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See also:BETHUNE (See also:FAMILY) . The seigneurs of Bethune, avoues (advocati) of the See also:great See also:abbey of See also:Saint-Vaast at See also:Arras from the 11th See also:century, were the ancestors of a great See also:French See also:house whence sprang the See also:dukes of See also:Sully, Charost, Orval, and Ancenis; the marquises of See also:Rosny, Courville and Chabris; the See also:counts of Selles and the princes of Boisbelle and Henrichemont. See also:Conon de Bethune (q.v.), the crusader and poet, was an See also:early forebear. The most illustrious member of the Bethune family was Maximilien, See also:baron of Rosny, and afterwards See also:duke of Sully (q.v.), See also:minister 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 IV. His See also:brother 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:count of Selles and of Charost, was See also:ambassador to See also:Scotland, See also:Rome, See also:Savoy and See also:Germany, and died in 1649. Hippolyte de Bethune, count of Selles and See also:marquis of Chabris, who died in 1665, bequeathed to 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 a magnificent collection of See also:historical documents and See also:works of See also:art. The Charost See also:branch of the family gave See also:France a number of generals during the 17th and 18th centuries.
The last duke of Charost, Armand See also:Joseph de Bethune (1738-1800), French economist and philanthropist, served in the See also:army during the Seven Years' See also:War, after which he retired to his estates in See also:Berry, where, and also in See also:Brittany and See also:Picardy, he sought to ameliorate the See also:lot of his peasants by abolishing feudal dues, and introducing reforms in See also:agriculture. During the Terror he was arrested, but was liberated after the 9th See also:Thermidor. He was See also:mayor of the loth See also:arrondissement of See also:Paris under the Consulate, and died at Paris on the 27th of See also:October 'Soo, of small-pox, contracted during a visit to a workshop for the See also:blind which he had founded. He published essays on the way to destroy See also:mendicancy and to improve the See also:condition of the labourers, and also on the See also:establishment of a fund for rural See also:relief and the organization of rural See also:education. His See also:life throws See also:light on some phases of the ancien regime which are often over-looked by historians. 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 XV. said of Charost, " Look at this See also:man, his See also:appearance is insignificant, but he has put new life into three of my provinces." His only son, Armand Louis de Bethune, marquis de Charost, was beheaded on the 28th of See also:April 1794.
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