See also:

• BRIELLE (Briel or Bril)

BRIELLE (Briel or See also:

• BRIL, PAUL (1554—1626)

Bril)  , a seaport in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, Holland, on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Voorne, at the mouth of the New See also:

• MAAS, JOSEPH (1847-1886)

Maas, 51 M . N. of See also:

• HELLEVOETSLUIS, or HELVOETSLUIS

Hellevoetsluis . Pop . (1900) 4107 . It is a fortified See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and has a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal, See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine and See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks . It also possesses a See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint See also:

• TOWN

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, and an orphanage dating from 1533 . The See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the Groote Kerk of St See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine serves as a lighthouse . Most of the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of See also:

• BRIELLE (Briel or Bril)

Brielle was diverted to Hellevoetsluis by the cutting of the Voornsche See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal in 1829, but it 'still has some business in See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn and See also:

• FODDER

fodder, as well as a few factories . A large number of the inhabitants are also engaged in the See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries and as pilots . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief event in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of Brielle is its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by the See also:

• GUEUX, LES

Gueux sur Mer, a See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron of privateers which raided the Dutch See also:

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

coast under See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange . This event, which took place on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1572, was the first See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow in the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of Dutch See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, and was followed by a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general outbreak of the patriotic party (See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

Motley, Rise of the Dutch Re-public, See also:

• PART

part iii. See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter vi.) . " The See also:

• BRILL

Brill " was one of the four Dutch towns handed over to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth in 1584 as See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security for See also:

• ENGLISH

English expenses incurred in aiding the Dutch .

Brielle is the birthplace of the famous See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral 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 See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• TROMP

Tromp, and also of Admiral van Almonde, a distinguished See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . BRIENNE-LE-See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

CHATEAU, a town of north-eastern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• AUBE

Aube, 1 m. from the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Aube and 26 m . N.E. of See also:

• TROYES

Troyes on the Eastern railway . Pop . (1906) 1761 . The chateau, which overlooks the town, is an imposing See also:

• BUILDING

building of the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 18th century, built by the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal de Brienne (see below) . It possesses an important collection of pictures, many of them See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical portraits of the 17th and 18th centuries . 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 See also:

• DATES

dates from the 16th century and contains good stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass . A statue of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon commemorates his sojourn at Brienne from 1779 to 1784, when he was studying at the military school suppressed in 1790 . In 1814 Brienne was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of fighting between Napoleon and the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

Allies (see See also:

• NAPOLEONIC

NAPOLEONIC See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

CAMPAIGNS) . See also:

• BREWING

Brewing is carried on in the town . Brienne-la-Vieille, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village 12 m. south of Brienne-le-Chateau, has a church of the 12th and 16th centuries with See also:

• FINE

fine stained windows .

The portal once belonged to the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Bassefontaine, the ruins of which are situated near the village . See also:

• COUNTS

Counts of Brienne.—Under the Carolingian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty Briennele-Chateau was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital town of a See also:

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

French countship . In the loth century it was captured by two adventurers named Engelbert and Gobert, and from the first of these sprang the See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Brienne . In 1210 See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of Brienne (1148-1237) became 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:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, through his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary of See also:

• MONTFERRAT, COUNT OF

Montferrat, heiress of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Jerusalem . He led a crusade in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt which had no lasting success; and when in 1229 he was elected See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, for the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• BALDWIN, JAMES MARK (1861– )
• BALDWIN, ROBERT (1804–1858)

Baldwin II.'s minority, he fought and conquered the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek emperor John III . (Batatzes or Vatatzes) . See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter V., See also:

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

count of Brienne and of See also:

• LECCE (anc. Lupiae)

Lecce (See also:

• APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia) and See also:

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

duke of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, fought against the Greeks and at first drove them from See also:

• THESSALY

Thessaly, but was eventually defeated and killed near See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Copais in 1311 . His son, Walter VI., after having vainly attempted to reconquer Athens in 1331, served under 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:

• VALOIS, COUNTS AND DUKES OF
• VALOIS, HENRI DE [VALESIUS] (1603-1676)

Valois against the English . Having defended See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence against the Pisans he succeeded in obtaining dictatorial See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers for himself in the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic; but his tyrannical conduct brought about his See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion . He was appointed See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable of France by John the Good, and was killed at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers in 1356 . His See also:

• SISTER

sister and heiress Isabelle married Walter of See also:

• ENGHIEN
• ENGHIEN, LOUIS ANTOINE HENRI DE BOURBON

Enghien, and so brought Brienne to the house of Enghien, and, by his marriage with See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret of Enghien, John of See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg-St Pol (d. about 1397) became count of Brienne . The house of Luxemburg retained the countship until Margaret See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte of Luxemburg sold it to a certain Marpon, who ceded it to See also:

• HENRI

Henri Auguste de Lomenie (whose wife, See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise de See also:

• BERM (probably a variant of " brim ")

Berm, descended from the house of Luxemburg-Brienne) in 164o .

The See also:

• LIMOUSIN (Lat. Pagus Lemovicinus, ager Lemovicensis, regio Lemovicum, Lemozinum, Limosinium, &c.)
• LIMOUSIN (or LIMOSIN), LEONARD (c. 1505-c. 1577)

Limousin house of Lomenie (the genealogies which trace this See also:

• FAMILY

family to the 15th century are untrustworthy) produced many well-known statesmen, among others the celebrated cardinal See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne 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 de Lomenie de Brienne (1727-1794), See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of 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 XV.; and the last lords of Brienne were members of this family . (M .