Épernon. Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1707–1743) sold Épernon to Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Duke of Noailles, and the title of "Duke of Épernon"...

circle of favourites, Les Mignons. The king of Navarre sold him the town of Épernon. In 1581 Épernon would be raised in his favour by the king of France...

name of the village comes from the medieval fortress known as Chasteau Cullier. This castle was destroyed by the duke of Épernon in 1633 by order of Louis...

princes; and Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, leader of the Catholic League, funded and supported by Philip II of Spain. The underlying cause of the war was...

de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon, to provide Henry III of France with trusted protection in the midst of the War of the Three Henrys. The story...

Valette, Duke of Épernon to provide Henry III of France with trusted protection in the midst of the War of the Three Henrys. The 45 were noblemen of lesser...

relationship of Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon, and Henry III of France, and between George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and...

Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon, 1587–1589 Bernard de Nogaret, lord of La Valette, 1589–1590 Antoine de Brichanteau, Marquess of Beauvais-Nangis 1589–1592...

escaped and was received by the Duke of Épernon, governor of Angoumois. At that time the castle was the residence of the governors. During the French...

their towns. Épernon and Bellegarde set about besieging them. Épernon was not keen to remain away from court, and therefore departed in favour of his brother...

Through the 1580s he bonded himself closely to one of the king's paramount favourites the duke of Épernon, and became among his closest companions, assisting...

its fort in 1592. The Duke of Épernon who led the siege retook the town and the fort. This is the only known military capture of Fort Carré; In 1746 -...

Candale, son of the Duke of Épernon, the match did not take place and she was instead married to Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Mercœur when she was 14. 38-year-old...

Parisot) of Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, first Duke of Épernon. Although his birth year is usually given as 1494, both chroniclers of the Great...

to his son Jean de Valois, grandfather of Marguerite d'Angoulême and Francis I. The duke of Épernon, governor of Angoumois, received Marie de' Medici when...

In November of that year Épernon would in turn be raised to the position of duke. Joyeuse was among the peers who accompanied Épernon to the Paris Parlement...

1661) was Duke of Épernon and a French general, the son of Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette and Marguerite de Foix-Candale, granddaughter of the constable...

duke of Épernon, however the war still concluded with a capitulation to the ligue. Henri was keen in the wake of the war to resecure the loyalties of...

governor of Guyenne, Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon, who introduced him to court. In 1661, he bought for 320 000 pounds the office of Maître...

16th century onwards, the title of Monsieur le Duc was used to designate the eldest son of the Prince of Condé. Duke Henri de Bourbon, who was a minister...

suggesting her poise in times of disarray, amongst a chaotic crowd of handmaidens and soldiers. She is led by the Duke of Épernon and protected by the goddess...

favourite the duke of Épernon from the majority of his offices, and established the ligues leader, the duke of Guise as the lieutenant-general of the kingdom...

was that of Boulogne, which Henri desired to give to a royalist Catholic whose religious credentials could not be doubted like Épernons. Épernon retorted...

of Fontenay en Brie, and on the death of his father in November 1581 he became Duke of Épernon. The castle of Fontenay en Brie has been the scene of many...

for the Siege of Montauban. Meanwhile, Louis XIII ordered the Duke of Épernon to blockade La Rochelle by sea as well as by land. On the sea, however...

disgrace of the Nogaret. With Épernon exiled to the Angoumois. Henri's capitulation was a reluctant one however, and it would only be Épernon who was disgraced...

explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the extinction of the...

Augustinian convent of Bordeaux. On 3 September 1597, he signed a contract with Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon and Governor of Gascony, and...

the son of Bernard de Nogaret de La Valette de Foix (1592-1661), duke of Épernon, and Gabrielle Angélique de Bourbon (1603-1627). Duke of Kendal v t...

the beginning of the 17th century, Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, the first Duke of Épernon, considered Royan "one of better places of its size in...