See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• FRANCIS ACKERMAN (c. 1335–1387)

ACKERMAN (c. 1335–1387)  , Flemish soldier and diplomatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent, and about 138o became prominent during the struggle between the burghers of that See also:

• TOWN

town and 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 II . (de Male), See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . He was partly responsible for inducing 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 See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• ARTEVELDE, JACOB VAN (c. 1290-1345)
• ARTEVELDE, PHILIP VAN (c. 1340-1382)

Artevelde to become first See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Ghent in 1382, and at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of some troops scoured the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country for provisions and thus saved Ghent from being starved into submission . By his See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic abilities he secured the assistance of the citizens of See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain and See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege, and, having been made See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral of the Flemish See also:

• FLEET

fleet, visited See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and obtained a promise of help from 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 See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard II . After Artevelde's See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1382, he acted as See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Flemings, gained several victories and increased his fame by skilfully conducting a See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

• DAMME

Damme to Ghent in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1385 . He took See also:

• PART

part in the conclusion of the treaty of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between Ghent and Philip the Bold, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, the successor of Count Louis, in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1385 . Trusting in Philip, and ignoring the warnings of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, See also:

• ACKERMAN, FRANCIS (c. 1335–1387)

Ackerman remained in Flanders, and was murdered at Ghent on the 22nd of See also:

• JULY

July 1387, leaving a memory of See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

chivalry and generosity . See See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• FROISSART, JEAN (1338-1410?)

Froissart, Chroniques, edited by S . Luce and G . Raynaud (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1869—1897) ; Johannes See also:

• BRANDON

Brandon, Chronodromon, edited by K. de Lettenhove in the Chroniques relatives d l'histoire de la Belgique sous la domination See also:

• DES

des dues de Bourgogne (Brussels, 1870) .