Charles de Menou d'Aulnay (de Charnisay) (c. 1604–1650) was a French pioneer of European settlement in North America and Governor of Acadia (1635–1650)...

Menou (French pronunciation: [mənu]) is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 185. Communes...

Château de Loches in 1702; in 1701 her debauchery was considered confirmed by the fact that she was pregnant. She tried to escape from the Château de...

born at the Château de Crux in Nivernais, the last son of Louis Alexandre de Damas, Count of Crux (died in 1763) and of Marie-Louise de Menou (1712-1796)...

commander Jacques-François Menou and those backing Jean Reynier. Fearing that the opposing faction was about to depose him, Menou sent Jacques Zacharie Destaing...

The following is a list of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris. Most of them represent generals who served during the French First...

commune named Château-Chinon (Campagne). François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of France from 1981 to 1995, was the mayor of Château-Chinon from 1959...

vétérinaire Pénélope Palmer : Evelyne Jean Leuvrais : Bouvreuil Emilie Lihou : La Menou Jacqueline Parent : Cathy Eduard Linkers : Fabrelatre Marianik Revillon :...

Gabriel Berthier de Berluy (French pronunciation: [lwi sezaʁ ɡabʁijɛl bɛʁtje də bɛʁlɥi]; 9 November 1765 Versailles - 17 August 1819 Château de Grosbois (Seine-et-Oise))...

leaders shared did not extend to his successor, Charles de Menou d'Aulnay. By 1639, Charles de La Tour's wife had died leaving three daughters, and realizing...

lieutenant-general for New France. One of his able lieutenants in Acadia was Charles de Menou d'Aulnay who was instrumental in maintaining the shipping to and from France...

Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé, 8th Duke of Brissac (14 February 1734 – 9 September 1792), was a French military commander and peer of France. He was...

Kléber's assassination he was appointed AdC to General Jacques-Francois Menou. De Faÿ was present at the Battle of Austerlitz and served in Germany under...

of Mercœur (1494 – 26 May 1539, Nancy), married on 26 June 1515 at the Château d'Amboise to Antoine, Duke of Lorraine Anne (1495 – 1510, Spain) Gilbert...

Barras spent his later years in luxury. Napoleon had him confined to the Château de Grosbois (Barras's property), then exiled to Brussels and Rome, and ultimately...

(Abbaye de Château-Chalon), nuns, Diocese of Besançon (Château-Chalon, often spelt Château-Châlon, Jura) Château-Landon Abbey (Abbaye de Château-Landon)...

Hercule commanded the funeral procession for Henri's heart. He died at the Château de Couziers eighty-six years old. He was buried at Rochefort-en-Yvelines...

Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque (22 November 1902 – 28 November 1947) was a Free-French general during the Second World War. He became...

taking 40 guns. This was followed by a rebel victory over Jacques-François Menou's division at the Battle of Saumur on 9 June in which the Vendeans captured...

departure of the Mesdames that was ended by the statesman Jacques-François Menou joking about the Assembly's preoccupation with the actions of "two old women"...

knight Pierre de Menou were also beheaded or hanged. One or two of them were pardoned, such as Bournonville's man at arms Guillaume de Crannes thanks...

Françoise-Marie Jacquelin for her defense of Fort La Tour [fr] against Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, Joseph Brossard (or Broussard) called Beausoleil for his resistance...

Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. He was nicknamed l'Enfant chéri de la Victoire (the Dear Child of Victory). He is considered to be one of the...

Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont (French pronunciation: [oɡyst fʁedeʁik lwi vjɛs də maʁmɔ̃]; 20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a French general...

out of his job. In 1826, Louis-Victor-Léon de Rochechouart bought the château de Jumilhac and Château de Rochechouart. In 1830, he participated in the...

offbeat comedy, I am a No Man's Land. In 2015, he played head of state in Gaz de France. Besides these films, he was often seen in quirky supporting parts...

in the Nièvre department in central France. It is the home of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, a famous motor racing circuit (whose name is often abbreviated...

Château-Chinon (Ville) and one commune from the arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, and it lost nine communes to the arrondissement of Château-Chinon...

department in central France. The Marquis de Vauban, Marshal of France and famous military engineer, bought the Château de Bazoches in 1675. Communes of the Nièvre...

immediately convinced of its importance, an enthusiasm he passed on to generals Menou and Bonaparte. He found himself caught up in the fiasco which led to the...