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	CONDE - LoveToKnow Article on CONDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		called the Great Cond, was the son of Henry, prince of Cond, and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, and was born at Paris on the 8th of September 1621.
		Conds birth and military renown placed him at the head of the French nobility; but, added to that, the family of which he was chief was both enormously rich and master of no small portion of France.
		Cond now realized that the period of agitation and party warfare was at an end, and he accepted, and loyally maintained henceforward, the position of a chief subordinate to a masterful sovereign.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CONDE.htm (2519 words)

	The Great Condé biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Condé's haughtiness of manner and dictatorial measures, however, soon alienated the Queen and nobles, and by the advice of Mazarin he was arrested, with other members of his family.
		The discomfiture and flight of Mazarin again brought Condé to the front, but the failure of the court to fulfill its promises and the suspicions he entertained that his assassination was contemplated roused him to fresh rebellion in 1651.
		This was the great general's last important battle, though in 1675 he succeeded Turenne, on the latter's death, in command of the army on the Rhine.
	www.dromo.info /condebio.htm (682 words)

	On the Death of the Great Conde by Jacques Benigne Bossuet. Continental Europe (380-1906). Vol. VII. Bryan, William ...
		On the Death of the Great Conde by Jacques Benigne Bossuet.
		In this branch of oratory he is usually acknowledged to have been the first great master, as also its creator.
		Besides the one on the great Condé, from which passages are here given, two others are famous—those on Henrietta of England and her daughter, the Duchess of Orleans.
	www.bartleby.com /268/7/11.html (646 words)

	Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé : Great Conde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in Paris, the son of HenrI, prince of Condé, and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency.
		The great Battle of Rocroy (May 18) put an end to the supremacy of the Spanish army and inaugurated the long period of French military predominance.
		This ended in the flight of Condé to the Spanish army (September 1652), and thenceforward, up to the peace, he was in open arms against France, and held high command in the army of Spain.
	www.city-search.org /gr/great-conde.html (2435 words)

	Illustrious People
		The princes de Condé were the heads of an important French branch of the House of Bourbon.
		The Great Condé was the elder son of Henry II de Bourbon, 3rd prince de Condé, and of his wife, Charlotte de Montmorency.
		His father gave to the Duc d'Enghien, as the Great Condé was at first called, a complete and strict education: six years with the Jesuits at Bourges, as well as mathematics and horsemanship at the Royal Academy at Paris.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /database/glossary/illustr2/conde.html (1172 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There Condé seized the initiative, led the French cavalry of the right wing in a spirited assault that decided the battle, crushed the Spanish (believed to be virtually invincible at the time), and established his reputation as a great, if rash, tactician and leader.
		The family's great pretensions to power and privilege eventually led the Great Condé to join the rebellion of the Fronde by 1651.
		Condé, like his contemporary Turenne, was an independent commander, prone to follow his own course of action; also like Turenne, Condé advocated coming to grips with the enemy in battle.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/ml_011800_condelouisii.htm (539 words)

	Command of Louis XIV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the war of the Fronde of the Princes he was persuaded by Mme de Longueville, Condé's sister, to take the part of the rebels led by Condé and was defeated (1650) by government forces at Rethel.
		He defeated (1652) Condé roundly at the battle of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine near Paris and was again (1658) victorious over Condé in the Battle of the Dunes, when the latter was serving with Spain.
		In the third of the Dutch Wars he marched with King Louis XIV and Condé into Holland, but the French were checked before Amsterdam by the opening (1672) of the dikes.
	www.louis-xiv.de /louisold/Wars/Command.html (781 words)

	Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de on Encyclopedia.com
		The nobles forced Mazarin to release Condé (1651), who became leader of the rebellious army of the princes and allied himself with Spain against France.
		In the final stage of the war he was defeated (1658) in the Battle of the Dunes (see Dunes, Battle of the).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Conde-L1o.asp (503 words)

	[No title]
		This Prince took great delight in the conversation of women, even of such as he had no passion for; for he was every day at the Queen's court, when she held her assembly, which was a concourse of all that was beautiful and excellent in either sex.
		This Princess was in great consideration by reason of her interest with the King her brother; and her authority was so great, that the King, on concluding the peace, consented to restore Piemont, in order to marry her with the Duke of Savoy.
		A great many others were in the same condition: and Madam de Chartres had added to her daughter's discretion so exact a conduct with regard to everything of decorum, that everybody was satisfied she was not be be come at.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext96/pclev10.txt (7366 words)

