Brand (brand), John

Born at Washington, Bra married his sister, the widow of Louis XII. of France. He commanded the armies which invaded France in 1523 and 1544. In the latter year he captured Boulogne. Brandt (bränt), Marianne (Marie Bischof). Born at Vienna, Sept. 12, 1842. A German singer. She has been particularly succe ful as Brängane and Fidelio. Brandy wine (bran'di-win) Creek. A river in southeastern Pennsylvania which joins the Delaware River at Wilmington, Delaware. Here, Sept. 11, 1777, General Howe defeated the Americans under Washington. The force of the British was about 18,000; that of the Americans, 11,000. Lo , British, over 1,000; Americans, about 1,000. Brangtons (brang'tonz), The. A family of the middle cla in Mi Burney's novel "Evelina." Their name is proverbial for vulgar malicious jealousy. Brangwaine, or Brangwayne, or Brengwain. The confidante of Isolde (Iseult) in the romance of "Tristram and Isolde": in Wagner's opera called Brängane. The group of the "Children of Lir" included several other divinities who came to be regarded as characters of romance. The Lady Brangwaine, who helps and hides the loves of Tristram and Iseult, is no other than "Branwen of the Fair Bosom," the Venus of the Northern Seas, whose miraculous fountain still preserves her name in an islet off the shore of Angle sea.