See also:

• JEAN

JEAN DE See also:

• JEAN DE BETHENCOURT (c. 136o–1422)

BETHENCOURT (c. 136o–1422)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French explorer, belonged to a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, and held important offices at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VI., 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:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . His spirit was fired by See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing of the deeds of explorers and adventurers, and having formed a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan to conquer the See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

Canary Islands he raised some See also:

• MONEY

money by pledging his See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman estates, and sailed from La Rochelle on the 1st of May 1402 with two See also:

• SHIPS

ships, commanded by himself and Gadifer de la Salle . He was delayed by a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny off the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but reached the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• LANZAROTE

Lanzarote in See also:

• JULY

July . Unable to carry out his project of See also:

• CON

con-quest, he See also:

• LEFT

left his men at the Canaries and went to seek help at the court of See also:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile . He obtained men and provisions from 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 III. king of Castile, through the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good offices of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert de Braquemont, who had considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with Henry; he also received the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of king, and did See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to Henry for his future conquests . Returning to the Canaries in 1404 he found that Gadifer de la Salle had conquered Lanzarote and See also:

• FUERTEVENTURA

Fuerteventura, and explored other islands . La Salle, unwilling to accept a position of inferiority, left the Canaries and appealed unsuccessfully for redress at the court of Castile . See also:

• BETHENCOURT, JEAN DE (c. 136o–1422)

Bethencourt was unable to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete his See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest and exploration . In 1405 he visited Normandy, and returned with fresh colonists who occupied See also:

• HIERRO, or FERRO

Hierro . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1406 he left the islands to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, Maciot de Bethencourt, reserving for himself the royal title and a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in any profits obtained . He returned to Normandy, where he appears to have spent the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his days . He died in 1422, and was buried in the 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 Grainville-la-Teinturiere .

Bethencourt wrote a very untrustworthy See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his " conquest of the Canary Islands," Le Canarien, livre de la conquete et See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion ses Canaries . This has been published with introduction and notes by G . Gravier (See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen, 1874), and an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation was edited by R . H . See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major for the See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt Society (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1872) . See also CANARY ISLANDS, for the controversy as to the relations between Bethencourt and La Salle .