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    The House of Polignac is the name of an ancient and historically powerful French noble family that took its name from the château de Polignac, of which they...
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    Armand Marie de Polignac, Count of Polignac (French pronunciation: [ʒyl də pɔliɲak]; 14 May 1780 – 30 March 1847), then Prince of Polignac, and briefly 3rd...
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    de Scey-Montbéliard during her first marriage and as Princess Edmond de Polignac following her second marriage in 1893. Winnaretta Singer was born in Yonkers...
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    Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she met when...
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  • Polignac may refer to: Polignac family, a French noble family, including a list of its members Duke of Polignac, a title created in 1780 for the Polignac...
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    princes have been male line descendants of the Polignac family. Rainier III, son of Pierre de Polignac, inherited the title through his mother in 1949...
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    Duke of Valentinois (born Pierre Marie Xavier Raphaël Antoine Melchior de Polignac; 24 October 1895 – 10 November 1964) was the father of Rainier III of Monaco...
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    Polignac (French: Duc de Polignac) was a French dukedom that was held by the Polignac family. The title was originally created for Jules de Polignac in...
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    Jean Marie de Polignac (19 April 1834 – 8 August 1901) was a French aristocrat and composer. Edmond was a member of the Polignac family, one of the more...
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  • Alphonse de Polignac (1826–1863) was a French mathematician and aristocrat. He his known for Polignac's Conjecture. His father, Jules de Polignac (1780-1847)...
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    Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (category Polignac family)
    Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois and her former husband, Count Pierre de Polignac. She was born in Paris, of French and Monegasque ancestry. Princess Antoinette...
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    Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac (Armand Jules François; 7 June 1746 – 21 September 1817) was a French nobleman and the husband of Yolande de Polastron...
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    Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (category Polignac family)
    presumptive to the throne of Monaco. Rainier's father, Count Pierre of Polignac, who was half-French and half-Mexican, adopted his wife's dynasty, Grimaldi...
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    1966), later known as Madame Maximilian von Jaunez and Comtesse Charles de Polignac, was a French socialite, salonnière, arts patron, and singer. She co-hosted...
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    de Polignac (11 October 1661 – 20 November 1742) was a French diplomat, Cardinal and Neo-Latin poet. Second son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac and...
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  • Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (category Polignac family)
    1920, Louis arranged Charlotte's marriage to the then Count Pierre de Polignac of Hennebont, Morbihan, Brittany, France, who, by the Prince's ordinance...
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    Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac (7 May 1768 – 30 March 1803) was the daughter of Gabrielle de Polastron, the favourite and confidante of Marie...
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    France) and his two sons, the prince de Condé, the prince de Conti, the Polignac family, and (slightly later) Charles Alexandre de Calonne, the former finance...
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    emigrated with the rest of the Polignac family after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. Diane de Polignac is the main character of the novel...
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    the Châtelet, in part due to the aid of the Duchess of Polignac. Associates of the Polignac family presented him to the queen, who pushed his appointment...
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    Prince Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac (February 16, 1832 – November 15, 1913) was a French nobleman who served with the Confederates in the American...
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    trusted Madame de Polignac completely, gave her a thirteen-room apartment in Versailles and paid her well. The entire Polignac family benefited greatly...
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    Armande de Polignac, comtesse de Chabannes-La Palice (Marie Armande Mathilde; 8 January 1876 – 29 April 1962) was a French composer, the niece of Prince...
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    Diane Gabrielle Damas (category Mancini family)
    Polignac (1768–1803), Armand de Polignac (1777–1847), Jules de Polignac, 3rd Duke of Polignac (1780–1847), and Melchior de Polignac (1781–1855). She was also...
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  • pope, while the terms baronial family, comital family, ducal family, archducal family, grand ducal family, or princely family are more appropriate to describe...
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    Americans. The town of Allouez, Wisconsin is named after him. The de Polignac family has its historic seat in the department, and various descendants of...
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  • leaves again. A depressed Marie Antoinette befriends the Duchess de Polignac. Polignac leads Marie Antoinette to her downfall. Marie Antoinette is described...
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    Palazzo Contarini Dal Zaffo, also known as Palazzo Contarini Polignac is a large palace in Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district, overlooking the Grand...
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    A MARQUIS; Becomes a Catholic to Marry Head of Junior Branch of de Polignac Family. CEREMONY IN CATHEDRAL Bridegroom, a Former Aviator, Is One of the...
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    Polignac (a.k.a. Jeux des Valets) is a French 18th century trick-taking card game ancestral to Hearts and Black Maria. It is played by 3-6 players with...
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