See also:

• GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)  , patroness of 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, lived during the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 5th See also:

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

century . According 'to tradition, she was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 422 at See also:

• NANTERRE

Nanterre near Paris; her parents were called See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus and Gerontia, but accounts differ widely as to their social position . According to the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, she was only in her seventh See also:

• YEAR

year when she was induced by St Germain, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre, to dedicate herself to the religious See also:

• LIFE

life . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of her parents she removed to Paris, where she distinguished herself by her benevolence, as well as by her austere life . She is said to have predicted the invasion of the See also:

• HUNS

Huns; and when See also:

• ATTILA (d. 453)

Attila with his See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army was threatening the See also:

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

city, she persuaded the inhabitants to remain on the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island and encouraged them by an assurance, justified by subsequent events, that the attack would come to nothing (451) . She is also said to have had See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

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

influence over Childeric, See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

Clovis, and in 46o to have caused a 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 to be built over the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of St See also:

• DENIS (DIoNysms), SAINT
• DENIS, JOHANN NEPOMUK COSMAS MICHAEL (1729-1800)

Denis . Her death occurred about 512 and she was buried in the church of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy Apostles, popularly known as the church of St See also:

• GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

Genevieve . In 1793 the See also:

• BODY

body was taken from the new church, built in her See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour by 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., when it became the See also:

• PANTHEON (Lat. pantheum or pantheon; Gr. srav& ov, all-holy, from re, s, all, and Oeor god)

Pantheon, and burnt on the See also:

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

Place de Greve; but the See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics were enshrined in a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of the neighbouring church of St See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne du Mont, where they still attract pilgrims; her festival is celebrated with great pomp on the 3rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January . The frescoes of the Pantheon by Puvis de Chavannes are based upon the legend of the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint . See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

Forgery Krusch continued to hold that the life was an 8th-century forgery (Scriptures rer . Merov. iii . 204-238) .

See A . See also:

• POTTHAST, AUGUST (1824—1898)

Potthast, Bibliotheca medii aevi (1331, 1332), and G . Kurth, Clovis, ii . 249-254 . The legends and miracles are given in the See also:

• BOLLANDISTS

Bollandists'ActaSanctorum, January 1st; there is a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch by See also:

• HENRI

Henri Lesetre, Ste Genevieve, in " See also:

• LES

Les See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints " See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series (Paris, 1900) . GENEVIEVE, GENOVEVA or GENOVEFA, OF See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

BRABANT, heroine of See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval legend . Her See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is a typical example of the widespread See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale of the chaste wife falsely accused and repudiated, generally on the word of a rejected suitor . Genovefa of Brabant was said to be the wife of the See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine Siegfried of Treves, and was falsely accused by the majordomo Golo . Sentenced to death she was spared by the executioner, and lived for six years with her son in a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave in the See also:

• ARDENNES

Ardennes nourished by a See also:

• ROE (or Row), SIR THOMAS (c. 1581—1644)
• ROE, EDWARD PAYSON (1838-1888)

roe . Siegfried, who had meanwhile found out Golo's treachery, was See also:

• CHASING, or ENCHASING

chasing the roe when he discovered her hiding-place, and reinstated her in her former honour . Her story is said to See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest on the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• MARIE

Marie of Brabant, wife of Louis II., See also:

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

duke of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, and See also:

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

count-palatine of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, who was tried by her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband and beheaded on the 18th of January 1256, for supposed infidelity, a See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime for which Louis afterwards had to do See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance . The See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in name may have been due to the cult of St Genevieve, patroness of Paris .

The tale first obtained wide popularity in L' Innocence reconnue, ou See also:

• VIE

vie de Sainte Genevieve de Brabant (pr . 1638) by the Jesuit Rene de Cerisier (1603-1662), and was a frequent subject for dramatic See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . With Genovefa's history may be compared the Scandinavian See also:

• BALLADS

ballads of Ravengaard og Memering, which exist in many recensions . These See also:

• DEAL

deal with the history of Gunild, who married 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, duke of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick and See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig . When Duke Henry went to the See also:

• WARS

wars he See also:

• LEFT

left his wife in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of Ravengaard, who accused her of infidelity . Gunild is cleared by the victory of her See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion Memering, the " smallest of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian men." The Scottish ballad of See also:

• SIR

Sir Aldingar is a version of the same story . The heroine Gunhilda is said to have been the daughter of Canute the Great and Emma . She married in ro36 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 Henry, afterwards the See also:

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

emperor Henry III., and there was nothing in her domestic history to See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant the legend, which is given as See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic history by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of See also:

• MALMESBURY
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HARRIS, IST EARL OF (1746-1820)
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HOWARD HARRIS, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1889)

Malmesbury (De gestis regum Anglorum, See also:

• LIB

lib. ii . § 188) . She was calledCunigundafterher See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage, and perhaps was confused with St Cunigund, the wife of the emperor Henry II . In the Karlamagnus-See also:

• SAGA (literally a story committed to writing)

saga the See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

innocent wife is See also:

• OLIVA, FERNAN PEREZ DE (1492?-1530)

Oliva, See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne and wife of King See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo, and in the See also:

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

French Carolingian See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle the emperor's wife Sibille (La Reine Sibille) or Blanchefleur (See also:

• MACAIRE

Macaire) . Other forms of the legend are to be found in the story of Doolin's See also:

• MOTHER

mother in Doon deMayence, the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ROMANCE

romance of Sir Triamour, in the story of the mother of Octavian in Octavian the Emperor, in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German folk See also:

• BOOK

book Historie von der geduldigen Konigin Crescentia, based on a 12th-century poem to be found in the Kaiserchronik; and the English Erl of See also:

• TOULOUSE
• TOULOUSE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, COUNT OF (1678-1737)

Toulouse (c .

1400) . In the last-named romance it has been suggested that the story gives the relations between See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard I. count of Toulouse, son of the See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume d'See also:

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

Orange of the Carolingian romances, and the empress See also:

• JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

Judith, second wife of Louis the Pious . See F . J . See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

Child, English and Scottish Popular Ballads, vol. ii . (1886), See also:

• ART

art . " Sir Aldingar "; S . See also:

• GRUNDTVIG, NIKOLAI FREDERIK SEVERIN (1783–1872)

Grundtvig, Danske Kaempeviser (See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, 1867) ; " Sir Triamore," in Bishop See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

Percy's See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

Folio MS., ed . See also:

• HALES, JOHN (1584-1656)
• HALES, or HAYLES, JOHN (d. 1571)
• HALES, STEPHEN (1677-1761)

Hales and See also:

• FURNIVALL, FREDERICK JAMES (1825-1910)

Furnivall, vol. ii . (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1868) ; The Romance of Octavian, ed . E . M .

See also:

• GOLDSMID

Goldsmid (See also:

• AUNGERVYLE, RICHARD (1287–1345)

Aungervyle See also:

• SOC

Soc., See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1882) ; The Erl of Toulous and the Emperes of Almayn, ed . G . Liidtke (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1881) ; B . Seuffert, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Legende von der Pfalzgrafin Genovefa (See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg, 1877) ; B . Golz, Pfalzgrafin Genovefa in der deutschen Dichtung (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1897) ; R .