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	Foix - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Foix (Occitan: Foish) is a small town and commune, the préfecture (capital) of the Ariège département in France.
		The main historical feature is the Château of the Counts of Foix, which overlooks the old part of the town, with winding streets and old houses (illustration, right).
		Foix was the birthplace of Charles de Freycinet (1828-1923), statesman and prime minister.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Foix (189 words)

	Count of Foix xmpg.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The List of counts of Foix flourished from the 11th century to the 15th century.
		They were at first feudalism of the List of counts of Toulouse, but soon succeeded in establishing their independence, and during the 13th century and 14th century centuries the counts of Foix figured among the most powerful of the France feudal nobles.
		His son, Roger IV of Foix, died in 1265 and was succeeded by his son, Roger-Bernard III of Foix who, more famous as a poet than as a warrior, was taken prisoner both by Philip III of France and by Peter III of Aragon.
	count.of.foix.en.xmpg.org (1837 words)

	Counts of Foix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The counts of Foix ruled the independent County of Foix, in southern France, during the Middle Ages.
		The counts of Foix flourished from the 11th to the 15th century.
		Early in 1380, the count was appointed governor of Languedoc, but when Charles VI succeeded Charles V as king later in the same year, this appointment was cancelled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Count_of_Foix (1836 words)

	Foix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Foix (Occitan: Foish) is a small town and commune, the prÃ©fecture (capital) of the AriÃ¨ge dÃ©partement in France.
		The main historical feature is the ChÃ¢teau of the Counts of Foix, which overlooks the old part of the town, with winding streets and old houses (illustration, right).
		Foix was the birthplace of Charles de Freycinet (1828-1923), statesman and prime minister.
	www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /f/o/i/Foix.html (244 words)

	List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
		408 (inv 1612) Frederick Casimir, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
		Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
		A list of all knights from 1348 to 1939, adapted from Edmund H. Fellowes: The Knights of the Garter 1348-1939, which is a catalogue of the stall-plates in St.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/orders/garterlist.htm (13921 words)

	Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
		Counts of Artois, 1237-1382 AD The County of Artois lay between the Counties of Flanders and Vermandois, fronting on the English Channel.
		The list of the counts is from Bruce R. Gordon's Regnal Chronologies and the WW-Person, A WWW Data base of European nobility.
		Count Gaston III marries the sister of King Charles the Bad of Navarre, but this relationship comes to naught when Gaston, the son of the Count and the only legitimate heir, is starved to death by his father.
	www.friesian.com /flanders.htm (10740 words)

	Bigorre - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Confiscated in 1292 by King Philip IV of France who intervened in a quarrel over the succession of Bigorre, the area was surrendered to Edward III of England by virtue of the Treaty of Brétigny (1360), which marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War.
		Recaptured by the French and their allies the counts of Foix between 1370 and 1406, Bigorre was granted by King Charles VII of France to Count Jean I of Foix in 1426.
		County of Foix, Bigorre, Quatre-Vallées, and Nébouzan, but not Béarn and Lower Navarre, which were sovereign countries outside of the kingdom of France), and so Bigorre became part of the royal domain.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bigorre (952 words)

	Foix info here at en.16-yo.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Foix (Occitan: Foish) is a trifling sticks & commune, the prÃ©fecture (capital) of the AriÃ¨ge dÃ©partement in France.
		The overbearing historical nick is the ChÃ¢teau of the Counts of Foix, which overlooks the senior of the town, with winding streets & senior diggingss (illustration, right).
		The chief church, a Gothic pyramid of the 14th century, is consecrated to St Volusien, an archbishop of Tours in the 5th century.
	en.16-yo.info /Foix (389 words)

	Langued'oil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Counts of Anjou were noted for their ferocity and avariciousness, and thus have had a much larger impact on the development of France and Europe in general than the size of this quite small region southwest of Normandy would imply.
		I regard the second list as very likely accurate, but for what it is worth, I will also include this one, if for no other reason than to demonstrate some of the difficulties this sort of research can uncover.
		Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, was a son of Richard I, Count of Rouen (often styled Duke of Normandy), and thus a member of the House which eventually conquered England - William the Conqueror was his grand-nephew.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Languedoil.html (2903 words)

	List of counts of Foix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Roger I of Carcassone (son of Arnaud of Comminges and of Arsinde, heiress of the county of Carcassonne), count of Carcassonne, Couserans, and part of Comminges, lord of Foix (ca.
		Roger II (son of Count Pierre of Couserans, the younger brother of Roger I), 2nd count of Foix (1067-1124), count of Couserans
		Henry II of Navarre (son of Catherine and Jean d'Albret) (born April 18 or 24, 1503 - died May 25, 1555), Henry I as count of Foix, king of Navarre, prince of Béarn, duke of Albret, 18th count of Foix, etc. (1517-1555).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_counts_of_Foix (1057 words)

	County of Foix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The County of Foix was an independent medieval fief in southern France, and later a province of France, whose territory corresponded roughly the eastern part of the modern département of Ariège (the western part of Ariège being Couserans).
		During the Middle Ages, the county of Foix was ruled by the counts of Foix, whose castle overlooks the town of Foix.
		In the 17th and 18th centuries Foix formed one of the thirty-three gouvernements (military areas) of France and kept its provincial-states until the French Revolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County_of_Foix (362 words)

	France: Traditional provinces - Historical perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Originally, a Count was appointed by the King and his position was not hereditary.
		In the lower Middle-Ages, the Counts were members of the Royal court ruling cities, whose territory became Counties.
		When Hugues Capet was crowned, the title of Duke of France disappeared, but the Count of Normandy and the Count of Rennes took the title of Duke of Normandy and Duke of Brittany, respectively.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr-prov.html (1987 words)

