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See also:NIVELLES (Flem. Nyvel) , a See also:town of See also:Belgium in the See also:province of See also:Brabant, situated on the Thines 19 m. S. of See also:Brussels. Pop. (1904) 12,109. It is a busy little See also:place with many See also:industries, notably the manufacture of See also:parchment. The town is supposed to owe its origin to the See also:foundation of a See also:convent on the spot by Itta or Iduberge, wife of See also:Pippin of See also:Landen. The Romanesque 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 Gertrude, named after Itta's daughter, See also:dates from the nth See also:century, but has been badly restored and is disfigured by a heavy See also:tower. On the See also:top of the tower is the effigy of a See also:man in See also:iron who strikes the See also:hours with a See also:hammer. He is called by the townspeople See also:Jean de Nivelles, a celebrated See also:baron of the 15th century whose See also:title eventually became merged in that of the See also:count de See also:Hornes (See also:Horn). The church is supposed to occupy the site of Itta's convent. See also:Close to Nivelles is Seneffe, where See also:Conde defeated 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 of See also:Orange in 1674, and at Nivelles itself the See also:French under Marceau defeated the Austrians in 1794.
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