See also:

• MERC (EUR, PHILIPPE EMMANUEL DE LORRAINE, Duc DE (1558-1602)

MERC (EUR, PHILIPPE See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

EMMANUEL DE See also:

• LORRAINE

LORRAINE, Duc DE (1558-1602)  , See also:

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

French soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 9th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1558, and married See also:

• MARIE

Marie de See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg, duchesse de Penthievre . In 1582 he was made See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany by 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., who had married his See also:

• SISTER

sister . Mancceur put himself 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 the See also:

• LEAGUE

League in Brittany, and had himself proclaimed See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic 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 in the See also:

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

province in 1588 . Invoking the hereditary rights of his wife, who was a descendant of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Brittany, he endeavoured to make himself See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent in that province, and organized a 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 at See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes, calling his son " See also:

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

prince and See also:

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

duke of Brittany." With the aid of the Spaniards he defeated the duc de See also:

• MONTPENSIER, ANNE MARIE LOUISE
• MONTPENSIER, COUNTS AND DUKES OF

Montpensier, whom Henry IV. had sent against him, at Craon in 1592, but the royal troops, reinforced by See also:

• ENGLISH

English contingents, soon re-covered the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage . The 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 marched against Mercceur in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, and received his submission at See also:

• ANGERS

Angers on the loth of 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 1598 . Mercceur subsequently went to See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, where he entered the service of the See also:

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

emperor See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph II., and fought against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, taking Stuhlweissenburg (Szekes-Fehervar) in 1599 . Mercoeur died on the 19th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1602 .