• Thumbnail for Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy
    Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a French noblewoman, notorious adventuress and...
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  • the Orne département La Motte-Saint-Jean, in the Saône-et-Loire département La Motte-Saint-Martin, in the Isère département La Motte-Servolex, in the Savoie...
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  • Orne department Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize, in the Manche department Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye, in the Eure department Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte, in the Sarthe...
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  • The Arboretum Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte is the arboretum located along a botanical path in Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. It contains...
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    Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də la mɔt]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western...
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    Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, (French pronunciation: [tusɛ̃ ɡijom pikɛ də la mɔt]; 1 November 1720 – 10 June 1791) was a French Navy officer...
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    under Captain Pierre La Motte. They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly). In 1666, Fort Saint-Jean and the farthest...
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  • Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də vo]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Saint-Jean-de-Vaulx is located...
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    Saint-Jean-de-Moirans (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də mwaʁɑ̃], literally Saint-Jean of Moirans) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...
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    La Grande-Motte (French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d mɔt]; Occitan: La Mota Granda) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France...
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  • Thumbnail for La Motte-de-Galaure
    La Motte-de-Galaure (French pronunciation: [la mɔt də ɡalɔʁ]) is a former commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2022, it...
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  • Thumbnail for La Motte-Saint-Jean
    La Motte-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [la mɔt sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in...
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  • Thumbnail for Motte-and-bailey castle
    A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a...
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    Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon, French: [gɥi.jɔ̃]; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French Christian accused...
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  • Thumbnail for Château de la Motte
    Château de la Motte is a chateau located in the commune of Joué-du-Plain (Orne) in Normandy, France. The chateau began as a Viking motte-and-bailey castle...
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  • Thumbnail for Jean-François de La Harpe
    Jean-François de La Harpe (20 November 1739 – 11 February 1803) was a French playwright, writer and literary critic. La Harpe was born in Paris of poor...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour
    Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ klɛːʁ də la tuʁ]; literally 'Saint-Clair of La Tour') is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...
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  • Thumbnail for Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
    the small town of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave in the province of Gascony (today in the Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie). His father, Jean Laumet, was born in...
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    father) in an arranged marriage to a Parisian thirty years older—François de la Motte, Baron d'Aulnoy, of the household of the Duke of Vendôme. The baron was...
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    Saint-Baudille-de-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ bodij də la tuʁ], literally Saint-Baudille of La Tour) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...
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    Bec Abbey (redirect from Jean de Guineville)
    1446–1452: Jean de La Motte 1452–1476: Geoffroy d'Épaignes 1476–1484: Jean Boucard 1484–1491: Robert d'Évreux 1491–1515: Guillaume Guérin 1515–1515: Jean Ribault...
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    François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (12 September 1745 – 1 July 1766) was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on...
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  • Pierre de St. Paul, Sieur de La Motte (Pierre La Motte or Pierre Lamotte) (d. November 27, 1685) was captain of a company of the Carignan-Salieres Regiment...
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  • Thumbnail for La Motte, Quebec
    the Abitibi area the village of "La Motte" has four namesakes: La Motte Township, the municipality of La Motte, La Motte lake (formed by a widening of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
    Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də mɔʁjɛn] ; Arpitan: Sent-Jian-de-Môrièna or Sant-Jian-de-Môrièna; Italian: San Giovanni di Moriana)...
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    Chambly, Fort Sainte-Thérèse, and Fort Saint-Jean at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, are on the way. Fort St. Anne Isle La Motte, Vermont in Lake Champlain is near...
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  • Thumbnail for Affair of the Diamond Necklace
    confidence trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, also known as Jeanne de la Motte, made a plan to use the necklace to gain wealth...
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  • Thumbnail for La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle station
    La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle (French pronunciation: [la mɔt pikɛ ɡʁənɛl]) is a station of the Paris Métro, at the interconnection of line 6, line 8, and line...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne
    Saint-Jean-d'Avelanne (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ davlan]) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère department...
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  • Thumbnail for Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour
    Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ didje də la tuʁ], literally Saint-Didier of La Tour) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...
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