JAMES of See also:ARMAGNAC, See also:duke of See also:Nemours (c. 1433-1477), was the son of See also:Bernard d'Armagnac, See also:count of Pardiac, and Eleanor of See also:Bourbon-La See also:Marche. As See also:comte de See also:Castres, he served under See also:Charles VII. in See also:Normandy in 1449 and 1450; and afterwards in See also:Guienne. On the See also:accession of 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 XI. 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 loaded him with honours, married him to his See also:god-daughter, See also:Louise of See also:Anjou, and recognized his See also:title to the duchy of Nemours in 1462. Sent by Louis to pacify See also:Roussillon, Nemours See also:felt that he had been insufficiently rewarded for the rapid success of this expedition, and joined the See also:League of the Public Weal in 1465. He subsequently became reconciled with Louis, but soon resumed his intrigues. After twice pardoning him, the king's See also:patience became exhausted, and he besieged the duke's See also:chateau at Carlat and took him prisoner. Nemours was treated with the utmost rigour, being shut up in a cage; and was finally condemned to See also:death by the See also:parlement and beheaded on the 4th of See also:August 1477.
See B. de Mandrot, Jacques d'Armagnac, duc de Nemours (See also:Paris, 189o).
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