	Guide and Index to Lists of Rulers
		One motivation is that history is often not taught anymore in terms of dynasties and rulers, since this is thought (by an academic elite comfortably supported by the taxpayers) to be too elitist and too removed from the life of the people.
		It is another thing to know that one can count forty generations from one to the other, through Baldwin Iron Arm of Flanders, William the Conqueror, the Tudors, the Stuarts, etc., all of whom were living and acting, often vibrant, people -- with almost all of them now dead, mostly long dead.
		The arrangement of these lists thus follows Bryce's principle of universalist ideology, centering on Rome but extending to similar to ideas outside of the Roman world.
	www.friesian.com /histindx.htm (3021 words)

	Toulouse Hotel - Guide of Hotels in Toulouse, France.
		the counts of Toulouse were suzerains of practically the entire region of Languedoc; their vassals included the lords of Foix, Quercy, and Rouergue.
		Ruling with great wisdom and tolerance (particularly toward the Jews, many of whom settled in Languedoc), the counts held a brilliant court that attracted the best troubadours and was the center of southern French literature.
		The counts fell from power, and in 1271 the county passed to the French crown and from that time on formed much of Languedoc prov.
	www.hotels-france-travel.com /ville/toulouse/toulouse-hotel.htm (353 words)

	[New-imc] Re: IMC Andorra [application deadline 5 april 11 GMT]
		Through a list of devoted co-workers, "Indymedia La Seu d¹Urgell-Andorra (IMC)", treats on an equal basis a dynamic covering of current local events, directly related to social problems and situation.
		"Indymedia Andorra-La Seu d¹Urgell (IMC)" counts on everybody to be the creators of events that will contribute to make a more dynamic popular and citizenry education, and, at the same time, participate with other social agents, schools and universities educating journalists for all the citizens and whom ever wishes it.
		The evident objective is to consolidate the activist movement of citizenry and to awake the population to the efforts that have been made and achieved through the different webs in the world for the promotion of SOCIAL JUSTICE, to turn our Pyrenees society into a place of freedom, safety and justice.
	archives.lists.indymedia.org /new-imc/2002-April/002134.html (2075 words)

	Andorra: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		During the Middle Ages, in-fighting between the small kingdoms and constant Arab invasions forced the Counts of Urgell to seek help and form an alliance with the Counts of Caboet to protect Andorran settlements.
		This union was consolidated in 1159, in an agreement where the Bishop of Urgell was granted sovereignty over Andorra and the territory was donated as a feud to the House of Caboet with shared rule of the Principality.
		In 1610 the heir to the House of Caboet, Count Henry de Foix.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=196 (919 words)

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		Some features of the world that supposedly only came into existence after the year 1000 were already present a century earlier; others, and in particular the most widespread form of aristocratic dispute settlement, were present even in the age of Charlemagne himself, with all the social rituals and values that they imply.
		The powers of counts and bishops were not dependent on their offices but on their connections upward to the royal court, outward to their fellow high aristocrats and downward to their networks of }{\plain \i fideles}{\plain.
	www.amherst.edu /~flcheyette/Publications/losangeles.rtf (6032 words)

	Langued'oc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A County closely associated with the Free Counts of Burgundy (Franche Comte) in the Middle Ages.
		The city of Narbonne itself became partitioned between the Counts of Toulouse in one end of town, and the Bishops of Narbonne in the other.
		From the 12th century, nearly all the Counts utilized the name "Dauphin" as part of their names, and by the 14th century, it had assumed the status of a title.
	www.hostkingdom.net /Languedoc.html (2348 words)

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		Yes, it was a bunch of knights, all of whom happened to be Dukes, Counts and/or barons.
		At Gulf Wars in 1997, I was assigned to a rapier list that was sponsored by Ansteorra.
		During the last part of the fighting is when the fighters need water the most, and it’s also the part of the list where you’re absolutely exhausted.
	scholar76.tripod.com /chronicles7.htm (1511 words)

	Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Andorra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		See a list of abbreviations used in this list.
		See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
		The Bishops of Urgell have also exercised secular jurisdiction over Andorra, together with the counts of Foix (France).
	www.katolsk.no /utenriks/kronologi/andorra.htm (121 words)

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		As the requirements for other states are met, additions to this list will be made and fund raising will begin in the additional states.
		Please note: neither this list nor its contents are final till midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement.
		They tell us you might sue us if there is something wrong with your copy of this etext, even if you got it for free from someone other than us, and even if what's wrong is not our fault.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/3/5/8/3585/old/mn05v10.txt (8804 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of Navarrese monarchs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of Navarrese monarchs
		This is a list of the kings of Navarre.
		Jean d'Albret was defeated by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, who married Germana of Foix[?] and southern Navarre was annexed to Spain.
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/li/List_of_Navarrese_monarchs (219 words)

	Concentration Camps List
		Arrested in 1998 in Britain on charges of 94 counts of torture of Spanish citizens and one count of conspiracy to commit torture and released.
		George Newport Sutton is listed as the Collector to the Guardians, Relief and Vaccination Officer No 2 for the East Ashford Workhouse: 1846
		Count Jean de Laval, Governor of Brittany under Francis I murdered his wife Françoise de Foix, Countess of Châteaubriant by shutting her up in a padded cell, hacked to pieces by two surgeons], Château Dinan [Built by Dukes of Brittany.
	www.tartanplace.com /tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html (12644 words)

	Reagalia
		1484: Catherine of Foix and John III (the last coronation in Navarre)
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		Royal Palace (Palau Reial Major; mediaeval residence of the Counts of Barcelona,
	homepage.mac.com /crowns/e/avreg.html (367 words)

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