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CHAMBORD , a See also:village of central See also:France, in the See also:department of Loir-et-See also:Cher, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Cosson, ro m. E. by N. of See also:Blois by road. The village stands in the See also:park of Chambord, which is enclosed by a See also:wall 21 M. in circumference. The celebrated See also:chateau (see See also:ARCHITECTURE: See also:Renaissance Architecture in France) forms a parallelogram flanked at the angles by See also:round towers and enclosing a square See also:block of buildings, the See also:facade of which forms the centre of the See also:main front. The profusion of turrets, pinnacles, and See also:dormer windows which decorates the roof of this, the See also:chief portion of the chateau, constitutes the main feature of the exterior, while in the interior are a well-preserved See also:chapel of the 16th See also:century and a famous See also:double See also:staircase, the construction of which permits two See also:people to ascend and descend respectively without seeing one another. There are 440 apartments, containing pictures of the 17th century and souvenirs of the See also:comte de Chambord. The cb~tcauwas originally a See also:hunting-See also:box of the See also:counts of Blois, the rebuilding of which was begun by See also:Francis I. in 1526, and completed under 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. It was the See also:residence of several succeeding monarchs, and 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. considerable alterations were made. In the same reign
See also:CHAMELEON 8 2 3
See also:Moliere performed See also:Monsieur de Pourceaugnac and Le See also:Bourgeois gentilhomme for the first 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 in the See also:theatre. See also:Stanislaus, 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 See also:Poland, lived at Chambord, which was bestowed by his son-in-See also:law, Louis XV., upon See also:Marshal See also:Saxe. It was given by See also:Napoleon to Marshal See also:Berthier, from whose widow it was See also:purchased by subscription in 1821, and presented to the duc de See also:Bordeaux, the representative of the older See also:branch of the Bourbons, who assumed from it the See also:title of comte de Chambord. On his See also:death in 1883 it came by See also:bequest into the See also:possession of the See also:family of See also:Parma.
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