FOIX

Meaning of FOIX in English

Pronunciation: ' fwä

Function: geographical name

region & former province S France in the Pyrenees SE of Gascony

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FOIX — geographical name region & former province S France in the Pyrenees SE of Gascony
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FOIX — Historical region, southern France. It corresponds approximately to the modern département of Ariège in the région of Midi-Pyrénées. Foix was …
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FOIX — geographical name region & former province S France in the Pyrenees SE of Gascony
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FOIX — feudal county of southwestern France, corresponding approximately to the modern dpartement of Arige. Between the 11th and the 15th century, …
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FOIX — Historical region, southern France. It corresponds approximately to the modern département of Ariège in the région of Midi-Pyrénées. Foix was …
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ANDORRA — officially Principality of Andorra Independent coprincipality, southeastern Europe. Area: 181 sq mi (468 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 66,400. Capital: …
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ARIÈGE — /ann rddyezh"/ , n. a department in S France. 137,857; 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Cap.: Foix.
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SAISSET, BERNARD — born c. 1232 died December 1311?, Pamiers?, Fr. first bishop of Pamiers (in present-day Arige dpartement, southern France), an aggressive …
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MILAN, LUIS — born c. 1500, Valencia, Aragon died after 1561, , Valencia, Spain composer, courtier, and player of the vihuela, the Spanish …
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JACQUERIE — insurrection of peasants against the nobility in northeastern France in 1358so named from the nobles' habit of referring contemptuously to …
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HENRY II
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HENRY I — born c. 1008 died Aug. 2, 1060, Vitry-aux-Loges, France king of France from 1026 to 1060 whose reign was marked …
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GRAILLY, JEAN III DE, LORD (CAPTAL) DE BUCH — died 1376/77, Paris, France vassal in Gascony under King Edward III of England and his son Edward, the Black Prince. …
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GASTON III — born 1331 died August 1391 byname Gaston Phoebus, or Phebus count of Foix from 1343, who made Foix one of …
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FREYCINET, CHARLES-LOUIS DE SAULCES DE — born Nov. 14, 1828, Foix, Fr. died May 15, 1923, Paris French political figure who served in 12 different governments, …
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FERDINAND II — born Jan. 12, 1810, Palermo died May 22, 1859, Caserta king of the Two Sicilies from 1830. He was the …
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EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE — born June 15, 1330, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng. died June 8, 1376, Westminster, near London also called Edward Of Woodstock, Prince …
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COLOMBE, MICHEL — born c. 1430, Brittany died c. 1512, Tours, France the last important Gothic sculptor in France. Little is known of …
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BRESCIA — Latin Brixia, city, capital of Brescia province, Lombardia (Lombardy) region, in the Alpine foothills of northern Italy at the lower …
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BENEDICT — died c. 1433 original name Bernard Garnier counter-antipope from 1425 to c. 1433. In 1417 the Council of Constance deposed …
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BEARN — historic and cultural region encompassing mountainous regions of the southwestern French dpartement of Pyrnes-Atlantiques and coextensive with the former province …
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ARIEGE — dpartement, Midi-Pyrnes region, southern France, bordering Andorra and Spain. Its 1,888 square miles (4,890 square km) embrace the widest and …
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ANNE OF BRITTANY — born Jan. 25, 1477, Nantes, Fr. died Jan. 9, 1514, Blois French Anne De Bretagne duchess of Brittany and twice …
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ANDORRA, FLAG OF — vertically striped blue-yellow-red national flag with a central coat of arms. It has a width-to-length ratio of approximately 2 to …
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ALBRET FAMILY — Gascon family celebrated in French history. The lords (sires) of Albret included warriors, cardinals, and kings of Navarre, reaching the …
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ANDORRA — n. officially Principality of Andorra Independent coprincipality, southeastern Europe. Area: 181 sq mi (468 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 66,400. …
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