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MORTAIN , a small See also:town in the See also:department of La See also:Manche, See also:France, the See also:chief town of an See also:arrondissement and seat of a sub-See also:prefect. It is beautifully situated on a rocky See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill rising above the See also:gorge of the Cance, a tributary of the Selune. The See also:parish 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 of St lvroult is a magnificent example of the transitional See also:style of the See also:early 13th See also:century, with a massive See also:tower of the 14th and a See also:Norman See also:doorway dating from the See also:original collegiate church (1058). See also:Close to the town is the Abbaye-See also:Blanche, founded as a See also:Benedictine See also:convent in 1105 and soon afterwards affiliated to Citeaux. The church is a perfect example of a Cistercian monastic church of the See also:late 12th century, and portions of the 12th-century cloisters also survive. The See also:population is between 2000 and 3000.
Mortain was, in the See also:middle ages, the See also:head of an important See also:Comte, reserved for the reigning See also:house of See also:Normandy. In or about 1049 See also:Duke 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 took it from his See also:cousin William, " the warling," and bestowed it on his See also:half-See also:brother, See also:Robert, thenceforth known as " See also:count of Mortain," whose vast possessions in See also:England after the See also:Conquest (1066) gave name to " the small fees of Mortain," which owed less (See also:knight) service than others. Robert was succeeded as count by his son William, who rebelled against 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 I., was captured at the See also:battle of Tinchebrai (1106) and forfeited his possessions. Some years later, Henry bestowed the Comte on his See also:nephew See also:Stephen, who became 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 in 1135. On Stephen's See also:death (1154) his surviving son William became count of Mortain, but when he died childless in 1159 the Comte was resumed by Henry II. On the See also:accession of See also:Richard I. (1889) -he granted it to his brother See also:John, who was thenceforth known as count of Mortain till he ascended the See also:throne (1199). With his loss of Normandy the comae was lost, but after the recapture of the See also:province by the House of See also:Lancaster, See also:Edmund See also:Beaufort, a See also:grandson of John of Gaunt, was created count of Mortain and so styled till 1441, when he was made See also:earl of See also:Dorset.
As the See also:counts are often described as " earls " of Mortain (or even of " Moreton ") the See also:title is sometimes mistaken for an See also:English one. It has also, through erroneous spelling, been some-times wrongly derived from See also:Mortagne-en-See also:Perche. (J. H.
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