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ALEXANDRE ÉTIENNE (shō-rôn'), a French musician; born in Caen, Oct. 21, 21, 1772. He labored assiduously to promote musical education in France, founding his famous "Conservatory" in 1818. He wrote many valuable text books on music. He died in Paris, June 29, 1834.
CHOSEN. See KOREA.
CHRESTIEN DE TROYES or CHOSROES I., (chos'rōz), KHOSROU THE GREAT, King of Persia, succeeded Cabades, A. D. 551. He was fierce and cruel but possessed many good qualities, and encouraged the arts and sciences. He concluded a peace with the Romans, but afterward invaded their territories, and was repulsed by Belisarius. In the reign of Justinian II., he attacked the Romans again, but was defeated by Tiberius. He died in 579. CHOSROES II., ascended the throne in 590, on the deposition of his father Hormidas, and is accused of having murdered him. His nobility conspired against him on account of his cruelties, and obliged him to flee to the Romans, who replaced him on the throne. He afterward carried his army into Judea, Syria, and Egypt, and made himself master of Carthage, but was defeated by the Emperor Heraclius, and thrown into prison by his son, where he died in 627.