Choiseul is a French noble family of chivalric extraction, first mentioned in 1060. Originally from Champagne, its cradle is the village of Choiseul (in...
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Étienne François, marquis de Stainville, duc de Choiseul, KOHS, OGF (28 June 1719 – 8 May 1785) was a French military officer, diplomat and statesman....
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Look up Choiseul in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Choiseul may refer to: Choiseul family, noble family in France César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675)...
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Béatrix de Choiseul, Duchess of Gramont (18 November 1729 - 17 April 1794) was a French salonnière and bibliophile. She was known for her close relationship...
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Charles de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin (Charles Laure Hugues Théobald; 29 June 1805 – 24 August 1847) was a French nobleman and politician, who served as...
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Étienne François, duc de Choiseul) and baron of Dommanges. Jacques Philippe came from the House of Choiseul, a noble family dating back to the 12th century...
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César de Choiseul , 1st Duke of Choiseul, comte du Plessis-Praslin (1602 – 23 December 1675) was a Marshal of France and French diplomat, generally known...
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Claude Antoine Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul (26 August 1760, Lunéville – 1 December 1838) was a French soldier and émigré Royalist. He was brought...
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statesman. Born into an illustrious House of Choiseul, he was the elder son of Hubert de Choiseul, Marquis de Choiseul, Count de La Rivière (d. 1727) and his...
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François Joseph de Choiseul, Marquis of Stainville (12 January 1696 - 27 November 1769) was a diplomat and courtier in the service of the Dukes of Lorraine...
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Renard II of Choiseul, also known as Raynard II of Choiseul or Renaud of Choiseul, was the son of Foulques II and Alix of Vignory. He held the title of...
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Gilbert Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin (born 1613; died at Paris, 31 December 1689) was a French bishop. Choiseul was a descendant of the noble family of du...
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Choiseul pigeon (Microgoura meeki) is an extinct species of bird in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae. It was endemic to the island of Choiseul in...
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Louise Honorine Crozat (redirect from Louise-Honorine, Duchesse de Choiseul)
Louise Honorine Crozat (1734 – 1801) was the duchess of Choiseul as the wife of Étienne François. She was the heiress of the grand fortune left by her...
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Claude de Choiseul, Marquis of Francières (1 January 1632 – 15 March 1711) was count of Choiseul, marquis of Francières, seigneur d'Yroüerre, and a Marshal...
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was a French diplomat and aristocrat from the Gouffier branch of the Choiseul family. A member of the Académie française, he served as French ambassador...
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Marie Thérèse Françoise de Choiseul (8 December 1766 – 27 July 1794) was a French noblewoman and a Monegasque princess, married to Prince Joseph of Monaco...
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Touraine province of France. He received this after the death of the duc de Choiseul, in 1785. Château d'Amboise, a castle in the Loire Valley Château at...
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made vicar-general of Mende in 1733. As a member of the important family of Choiseul, he was Grand Aumônier to Stanisław Leszczyński, titular king of Poland...
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courtiers, the most prominent being Maréchal de Richelieu. Though the Duc de Choiseul found her rather ordinary, in 1768 he took her to Versailles, where King...
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de Choiseul-Praslin (April 14, 1807 – August 17, 1847) was a French duchess and heiress who was found murdered. Her husband, Charles de Choiseul, Duke...
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those states." Choiseul combined his military preparations for war with a diplomatic alliance, the Pacte de Famille or Pact of the Family, which united...
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Hôtel de Crozat (redirect from Hôtel de Choiseul)
The Hôtel de Crozat, later the Hôtel de Choiseul, was a Parisian hôtel particulier, constructed in 1704 to the designs of the French architect Jean-Sylvain...
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Seven Years' War (redirect from Choiseul's War Plan)
and in the wake of this, a new chief minister, the Duc de Choiseul, was appointed. Choiseul planned to end the war in 1759 by making strong attacks on...
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Augustine Françoise de Choiseul, also known as Mademoiselle St Cyr and Mademoiselle de Choiseul (8 October 1697-5 July 1728), was a French aristocrat....
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Turbonilla choiseul is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. Peñas A. & Rolán E...
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Northwest Solomonic languages (redirect from Choiseul languages)
Petats Papapana Solos Piva–Bannoni family: Piva (Lawunuia), Bannoni Mono–Uruavan family: Mono-Alu, Torau, Uruava Choiseul linkage: Babatana (including Sisingga)–Ririo...
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notably used to rescue marines stranded under heavy Japanese gunfire on Choiseul Island, and attack both Japanese barges and shore batteries. PT-59 was...
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Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens (redirect from Salle Choiseul)
entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In the 19th century the theatre was often referred to as the Salle Choiseul. With the decline in popularity...
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Varisi language (redirect from Moli language (Choiseul))
Varisi is an indigenous language of Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands. Paradisec has a number of collections that include Varisi language materials. Varisi...
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