See also:

• ROUERGUE (Ruthenensis pages)

ROUERGUE (Ruthenensis pages)  , one of the old provinces of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was originally inhabited by the Rutheni . It was bounded on the N. by See also:

• AUVERGNE

Auvergne, on the S. and S.W. by See also:

• LANGUEDOC

Languedoc, on the E. by Gevaudan and the See also:

• CEVENNES (Lat. Cebenna or Gebenna)

Cevennes and on the W. by See also:

• QUERCY (Lat. pagus Caturcinus, Fr. Cahorsin)

Quercy . It included (1) the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• RODEZ

Rodez, (2) Haute and Basse See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche; and it was divided between the dioceses of Rodez and Vabres (See also:

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

province d'Alby after this province had been separated from that of See also:

• BOURGES

Bourges in 1678) . Administratively it formed first a senechaussee, dependent on Languedoc (See also:

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

capital Villefranche, in the Basse Marche), and later it was attached to the military governments of See also:

• GUIENNE

Guienne and See also:

• GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony . It was then See also:

• PART

part of the departments of See also:

• AVEYRON

Aveyron and of Tarnet-See also:

• GARONNE (Lat. Garumna)

Garonne . The county of Rodez, after having been in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the houses of See also:

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

Toulouse and Carlat, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in the 14th See also:

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

century into that of See also:

• ARMAGNAC

Armagnac . See also:

• JEAN

Jean II. of Armagnac having served 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 V. faithfully during his See also:

• WARS

wars with See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, received from him, in 1374, what were called the four " chdtellenies" with the " Commun de la paix," a tax which had been established there to organize resistance against foreigners . Jean V. of Armagnac was deprived of the county for See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime and See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason against 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 XI., in 1469, but afterwards it was given back to Charles of Armagnac, who died without legitimate issue in 1496 . Its possession was then disputed between 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:

• 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 the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• ALENCON

Alencon, who at last compromised (1519) ; the king ceded the county to his See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• MARGUERITE

Marguerite d'See also:

• ANGOULEME
• ANGOULEME, CHARLES DE VALOIS, DUKE OF (1573-1650)

Angouleme, who took it as See also:

• DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

dowry first to the duke of Alengon, and then to her second See also:

• HUSBAND

husband See also:

• HENRI

Henri d'See also:

• ALBRET

Albret, king of See also:

• NAVARRE (Span. Navarra)

Navarre . The county afterwards passed to Jeanne d'Albret, then to Henri IV., and was joined to the See also:

• CROWN

crown lands in 1590 .