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FALAISE , 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:Calvados, on the right See also:bank of the Ante, 19 M. S. by E. of See also:Caen by road. Pop. (1906)
6215. The See also:principal See also:object of See also:interest is the See also:castle, now partly in ruins, but formerly the seat of the See also:dukes of See also:Normandy and the birthplace of 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 the Conqueror. It is situated on a lofty See also:crag overlooking the town, and consists of a square See also:mass defended by towers and flanked by a small See also:donjon and a lofty See also:tower added by the See also:English in the 15th See also:century; the See also:rest of the castle See also:dates chiefly from the 12th century. Near the castle, in the See also:Place de la Trinite, is an equestrian statue in See also:bronze of William the Conqueror, to whom the town owed its prosperity. The churches of La Trinite and St See also:Gervais combine the See also:Gothic and See also:Renaissance styles of See also:architecture, and St Gervais also includes Romanesque workmanship. A See also:street passes by way of a See also:tunnel beneath the See also:choir of La Trinite. Falaise has populous suburbs, one of which, Guibray, is celebrated for its See also:annual See also:fair for horses, See also:cattle and See also:wool, which has been held in See also:August since the 11th century. The town is the seat of a subprefecture and has tribunals of first instance and See also:commerce, a chamber of arts and manufacture, a See also:board of See also:trade-arbitrators and a communal See also:college. Tanning and important manufactures of See also:hosiery are carried on.
From 1417, when after a See also:siege of See also:forty-seven days it succumbed to 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 V., 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, till 1450, when it was retaken by the See also:French, Falaise was in the hands of the English.
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