica; Dom Lobineau, Histoire de Bretagne (1702); Dom Morice, Histoire de Bretagne (1742–1756); A. de la Borderie, Histoire de Bretagne, vol. iii. (1899); See also:Bemont, " De la condamnation de See also:Jean-sans-Terre See also:par la Cour See also:des Pairs de France," in the Revue historique (1886), vol. xxxii.
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