Accordingly, two came to Namur, passed their probation, made their vows, and returned to labor in their own country.

It is unknown how it came that the king of Sweden and Norway married a woman from Namur.

It was founded in 1666 during his reign as count of Namur or generally sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands.

French control was short-lived, as William III of Orange-Nassau captured Namur only three years later in 1695 during the War of the Grand Alliance.

France invaded the region again in 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars, and again annexed Namur, imposing a repressive regime.

Adaptations into other dialects were made by Charles Letellier ( Mons, 1842 ) and Charles Wérotte ( Namur, 1844 ); much later, Léon Bernus published some hundred imitations of La Fontaine in the dialect of Charleroi ( 1872 ); he was followed during the 1880s by Joseph Dufrane, writing in the Borinage dialect under the pen-name Bosquètia.

His occasional poems during this period include an elegy on Queen Mary in 1695 ; a satirical version of Boileau's Ode sur le prise de Namur ( 1695 ); some lines on William's escape from assassination in 1696 ; and a brief piece called The Secretary.

In 1695, the Guards regiments displayed unswerving courage and ferocity during the Siege of Namur, which ended in September with the Allies capturing the city, in what is now Belgium, from the French.

The first European use of Ricochet Fire has been accredited to the Marquis de Vauban during the siege of Namur, although it is noted that Turkish artillery divisions were using ricochet fire as early as 1608.

During the invasion of the Low Countries the 6th Army saw active service linking up with paratroopers and destroying fortifications at Eben Emael, Liège, and Namur during the Battle of Belgium.

Heavy fighting occurred along the river during World War I, especially at the siege of Namur in 1914 ( Battle of Charleroi ) and in the last month of the war ( Battle of the Sambre ( 1918 )).

* the capture of Namur during the War of the Grand Alliance, in which the figure representing the Dutch Republic kneels before Louis XIV

Reconnaissance by Pajol's horsemen during the 17 June found that the Prussians had left Namur.

Catholic religious institutes were also active during his tenure, with the Society of Jesus establishing Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, the De La Salle Christian Brothers taking over the diocesan Saint Mary's College, and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur establishing the College of Notre Dame, and the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary establishing in Oakland the Holy Names University.

To explain his father, he must explain a habit of his uncle's ( referred to as " My Uncle Toby "), and that requires knowing what his uncle did during the War of the Spanish Succession at the Battle of Namur.

While little is known about his early life, a Flemish origin along with a French upbringing has been suggested from variations on the spelling of his name, and he may originally have been from the vicinity of Liège or Namur, in present-day Belgium.

Blanche left Namur in the fall of 1335 and the wedding took place in October or early November 1335, possibly at Bohus castle.

Other stilts walking and dancing festivals are held in Deventer, Netherlands in early July each year, and in Namur, Belgium.

Sir Alexander became Warden of the Middle Marches in command of Lothian men, and one of the Regent's chief commanders at Boroughmuir, where Guy de Namur, a Flemish ally of England, was defeated.

Belgian journalist Jo Gérard has claimed that a family manuscript dated 1781 recounts that potatoes were deep-fried prior to 1680 in what was then the Spanish Netherlands and is now present-day Belgium, in the Meuse valley: " The inhabitants of Namur, Andenne, and Dinant, had the custom of fishing in the Meuse for small fish and frying, especially among the poor, but when the river was frozen and fishing became hazardous, they cut potatoes in the form of small fish and put them in a fryer like those here ".

Yolanda was, in her own right, Marchioness of Namur, which she inherited from her uncle, Marquis Philip I, in 1212 and left to her eldest son, Marquis Philip II, when she went to Constantinople in 1216.

Accompanied by her husband, and by the Countess of Namur, Jeanne de Harcourt, Isabella then travelled through the main territories of Burgundy: from Ghent ( 16 January ) to Kortrijk ( 13 February ) to Lille, and then to Brussels, Arras, Péronne-en-Mélantois, Mechelen and, by mid-March Noyon, where Isabella, now pregnant, chose to rest through the spring, only leaving when Joan of Arc led a campaign against the nearby Compiègne.

In 1335 when King Edward III and Baliol had made another attack upon the Scots, the Earl cut off a body of archers on their return southward, and afterwards assisted John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray in defeating the Count of Namur at the Battle of Boroughmuir close to Edinburgh.

Anapu attracted international attention on February 12, 2005, when the American-born, naturalized Brazilian citizen Sister Dorothy Stang — member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and advocate for the rural poor of the Amazon Rainforest — was murdered there.

At the battle of Fleurus he greatly distinguished himself, and he defended Namur, a fortress of his own creation, when it was besieged by the French in 1692.

