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DREUX , 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:Eure-et-Loir, 27 M. N.N.W. of See also:Chartres by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 8209. It is situated on the Blaise, which at this point divides into several arms. It is overlooked from the north by an See also:eminence on which stands a ruined See also:medieval See also:castle; within the enclosure of this See also:building is a gorgeous See also:chapel, begun in 1816 by the See also:dowager duchess 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, and completed and adorned at See also:great cost 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 Philippe. It contains the tombs of the Orleans See also:family, See also:chief among them that of Louis Philippe, whose remains were removed from See also:England to Dreux in 1876. The sculptures on the tombs and the stained See also:glass of the chapel windows are masterpieces of See also:modern See also:art. The older of the two hotels-de-ville of Dreux was built in the See also:early 16th See also:century, chiefly by See also:Clement Metezau, the founder of a famous family of architects, natives of the town. It is notable both for the graceful carvings of the See also:facade and for the See also:fine See also:staircase and architectural details of the interior. 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 of St See also:Pierre, which is See also:Gothic in See also:style, contains See also:good stained glass and other See also:works of art. The town has a statue of the poet See also:Jean de See also:Rotrou, See also:born there in 1609. Dreux is the seat of a subprefect. Among the public institutions are tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce, and a communal See also:college. The manufacture of boots and shoes, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-See also:founding and tanning, are carried on, and there is See also:trade in See also:wheat and other agricultural products and poultry.
Dreux was the capital of the Gallic tribe of the Durocasses. In 1188 it was taken and burnt by the See also:English; and in 1562 Gaspard de See also:Coligny, and Louis I., See also:prince of See also:Conde, were defeated in its vicinity by See also:Anne de See also:Montmorency and See also:Francis, See also:duke of See also:Guise. In 1593 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 IV. captured the town after a fortnight's See also:siege. It was occupied by the Germans on the 9th of See also:October 187o, was subsequently evacuated, and was again taken, on the 17th of See also:November, by See also:General Von Tresckow. In the loth century Dreux was the chief town of a countship, which See also:Odo, See also:count of Chartres, ceded to 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 See also:Robert, and Louis VI. gave to his son Robert, whose See also:grandson See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter of Dreux, younger See also:brother of Count Robert III., became duke of See also:Brittany by his See also:marriage with Alix, daughter of See also:Constance of Brittany by her second See also:husband See also:Guy of See also:Thouars. By the marriage of the countess Jeanne II. with Louis, See also:viscount of Thouars (d. 1370), the Capetian countship of Dreux passed into the Thouars family. In 1377 and 1378, however, two of the three co-heiresses of Jeanne, Perronelle and See also:Marguerite, sold their shares of the countship to King See also:Charles V. Charles VI. gave it to See also:Arnaud Amanien d'See also:Albret, but took it back in 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 give it to his brother Louis of Orleans (1407); later he gave it back to the lords of Albret. Francis of See also:Cleves laid claim to it in the 16th century as See also:heir of the d'Albrets of Orval, but the See also:parlement of See also:Paris declared the countship to be See also:crown See also:property. It was given to See also:Catherine de' See also:Medici (1539), then .to Francis, duke of Alengon (1568); it was pledged to Charles de See also:Bourbon, count of See also:Soissons, and through him passed to the houses of Orleans, See also:Vendome and Conde.
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