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AUVERGNE , formerly a See also:province of See also:France, corresponding to the departments of See also:Cantal and See also:Puy-de-See also:Dome, with the See also:arrondissement of See also:Brioude in Haute-See also:Loire. It contains many mountains volcanic in origin (Plomb du Cantal, Puy de Dome, Mont See also:Dore), fertile valleys such as that of Limagne, vast pasture-lands, and numerous medicinal springs. Up to the See also:present See also:day the See also:population retains strongly-marked See also:Celtic characteristics. 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 the See also:Arverni were a powerful See also:confederation, the Arvernian Vercingetorix being the most famous of the Gallic chieftains who fought against the See also:Romans. Under the See also:empire Arvernia formed See also:part of Prima Aquitania, and the See also:district shared in the fortunes of See also:Aquitaine during the Merovingian and Carolingian periods. Auvergne was the seat of a See also:separate countship before the end of the 8th See also:century; the first hereditary See also:count was 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 the Pious (886). By the See also:marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine with 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 See also:Plantagenet, the countship passed under the See also:suzerainty of the See also:kings of See also:England, but at the same time it was divided, William VII., called the See also:Young (1145-1168), having been despoiled of a portion of his domain by his See also:uncle William VIII.,called the Old,who was supported by Henry II. of England, so that he only retained the region bounded by the See also:Allier and the Coux. It is this district that from the end of the 13th century was called the See also:Dauphine d'Auvergne. This See also:family See also:quarrel occasioned the intervention 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, 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, who succeeded in possessing himself of a large part of the See also:country, which was annexed to the royal domains under the name of Terre d'Auvergne. As the See also:price of his concurrence with the king in this See also:matter, the See also:bishop of Clermont, See also:Robert I. (1195-1227), was granted the lordship of the See also:town of Clermont, which subsequently became a countship. Such was the origin of the four See also:great historic lordships of Auvergne. The Terre d'Auvergne was first an See also:appanage of Count See also:Alphonse of See also:Poitiers (1241-1271), and in 136o was erected into a duchy in the See also:peerage of France (duchy-pairie) by King See also:John II. in favour of his son John, through whose daughter the new See also:title passed in 1416 to the See also:house of See also:Bourbon. The last See also:duke, the celebrated 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 See also:Charles of Bourbon, See also:united the domains of the Dauphine to those of the
duchy, but all were confiscated by the See also:crown in consequence of the See also:sentence which punished the constable's See also:treason in 1527. The countship, however, had passed in 1422 to the house of La Tour, and was not annexed to the domain until 1615. The See also:administration of the royal province of Auvergne was organized under 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 XIV. At the time of the revolution it formed what was called a "See also:government," with two divisions: Upper Auvergne (See also:Aurillac), and See also:Lower Auvergne (Clermont).
BInuon RA PAY.—Baluze, Histoire genealogique de la maison d'Auvergne (17o8); See also:Andre Imberdis, Histoire generale de l'Auvergne W67); J. B. M. Bielawski, Histoire de la See also:comte d'Auvergne et de sa capitale Vic-le-Comte (1868); B. Gonot, See also:Catalogue See also:des ouvrages imprimes et manuscrits concernant l'Auvergne (1849). See further See also:Chevalier, Repertoire des See also:sources hist., Topobibliographie, s.v.
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