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RAMBOUILLET , a See also: town of See also:northern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Oise, 3o m. S.W. of See also:Paris on the railway to See also:Chartres. Pop. (1go6) town, 3965; See also:commune, 6165. Rambouillet derives its whole See also:interest from the associations connected with the See also:ancient See also:chateau, dating originally from the 14th See also:century, but often rebuilt. A See also:great machicolated See also:tower is all that remains of the See also:medieval See also:building; some apartments with See also:good woodwork are also of interest. The chateau is surrounded by a beautiful See also:park of 3000 acres and by an extensive See also:forest. The gardens, partly in See also:French, partly in See also:English See also:style, are picturesque, and have an See also:avenue of See also:Louisiana See also:cypress unique in See also:Europe. The park contains the See also:national See also:sheep-See also:farm, where in the 18th century the first See also:flock of See also:merino sheep in France was raised, a school of sheep-farming, and, See also:close to the latter, a small See also:dairy built by 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 XVI. The See also:shooting of the famous coverts of Rambouillet is reserved for the presidents of the See also:Republic. The town is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has a tribunal of first instance and a preparatory See also:infantry school. See also:Trade is in See also:grain, See also:wool, See also:flour and See also:wood. See also: Watch-springs are manufactured.
Originally a royal domain, the lands of Rambouillet passed in the 14th century to the D'Angennes See also:family, who held them for three See also:hundred years and built the chateau. See also:Francis I. died there in 1547; and See also:Charles IX. and See also:Catherine de Medicis found a See also:refuge there in the See also:Wars of See also:Religion, as 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 III. did after them. The See also:title became a marquisate in 1612, at which 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 it was held by Charles d'Angennes, See also:husband of Catherine de Vivonne (q.v.), the famous marchioness of Rambouillet. Created a duchy and See also:peerage in favour of the See also:duke of See also:Toulouse, son of Louis XIV., Rambouillet was subsequently bought and embellished by Louis XVI., who erected a See also:model farm and other buildings. The See also:place was a See also:hunting-seat of See also:Napoleon I. and Charles X., and it was here that in 183o the latter signed his See also:abdication.
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