See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

MARCHE, or LA MARCHE  , one of the former provinces of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . It owes its name to its position, it having been in the loth See also:

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

century a See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march or border See also:

• DISTRICT

district between the duchy of See also:

• AQUITAINE

Aquitaine and the domains of the Frankish See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings in central France . Sometimes it was called the See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche Limousine, and originally it was a small district cut partly from See also:

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

Limousin and partly from See also:

• POITOU

Poitou . Its See also:

• AREA

area was increased during the 13th century, after which, however, it remained unaltered until the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Revolution . It was bounded on the N. by See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

Berry; on the E. by Bourbonnais and See also:

• AUVERGNE

Auvergne; on the S. by Limousin; and on the W by Poitou . It embraced the greater See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

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

department of See also:

• CREUSE

Creuse, a considerable part of Haute See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne, and a fragment of See also:

• INDRE

Indre . Its area was about 1900 sq. m.; its See also:

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

capital was Charroux and later See also:

• GUERET

Gueret, and among its other See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns were See also:

• DORAT, CLAUDE JOSEPH (1734-1780)

Dorat, Bellac and See also:

• CONFOLENS

Confolens . Marche first appears as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• FIEF

fief about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the See also:

• ROTH, JUSTUS LUDWIG ADOLF (1818-1892)

roth century when 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 III., See also:

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

duke of Aquitaine, gave it to one of his vassals named Boso, who took the See also:

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

title of See also:

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

count . In the 12th century it passed to the See also:

• COUNTS

counts of Limousin, and this 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 retained it until the See also:

• DEATH

death of the childless Count See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh in 1303, when it was seized by the See also:

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

French 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:

• 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 IV . In 1316 it was made a duchy for See also:

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

Prince 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, afterwards King Charles IV., and a few years later (1327) it passed into the hands of the See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon . The family of See also:

• ARMAGNAC

Armagnac held it from 1435 to 1477, when it reverted to the Bourbons, and in 1527 it was seized by 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 I. and became part of the domains of the French See also:

• CROWN

crown . It was divided into Haute Marche and Basse Marche, the estates of the former being in existence until the 17th century .

From 1470 until the Revolution the See also:

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

province was under the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement 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 . See A . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas, See also:

• LES

Les Mats provinciaux de la France centrale (1879) .