Tournai or Tournay (/tʊərˈneɪ/ toor-NAY, French: [tuʁnɛ] ; Picard: Tornai; Walloon: Tornè [tɔʀnɛ] ; Dutch: Doornik [ˈdoːrnɪk] ) is a city and municipality...
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Tournai is a city in Wallonia, Belgium. Tournai may also refer to: Tournai (Chamber of Representatives constituency) 1831–1900 Tournai (Parliament of England...
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Odo of Tournai, also known as Odoardus or Odo of Orléans (1060–1113), was a Benedictine monk, scholar and bishop of Cambrai (from 1105/6). Odo was born...
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Clovis I (redirect from Clovis of Tournai)
attacked westwards from this area to take control of the Roman populations in Tournai, then southwards to Artois, and Cambrai, eventually controlling an area...
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Notre-Dame de Tournai; Dutch: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), or Tournai Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium...
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The Belfry of Tournai (French: Beffroi de Tournai) is a freestanding bell tower of medieval origin in Tournai, Belgium, 72 metres (236 ft) in height with...
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Guibert of Tournai (Latin: Guibertus or Gilbertus Tournacensis; c. 1200 – 1284) was a French Franciscan friar, known for his sermons and other writings...
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The Arrondissement of Tournai (French: Arrondissement de Tournai; Dutch: Arrondissement Doornik) is a former arrondissement in the Walloon province of...
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Piatus of Tournai (also Piaton, Platon, Piat, Piato) (died c. 286) was a Belgian saint. He was a native of Benevento, Italy, and is traditionally said...
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Battle of the Spurs (redirect from Siege of Tournai (1513))
were captured. After the fall of Thérouanne, Henry VIII besieged and took Tournai. Henry VIII joined the Holy League, as the League of Cambrai was also known...
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a noble family from the 11th century Tournai, Belgium. The de le Vingne possessed the right of minting in Tournai as early as the year 1156. The earliest...
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Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai is a metropolitan area in Europe around the transborder agglomeration of the French city of Lille, and the Belgian...
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plas]; "Grand Square") is the main square and the centre of activity of Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium. The square has a triangular shape, owing it to the convergence...
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Tournai in Wallonia, Belgium, has been sieged multiple times, including: Siege of Tournai (1197): The Count of Flanders and Hainault, Baldwin VI of Hainaut...
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Ludolf of Tournai or Letholdus was the first Christian knight over the walls of Jerusalem during the siege of Jerusalem of 1099, essentially ending the...
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Jemmape (department) (section Subprefects of Tournai)
Seneffe and Thuin. Tournai: Antoing, Ath, Celles, Ellezelles, Frasnes, Lessines, Leuze, Péruwelz, Quevaucamps, Templeuve and Tournai (2 cantons). After...
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Herman of Tournai, Herman of Laon or Hériman of Tournai, (French Hériman, Latin Herimannus; 1095–1147), the third abbot of Saint Martin of Tournai, was a...
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January 2024 a population of over 1.36 million. Another notable city is Tournai (Dutch Doornik) on the Scheldt river, one of the oldest cities in Belgium...
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The Arrondissement of Tournai-Mouscron (French: Arrondissement de Tournai-Mouscron; Dutch: Arrondissement Doornik-Moeskroen) is one of the seven administrative...
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The Tournai Mass is a polyphonic setting of the mass from 14th-century France. It is preserved in a manuscript from the library of the Tournai Cathedral...
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Dumortier (1 October 1910, in Comines, Belgium – 3 September 2004, in Tournai) was a Belgian pianist. He participated in the Concours Eugène Ysaÿe (future...
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The siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June and 3 September 1709. A Grand Alliance army...
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Livre tournois (redirect from Tournai pound)
The livre tournois (French pronunciation: [livʁ tuʁnwa]; lit. 'Tours pound'; abbreviation: ₶ or £) was one of numerous currencies used in medieval France...
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The Peace of Tournai (Vrede van Doornik in Dutch) was an agreement between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent signed on 18...
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Tournaisis (redirect from Tournai and the Tournaisis)
The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: Doornik), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. Located...
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Namur Arts², Mons Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai École Supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc Tournai, Tournai A single college is operated by the German-speaking...
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Simon of Tournai (c. 1130–1201) was a professor at the University of Paris in the late twelfth century. His date of birth is uncertain, but he was teaching...
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RFC Tournai is a Belgian association football club from the city of Tournai, Hainaut. It is the result of the merger between R. Union Sportive Tournaisienne...
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Stephen of Tournai, (18 March 1128 - 11 September 1203), was a Canon regular of Sainte-Geneviève (Paris), and Roman Catholic canonist who became bishop...
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Saint Eleutherius of Tournai (French: Eleuthère) (died c. 532) is venerated as a saint and considered the first bishop of Tournai. The Catholic Encyclopedia...
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