The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary; being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history. Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, and kings of the Jews; of the apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church; of popes, cardinals, bishops, &c. ... Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders. As also, the fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes. The description of empires, kingdoms, commonwealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains ... The whole being full of remarks and curious enquiries, for the illustration of several difficulties in theology, history, chronology and geography. Collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery, D.D. his eighth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. To which are added, by way of supplement, inter-mix'd throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of several illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, and gentry, and most famous men of all professions, arts and sciences: as also, an exact description of these kingdoms; with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time / [Louis Moréri].
- Louis Moréri
- Date:
- 1701
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary; being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history. Containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, and kings of the Jews; of the apostles, fathers, and doctors of the church; of popes, cardinals, bishops, &c. ... Together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders, and the lives of their founders. As also, the fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes. The description of empires, kingdoms, commonwealths, provinces, cities, towns, islands, mountains ... The whole being full of remarks and curious enquiries, for the illustration of several difficulties in theology, history, chronology and geography. Collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery, D.D. his eighth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. To which are added, by way of supplement, inter-mix'd throughout the alphabet, the lives, most remarkable actions, and writings of several illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility, and gentry, and most famous men of all professions, arts and sciences: as also, an exact description of these kingdoms; with the most considerable occurrences that have happened to this present time / [Louis Moréri]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![] AUSTRASIA, .1 part of Gcrmmy, ®r rather of Frj^tce, on this fide the Rhine, comprehending all that lies between the Rhine, the SebeU, the Menfe, and Mount Range, the lame very near witli tliat winch we now call Lorrain, only larger, and having greater Appendages. Thierril.Son of dovis the Great, was the firft King of it, and Dagobert, Son of Sigebert, the laid; after whole Reign it was united to the Crown of France, and never had any particular Kim^ afterwards. The chief Cities hereof, which are now comprehended in the Dukedom of Lorrain, have, together with their Dependencies, belong'd to the Kings of France . for above thele i oo years. Gregoire de Tours, Mezeray. AUSTRIA, a Region of Germany, comprehending a part of Noricum, with lome part of Pamwiia, and part of Germany, bordering upon the Danube, bounded on the Eaft by Hungary, on the Weft by Ba-varia, on the North by Moravia, and on the South by Stirii^. ’Tis divided into the Upper and Lower; the Upper beyond, the Lower on this lide the Danube; P'ienna is the Capital City. The Country is very fruitful, and has fome Mines, elpecially of Sulphur. ’Twas firft made a Marquifate. by Otho 1. af¬ terwards made an Arch-Dukedom by, Frederick Barbarojfa, in 1136. and is the only one of that Title in the World. Of this Houle are lineally defeended the Emperors of Germany. The Hcttfe of Auftria, To omit the opinion of Spanijh Genealogifts, whereof fome fix the Original of the .dujlrian Family in one of the Grecians hid in the famous Trojan Horfe, and others derive it from Noah's Ark : Let us examine their Teftimony that offer nothing upon the ancientnefs of Families, but what they ground