2) Mayenne. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Mayenne, department (1990 pop. 278,037), NW France, in parts of Maine and Anjou. It is an agricultural region. Laval is the capital....

3) Anjou. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts. Angers, the historic capital, and Saumur are the...

4) Maine, region and former province, France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...province, NW France, S of Normandy and E of Brittany. It now comprises the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe and parts of Loire-et-Cher, Eure-et-Loir, and Orne. Le...

5) Laval, town, France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Laval, town, France, town (1990 pop. 53,478), capital of Mayenne dept., NW France, in Maine. It has been noted for its linen products since the 14th cent. Among its...

6) Ivry by Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. 1895. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895
...There rode the brood of false Lorraine, the curses of our land; 15 And dark Mayenne was in the midst, a truncheon in his hand; And, as we look d on them, we thought...

7) 1572-73. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of the Catholic party broke out, headed by the brother of the murdered men, the duke of Mayenne. Henry III fled to Henry of Navarre in the Huguenot camp, where he...

8) League. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Henri de Guise, who was succeeded at the head of the League by his brother Charles, duc de Mayenne. After the accession (1589) of Henry IV, the League controlled...

9) Henry IV, king of France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...3After Henry III's death (1589), Henry IV defeated the League forces under the duc de Mayenne at Arques (1589) and Ivry (1590) but was forced to abandon the siege...

10) Religion, Wars of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Henri de Guise (1588) and of Henry III (1589), the League, now headed by the duc de Mayenne, invoked the aid of Spain against Henry's successor, Henry IV. Henry,...