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See also:FRANCOIS 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:BOURBON , See also:prince de See also:Conti (1664–1709), younger See also:brother of the preceding, was known until 1685 as prince de la See also:Roche-sur-See also:Yon. Naturally of See also:great ability, he received an excellent See also:education and was distinguished both for the See also:independence of his mind and the popularity of his See also:manners. On this See also:account he was not received with favour by Louis XIV.; so in 1683 he assisted the Imperialists in See also:Hungary, and while there he wrote some letters in which he referred to Louis as le roi du thedtre, for which on his return to See also:France he was temporarily banished to See also:Chantilly. Conti was a favourite of his See also:uncle the great See also:Conde, whose See also:grand-daughter See also:Marie Therese de Bourbon (1666–1732) he married in 1688. In 1689 he accompanied his intimate friend See also:Marshal Luxembourg to the See also:Netherlands, and shared in the See also:French victories at See also:Fleurus, Steinkirk and See also:Neerwinden. On the See also:death of his See also:cousin, See also:Jean Louis See also:Charles, duc de See also:Longueville (1646–1694), Conti in accordance with his cousin's will, claimed the principality of See also:Neuchatel against Marie, duchesse de See also:Nemours (1625–1707), a See also:sister of the See also:duke. He failed to obtain military assistance from the Swiss, and by the 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's command yielded the disputed territory to Marie, although the courts of See also:law had decided in his favour. In 1697 Louis XIV. offered him the See also:Polish See also:crown, and by means of bribes the See also:abbe de See also:Polignac secured his See also:election. Conti started rather unwillingly for his new See also:kingdom, probably, as St See also:Simon remarks, owing to his See also:affection for Frangoise, wife of 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 II., duke 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 daughter of Louis XIV. and Madame de See also:Montespan. When he reached See also:Danzig and found his See also:rival See also:Augustus II., elector of See also:Saxony, already in See also:possession of the Polish crown, he returned to France, where he was graciously received by Louis, although St Simon says the king was vexed to see him again. But the misfortunes of the French armies during the earlier years of the See also:war of the See also:Spanish See also:Succession compelled Louis to appoint Conti, whose military renown stood very high, to command the troops in See also:Italy. He See also:fell See also:ill before he could take the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, and died on the 9th of See also:February 1709, his death calling forth exceptional signs of See also:mourning from all classes.
Louts ARMAND DE BOURBON, prince de Conti (1696-1727), eldest son of the preceding, was treated with great liberalityby Louis XIV., and also by the See also:regent, Philip duke of Orleans. He served under Marshal See also:Villars in the War of the Spanish Succession, but he lacked the soldierly qualities of his See also:father. In 1713 he married See also:Louise Elisabeth (1693–1775), daughter of Louis See also:Henri de Bourbon, prince de Conde, and grand-daughter of Louis XIV. He was a prominent supporter of the See also:financial schemes of See also:John Law, by which he made large sums of See also:money.
Louts FRANCOIS DE BOURBON, prince de Conti (1717-1776), only son of the preceding, adopted a military career, and when the war of the See also:Austrian Succession See also:broke out in 1741 accompanied Charles Louis, duc de Belle-Isle, to Bohemia. His services there led to his See also:appointment to command the See also:army in Italy, where he distinguished himself by forcing the pass of Villafranca and winning the See also:battle of Coni in 1744. In 1745 he was sent to check the Imperialists in See also:Germany, and in 1746 was transferred to the Netherlands, where some See also:jealousy between Marshal See also:Saxe and himself led to his retirement in 1747. In this See also:year a See also:faction among the Polish nobles offered Conti the crown of that See also:country, where owing to the feeble See also:health of King Augustus III. a vacancy was expected. He won the See also:personal support of Louis XV. for his candidature, although the policy of the French ministers was to establish the See also:house of Saxony in See also:Poland, as the dauphiness was a daughter of Augustus. Louis therefore began See also:secret personal relations with his ambassadors in eastern See also:Europe, who were thus receiving contradictory instructions; a policy known later as the secret du roi. Although Conti did not secure the Polish See also:throne he remained in the confidence of Louis until 1755, when his See also:influence was destroyed by the intrigues of Madame de See also:Pompadour; so that when the Seven Years' War broke out in 1756 he was refused the command of the army of the See also:Rhine, and began the opposition to the See also:administration which caused Louis to refer to him as " my cousin the See also:advocate." In 1771 he was prominent in opposition to the See also:chancellor See also:Maupeou. He supported the parlements against the See also:ministry, was especially active in his hostility to See also:Turgot, and was suspected of aiding a rising which took See also:place at See also:Dijon in 1775. Conti, who died on the 2nd of See also:August 1776, inherited See also:literary tastes from his father, was a brave and skilful See also:general, arid a diligent student of military See also:history. His house, over which the comtesse de See also:Boufflers presided, was the resort of many men of letters, and he was a See also:patron of Jean Jacques See also:Rousseau.
Louts FRANCOIS See also:JOSEPH, prince de Conti (1734–1814), son of the preceding, possessed considerable See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent as a soldier, and distinguished himself during the Seven Years' War. He took the See also:side of Maupeou in the struggle between the chancellor and the parlements, and in 1788 declared that the integrity of the constitution must be maintained. He emigrated owing to the weakness of Louis XVI., but refused to See also:share in the plans for the invasion of France, and returned to his native country in 1790. Arrested by 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 of the See also:National See also:Convention in 1793, he was acquitted, but was reduced to poverty by the See also:confiscation of his possessions. He afterwards received a See also:pension, but the See also:Directory banished him from France, and as he refused to share in the plots of the royalists he lived at See also:Barcelona till his death in 1814, when the house of Conti became See also:extinct.
See F. de See also:Bassompierre, Memoires (See also:Paris, 1877) ; G. See also:Tallemant See also:des Reaux, Historiettes (Paris, 1854—186o) ; L. de R. duc de See also:Saint Simon, Memoires (Paris, 1873) ; C. E. duchesse d'Orleans, Memoires (Paris, 188o) ; R. L. See also:Marquis d'See also:Argenson, See also:Journal et memoires (Paris, 1859—1865) ; F. J. de P. See also:cardinal de See also:Bemis, Memoires et lettres (Paris, 1878) ; J. V. A. due de See also:Broglie, Le Secret du roi (Paris, 1878); P. A. See also:Cheruel, Histoire de la manorite de Louis XIV et du ministere de See also:Mazarin (Paris, 1879) ; E. Boutarie, Correspondance secrete de Louis X V sur la politique etrangere (Paris, 1866) ; P. Foncin, Essai sur le ministere de Turgot (Paris, 1877) ; E. See also:Bourgeois Neuchatel et la politique prussienne en Franche-See also:Comte (Paris, 1877).
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