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CHATEAUROUX , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Indre, situated in a See also:plain on the See also:left See also:bank of the Indre, 88 m.S. 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 See also:main See also:line of the Orleans railway. Pop. (1906) 21,048. The old town, See also:close to the See also:river, forms a See also:nucleus See also:round which a newer and more extensive See also:quarter, bordered by boulevards, has grown up; the suburbs of St Christophe and See also:Deols (q.v.) See also:lie on the right bank of the Indre. The See also:principal buildings of Chateauroux are the handsome See also:modern 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 St See also:Andre, in the See also:Gothic See also:style, and the See also:Chateau Raoul, of the 14th and 15th centuries; the latter now forms See also:part of the prefecture. The hotel de ville contains a library and a museum which possesses a collection of paintings of the Flemish school and some interesting souvenirs of See also:Napoleon I. A statue of See also:General See also:Henri See also:Bertrand (1773–1844) stands in one of the principal squares. Chateauroux is the seat of a See also:prefect and of a See also:court of assizes. It' has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators, a See also:branch of the Bank of France, a chamber of commerce, a lycee, a See also:college for girls and training colleges. The manufacture of coarse woollens for military clothing and other purposes, and a See also:state See also:tobacco-factory, occupy large See also:numbers of. the inhabitants. See also:Wool-See also:spinning, See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:brewing, tanning, and the manufacture of agricultural implements are also carried on. Trade is in wool, iron, See also:grain, See also:sheep, lithographic See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:leather. The See also:castle from which Chateauroux takes its name was founded about the See also:middle of the loth See also:century by Raoul, See also:prince of Deols, and during the middle ages was the seat of a seigniory, which was raised to the See also:rank of countship in 1497, and in 1616, when it was held by 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., prince of See also:Conde, to that of duchy. In 1736 it returned to the See also:crown, and was given by 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. in 1744 to his See also:mistress, See also:Marie See also:Anne de See also:Mailly-See also:Nesle, duchess of Chateauroux.
CHATEAU-See also:THIERRY, a town of See also:northern France, capital of an See also:arrondissement in the department of See also:Aisne, 59 M. E.N.E. of See also:Paris on the Eastern railway to See also:Nancy. Pop. (1906) 6872. Chateau-Thierry is built on rising ground on the right bank of the See also:Marne, over which a See also:fine stone See also:bridge leads to the suburb of Marne. On the See also:quay stands a See also:marble statue erected to the memory of La See also:Fontaine, who was See also:born in the town in 1621; his See also:house is still preserved in the See also:street that bears his name. On the See also:top of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill are the ruins of a castle, which is said to have been built by See also:Charles Martel for the Frankish 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, Thierry IV.,and is plainly the origin of the name of the town. The See also:chief relic is a gateway flanked by massive round towers, known as the See also:Porte See also:Saint-See also:Pierre. A See also:belfry of the 15th century and the church of St Crepin of the same See also:period are of some See also:interest. The town is the seat of a sub-prefect and has a tribunal of first instance and a communal college. The distinctive See also:industry is the manufacture of mathematical and musical See also:instruments. There is trade in the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:wine of the neighbourhood, and in sheep, See also:cattle and agricultural products. See also:Gypsum, millstone and paving-stone are quarried in the vicinity. Chateau-Thierry was formerly the capital of the See also:district of See also:Brie Pouilleuse, and received the See also:title of duchy from Charles IX. in 1566. It was captured by the See also:English in 1421, by Charles V. in 1544, and sacked by the See also:Spanish in 1591.. During the See also:wars of the See also:Fronde it was pillaged in 1652; and in the See also:campaign of 1814 it suffered severely. On the 12th of See also:February of the latter See also:year the Russo-Prussian forces were beaten by Napoleon in the neighbourhood.
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