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CHIMAY , a See also:town in the extreme See also:south-See also:east of the See also:province of See also:Hainaut, See also:Belgium, dating from the 7th See also:century. Pop. (1904) 3383. It is more commonly spoken of as being in the See also:district entre Sambre et See also:Meuse. Owing to its proximity to the See also:French frontier it has undergone many sieges, the last of which was in 164o, when See also:Turenne gave orders that it should be reduced to such ruin that it could never stand another. The town is chiefly famous for the See also:castle and See also:park that See also:bear its name. Originally a stronghold of the Croy See also:family, it has passed through the D'Arenbergs to its See also:present owners, the princes of Caraman-Chimay. The castle, which before Turenne's 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 to demolish it possessed seven towers, has now only one in ruins, and a See also:modern See also:chateau was built in the Tudor See also:style in the 18th century. This domain carried with it the right to one of the twelve peerages of Hainaut. Madame See also:Tallien, daughter of Dr See also:Cabarrus, the See also:Lady of See also:Thermidor, married as her second See also:husband the See also:prince de Chimay, and held her little See also:court here down to her See also:death in 1835. There is amemorial to her in the 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, which also contains a See also:fine See also:monument of Phillippe de Croy, See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain and comrade in arms of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. See also:John See also:Froissart the chronicler died and was buried here. There is a statue in his See also:honour on the See also:Grand See also:Place. Chimay is situated on a stream called 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:Water, which in its See also:lower course becomes the Viroin and joins the Meuse.
End of Article: CHIMAY
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