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See also:GUEUX, See also:LES , or " THE BEGGARS," a name assumed by the confederacy of nobles and other malcontents, who in 1866 opposed See also:Spanish tyranny in the See also:Netherlands. The leaders of the nobles, who signed a See also:solemn See also:league known as " the See also:Compromise," by which they See also:bound themselves to assist in defending the rights and liberties of the Netherlands against the See also:civil and religious despotism 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., were 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, See also:count of See also:Nassau, and 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, count of See also:Brederode. On the 5th of See also:April 1566 permission was obtained for the confederates to See also:present a See also:petition of grievances, called " the See also:Request," to the See also:regent, See also:Margaret, duchess of See also:Parma. About 250 nobles marched to the See also:palace accompanied by Louis of Nassau and Brederode. The regent was at first alarmed at the See also:appearance of so large a See also:body, but one of her councillors, Berlaymont by name, was heard to exclaim, " What, madam, is your See also:highness afraid of these beggars (See also:ces gueux)?" The appellation was not forgotten. At a See also:great feast held by some 300 confederates at the Hotel Culemburg three days later, Brederode in a speech declared that if need be they were all ready to become " beggars " in their See also:country's cause. The words caught on, and the 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 resounded with loud cries of " Vivent les gueux!" The name became henceforward a party appellation. The patriot party adopted the emblems of beggarhood, the wallet and the bowl, as trinkets to be worn on their hats or their girdles, and a See also:medal was struck having on one See also:side the See also:head of Philip II., on the other two clasped hands with the See also:motto " Fidele an See also:roy, jusques d See also:porter la besace." The See also:original league of " Beggars " was See also:short-lived, crushed by the See also:iron See also:hand of See also:Alva, but its principles survived and were to be ultimately triumphant.
In the See also:year 1569 the See also:prince of See also:Orange, who had now openly placed himself at the head of the party of revolt, granted letters of marque to a number of vessels manned by crews of desperadoes See also:drawn from all nationalities. These fierce corsairs under the command of a See also:succession of daring and reckless leaders—the best-known of whom is 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 de la Marck, See also:lord of Lumeywere called " Gueux de mer," or " See also:Sea Beggars." At first they were content with plundering both by sea and See also:land and carrying their See also:booty to the See also:English ports where they were able to refit and replenish their stores. This went on till 1572, when See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth suddenly refused to admit them to her harbours. Having no longer any See also:refuge, the Sea Beggars in desperation made an attack upon See also:Brill, which they seized by surprise in the See also:absence of the Spanish See also:garrison on the 1st of April 1572. Encouraged by their unhoped-for success, they now sailed to See also:Flushing, which was also taken by a coup de See also:main. The See also:capture of these two towns gave the See also:signal for a See also:general revolt of the See also:northern Netherlands, and is regarded as the real beginning of the See also:War of Dutch See also:Independence.
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