	The history of Voltaire
		Anne was obliged to continue the war with Spain, in which the brilliant victories of the young Duc d'Enghien, known to fame as the Great Conde, brought him sudden glory, and unprecedented prestige to the arms of France.
		Conde was won over by the queen--regent; but the nobles, hoping to recover the power which Richelieu had wrenched from them, took the popular side.
		Mazarin had achieved a great diplomatic triumph by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; but Spain had remained outside that group of treaties; and, owing to the civil war of the Fronde, Conde's successes against her had been to a great extent made nugatory--and now Conde was a rebel and in command of Spanish troops.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_Volume_I/historyof_je.html (774 words)

	Condé on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, 1588-1646, French political leader, son of Henri I, was forced to leave France (1609) because of the attentions paid his wife by King Henry IV.
		His elder son, Louis II (see Condé, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de) was known as the Great Condé.
		Mario Conde pretende implicar en su caso al Rey y a Adolfo Suárez.(ex banquero; caso de corrupción; España)(TT: Mario Conde seeks to implicate in his case the King and Adolfo Suárez.)(TA: former...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Conde.asp (976 words)

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		This great general was killed July 27, 1675, by a cannot-shot, near the village of Saltzback, in going to choose a place whereon to erect a battery.
		And a great pleasure it was to see the Abbey raised in the middle, all covered with red, and a throne (that is a chair) and footstool on the top of it; and all the officers of all kinds, so much as the very fiddlers, in red vests.
		The vulgar, who crowd with eminent virtues and great actions the years which fate denies to their favourites, foresaw future misfortunes in his death; and even the judicious supposed that the measures of Charles might have derived solidity from his judgment and promising parts.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Grammont/footnotes.htm (16512 words)

	Fronde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Condé, Conti and Longueville were released, and by April 1651 the rebellion had everywhere collapsed.
		At one moment, near Péronne, Condé had Turenne at a serious disadvantage, but he could not galvanize the Spanish general Count Fuensaldana, who was more solicitous to preserve his master's soldiers than to establish Condé as mayor of the palace to the king of France, and the armies drew apart again without fighting.
		Dunkirk was besieged promptly and in great force, and when Don Juan of Austria and Condé appeared with the relieving army from Fumes, Turenne advanced boldly to meet him.
	www.city-search.org /fr/fronde.html (2336 words)

	Exiles on Main Stream
		Kincaid's distinction between the "great" writer and the "vulgar" mass media star cannot stand alone: it must be understood in conjunction with this second opposition between two different types of popularity, the middlebrow and the lowbrow.
		Condé's novels of the 1990s can be read as self-consciously invoking any number of time-honored ideological and narrative commonplaces of postcolonial literature, but in a page-turning format that troublingly evacuates them of their supposedly "resistant" value.
		Condé voices a very limited understanding here of what it means to "read" in a highly literate location like the French Antilles, and I would certainly agree with Lionnet that she becomes more "humble" in this regard after the early 1980s.
	www3.iath.virginia.edu /pmc/issue.903/14.1bongie.html (9655 words)

	AllRefer.com - CondE, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		CondE, Louis II de Bourbon, prince de 1621–86, French general, called the Great CondE; son of Henri II de CondE.
		The nobles forced Mazarin to release CondE (1651), who became leader of the rebellious army of the princes and allied himself with Spain against France.
		After the disintegration of the Fronde and the return to power of Mazarin, CondE was (1653–58) commander of Spanish forces against France.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Conde-Lo.html (350 words)

	Additional Reading (from Louis II de Bourbon, 4e prince de Conde) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Condé, Henri II de Bourbon, 3e prince de (3rd prince of)
		He was treated with great liberality by Louis XIV and also by the regent, Philippe, duc d'Orléans.
		(1772–1804), French émigré prince, last of the Condés, born in Chantilly; seized on neutral land as conspirator and executed by Napoleon's order though proved innocent; “It is more than a crime; it is a political fault” (this famous phrase is attributed to Fouché).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-1448?tocId=1448 (739 words)

	Great Falls News
		Great Falls entrepreneur David Brown is distributing a Northern Ireland company's energy-saving fuel conditioner with hopes the company soon will build a plant using water from Giant Springs.
		Oscar and Jackie Johnson of Great Falls celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with their son and other family members, and are planning a cruise to Alaska next summer.
		GREAT FALLS In Great Falls, a construction worker was run over by a cement truck this morning.
	www.topix.net /city/great-falls-mt (1161 words)

	Anne Geneviève duchesse de Longueville - English
		She was born in the prison of Vincennes, into which her father and mother had been thrown for opposition to Concini, the favourite of Marie de Médicis, who was then regent in the minority of Louis XIII.
		Anne-Geneviève was educated with great strictness in the convent of the Carmelites in the Rue Saint-Jacques at Paris.
		After Richelieu's death her father became chief of the council of regency during the minority of Louis XIV, her brother (the Great Condé) won the great victory of Rocroi in 1643, and the duchess became involved in political affairs.
	conde.ifrance.com /eag.htm (763 words)

