Champagne, Philippe

DE, an eminent painter of the Flemish school, B. at Bru els, 1602. He was a co-worker with Nicolas Pou in for Queen Marie de Medicis, and is especially known by his merits as a portrait-painter. His portraits of Colbert, Richelieu, and Louis XIII., praying to the Virgin, bear testimony to his powers. D. 1674. Champagne, the name of an old prov. of France, adjoining Franche Comté and Lorraine, now distributed among the depts. of the Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Aube, Yonne, and Seine-et-Marne. In the Middle Ages, C. had its own dukes, who were va als of the French kings. It was incorporated with the French crown by Philippe VI., at the beginning of the 14th century. Champagnolle, ( sham - pān - yōl ',) in Arkansas , a post village of Union co., on the Washita River, about 130 m. S. by W. of Little Rock. Champagnolle Creek, in Arkansas, flows through Calhoun co., into the Washita River. Champagny, ( sham - pān'ye ,) JEAN BAPTISTE NOMPERE DE, DUC DE CADORE, a French statesman, B. 1756. In 1801 he was sent as amba ador to Vienna; in 1804 appointed minister of the interior; and in 1807 succeeded Talleyrand at the Foreign Office. He accompanied Napoleon throughout the campaign of 1809, and a isted in framing the treaty of Vienna, and in bringing about the marriage of the emperor to the Arch-duche Maria Louisa. He lost Napoleon's favor, and on the restoration of the Bourbons retired into private life. D. 1834. Champaign, (sham - pān ',) a. [From Lat. campus.] Open; level; plain; as, a champaign country. -n. A flat, open, fertile country. "Territory meeting on an open champaign." - Raleigh. Champaign', in Illinois , an E. county; area , abt. 1,000 sq. m. The North Fork of the Sangamon River pa es through its N.W. part, and it is also drained by the head streams of the Kaskaskia, Embarras, and Vermilion rivers. The surface is level, and the soil deep and fertile. Cap. Urbana. Pop . (1890) 42,160. -A city of Champaign co., 83 m. N. E. of Springfield. Here is the University of Illinois. Pop. 5,839. Champaign, in Ohio , a county in the central part of the State; area , about 390 sq. m. It is drained by Mad river, and Buck and other creeks. The surface is diversified, the soil very fertile, and the county is rich in agricultural products and grazing stock. Cap . Urbana. Pop . (1890) 27,000.