The Tour de Nesle (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də nɛl]) was one of the four large guard towers on the old city wall of Paris, constructed at the beginning...
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The Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal amongst the French royal family in 1314, during which Margaret, Blanche, and Joan, the daughters-in-law of King...
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La Tour de Nesle is a drama in five acts and nine tableaux, based on the circumstances of the Tour de Nesle Affair. It was written by Frédéric Gaillardet [fr]...
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Philip IV of France (redirect from Roi de fer)
His final year saw a scandal amongst the royal family, known as the Tour de Nesle affair, in which King Philip's three daughters-in-law were accused of...
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La Tour de Nesle) is a 1955 French / Italian drama film directed by Abel Gance. Pierre Brasseur - Jehan Buridan Silvana Pampanini - Marguerite de Bourgogne...
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father by Grand Chamberlain Enguerrand de Marigny. Louis' first wife, Margaret, was implicated in the Tour de Nesle affair. She was found guilty of infidelity...
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Wall of Philip II Augustus (redirect from Enceinte de Philippe Auguste)
The Tour du coin, Right Bank, near the Louvre (Quai François Mitterrand) The Tour de Nesle, Left Bank (Quai de Conti) On the east side: The Tour Barbeau...
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the former location of the Hôtel de Nesle. According to historians, an underground passage going to the Tour de Nesle existed at the no. 13 of the street...
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youth, doubts regarding her paternity (her mother was involved in the Tour de Nesle Affair), and the Estates General's determination that women should be...
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castrated and beheaded, and their bodies were exposed on a gibbet (Tour de Nesle Affair). The extreme severity of their punishment was due to the lèse...
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was a Norman knight implicated in a French royal scandal known as the Tour de Nesle affair. In the court of Philip IV of France, Philip of Aunay was the...
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particulier), which was located on the Quai de Nevers (now the Quai de Conti), just east of the former Tour de Nesle on the site of the present day Hôtel des...
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with Edward to garner further French support, which resulted in the Tour de Nesle affair. The journey was a pleasant one, with many festivities, although...
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Martyr, England, 978 The Becket controversy, England, 1163–1170 The Tour de Nesle affair, France, 1314 King Edward IV of England's marriage to Elizabeth...
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Early in 1314, Margaret was caught in an alleged act of adultery in the Tour de Nesle affair. Her sister-in-law Isabella of France was a witness against her...
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A plaque on the northern wall of the Institut de France shows the ancient location of the Tour de Nesle Académie Française (French Academy, concerning...
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husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown Imprisoned during her husband's reign due to the Tour de Nesle Affair. Coat of arms unknown...
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four towers were 25 meters high and 10 m in diameter. The tour du coin look like the tour de Nesle, which is best known. Like on this one, there was, a cylindrical...
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ponte dei sospiri (1921, dir. Domenico Gaido) Buridan, le héros de la tour de Nesle (1923, dir. Pierre Marodon) Triboulet (1923, dir. Febo Mari) Nostradamus...
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increased, and thus he made few films. The historical melodrama La Tour de Nesle (1954) was his first film in colour, and it provoked some revival of...
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House of Capet (redirect from La maison de France)
the Direct Capetians (Capétiens directs), the House of France (la maison de France), or simply the Capets. Historians in the 19th century came to apply...
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Louvre fortress on the Right Bank and the Tour de Nesle on the Left Bank. In the later Middle Ages, the Palais de le Cité was the financial and judicial...
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County of Burgundy (redirect from Comte de Bourgogne)
IV. Jeanne became Queen of France after having been involved in the Tour de Nesle Affair. In that same affair, Blanche was found guilty of adultery and...
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Alexandre Dumas (redirect from Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie)
Russian composer César Cui for his opera The Saracen. Teresa (1831) La Tour de Nesle (1832), a historical melodrama The Memories of Anthony (1835) The Chronicles...
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Simon II of Clermont (redirect from Simon of Nesle)
connected to Tour de Nesle, and eventually sold to King Philip IV of France in 1314. In 1242 Simon married Adele of Montfort, daughter of Amaury de Montfort...
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Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, in 1308, but Blanche was caught up in the Tour de Nesle scandals of 1314 and imprisoned. After Charles assumed the throne he...
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juillet" "Quatorze juillet" documentary short film 1955 Tower of Lust La Tour de Nesle 1956 Magirama Magirama 1960 Austerlitz Austerlitz 1964 Cyrano and d'Artagnan...
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the daughters-in-law of the king were discovered (also known as the Tour de Nesle Affair). Somewhat neglected by their husbands, the princesses entertained...
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Jacques Weber, Théâtre de Nice 1996 : La Tour de Nesle by Roger Planchon after Alexandre Dumas, directed by Roger Planchon, Théâtre de Nice, TNP Villeurbanne...
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Margaret of Burgundy, all future queens of France, were implicated in the Tour de Nesle affair. Mahaut is a major character in Les Rois maudits (The Accursed...
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