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See also:SIGEBERT (d. 575) , 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 of the See also:Franks, was one of the four sons of See also:Clotaire I. At the See also:death of Clotaire in 561 the Frankish
See also:kingdom was divided among his. sons, Sigebert's See also:share comprising the See also:Rhine and See also:Meuse lands and the See also:suzerainty over the Germanic tribes beyond the Rhine as far as the See also:Elbe, together with See also:Auvergne and See also:part of See also:Provence. At the death of his See also:brother See also:Charibert in 567 Sigebert obtained the cities of See also:Tours and See also:Poitiers, and it was he who elevated to the see of Tours the celebrated See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory, the historian of the Franks. Being a smoother See also:man than his See also:brothers (who had all taken mates of inferior See also:rank), Sigebert married a royal princess, See also:Brunhilda, daughter of See also:Athanagild, the king of the Visigoths; the nuptials were celebrated with See also:great pomp at See also:Metz, the See also:Italian poet See also:Fortunatus composing the See also:epithalamium. Shortly afterwards Sigebert's brother See also:Chilperic I. married Brunhilda's See also:sister, Galswintha; but the subsequent See also:murder of this princess embroiled See also:Austrasia and See also:Neustria, and See also:civil See also:war See also:broke out in 573. Sigebert appealed to the Germans of the right See also:bank of the Rhine, who attacked the environs of See also:Paris and See also:Chartres and committed frightful ravages. He was entirely victorious, and pursued Chilperic as far as See also:Tournai. But just when the great nobles of Neustria were raising Sigebert on the See also:shield in the See also:villa at Vitry, near See also:Arras, he was assassinated by two bravoes in the pay of See also:Fredegond, Chilperic's new wife. At the beginning of his reign Sigebert had made war on the See also:Avars, who had attacked his
Germanic possessions, and he was for some 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 a prisoner in their hands.
See Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, See also:book iv.; Aug. See also:Thierry, Resits See also:des temps merovingiens (See also:Brussels, 1840), and Aug. Digot, Histoire du royaume d'Austrasie (See also:Nancy, 1863). (C.
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