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ARTOIS , an See also:ancient See also:province of the See also:north of See also:France, corresponding to the See also:present See also:department of Pas de See also:Calais, with the exclusion of the arrondissements of See also:Boulogne and See also:Montreuil, which belonged to See also:Picardy. It is a See also:rich and well-watered See also:country, producing abundance of See also:grain and hops, and yielding excellent pasture for See also:cattle. The See also:capital of the province was See also:Arras, and the other important places were See also:Saint-Omer, See also:Bethune, See also:Aire, Hesdin, Bapaume, See also:Lens, Lillers, Saint-Pol and Saint-Venant. The name Artois (still more corrupted in " Arras ") is derived from the Atrebates, who possessed the See also:district in the 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 of See also:Caesar. From the 9th to the 12th See also:century Artois belonged to the See also:counts of See also:Flanders. It was bestowed in 118o on 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 of France by Philip of See also:Alsace, as the See also:dowry of his niece See also:Isabella of See also:Hainaut. At her See also:death in 11go, See also:Baldwin IX., See also:count of Flanders (d. 1206), and then his son-in-See also:law, See also:Ferrand (See also:Ferdinand) of See also:Portugal, count of Flanders, disputed the See also:possession of the country with 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 France, Ferrand being in the See also:coalition which was overthrown by Philip Augustus at See also:Bouvines (1214). In 1237 Artois, which was raised to a countship the following See also:year, was conferred as an See also:appanage by Saint 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 on his See also:brother
See also:Robert, who died on crusade in 1250. His son, Robert II., took See also:part in the See also:wars in See also:Navarre, See also:Sicily, See also:Guienne and Flanders, and was killed at the See also:battle of Courtrai in 1302. After his death, his son Philip having predeceased him (1298), Artois was adjudged to his daughter Mahaut, or See also:Matilda, as against her See also:nephew Robert, son of Philip, who attempted to support his claim to the countship by forged titles. Banished from France for this See also:crime (1322), Robert of Artois took See also:refuge in See also:England, where he became See also:earl of See also:Richmond, and incited See also:Edward III. to make See also:war upon Philip of See also:Valois.
His descendants, the counts of Eu (q.v.), continued to See also:style themselves counts of Artois. By the See also:marriage of Mahaut (d. 1329) with See also:Otto IV., Artois passed to the See also:house of See also:Burgundy, in whose possession it remained till the marriage of See also:Mary, the daughter of See also:Charles the Bold, to the See also:archduke See also:Maximilian brought it to the house of See also:Austria. Louis XI., however, occupied portions of Artois, and the claims of Austria were contested by France until the treaty of Senlis (1493). The See also:emperor Charles V. established the See also:council of Artois, with See also:sovereign authority. At the end of the See also:Thirty Years' War Artois was again conquered by the See also:French, and the See also:conquest was ratified in the treaty of the See also:Pyrenees (1659) by See also:Spain, to whom the province had fallen in 1634. During the war between France and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland (1672–77) and that of the See also:Spanish See also:Succession, Artois was invaded again, but the See also:treaties of See also:Nijmwegen (1678) and of See also:Utrecht (1713) confirmed the See also:sovereignty of France. The See also:title of count of Artois was See also:borne by Charles X. of France before his See also:accession to the See also:throne. This new creation became See also:extinct on the death of the See also:comte de See also:Chambord in 1883.
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