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EVREUX , a See also:town of See also:north-western See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Eure, 67 m. W.N.W. of See also:Paris on the Western railway to See also:Cherbourg. Pop. (1906) town, 13,773; See also:commune, 18,971. Situated in the pleasant valley of the Iton, arms of which See also:traverse it, the town, on the See also:south, slopes up toward the public gardens and the railway station. It is the seat of a See also:bishop, and its See also:cathedral is one of the largest and finest in France. See also:Part of the See also:lower portion of the See also:nave See also:dates from the 11th See also:century; the See also:west See also:facade with its two ungainly towers is, for the most part, the See also:work of the See also:late See also:Renaissance, and various styles of the intervening See also:period are represented in the See also:rest of 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. A thorough restoration was completed in 1896. The elaborate north See also:transept and portal are in the flamboyant See also:Gothic; the See also:choir, the finest part of the interior, is in an earlier Gothic See also:style. See also:Cardinal de la See also:Balue, bishop of Evreux in the latter See also:half of the 15th century, constructed the octagonal central See also:tower, with its elegant See also:spire; to him is also due the See also:Lady See also:chapel, which is remark-able for some finely preserved stained See also:glass. Two See also:rose windows in the transepts and the carved wooden screens of the See also:side chapels are masterpieces of 16th-century workmanship. The episcopal See also:palace, a See also:building of the 15th century, adjoins the south side of the cathedral. An interesting See also:belfry, facing the handsome See also:modern town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, dates from the 15th century. The church of St Taurin, in part Romanesque, has a choir of the 14th century and other portions of later date; it contains the See also:shrine of St Taurin, a work of the 13th century. At Vieil Evreux, 31 M. south-See also:east of the town, the remains of a See also:Roman See also:theatre, a palace, See also:baths and an See also:aqueduct have been discovered, as well as various See also:relics which are now deposited in the museum of Evreux. Evreux is the seat of a See also:prefect, a See also:court of assizes, of tribunals of first instance and See also:commerce, a chamber of commerce and a See also:board of See also:trade arbitrators, and has a See also:branch of the See also:Bank of France, a lycee and training colleges for teachers. The making of See also:ticking, boots and shoes, agricultural implements and See also:gas See also:motors, and 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 See also:bleaching are carried on.
Vieil-Evreux (See also:Mediolanum Aulercorum) was the capital of the Gallic tribe of the Aulerci Eburovices and a flourishing See also:city during the Gallo-Roman period. Its bishopric dates from the 4th century.
The first See also:family of the See also:counts of Evreux which is known was descended from an illegitimate son of See also:Richard I., See also:duke of See also:Normandy, and became See also:extinct in the male See also:line with the See also:death of See also:Count See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William in 1118. The countship passed in right of See also:Agnes, William's See also:sister, wife of See also:Simon de See also:Montfort-l'Amaury (d. ro87) to the See also:house of the lords of Montfort-1'Amaury. Amaury III. of Montfort ceded it in 1200 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:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus. Philip the See also:Fair presented it (1307) to his See also:brother 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, for whose benefit Philip the See also:Long raised the countship of Evreux into a See also:peerage of France (1317). Philip of Evreux, son of Louis, became king of See also:Navarre by his See also:marriage with Jeanne, daughter of Louis the Headstrong (Hutin), and their son See also:Charles the See also:Bad and their See also:grandson Charles the See also:Noble were also See also:kings of Navarre. The latter ceded his countships of Evreux, See also:Champagne and See also:Brie to King Charles VI. (1404). In 1427 the countship of Evreux was bestowed by King Charles VII. on See also:Sir See also:John See also:Stuart of
See also:Darnley (c. 1365-1429), the See also:commander of his Scottish See also:body-guard, who in 1423 had received the seigniory of Aubigny and in See also:February 1427/8 was granted the right to See also:quarter the royal arms of France for his victories over the See also:English (see Lady See also:Elizabeth Cust, See also:Account of the Stuarts of Aubigny in France, 1422–1672,1891). On Stuart's death (before 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 during an attack on an English See also:convoy) the countship reverted to the See also:crown. It was again temporarily alienated (1569–1584) as an See also:appanage for See also:Francis, duke of See also:Anjou, and in 1651 was finally made over to See also:Frederic See also:Maurice de la Tour d'See also:Auvergne, duke of See also:Bouillon, in See also:exchange for the principality of See also:Sedan.
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