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See also:ROTHELIN, JACQUELINE DE See also:ROHAN, MARQUISE DE (c. 1520-1587) , daughter of See also:Charles de Rohan and Jeanne de See also:Saint-Severin. Her See also:husband, See also:Francois 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-See also:Longueville, See also:marquis de Rothelin, died in 1548, and in watching her son's interests in See also:Neuchatel she was brought into contact with the reformers in See also:Switzerland. She then embraced Protestantism and turned her See also:chateau at Blandy, in See also:Brie, into a See also:refuge for See also:Huguenots. In 1567 she underwent a See also:term of imprisonment at the Louvre for harbouring Protestants.
ROTHENBURG-OB•DER-TAUBER, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria, 49 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Nuremberg. Pop. (1905) 8436. It is beautifully situated on an See also:eminence 200 ft. above the Tauber. It is flanked by See also:medieval walls, towers and See also:gates, and its See also:antique See also:appearance has been care-fully preserved. Perhaps the most interesting See also:building is 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, one See also:part of which See also:dates from 1240 and the other from 1572. The latter is a beautiful See also:Renaissance structure, with a magnificent See also:facade and a delicate See also:spire, and contains a See also:grand hall, the Kaisersaal, in which every Whit See also:Monday a See also:play, Der Meisterlrunk, which commemorates the See also:capture of the town by See also:Tilly in 1631, is performed. Other buildings are the See also:Gothic 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 See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, with curiously carved altars and beautiful stained-See also:glass windows, and containing in the Toppler See also:chapel the See also:tomb of the burgomaster, Heinrich Toppler; the 15th-See also:century church of St Wolfgang; the Franciscan church; and five other churches. The town has many picturesque houses, and possesses a library with some interesting archives. It has manufactures of toys and agricultural machinery, See also:electrical See also:works and breweries.
Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber, mentioned in the See also:chronicles in 804 as Rotinbure, was probably a See also:residence of the See also:dukes of See also:Franconia. It first appears as a town in 942 and until 11o8 was the seat of the See also:counts of Rothenburg-Komburg; when this See also:line became See also:extinct it passed to the See also:family of See also:Hohenstaufen, one member of which took the See also:title of See also:duke of Rothenburg. In 1172 it became a See also:free imperial See also:city and it attained the See also:zenith of its prosperity under the famous burgomaster Heinrich Toppler (1350-,408). It took part in the movements in See also:South Germany during the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1631 Rothenburg was stormed by Tilly, and the See also:cup of See also:wine presented by the burgomaster, which, according to tradition, saved the town from destruction, is annually commemorated in the play mentioned above.
See Bensen, Beschreibung and Geschichte der Stadt Rothenburg (See also:Erlangen, 1856); Merz. Rothenburg in alter and newer Zeit (2nd ed., See also:Ansbach, 1881); Schultheiss, Rothenburg, ein Stddtebild (See also:Zurich, 1892) ; and Das Festspiel zu Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber (See also:Munich, 1892) ; and W. See also:Klein, Fiihrer durch See also:die Stadt Rothenburg (Rothenburg, 1888).
End of Article: ROTHELIN, JACQUELINE DE ROHAN, MARQUISE DE (c. 1520-1587)
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