HAINAUT

Meaning of HAINAUT in English

/e noh"/ , n.

1. a medieval county in territory now in SW Belgium and N France.

2. a province in SW Belgium. 1,271,649; 1437 sq. mi. (3722 sq. km). Cap.: Mons.

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HAINAUT — geographical name medieval county in Low Countries SE of Flanders in modern SW Belgium & N France, province SW Belgium …
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HAINAUT — Flemish Henegouwen Medieval county, now a province in southwestern Belgium. The area was once part of the county of Hainaut, …
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HAINAUT — geographical name 1. medieval county in Low Countries SE of Flanders in modern SW Belgium & N France 2. province …
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HAINAUT — Flemish Henegouwen province, southwestern Belgium. Hainaut extends northeastward from the French border. It has an area of 1,462 square miles …
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HAINAUT — Flemish Henegouwen Medieval county, now a province in southwestern Belgium. The area was once part of the county of Hainaut, …
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HAINAUT — Pronunciation: ā - ' n ō , h ā - Function: geographical name 1 medieval county in Low Countries SE …
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PHILIPPA OF HAINAUT — born c. 1314 died Aug. 15, 1369, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng. queen consort of King Edward III of England (ruled 1327-77); …
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MONS — or Flemish Bergen geographical name commune SW Belgium capital of Hainaut population 92,300
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CHARLEROI — geographical name city SW Belgium in Hainaut population 206,800
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PHILIP III — I French Philippe known as Philip the Good born July 31, 1396, Dijon, Burgundy died June 15, 1467, Bruges Duke …
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LASSUS, ORLANDE DE — or Orlando di Lasso or Roland de Lassus born 1530/32, Mons, Spanish Hainaut died June 14, 1594, Munich Flemish composer. …
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JOSQUIN DES PREZ — born с 1445, Condé-sur-l'Escaut?, Burgundian Hainaut died Aug. 27, 1521, Condé-sur-l'Escaut Northern French composer. Perhaps a student of Johannes Ockeghem …
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HOLLAND — I Historic region, The Netherlands, occupying the northwestern portion of the modern country. It originated in the early 12th century …
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HENRY VII — I German Heinrich born с 1269/74, Valenciennes, Hainaut died Aug. 24, 1313, Buonconvento, near Siena, Italy Count of Luxembourg (as …
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FROISSART, JEAN — born 1333?, Valenciennes, Brabant died 1400/01, Chimay, Hainaut French court historian and poet. As a scholar Froissart traveled widely and …
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BALDWIN I — I born 1172, Valenciennes died 1205 First Latin emperor of Constantinople (1204–05). Count of Flanders and Hainaut, he was a …
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VALENCIENNES — town, Nord dpartement, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, northern France, on the Escaut (Scheldt) River. The origin of the name is obscure. Some …
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PICARDY — French Picardie, rgion encompassing the northern French dpartements of Oise, Somme, and Aisne and roughly coextensive with the historical region …
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NAMUR — (French), Flemish Namen capital of Namur province, south-central Belgium. It lies at the junction of the Sambre and Meuse rivers. …
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MONS — (French), Flemish Bergen capital of Hainaut province, southwestern Belgium, set on a knoll between the Trouille and Haine rivers, at …
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LOW COUNTRIES, HISTORY OF — Among the many territorial principalities of the Low Countries, Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut-Holland, and Gelderland (Guelders) in the mid-14th century had …
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JOHN II — born , Rome died May 8, 535, Rome original name Mercurius pope from 533 to 535 and the first pontiff …
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JACOBA OF BAVARIA — born July 25, 1401, Le Quesnoy, Flanders [now in France] died Oct. 9, 1436, Teilingen, near Leiden [Netherlands] Dutch Jacoba …
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HOLLAND — historical region of The Netherlands, divided since 1840 into the provinces of Noord-Holland (North Holland) and Zuid-Holland (South Holland). It …
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HENRY — born Jan. 31, 1512, Lisbon died Jan. 31, 1580, Almeirim, Port. byname Henry The Cardinal-king, Portuguese Henrique O Cardeal-rei king …
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FROISSART, JEAN — born 1333?, Valenciennes, Brabant died 1400/01, Chimay, Hainaut European medieval poet and court historian whose Chronicles of the 14th century …
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BINCHOIS, GILLES — born c. 1400, Mons, Hainaut [now in Belgium] died Sept. 20, 1460, near Mons in full Gilles Egidius Binchois, Binchois …
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BELGIUM — Government Belgium is a constitutional monarchy. Under the terms of the Belgian constitution, national executive power is vested in the …
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BELGIAN LITERATURE
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BALDWIN I — born 1172 died 1205 count of Flanders (as Baldwin IX) and of Hainaut (as Baldwin VI), a leader of the …
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HOLLAND — n. Historic region, The Netherlands, occupying the northwestern portion of the modern country. It originated in the early 12th century …
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