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See also:VENDOME, 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 See also:JOSEPH , Duc DE (1654-1712), See also:marshal of See also:France, was the son of Louis, 2nd See also:duke of Vendome, and the See also:great-See also:grandson 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. and Gabrielle d'See also:Estrees. Entering the See also:army at the See also:age of eighteen he soon distinguished himself by his vigour and See also:personal courage in the Dutch See also:wars, and by ,688 he had risen to the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-See also:general. In the See also:war of the See also:Grand See also:Alliance he rendered conspicuous service under See also:Luxemburg at Steinkirk and under See also:Catinat at Marsaglia, and in 1695 he was placed in command of the army operating in See also:Catalonia where he took See also:Barcelona. Soon afterwards he received the marshalate. In 1702, after the first unsuccessful See also:campaign of Catinat and See also:Villeroi, he was placed in command of the Franco-See also:Spanish army in See also:Italy (see SPANISH See also:SUCCESSION WAR). During three See also:campaigns in that See also:country he proved himself a worthy antagonist to See also:Prince See also:Eugene, whom at last he defeated at See also:Cassano by his magnificent courage and command over his troops, converting the defeat that his indolent See also:brother, the Grand See also:Prior, had incurred into a glorious success.. Next See also:year, after holding his own as before, he was sent to See also:Flanders to repair the disaster of See also:Ramillies with the result that his successors Marsin and 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:- 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 were totally defeated, while in the new See also:sphere Vend6me was merely the See also:mentor of the pious and unenterprising duke of See also:Burgundy, and was unable to prevent the defeat of Oudenarde. He therefore retired in disgust to his estates, but it was not See also:long before he was summoned to take command of the army of Philip in See also:Spain, and there he won his last victories, crowning his See also:work with the See also:battle of See also:Villaviciosa. Before the end of the war he died suddenly at Vinaros on the 11th of See also:June 1712. Vend6me was one of the most remarkable soldiers in the See also:history of the See also:French army, and second only to See also:Villars amongst the generals of France of the 18th See also:century. He had, besides the skill and the fertile See also:imagination of the true army See also:leader, the brilliant courage of a soldier. But the real See also:secret of his See also:uniform success was his extraordinary; See also:influence over his men.
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