Namur was taken by Vauban ; but the Dutch engineer had his revenge three years later in the Siege of Namur of 1695, when van Coehoorn retook Namur, despite Vauban having spent the interval improving the defences with his skill.

It initially was a cadet branch of the ducal House of Limburg, when in 1247 Henry, younger son of Duke Waleran III inherited the County of Luxembourg upon the death of his mother Countess Ermesinde, a scion of the House of Namur.

Roi and Namur were originally separate islets that were joined by a causeway built predominately by Korean conscripted laborers working under the Japanese military.

From 1847 they built a number of engines to the Crampton pattern, the first two, Namur and Liege, being ordered in 1845 by G and J Rennie for the Namur and Liege Railway.

* 1335-Magnus Eriksson, king from 1319 – 1374, was wedded here to Blanche of Namur, who received the castle as a gift from her husband.

Namur, the Meuse River | Meuse, the Walloon Parliament and the citadel

After Namur became part of the Spanish Netherlands in the 1640s, its citadel was considerably strengthened.

Namur, the citadel and the Meuse River | Meuse.

Don Juan broke with the States-General in July, and fled to the safety of the citadel of Namur.

Namur, Belgium, from the citadel above the town.

Namur, Belgium, The Meuse, the walloon parliament and the citadel.

Following the fall of Liège, most of the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp and Namur, with the Belgian capital, Brussels, falling to the Germans on 20 August.

It borders on ( clockwise from the North ) the province of Flemish Brabant ( Flemish Region ) and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut ( Wallonia ).

The abbey was founded in 1152 on the Meuse River in the province of Namur in southern Belgium.

But Baldwin was practically never present, and after the invasion and conquest of Namur by Henry V, Count of Luxembourg in 1256, he sells the rights on the County to his cousin Guy, Count of Flanders.

It borders on ( clockwise from the north ) the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant ( Wallonia ), and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg ( Flanders ).

It borders ( clockwise from the North ) in Belgium on the provinces of West Flanders, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant ( Flanders ) and those of Walloon Brabant and Namur ( Wallonia ), and on France.

Louvois, Louis ’ war minister, wanted to order Luxembourg to immediately besiege Namur or Charleroi, but King Louis, concerned about the dauphin ’ s forces on the Rhine, ordered Luxembourg to detach part of his forces and forgo a major siege.

Although Pirch ' Corps was sent to trap Grouchy, the latter avoided being surrounded and managed to retreat in good order to Namur on the 19th and 20th, and entered France on the 21st with his force of nearly 30, 000 organised French soldiers with their artillery.

Dinant () is a Walloon city and municipality located on the River Meuse in the Belgian province of Namur, Belgium.

Gembloux (; in Walloon: Djiblou ; in Dutch: Gembloers ) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Namur, on the axis Brussels-Namur

The town developed somewhat unevenly, as the counts of Namur could only build on the north bank of the Meuse-the south bank was owned by the bishops of Liège and developed more slowly into the town of Jambes ( now effectively a suburb of Namur ).

Namur is an important commercial and industrial centre, located on the Walloon industrial backbone, the Sambre and Meuse valley.

Namur has taken on a new role as the capital of the federal region of Wallonia.

These armes are found as primary sources on many tombstones and monuments in Liege and Namur.

It was ideally located, on the main road between Namur and Luxembourg, and quickly evolved into a town, which obtained its charter in the 13th century.

On 1 July Luxembourg secured a clear tactical victory over Waldeck at the Battle of Fleurus ; but his success produced little benefit – Louis XIV's concerns for the dauphin on the Rhine ( where Marshal de Lorge now held actual command ) overrode strategic necessity in the other theatres and forestalled a plan to besiege Namur or Charleroi.

Over the winter of 1691 – 92 the French devised a grand plan to gain the ascendancy over their enemies – a design for the invasion of England in one more effort to support James II in his attempts to regain his kingdoms ; and a simultaneous assault on Namur in the Spanish Netherlands.

While French arms had proved successful at Namur the proposed descent on England was a failure.

Luxembourg and Vauban proceeded to take Charleroi on 10 October, which, together with the earlier prizes of Mons, Namur and Huy, provided the French with a new and impressive forward line of defence.

Lacking sufficient supplies to mount an attack Luxembourg was unable to prevent the Allies garrisoning Dixmude and, on 27 September 1694, recapturing Huy, an essential preliminary to future operations against Namur.

In 1695 French arms suffered two major setbacks: first was the death on 5 January of Louis XIV's greatest general of the period, Marshal Luxembourg ( to be succeeded by the Duke of Villeroi ); the second was the loss of Namur.