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Encyclopedia Britannica



BOUILLON

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 318 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BOUILLON , formerly the seat of a dukedom in the Ardennes, now a small town in the Belgian province of Luxemburg. Pop. (1904) 2721. It is most picturesquely situated in the valley under the rocky
ridge
  on which are still the very well preserved remains of the castle of Godfrey of Bouillon (q.v.), the leader of the first crusade. The town, 690 ft. above the sea, but lying in a basin, skirts both banks of the river Semois which is crossed by two bridges. The stream forms a loop round and almost encircles the castle, from which there are beautiful views of the sinuous valley and the opposite well-wooded heights. The whole effect of the grim castle, the silvery stream and the verdant woods makes one of the most striking scenes in Belgium. In the 8th and 9th centuries Bouillon was one of the castles of the
counts
  of Ardenne and Bouillon. In the loth and I Ith centuries the family took the higher titles of dukes of Lower Lorraine and Bouillon. These dukes all bore the name of Godfrey (Godefroy) and the fifth of them was the
great
  crusader. He was the son of Eustace, count of Boulogne, which has led many commentators into the error of saying that Godfrey of Bouillon was born at the French port, whereas he was really born in the castle of Baisy near Genappe and Waterloo. His mother was Ida d'Ardenne, sister of the fourth Godfrey (" the Hunchback "), and the successful defence of the castle when a mere youth of seventeen on her behalf was the first feat of arms of the future conqueror of Jerusalem. This medieval fortress, strong by
art as well as position before the invention of modern artillery, has since undergone numerous sieges. In order to undertake the crusade Godfrey sold the castle of Bouillon to the prince bishop of Liege, and the title of duke of Bouillon remained the appendage of the bishopric till 1678,. or for 58o years. The bishops appointed " chatelains," one of whom was the celebrated " Wild Boar of the Ardennes," William de la Marck. His descendants made themselves quasi-independent and called themselves princes of
Sedan
  and dukes of Bouillon, and they were even recognized by the king of France. The possession of Bouillon thenceforward became a constant cause of strife
until in 1678 Louis XIV. garrisoned it under the treaty of
Nijmwegen. From 1594 to 1641 the duchy remained vested
in the French family of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of whom (
Henry
 , viscount of
Turenne
  and marshal of France) had married in 1591 Charlotte de la Marck, the last of her race. In 1676 the duke of Crequy seized it in the name of Louis XIV., who in 1678 gave it to Godefroy Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne, whose descendants continued in possession till 1795. Bouillon remained French till 1814, and Vauban called it " the key of the Ardennes." In 176o the elder Rousseau established here the famous press of the Encyclopaedists. In 1814-1815, before the decrees of the Vienna Congress were known, an extra-
ordinary
  attempt was made by Philippe d'Auvergne of the British navy, the
cousin
  and adopted son of the last duke, to revive the ancient duchy of Bouillon. The people of Bouillon freely recognized him, and Louis XVIII. was well pleased with the arrangement, but the congress assigned Bouillon to the Netherlands.
Napoleon
  III. on his way to Germany after
Sedan
  slept one night in the little town, which is a convenient centre for visiting that battlefield.


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