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See also:CHATEAUNEUF, LA BELLE , the name popularly given to RENEE DE RiEux, daughter of See also:Jean de Rieux, seigneur de Chateauneuf, who was descended from one of the greatest families of See also:Brittany. The See also:dates both of her See also:birth and See also:death are not known. She was maid of See also:honour to the See also:queen-See also:mother See also:Catherine de' See also:Medici, and inspired an ardent See also:passion in the See also:duke of See also:Anjou, See also:brother of See also:Charles IX. This intrigue deterred the duke from the See also:marriage which it was desired to arrange for him with See also:Elizabeth of See also:England; but he soon abandoned La Belle Chateauneuf for See also:Marie of See also:Cleves (1571). The See also:court then wished to find a See also:husband for Renee de Rieux, whose singular beauty gave her an See also:influence which the queen-mother feared, and matches were in turn suggested with the See also:voivode of Transylvania, the See also:earl of See also:Leicester, with Du Prat, See also:provost of See also:Paris, and with the See also:count of Brienne, all of which came to nothing. Ultimately, on the ground that she had been lacking in respect towards the queen, See also:Louise of See also:Lorraine-Vaudemont, Renee was banished from the court. She married a Florentine named Antinotti, whom she stabbed in a See also:fit of See also:jealousy (1577); then she remarried, her husband being 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 Altoviti, who in 1586 was killed in a See also:duel by the See also:Grand See also:Prior 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 of See also:Angouleme, who was himself mortally wounded.
See also:CHATEAU-RENAULT, See also:FRANCOIS 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 DE ROUSSELET, See also:MARQUIS DE (1637-1716), See also:French See also:admiral, was the See also:fourth son of the third marquis of Chateau-Renault. The See also:family was of See also:Breton origin, but had been See also:long settled near See also:Blois. He entered the See also:army in 168, but in 1661 was transferred to the See also:navy, which Louis XIV. was eager to raise to a high level .of strength. After a See also:short See also:apprenticeship he was made See also:captain in 1666. His See also:early services were mostly performed in cruises against the See also:Barbary pirates (1672). In 1673 he was named chef d'escadre, and he was promoted See also:lieutenant See also:general See also:des armees navales in 1687. During the See also:wars up to this date he had few chances of distinction, but he had been wounded in See also:action with the pirates, and had been on a cruise to the See also:West Indies. When See also:war See also:broke out between England and See also:France after the revolution of 1688, he was in command at See also:Brest, and was chosen to carry the troops and stores sent by the French 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 to the aid of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. in See also:Ireland. Although he was watched by Admiral See also:Herbert (See also:Lord See also:Torrington, q.v.), with whom he fought an indecisive action in See also:Bantry See also:Bay, he executed his See also:mission with success. Chateau-Renault commanded a See also:squadron under See also:Tourville at the See also:battle of Beachy See also:Head in 169o. He was with Tourville in the attack of the See also:Smyrna See also:convoy in 1693, and was named grand See also:cross of the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:Saint Louis in the same See also:year. Though in See also:constant service, the reduced See also:state of the French navy (owing to thefinancial embarrassments of the See also:treasury) gave him few openings for fighting at See also:sea during the See also:rest of the war.
On the death of Tourville in 1701 he was named to the vacant See also:post of See also:vice-admiral of France. On the outbreak of the War of the See also:Spanish See also:Succession he was named for the difficult task of protecting the Spanish See also:ships which were to bring the treasure from See also:America. It was a See also:duty of extreme delicacy, for the Spaniards were unwilling. to obey a foreigner, and the French king was anxious that the See also:bullion should be brought to one of his own ports, a See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme which the Spanish officials were sure to resent if they were allowed to discover what was meant. With the utmost difficulty Chateau-Renault was able to bring the galleons as far as See also:Vigo, to which See also:port he steered when he learnt that a powerful See also:English and Dutch armament was on the Spanish See also:coast, and had to recognize that the Spanish See also:officers would not consent to make for a French See also:harbour or for Passages, which they thought too near France. His See also:fleet of fifteen French and three Spanish war-ships, having under their care twelve galleons, had anchored on the 22nd of See also:September in Vigo Bay. Obstacles, some of an See also:official See also:character, and others due to the poverty of the Spanish See also:government in resources, arose to delay the landing of the treasure. There was no adequate See also:garrison in the See also:town, and the See also:local See also:militia was untrustworthy. Knowing that he would probably be attacked, Chateau-Renault strove to protect his fleet by means of a See also:boom. The order to See also:land the treasure was delayed, and until it came from See also:Madrid nothing could be done, since according to See also:law it should have been landed at See also:Cadiz, which had a See also:monopoly of the See also:trade with America. At last the order came, and the bullion was landed under the care of the Gallician militia which was ordered to escort it to See also:Lugo. A very large See also:part, if not the whole, was plundered by the militiamen and the farmers whose carts had been commandeered for the service. But the bulk of the merchandise was on See also:board of the galleons when the allied fleet appeared outside of the bay on the 22nd of See also:October 1702. See also:Sir See also:George See also:Rooke and his colleagues resolved to attack. The fleet was carrying a See also:body of troops which had been sent out to make a landing at Cadiz, and had been beaten off. The fortifications of Vigo were weak on the sea See also:side, and on the land side there were none. There was therefore nothing to offer a serious resistance to the See also:allies when they landed soldiers. The fleet of twenty-four See also:sail was steered at the boom and broke through it, while the troops turned the forts and had no difficulty in scattering the Gallician militia. In the bay the action was utterly disastrous to the French and Spaniards. Their ships were all taken or destroyed. The See also:booty gained was far less than the allies hoped, but the damage done to the French and Spanish governments was See also:great.
Chateau-Renault suffered no loss of his See also:master's favour by his failure to See also:save the treasure. The king considered him See also:free from blame, and must indeed have known that the admiral had been trusted with too many secrets to make it safe to inflict a public rebuke. The Spanish government declined to give him the See also:rank of See also:grandee which was to have been the See also:reward for bringing See also:home the bullion safe. But in 1703 he was made a See also:marshal of France, and shortly afterwards lieutenant-general of Brittany. The fight in Vigo Bay was the last piece of active service performed by Chateau-Renault. In 1708 on the death of his See also:nephew he inherited the marquisate, and on the 15th of See also:November 1716 he died in Paris. He married in 1684 Marie-See also:Anne-Renee de la See also:Porte, daughter and heiress of the count of Crozon. His eldest son was killed at the battle of See also:Malaga 1704, and another, also a See also:naval officer, was killed by See also:accident in 1708. A third son, who too was a naval officer, succeeded him in the See also:title.
A See also:life of Chateau-Renault was published in 1903 by M. Calmon-Maison. There is a French as well as an English See also:account of the part played by him at Bantry Bay and Beachy Head, and the controversy still continues. For the French See also:history of the navy under Louis XIV. see See also:Leon See also:Guerin, Histoire maritime de la France (1863), vols. iii., iv.; and his See also:Les Marins See also:illustres (1861). Also the naval history by Charles Bouzel de la Ronciere. (D.
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