	Great Sand Dunes National Monument - Mosca - Reviews of Great Sand Dunes National Monument - TripAdvisor
		The Great Sand Dunes at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains recently graduated from a national monument to a national park.
		Great Sand Dunes National Park is a great springtime getaway for outdoor fun.
		Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve features some of the tallest and most delicate dunes in the world.
	www.tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g60841-d143163-Reviews-Great_Sand_Dunes_National_Monument-Mosca_Colorado.html (730 words)

	Louis II de Bourbon, 4e prince de Conde -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		byname The Great Condé, French Le Grand Condé, also called Duc (duke) d'Enghien leader of the last of the series of aristocratic uprisings in France known as the Fronde (1648–53).
		The Great Condé was the elder son of Henry II de Bourbon, 3rd prince de Condé, and of his wife, Charlotte…
		More results on "Louis II de Bourbon, 4e prince de Conde" when you join.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9025111?tocId=9025111 (805 words)

	Philippe de Commynes Memoirs
		This was a great loss for the captains and other officers of the town because there were seven or eight to whom we had promised money and pensions (on the authority given to us by the King), and they were unable to receive anything because the places were not handed over by them.
		He intended rather to cause some great revolution in the town of Ghent, recognizing that it was always so inclined and that under Dukes Philip and Charles the town had been held in great fear and the townspeople deprived of certain privileges when they made their peace with Duke Philip after their wars.
		This was a great mistake on their part, as it happened, for the countryside beyond Arras for about five leagues is flat as a man's hand.
	www.r3.org /bookcase/de_commynes/decom_7.html (15121 words)

	Wired 11.12: The Great Library of Amazonia
		There, on the screen, is the cream of the research performed by a great metropolitan writer and editor.
		He was in his twenties then -- thin, with a mass of unruly curly hair, a rapid manner of speech, and an unguarded expression.
		Kahle was already one of the great enthusiasts of universal information access.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/11.12/amazon_pr.html (4505 words)

	Henri-Jules - English
		Pleased, because he had in fact great hunger, Henri-Jules followed his visitors into an under passage in the Hotel of Condé where he found...
		As long as that this queer mania lasted, people brought the Duke twice a day in the under passage, in order that he could take his meals with all the great deceased men he knew.
		His neck tight and his mouth torn by effort, would be at the death of the Great Condé, his father, the first Prince of the blood of the Kingdom.
	conde.ifrance.com /ehj.htm (733 words)

	JOSE CONDE Y OLA FRESCA
		I felt great hope and peace in the midst of all that and felt that we would find a higher road than before.
		Next Week Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca return to the Grand in CT and to Superfine in Dumbo.........also recipes will be up on this websight by next week as well...........
		Conde plays with traditional elements of the Cuban son and the even more rustic changüí on the title track and "Goza Mi Changüí." "Bolitas de Arroz con Pollo" has the feel of an old Pérez Prado recording.
	www.joseconde.com /paginas/news04.html (13229 words)

	Grand Hotel Conde Duque - Madrid - Grand Hotel Conde Duque Reviews - TripAdvisor
		The rooms were clean and adequte size (especially for European rooms which are normally much smaller than American), and when we asked for a small change (one bed vs. two) it was taken care of immediately.
		After reading the reviews i thought that the hotel might not be the best but at least the service would be great.
		Great hotel just outside of center of city but very near to a metro station.
	tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g187514-d206988-Reviews-a_als.0-Grand_Hotel_Conde... (998 words)

	The Great Conde and the Frondeurs
		However, there are details in one’s life that should; little details that distinguish great art from rubbish.
		The more one delves into the minutiae of little details, the less one is prone to take the rest of life so seriously.
		The great thing, is that they have in the past.
	greatconde.blogspot.com (5217 words)

	Site Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Grand Condé decides to give a grand reception to honour its victory at Rocroi and honour Louis XIV at the same time.
		Notice that it is during a banquet given for Louis XIV that Vatel baptized its new invented whipped cream: "Crème Chantilly".
		It's the grand child of the Great Condé who founded the Grandes Ecuries and the first horse races began already in 1834, the quality of the terrain being very appreciated by the jockeys.
	www.jack-travel.com /IledeFrance/html/chantilly_History.htm (785 words)

	Find in a Library: The great Condé; a life of Louis II de Bourbon, prince of Condé (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Find in a Library: The great Condé; a life of Louis II de Bourbon, prince of Condé
		The great Condé; a life of Louis II de Bourbon, prince of Condé
		Subjects: Condé, Louis, -- prince de, -- 1621-1686.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/ac7a211116c274ec.html (67 words)

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