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EPERNON , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France in the See also:department of See also:Eure-et-Loir, at the confluence of the Drouette and the Guesle, 17 M. N.E. of See also:Chartres by See also:rail. Pop. (1906) 2370. It belonged originally to the See also:counts of See also:Montfort, who, in the 11th See also:century, built a See also:castle here of which the ruins are still See also:left, and granted a See also:charter to the town. In the 13th century it became an See also:independent lordship, which remained attached to the See also:crown of See also:Navarre till, in the 16th century, it was sold by 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:- 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 (afterwards King Henry IV. of France) to See also:Jean 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 de See also:Nogaret, for whom it was raised to the See also:rank of a duchy in 1581. The new See also:duke of Epernon was one of the favourites of Henry III., who were called See also:les See also:Mignons; the king showered favours upon him, giving him the posts of See also:colonel-See also:general in the See also:infantry and of See also:admiral of France. Under the reign of Henry IV. he made himself practically independent in his See also:government of See also:Provence. ?3e was instrumental in giving the regency to See also:Marie de' See also:Medici in 161o, and as a result exercised a considerable See also:influence upon the government. During his governorship of See also:Guienne in 1622 he had some scandalous scenes with the See also:parlement and the See also:arch-See also:bishop of See also:Bordeaux. He died in 1642. His eldest son, See also:Henri de Nogaret de la Valette, duke of Candale, served under See also:Richelieu, in the armies of Guienne, of See also:Picardy and of See also:Italy. The second son of Jean Louis de Nogaret, See also:Bernard, who was See also:born in 1592, and died in 1661, was, like his See also:father, duke of Epernon, colonel-general in the infantry and See also:governor of Guienne. After his See also:death, the See also:title of duke of Epernon was See also:borne by the families of Goth and of See also:Pardaillan.
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