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See also:MARCHE, or LA MARCHE , one of the former provinces of See also:France. It owes its name to its position, it having been in the loth See also:century a See also:march or border See also:district between the duchy of See also:Aquitaine and the domains of the Frankish See also:kings in central
France. Sometimes it was called the Marche Limousine, and originally it was a small district cut partly from See also:Limousin and partly from See also:Poitou. Its See also:area was increased during the 13th century, after which, however, it remained unaltered until the 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 of the Revolution. It was bounded on the N. by See also:Berry; on the E. by Bourbonnais and See also:Auvergne; on the S. by Limousin; and on the W by Poitou. It embraced the greater See also:part of the See also:modern See also:department of See also:Creuse, a considerable part of Haute See also:Vienne, and a fragment of See also:Indre. Its area was about 1900 sq. m.; its See also:capital was Charroux and later See also:Gueret, and among its other See also:principal towns were See also:Dorat, Bellac and See also:Confolens.
Marche first appears as a See also:separate See also:fief about the See also:middle of the See also:roth century when 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 III., See also:duke of Aquitaine, gave it to one of his vassals named Boso, who took the See also:title of See also:count. In the 12th century it passed to the See also:counts of Limousin, and this See also:house retained it until the See also:death of the childless Count See also:Hugh in 1303, when it was seized by the See also:French 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, 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 IV. In 1316 it was made a duchy for See also:Prince See also:Charles, afterwards King Charles IV., and a few years later (1327) it passed into the hands of the See also:family of See also:Bourbon. The family of See also:Armagnac held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons, and in 1527 it was seized by See also:Francis I. and became part of the domains of the French See also:crown. It was divided into Haute Marche and Basse Marche, the estates of the former being in existence until the 17th century. From 1470 until the Revolution the See also:province was under the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:parlement of See also:Paris.
See A. See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, See also:Les Mats provinciaux de la France centrale (1879).
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