ROERMOND , a See also:town in the See also:province of Lirnburg, See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Maas at the confluence of the Roer, and a junction station 28 m. by See also:rail N.N.E. of See also:Maastricht. Pop. (1900) 12,348. The old fortifications have been dismantled and partly converted into See also:fine promenades. At this point the Maas is crossed by a See also:bridge erected in 1866—67, and the Roer by one dating from 1771, replacing an older structure, and connecting Roermond with the suburb of St See also:Jacob. Roermond is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic episcopal see. The finest See also:building in the town is the Romanesque See also:minster 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 the first See also:quarter of the 13th See also:century. In the See also:middle of the See also:nave is the See also:tomb of See also:Gerhard III., See also:count of See also:Gelderland, and his wife See also:Margaret of See also:Brabant. It was formerly the church of a Cistercian nunnery, and in See also:modern times has been elaborately restored. The See also:cathedral of St See also:Christopher is also of See also:note; on the See also:top of the See also:tower (246 ft.) is a See also:copper statue of the See also:saint, and the interior is adorned with paintings by See also:Rubens, Jacob de Wit (1695-1754) and others. The Reformed church was once the See also:chapel of the monastery of the Minorites. There is also a Redemptorist chapel. The old See also:bishop's See also:palace is now the courthouse, and the old See also:Jesuits' monastery with its fine gardens a higher-burgher school. Woollen, See also:cotton, See also:silk and mixed stuffs, See also:paper, See also:flour and See also:beer are manufactured at Roermond.
See also:Close to Roermond on the See also:west is the See also:village of See also:Horn, once the seat of a lordship of the same name, which is first mentioned in a document of 1166. The lordship of Horn was a See also:fief of the See also:counts of Loon, and after 1361 of the bishop of See also:Liege; but in 1450 it was raised to a countship by the See also:Emperor See also:Frederick II. On the extinction of the See also:house of Horn in 1540, the countship passed to the famous 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 of See also:Montmorency, who, with the count of See also:Egmont, was executed in See also:Brussels in 1568 by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the See also:duke of See also:Alva. In the beginning of the next century the countship was forcibly retained by the see of Liege, and was incorporated in the See also:French See also:department of the See also:Lower Maas at the end of the 18th century. The See also:ancient See also:castle is in an excellent See also:state of preservation and is sometimes used for the See also:assembly of the states.
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