Adrianople

1662. A Geographical dictionary in which are described... London. by Henry Brome.

Adrianople, a City in Romania, the seat of the Turkish Emperours before Constantinople.

1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.

Adrianople, now Andernopoli, by the Turks call'd Aendrem, a Mart Town of Thrace, and Metropolis of the Country, upon the River Mariza; once the Emperors Seat, and the Residence of the late deposed Grand Signior, 146 miles W. of Constantinople, 74 E. of Fillippopoli, 165 off Sofia, 390 off Belgrade, 550 off Buda, and 80 North off the Aegean Sea. It's the chief Town in Thracia next to Constantinople, and was enlarged every day because of the Residence of the Court. There were 7 Towns in other Countries that all Contended for the Name of Adrianople out of Complaisance to the Emperor Adrian that rebuilt them, as he did this An. 122. but their old Names obtain'd still. It was formerly an Archbishoprick under the Patriarch of Constantinople. It was taken by Bajazet in 1362, and was the Seat of the Turkish Empire till the taking of Constantinople, An. 1403. See Adrianople.