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DOMFRONT , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Orne, 43 M. W.N.W. of See also:Alencon by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) of the town, 2215; of the See also:commune, 4663. The town, which is picturesquely situated on a See also:bluff over-looking the Varenne, has a 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, Notre-See also:Dame-sur-l'Eau, dating from the 11th See also:century. In the See also:middle ages it was one of the See also:chief strongholds in See also:Normandy, and there still remain several towers of its ramparts, and ruins of the keep of its See also:castle built in 1011, rebuilt in the 12th century 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., 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 of See also:England, and dismantled at the end of the 16th century. The town is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect, and has a tribunal of first instance and a communal See also:college. See also:Cloth is manufactured, and there are See also:granite quarries in the vicinity. Domfront is said to have grown up in the 6th century See also:round the See also:oratory of the See also:hermit St Front, and played an important See also:part in the See also:wars against the
See also:English and the Religious Wars. In 1574 it was occupied by the See also:Protestant See also:leader See also:Gabriel de See also:Montgomery, who after a stubborn See also:siege was forced to yield it to Jacques Goyon, See also:count of Matignon.
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