• Brunstatt (French pronunciation: [bʁunʃtat]; Alsatian: Brunscht) is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January...
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    Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt, also Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, (born Peter Joseph Viktor Besenval von Brunnstatt;...
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    Brunstatt-Didenheim, in Alsatian Brunst-Dìdana, is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1...
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    Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, usually just referred to as Baron de Besenval (the suffix Brunstatt refers to the former barony). The premises...
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  • canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: Altkirch Brunstatt-Didenheim Cernay Colmar-1 Colmar-2 Ensisheim Guebwiller Kingersheim Masevaux-Niederbruck...
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  • The canton of Brunstatt-Didenheim (before 2021: Brunstatt) is an administrative division of the Haut-Rhin department, northeastern France. It was created...
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    11 August 1726, King Louis XV erected the von Besenval's possession of Brunstatt in the Alsace into a French barony. The climax of the family's ennoblement...
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    command of one of her favourites, Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brünstatt. At the news, Paris was besieged by riots that culminated in the storming...
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    political favourites or hangers-on. Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt as courtier around 1780, etching by Louis Carrogis Carmontelle Portrait...
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    212 jobs. Simone Veil (1927–2017) Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt Champ-de-Mars view from the top of the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower St...
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  • councilor of Brunstatt-Didenheim in charge of communication. She is also president of a local association called “Les demoiselles de Brunstatt”. Following...
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    actually the son of his best friend Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt Knight of the Holy Spirit effective 7 June 1767. Popoff, p. 105 A. de...
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  • Hooek) 1713-1721 Jean Victor de Besenval de Brünstatt, (father of Pierre Victor de Besenval de Brünstatt) 1714 Mr. de Montargon 1726-1728 François Sanguin...
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    the first edition of the memoirs of Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, showing his portrait (1805) Frontispiece of the seventh edition of Germain...
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    Adèle Foucher (1822). On 6 June 1791, Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, was buried in the church of Saint-Sulpice, after having died on 2 June...
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    (1751) Private collection, Paris Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt (1766) Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum (formerly in the Hôtel de Besenval)...
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    who spent time in the Châtelet were Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt; Clément Marot, who composed his Enfer there; the famous highwayman Cartouche;...
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  • north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Brunstatt-Didenheim. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal...
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    around his neck, by Hyacinthe Rigaud Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt in armour, portrayed by Jean-Marc Nattier in 1766, wearing the insignia...
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    Bouxwiller Bréchaumont Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin Bretten Brinckheim Bruebach Brunstatt-Didenheim Buethwiller Buhl Burnhaupt-le-Bas Burnhaupt-le-Haut Buschwiller...
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    prominence in 1789 when he defended Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, against the charge of the crime of lèse-nation. When, at forty-four,...
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    Bouxwiller Bréchaumont Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin Bretten Brinckheim Bruebach Brunstatt-Didenheim Buethwiller Buhl Burnhaupt-le-Bas Burnhaupt-le-Haut Buschwiller...
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    Bouxwiller Bréchaumont Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin Bretten Brinckheim Bruebach Brunstatt-Didenheim Buethwiller Buhl Burnhaupt-le-Bas Burnhaupt-le-Haut Buschwiller...
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    Installed by Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt: The large and unique marble stove decorated with gilt bronzes made by Pierre Gouthière in...
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    Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry Karl Josef von Bachmann Pierre Victor de Besenval de Brünstatt Henry Bouquet Jean Victor Constant de Rebecque Johann Ludwig von Erlach...
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    Bouxwiller Bréchaumont Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin Bretten Brinckheim Bruebach Brunstatt-Didenheim Buethwiller Buhl Burnhaupt-le-Bas Burnhaupt-le-Haut Buschwiller...
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    It is named after its former owner Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt. The dimensions are: 70.0 cm x 86.5 cm. It has a provenance dating back...
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    Hôtel de Besenval, as it belonged to Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt, a Swiss military officer in French service. During the restoration of...
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    Bouxwiller Bréchaumont Breitenbach-Haut-Rhin Bretten Brinckheim Bruebach Brunstatt-Didenheim Buethwiller Buhl Burnhaupt-le-Bas Burnhaupt-le-Haut Buschwiller...
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    military officer in French service Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt (1722–1794), last commander of the Swiss Guards in France General Tadeusz...
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