A seigneur (French pronunciation: [sɛɲœʁ] ) or lord is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America...
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Droit du seigneur ('right of the lord'), also known as jus primae noctis ('right of the first night'), sometimes referred to as prima nocta, was a supposed...
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The Seigneur of Sark is the head of Sark in the Channel Islands. "Seigneur" is the French word for "lord", and a female head of Sark is called Dame of...
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Look up Seigneur or seigneur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seigneur (English: Lord), was the name formerly given in France to someone who had been...
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Hermine seigneur of Sully seigneur of Saint-Gaudon seigneur of Courcelles seigneur of Antilly seigneur of Bauché seigneur of Amboise seigneur of Montrichard...
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Belle du Seigneur is a 1968 novel by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. Set in Geneva in the 1930s, the narrative revolves around a Mediterranean Jew employed...
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Montigny, seigneur de la Boisse │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├─>Louise │ │ │ │ │ X Jean, seigneur des Loges │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─>Marie │ │ │ │ X 1) seigneur de La Velette...
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Jacques de Harlay (redirect from Jacques de Harlay, Seigneur de Chanvallon)
Jacques de Harlay, lord of Champvallon or Chanvallon (? - 3 April 1630) was a French nobleman. He was a son of Louis de Harlay, Baron of Montglas and his...
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Jean de Poitiers (redirect from Jean de Poitiers, Seigneur de Saint Vallier)
Jean de Poitiers, seigneur de Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1529) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry...
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The Seigneur of Saint Ouen is a manorial title in Jersey. Their traditional seat is Saint Ouen's Manor. The first was Renaud De Carteret I. Sir Renaud...
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Louis de Brézé (redirect from Louis de Breze, seigneur d'Anet)
Louis de Brézé, Seigneur d'Anet and Comte de Maulevrier (died 23 July 1531) was a French nobleman, the grandson of King Charles VII of France by his natural...
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James Milner, 9th Seigneur of Sark (died 1730) bought the fief of Sark from John Johnson in 1723 for £5,000, and was Seigneur of Sark until 1730. His...
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The Seigneur of Augrès is a noble title in Jersey, which still follows the Norman system. They traditionally lived in Les Augrès Manor, which was actually...
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(French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də buʁdɛj], c. 1540 – 15 July 1614), called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer. Born...
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Guigues Guiffrey (redirect from Seigneur de Boutières)
Guigues Guiffrey, lord of Boutières (born in the Tower House at Cheylas, France on 13 May 1497), was a French soldier in the Italian Wars. He married Gasparde...
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Emmanuelle Seigner (redirect from Emmanuelle Seigneur)
Emmanuelle Seigner (French: [ɛmanɥɛl sɛɲe]; born 22 June 1966) is a French actress and singer. She is known for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...
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John of Bar (redirect from John of Bar, seigneur de Puisaye)
John of Bar (1380 – 21 October 1415, Agincourt) was lord of Puisaye. He was the son of Robert I of Bar and Marie de France. He was killed at the battle...
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Seigneur John Michael Beaumont OBE (20 December 1927 – 3 July 2016) was the twenty-second Seigneur of Sark in the Channel Islands. He worked as a civil...
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Je suis le seigneur du château (English: I'm the King of the Castle) is a 1989 French drama film, directed by Régis Wargnier, loosely based on the 1970...
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Christopher Beaumont, 23rd Seigneur of Sark (born 4 February 1957[citation needed]) is the present Seigneur of Sark in the Channel Islands. He is a former...
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Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (c. 1488 – 24 February 1525) was a French soldier. The younger brother of Artus Gouffier, seigneur de Boisy, tutor...
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Guillebert de Lannoy (redirect from Guilbert de Lannoy, Seigneur de Villerval)
Guillebert de Lannoy (also Gilbert, Guilbert or Ghillebert; 1386–1462), was a Flemish traveler and diplomat, chamberlain to the duke of Burgundy, governor...
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Duke of Aubigny (redirect from Seigneur d'Aubigny)
her the Château de la Verrerie, a former secondary seat of the Stewart Seigneurs d'Aubigny, Franco-Scottish cousins of the Stewart monarchs, seated from...
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Benjamin, Duke of Soubise (redirect from Benjamin de Rohan, Seigneur de Soubise)
Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (1580–1642), was a French Huguenot leader. Son of René II, Viscount of Rohan, and younger brother of Henri de Rohan,...
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Charles d'Amboise (redirect from Seigneur de Chaumont)
Charles d'Amboise may refer to: Charles I d'Amboise (1430–1481), French politician and military figure Charles II d'Amboise (1473–1511), French nobleman...
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Manorialism (redirect from Seigneurial system)
known as manors or seigneuries; each manor being subject to a lord (French seigneur), usually holding his position in return for undertakings offered to a...
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Michel de Montaigne (redirect from Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne)
Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne (/mɒnˈteɪn/ mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel...
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Nicolas Catinat (redirect from Nicolas Catinat, seigneur de Saint-Gratien)
Nicolas Catinat (French pronunciation: [nikɔla katina], 1 September 1637 – 22 February 1712) was a French military commander and Marshal of France under...
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Floris of Montmorency (redirect from Floris de Montmorency, Seigneur de Montigny)
Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny (?, 1528 - Simancas, 14 October 1570) was a noble and diplomat from the Spanish Netherlands. He was born as the...
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