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See also:CHARLEROI (Carolus Rex) , a See also:town in the See also:province of See also:Hainaut, See also:Belgium. Pop. (1904) 26,528. It was founded in 1666 on the site of a See also:village called Charnoy by the See also:Spanish See also:governor Roderigo and named after his See also:sovereign See also:Charles II. of See also:Spain. Charleroi is the centre of the See also:iron See also:industry of Belgium. It is connected by a See also:canal with See also:Brussels, and from its position on the Sambre enjoys facilities of communication by See also:water with See also:France as well as Belgium. It was ceded soon after its See also:foundation to France by the treaty of See also:Aix-la-Chapelle, and See also:Vauban fortified it. During the See also:French occupation the town was considerably extended, and the fortifications were made so strong that Charleroi twice successfully resisted the strenuous attacks of 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 of See also:Orange. In 1794 Charleroi again See also:fell into the See also:hand's of the French, and on this occasion instead of fortifying they dismantled it. In 1816 Charleroi was refortified under See also:Wellington's direction, and it was finally dismantled in 1859. Some portions of the old ramparts are See also:left near the railway station. There is an archaeological museum with a See also:miscellaneous collection of See also:Roman and See also:Frank antiquities.
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