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MONTARGIS , a See also:town of central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Loiret, 47 M. E.N.E. 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 by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 11,038. The town is traversed by the Vernisson, by numerous arms of the Loing, and by the See also:Briare See also:canal, which unites with the canal of Orleans a little below it. It has a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (Ste Madeleine), dating in See also:part from the 12th See also:century and including a See also:fine See also:choir of See also:Renaissance See also:architecture, and still preserves portions of its once magnificent See also:castle (12th to 15th centuries), which, previous to the erection of See also:Fontainebleau, was a favourite See also:residence of the royal See also:family. A See also:hand-some See also:modern See also:building contains the town-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, public library, and museum; in the courtyard is a See also:bronze See also:group, " The See also:Dog of Montargis "; the town has a statue of See also:Mirabeau, See also:born in the neighbourhood. Montargis is the seat of a sub-prefecture, and has tribunals of first instance and of See also:commerce and colleges for both sexes. It manufactures See also:paper, See also:gold chains, See also:rubber, See also:tar, See also:asphalt, chemical See also:manures, woodwork and See also:leather. The town is an agricultural See also:market, and its See also:port has See also:trade in See also:coal, See also:timber, See also:sheep and See also:farm produce.
Montargis was formerly the capital of the Gatinais. Having passed in 1188 from the See also:Courtenay family to 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:Augustus, it See also:long formed part of the royal domain. In 1528 See also:Francis I. gave it as See also:dowry to Renee d'See also:Este, daughter 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 XII., the famous Huguenot princess; from her it passed to her daughter See also:Anne, and through her to the See also:dukes of See also:Guise; it was repurchased for the See also:Crown in 1612. From 1626 till the Revolution the territory was the See also:property of the See also:house of Orleans. Montargis was several times taken or attacked by the See also:English in the 15th century, and is particularly noted for its successful See also:defence in 1427. Both See also:Charles VII. and Charles VIII. held See also:court in the town; it was the latter who set the famous Dog of Montargis to fight a See also:duel with his See also:master's murderer whom he had tracked and captured.
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