upon folid and inconteftable proof. This No¬ ble Family begun but in the 13th Century, and Charles Y. is thought to have been of this opinion w’hen he return’d this remarkable Anfwer to a flattering Genealogift, That he made wore Account of R'ertue and Glory than of long SiicceJJion of Ancejiors, that for want of good evident froof was and might well be contefted. Nor do Authors agree concerning the Original of this Family, fome pretend it to be deiived from the Kings of Aujlrajta, fome from the Counts of Al- tembourg, others hold Peter Frangipani an Italian withdraw¬ ing into Switzerland in 1130. or 3^. during the Schifm of Peter oi Leon, call’d Anacletus 11. againft Innocent II. had a Son, by Name Albert Frangipani, who built the Caftle of Hapsburg, and was Grandfather of Rodolphtu, acknowledged by all to be the firft of the Iloufe of Aujlria, who being chofen Emperor at Franefort in 1273. negleftci nothing to promote'the intcreft of the Empire, and elpecially of his own Fainily. Ottocaire II. King of Bohemia, had taken pof- Icflloj; of Auftria in right of his Wife, which he pretended was next Heireft to Frederick, who died in 1245. or 48. witliout Ilfue. Rodolphus maintain’d that it was a Fief-Maie, and for that reafon was to return to the Empire upon the default of Heirs Male; hereupon he takes Arms, and having’kill’d the King of Bohemia in a Battel fought at Fieyma in 12';8. gave the Inveftiture of the Dutchy to his Son Albert, who chang’d the Title of Hapsburg for that of Auftria: And his SuccclTors, to render it the moft Important Principality of Germany, erefted it into an Arch-Dutchy, and were privileg’d to create Counts, Barons, and Gentle¬ men,'throughout the Empire, and were not to be depofed n«r call’d to an account on any pretence whatfoever. Sti- ria and Qarinthia were alfo united to Auftria. Rodolphus died in 1291. and had feven Sons and eight Daughters, whereof Albert I. and Rodolph II. only had Ilfue. Albert being Em¬ peror, was kill’d in 1308. by his Nephew the Son cf Ro- dolphus. He left fix Sons, Frederick the Fair, Rodolph III. Leopold, Othon, Henry, Albert II. and five Daughters. Fre¬ derick was chofen Emperor in 1314. and died in 1329. his Children did not furvive him any confiderablc time; his Brothers had alfo the fame misfoitunc: Whereupon Albert III. firnamed the Wife, and Diftembler, quitted his Eccleliaftical Benefices, and Married to continue the Family, and dying in 1358. left Rodolphus I'V. who died without Ilfue, III. Leopold II. and Frederick II. Albert died in 139J. leaving Albert \Y. CirnMnd the Wife, or theMat/oematician, who died in 1404. leaving Albert V. fccond Emperor of the Name, who did in 1439. and in whofe Sons George and Ladiftaus ended the Race of Albert III. But the Family was preferved in thePofterity of Leopold 11. Son of Albert 11. This Leo¬ pold died in 1385. and left William the Ambitious, who died without Ilfue in 1405. Leopold III. firnam’d the Fat and Haughty, who died in X411. Frederick III. who died in 1440. from whom the Sigifmnd took the Caftle of Hapsburg, and Emefll. who after the death of his Bro¬ thers and Nephews, quitted his Church-Living, as his Grandfather Albert had done, Married, and left five Sons, whereof Frederick IV. the Eldeft, was the firft that took the Title of Arch-Duke of Auftria. He was chofen Em¬ peror in 1440. and died in 1443. leaving many Children, who died Ilfuclefs, except Maximt'.tan I who having Mar¬ ried Mary of Burgundy, Daughter of Charles the Bold, the richeft Heirefs then in Europe, lucceeded his Father in the Empire in 1493. and died in 109. leaving Philip 1. call’d the Fair, King of Spain, Arcli-L)ukc of Auftria, &c. who in 1495. Married 'jane of Arragon, Daughter and Heirefs of Ferdinand V. lirnam’d the Catholick, King of An-agon, Gr.i^ nada, and Sicily, and of ifabella Queen of Caftile and Leon ; w'hich new Alliance rais’d the Houfe of Auftria to that heiglit whicli it has ever lince appear’d in, and gave occalion to this Diftich; Beda geriint fortes, tu felix Auftria Nube, Nam ipuis Mars aliis, dat tibi regna Venus. Philip I. died in 1506. leaving two Sons, Charles V. and Ferdinand, avho w'ere both Emperors, and made the Divilioir of the two Branches of