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CHENONCEAUX , a See also:village of central See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Indre-et-See also:Loire, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Cher, 20 M. E. by S. of See also:Tours on the 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 railway. Pop. (rgo6) 216. Chenonceaux owes its See also:interest to its See also:chateau (see See also:ARCHITECTURE: See also:Renaissance Architecture in France), a See also:building in the Renaissance See also:style on the See also:river Cher, to the See also:left bank of which it is See also:united by a two-storeyed See also:gallery built upon five See also:arches, and to the right by a drawbridge flanked by an isolated See also:tower, See also:part of an earlier building of the 15th See also:century. Founded in 1515 by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Bohier (d. 1523), See also:financial See also:minister in See also:Normandy, the chateau was confiscated by See also:Francis I. in 1535. 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. presented it to his See also:mistress Diane de See also:Poitiers, who on his See also:death was forced to See also:exchange it for Chaumont-sur-Loire by See also:Catherine de' See also:Medici. The latter built the gallery which leads to the left bank of the Cher. Chenonceaux passed successively into the hands of See also:Louise de Vaudemont, wife of Henry III., the See also:house of See also:Vendome, and the See also:family of See also:Bourbon-See also:Conde. In the 18th century it came into the See also:possession of the See also:farmer-See also:general See also:Claude See also:Dupin (1684–176g), who entertained the most distinguished See also:people in France within its walls. In 1864 it was sold to the chemist See also:Theophile See also:Pelouze, whose wife executed extensive restorations. It subsequently became the See also:property of the See also:Credit Foncier, and again passed into private occupancy.
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