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LOUIS , the name of three See also:kings of See also:Naples, members of the See also:house of See also:Anjou.
Louts I., See also:duke of Anjou and See also:count of See also:Maine (1339–1384), was the second son of See also:John II., 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:France, and was See also:born at See also:Vincennes on the 23rd of See also:July 1339. Having been given the duchy of Anjou in 1356 he led a wing of the See also:French See also:army at the See also:battle of See also:Poitiers and was sent to See also:England as a See also:hostage after the conclusion of the treaty of Bretigny in 136o, but he See also:broke his See also:parole in 1363 and so brought about King John's return into captivity. He took See also:part in the See also:war against England which was renewed in 1369, uniting the See also:rival houses of See also:Foix and See also:Armagnac in the See also:common cause, and in other ways rendering See also:good service to his See also:brother, King See also:Charles V. Anjou's entrance into the troubled politics of See also:Italy was one result of the papal See also:schism which opened in 1378. Anxious to secure the support of France, the antipope See also:Clement VII. persuaded the See also:queen of Naples, See also:Joanna I., to name Louis as her See also:heir, and about the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the See also:death of Charles V. (See also:September 1380) placed„ the duke in the position of See also:regent of France. Neglecting France to prosecute his ambitions in Italy, he collected See also:money and marched on Naples; but although helped by Amadeus VI., count of See also:Savoy, he was unable to drive his rival, Charles, duke of Durazzo, from Naples. His army was, destroyed by disease and Louis himself died at Biseglia, near See also:Bari, on the 2oth of September 1384, leaving two sons, his successor, Louis II., and Charles, duke of See also:Calabria.
Louts II., duke of Anjou (1377–1417), born at See also:Toulon on the 7th of See also:October 1377, took up the struggle for Naples after his See also:father's death and was crowned king by Clement VII. in 1389. After carrying on the contest for some years his enemies prevailed and he was compelled to take See also:refuge in France, where he took part in the See also:intestine strife which was desolating that See also:kingdom. A few years later he made other, attempts to secure the kingdom of Naples, which was now in the See also:possession of Ladislas, a son of his father's foeman, Charles of Durazzo, and he gained a victory at Roccoserra in May 1411. Soon, however, he was again driven back to France, and after sharing anew in the See also:civil See also:wars of his See also:country he died at See also:Angers on the 29th of See also:April 1417. His wife was See also:Yolande, a daughter of John I., king of See also:Aragon, and his .son was his successor, Louis III.
Louts III., duke of Anjou (1403–1434), born on the 25th of September 1403, made in his turn an See also:attempt to conquer Naples. This was in 1420, and he had met with considerable success in his task when he died at See also:Cosenza on the 15th of See also:November 1434. In 1424 Louis received from King Charles VII. the duchy of See also:Touraine.
Another titular king of Naples of this name was Louis, a son 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, See also:prince of See also:Taranto. In 1346 he became the See also:husband of Joanna I., queen of Naples, and in 1352 he was crowned king. After making an attempt to conquer See also:Sicily he died on the 26th of May 1362.
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