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The nearby chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte is considered a smaller predecessor of Palace of Versailles.
The officers' school of the French Gendarmerie is located in Melun.
The city started on an island near the junction of the Marne River and is south southwest of Paris. What Caesar said of Melun in his commentaries testifies that it is very old, and that it was very important in its time. The Normans sacked it in 845.
King Hugh Capet gave Melun to Bouchard, his favorite. Under the reign of RobertRobert II, the Pious ( March 27 972 July 20 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orleans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet ( 938- 996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine ( 952- 1004)., Eudes , the count of Champagne, bought the city, and the king took it back for the viscount in 999. Le Chatelain and his wife, who had sold the city, were hanged.
1. The first of this household is Josselin I. by name, viscount of Melun, who reigned among the great lords in the court of kings Hugh Capet, and RobertRobert II, the Pious ( March 27 972 July 20 1031) was King of France from 996 to 1031. A member of the Capetian Dynasty, Robert II was born on March 27, 972 in Orleans, France, the son of King Hugh Capet ( 938- 996) and Adelaide of Aquitaine ( 952- 1004).. In 998Events Benedictine abbey founded at Sherborne Births Deaths Abu'l-Wafa, iranian mathematician 998., he gave the village of Noisy-le-Sec to the monastery of Saint Maur-des-Fossez, where he took upon himself the monk's habit, and where he died March 19, (no year given - probably 998/999).
On February 26February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 308 days remaining, 309 in leap years. Events 747 BC Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 1266 Battle of Benevento: French forces, under Charles of Anjou, overcome a combi, 999Alternate uses, see Number 999. Events Silesia is incorporated into territory ruled by Boleslaus I of Poland Pope Silvester II succeeds Pope Gregory V Births Deaths December 16 Saint Adelaide of Italy 999. Josselin I De Melun's grandson Manasses supported by Eudes, Count of Chartres and the mayor of Melun took control claiming the important river castle and village. They did not hold it long. King Robert, along with Bouchard for Herve, laid siegeA siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that refuses to surrender and cannot be easily taken by a frontal in 999 and forced the those fighting against hereditary rights to pay with their lives. The mayor and Eudes were hanged with many others, but there is no further mention of Manasses.
2. Herve, viscount of Melun, who was still living in 1030Events Battle of Stiklestad ensures the Christianization of Norway. The city of Kaunas in Lithuania is founded. The city of Tartu in Estonia is founded. earliest mention of Thalwil, Switzerland Deaths September 30 William V, Duke of Aquitaine Olav Haralds by report of the author of Miracles of Saint Liesne, and who was the father of Ursion, who follows.
3. Ursion I. He had Guillaume I. who follows; and Manasses who took the side of Le Chatelain of Cambray against the bishop of this city.
4. Guillaume I., of name, Viscount of Melun, was named, Carpenter, because no weapon (opponents weapons that is) could be found that could resist the power of his strikes. The heaviness of his (weapons) resulted in him being feared in combats". Carpenters must of, at the time, been among the most "well build" people... " This is the report of Pierre, monk of S. Remi of ReimsReims (English traditionally Rheims is a city of north-eastern France, 98 miles east-northeast of Paris. Its history can be traced back to the Roman Empire. Population (1999): 187,206. Administration Reims is a sous-prefecture of the Marne departement in. This historian, who knew Guillaume count of Melun, assures in the fourth book of his history of the conquest of the Holy Land, speaking of the retreat of the Christian army after the taking of AntiochThis is about one of the cities called Antioch in Asia Minor, now Turkey. See Antioch (disambiguation) for other places called Antioch. The city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes (modern Antakya is located in what is now Turkey. It was founded near the end of the in 1098, that this lord was of royal lineage, and was cousin of Hugues of France, count of Vermandois, brother of king Phillipe I. In 1084, this king confirmed the privileges accorded by his predecessors to the abbey of Holy Father of Melun, and to the prayer of the viscount. The name of his wife and the time of his death are not well known. He was the father of Ursion II De Melun.
Robert, monk of Saint Remy de Reims, in his history of the Holy Land, Book 4, wrote that the house of Melun came from royal origins*. He gathered** "titles and monuments" of that great house, intended for a genealogical history more complete than could be given here. The first of that ancient house, whose memory is preserved to the present day, is..."
(*) See du Bouchet, History of Courtenay, pp 194ff.
(**) Cabinee de M. de Clairembault.