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VENDOME , a See also:town of See also:north-central See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of Loir-et-See also:Cher, 22 M. N.W. of See also:Blois by See also:rail. Pop. (Igoe) town, 7381; See also:commune, 9804. Vend6me is situated on the Loir, which here divides into numerous arms intersecting the town. On the See also:south it is overlooked by an See also:eminence on which stand ruins of the See also:castle of the See also:counts of Vendome, dating in See also:part to the 11th See also:century. The See also:abbey-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 Trinity (12th to 15th century) has a See also:fine See also:facade in the florid See also:Gothic See also:style. The See also:belfry, surmounted by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:steeple, stands isolated in front of the church; it belongs to the See also:middle of the 12th century, and is one of the finest examples of Transition See also:architecture. Abbey buildings of various periods See also:lie See also:round the church. The church of La Madeleine (15th century) is surmounted by a stone See also:spire, an indifferent See also:imitation of that of the abbey. The fine See also:tower of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin (16th century) is all that remains of the church of that name. 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 occupies the old See also:gate of St See also:George; its See also:river front is composed of two large crenelated and machitolated towers, connected by a See also:pavilion. The See also:ancient See also:hospital of St Jacques afterwards became a• See also:college of the Oratorians, and now serves as a lycee for boys; the charming See also:chapel, dating from the 15th century, in the most florid Gothic style, is preserved. The town has a well-known archaeological and scientific society, and possesses a library with more than three See also:hundred See also:MSS., and a museum, mostly archaeological, in front of which stands a statue of the poet
See also:Ronsard. There is also a statue of See also:Marshal Rochainbeau, See also:born at. Vendome in 1725. There are some interesting houses of the 15th and 16th centuries. Vendome has a sub-prefecture and a tribunal of first instance. The river supplies See also:motive See also:power to See also:flour-See also:mills, and the town manufactures gloves, See also:paper and carved See also:mouldings, and carries on tanning and nursery-gardening togetherwith See also:trade in •See also:butter and See also:cheese.
Vendome (Vindocinum) appears originally to have been a Gallic oppidum, replaced later by a feudal castle, around which the See also:modern town arose. See also:Christianity was introduced by St Bienheure in the 5th century, and the important abbey of the Trinity (which claimed to possess a See also:tear See also:shed by See also:Christ at the See also:tomb of See also:Lazarus) was founded about 1030. When the reign of the Capetian See also:dynasty began, Vendome was the See also:chief town of a countship belonging to Bouchard, called " the See also:- VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)
Venerable," who died in the monastery of See also:Saint-Maur-See also:des-Fosses in 1007. The See also:succession passed by various marriages to the houses of See also:Nevers, Preuilly and Montoire. Bouchard VII., See also:count of Vendome and See also:Castres (d. c. 1374), See also:left as his heiress his See also:sister See also:Catherine, the wife of See also:John of See also:Bourbon, count of in See also:Marche. The countship of Vendome was raised to the See also:rank of a duchy and a See also:peerage of France for See also:Charles of Bourbon (1515); his son See also:Anthony of Bourbon,' 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 See also:Navarre, was the See also:father of 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 IV., who gave the duchy of Vendome in 1598 to his natural son See also:Caesar (1594-1665). Caesar, See also:duke of Vendome, took part in the disturbances which went on in France under the See also:government of See also:Richelieu and of See also:Mazarin, and had as his sons 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, duke of Vendome (1612-1669), who married a niece of Mazarin, and See also:Francis; duke of See also:Beaufort. The last of the See also:family in the male See also:line (1645-1712) was Louis XIV.'s famous See also:general, Louis See also:Joseph, duke of Vend6me (q.v.). The See also:title of duke of Vendome is now See also:borne by See also:Prince See also:Emmanuel 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, son of the duke of Alengon.
See J. de Petigny, Histoire archlologique du Vendamois (2nd ed., 1882).
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