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| | |
ELEANOR, = HENRY PLANTAGENET, GEOFFREY, WILLIAM.
Countess of | 12th Count of
Poitiers and | Duke of Normandy. Nantes.
Duchess of | A.D. 1150:
Aquitaine. | Count of Anjou,
| Touraine,
| and Maine, and King
| of England.
+-----------++--------------+----------------+-----------+
| | | | |
WILLIAM. | RICHARD COEUR- | JOHN LACKLAND, King
| DE-LION, King of | of England, 14th
MARGARET, = HENRY THE England, and 13th | and last Duke of
of France. YOUNG, Duke of Normandy. | Normandy. A.D. 1199.
crowned King A.D. 1189. |
of England. +-----+
|
GEOFFREY, Count = CONSTANCE,
of Brittany. | daughter of
+----------+ Conan, Duke of
| Brittany.
|
ARTHUR, Duke of Brittany,
killed by his uncle John.

THE
ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES
OF
NORMANDY.

PLATE I.

CASTLE OF ARQUES.

[Illustration: Plate 1. CASTLE OF ARQUES.]

The town of Arques, situated in the immediate vicinity of Dieppe, is a
spot consecrated by the historical muse, and one upon which a Frenchman
always dwells with pleasure, as the place that fixed the sceptre in the
hands of the most popular monarch of the nation, Henry IV.

The sovereign, fleeing from the superior forces of the league, here, in
the very confines of his kingdom, finally resolved to make his last
stand; urged to the measure by the Marshal de Biron, but doubtful in his
own mind, whether it would not be the wisest as well as the safest plan,
to seek refuge in the friendly ports of England. Reduced to the utmost
extremity, "a king without a kingdom, a husband without a wife, and a
warrior without money," he stopped at Arques, in a state bordering upon
despair; and yet, when