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BEAUGENCY , a See also:town of central See also:France, in the See also:department of Loiret, 16 m. S.W. 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 on the Orleans railway, between that See also:city and See also:Blois. Pop. (1906) 2993. It is situated at the See also:foot of See also:vine-clad hills on the right See also:bank of the See also:Loire, to the See also:left bank of which it is See also:united by a See also:bridge of twenty-six See also:arches, many of them dating from the 13th See also:century. The See also:chief buildings are the See also:chateau, mainly of the 15th century; of which the massive See also:donjon of the 11th century known as the Tour de Cesar is the See also:oldest portion; and the See also:abbey-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 of Notre-See also:Dame, a See also:building in the Romanesque See also:style of See also:architecture, frequently restored. Some of the buildings of the See also:Benedictine abbey, to which this church belonged, remain. The hotel de ville, the See also:facade of which .is decorated with armorial See also:bearings of See also:Renaissance See also:carving, and the church of St See also:Etienne, an unblemished example of Romanesque architecture, are of See also:interest. Several old houses, some remains of the See also:medieval ramparts and the Tour de 1'Horloge, an See also:ancient gateway, are also preserved. The town carries on See also:trade in See also:grain, and has See also:flour See also:mills.
The lords of Beaugency attained considerable importance in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries; at the end of the 13th century the See also:fief was sold to the See also:crown, and afterwards passed to the See also:house of Orleans, then to those of See also:Dunois and See also:Longueville and
ultimately again to that of Orleans. See also:Joan of Arc defeated the See also:English here in 1429.
In 1567 the town was sacked and burned by the Protestants. On the 8th, 9th and loth of See also:December 187o the See also:German See also:army, commanded by the See also:grand-See also:duke of See also:Mecklenburg, defeated the See also:French army of the Loire, under See also:General See also:Chanzy, in the See also:battle of Beaugency (or Villorceau-Josnes), which was fought on the left bank of the Loire to the N.W. of Beaugency.
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