the Houle of Auft.ria. Charles V. rais’d the Grandeur of this Family to the higlieft period : He was born at Ghent in i5po. and being King of Spain, Arragon, and Sicily, was chofen Emperor in i J19. He died in 1558. having given the Crown three years before to his Son Philipll. who govern’d 4a years, ai^d died in ispS. He had four Wives, M-iry of Portugal, Mary of England, Ifabella of France, and Anne of Auftria, by which laft he had Philip 111. who died in i6ri. This Prince had four Sons and three Daughters, Philip IV. Charles who died without Ilfue, Ferdinand Cardinal, and Alphonfus who died young, the clueft Daughter was Married to Lewis XIII. of France. Philip IV. died in 166$. he was Married to Eliza¬ beth of France, by whom he had Mary Terefe of Auftria, Married to Lewis XIV. and by his fecond Wife Mary Anne oi Auftria, Daughter of Ferdinand 111. and Sifter to the Em¬ peror Leopold-, he had three Sons that died young. Charles II. the prefent King of Spain, born the <)ch of November 1661. and Margaret Mary Terefe Married to the fame Leopold in 16^3. and died in 1673. The famous Don john of Auftria who W'as born in iiJap. and died at Madrid in. 16-]^. was Philip the IVth’s Natural Son. The Houfe of Auftria in Germany. Ferdinand, firft Emperor of this Name, and firft of this Branch of Germany, was the fecond Son of Philip I. and Brother to Charles V. who gencroufly relign’d him all his Polfeftions in Germany in 15 20. made him be chofen King of the Romans that fame year, and fettled him in the Empire in Tlhis Ferdinand was allb King of Hungary and Bo¬ hemia in right of his Wife, Daughter of Ladiftaus VI. King of Hungary; he died in 15^4. and had four Sons and rwo D.aughrcrs. All the Hereditary Eftare of the Houfe fell to his youngeft Son Charles II. who alfo had 15 Chil¬ dren. Ferdinand II. his Son, was adopted by die Emperor MatthiM in i(5j7. and Crown’d Emperor in he died in 1(^37. and was fucceeded by his Son Ferdinand 111. who died in iiSsp. He was thrice Married, and left many Chil¬ dren, as Leopold the prefent Emperor, Eleanor Mary, firft Married to Michel Koribut Weifnowiski King of Poland, and after his death to Charles lY. Duke of Lorrain in 11578. Mary Anne, Wife of Philip IV. and Mother to Charles II. the prefent King of Spam, &c. Leopold I. call’d Leopold- Ignace-Francis-Balthafar-jofeph-Felicien, was born the 19th of Jnne 1641. chofen Emperor in 1658. Married Margaret Ma¬ ry Ti&erfyr, Daughter of Philip IV. of Spain in 1666. by whom he had a Son that died young, and a Daughter: This Emprefs dying in 1673. he Married Claude of Infpruck, and thi.s dying in 16^6. took for his third Wife Anne Mary Jo- feph of Neubourg, born in 1(^55. by whom he has Jofepb- Jacob-Jolm-Ignace-Euftace, born in 1678. and feveral other Children. Guilliman Hift. Arch. Auft. Nicolas Bellas, Wolfangus Kazius de Auft. Berftus 1. 2. rtrum German. Froiffard, Philip Co¬ mines, Spenner, &c. AUTHIA, in Latin Altilia, a River of Picardy in France: It tifes at Coignin, near the Borders of Artois, a little above the Caftle of Authie, runs to Dourlenfe and Auxie, and falls into the Sea at Pont de Collines, at a place call’d FPas d'Authie. AUTOLYCUS, Son of Mercury, and a famous Rob¬ ber, haibouring in Ylonnt Parnajfus. Alfo a famous Philo- fopher and Aftronomer in the year of Rome 414. Tutor to Arcefilas. AUTOMENES, King of Corinth, fucceeded .his Fa¬ ther Teleftes about the year of the World 3274. and Reign’d but one year. In the year 3275. three years before the firft Olympiad, there v.-as an Annual Magiftracy let up at Corinth, call’d Prytanes. It is not certain whether this change happen’d after the death of Automenes, or rhat he madea voluntary Refignation of the Crown ; but this may be affirm’d, that the new Government lafted till the time of Cypfalus and his Son Periander, who were Tyrants, as they called them, of Corinth. Eufeb. in Chren. Paufan. 1. 2. A U T O N O E, Daughter of Cadmus King of Thebes, and Hermione: She was Married to Arifteus, and A^uons Mo' ther. Ovid. Met am. lib. 2. IS AUTRI^](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30456320_0001_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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