Foix (/fwɑː/ fwah, French pronunciation: [fwa] ; Occitan: Fois [ˈfujs, ˈfujʃ]; Catalan: Foix [ˈfoʃ]) is a commune, the former capital of the County of...
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Bar-le-Duc (French pronunciation: [baʁ lə dyk] ), formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the capital. The department...
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de Foix-Candale was a wealthy heiress (1567-1593) of the House of Foix, and they had four sons: Henry, duke of Foix-Candale (1591–1639); Bernard, duc...
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Anne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency (c. 1493 – 12 November 1567) was a French noble, governor, royal favourite and Constable of France during the mid...
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Henri, Duke of Rohan (redirect from Henri, Duc de Rohan)
States of Christendome). See Fauvelet de Foix, Histoire du Duc Henri de Rohan (Paris, 1667); Schybergson, Le Duc de Rohan et la charte du parti protestant...
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the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because...
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France, and his wife Marguerite de Foix (1567–1593), comtesse de Candale. From his mother Henri inherited the title of Comte de Candale, becoming the 7th of...
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would arrange for his marriage on 22 August 1587 to Marguerite de Foix-Candale, the Foix-Candale being one of the most powerful families in the south west...
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County of Foix by Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix in his report to the Counts of Toulouse. At the beginning of the 14th century, Pierre Arnaud de Château-Verdun...
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Marshal of France (redirect from Maréchal de France)
Victor de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart le Maréchal de Vivonne (1636–1688), Marshal of France in 1675 François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg...
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business in Occitan and laws were enacted in the same. Prior to the 1601, the Duc de Rohan was the heir to Navarre and Béarn, since the Salic law of France did...
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Dukes of Auvergne Duc de Berry Duke of Bourbon Duke of Brittany Duke of Burgundy Counts and Dukes of Étampes Dukes of Gascony Duc de Guise Duke of Lorraine...
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of the county of Foix. They reached the throne of Navarre in 1484 thanks to the marriage of Juan III de Albret with Catalina de Foix, queen of Navarre...
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creditors. Abandoned and poor, she was introduced by Louise-Charlotte de Foix-Rabat, comtesse de Sabran to the regent, and became his mistress, although she did...
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under Antoine de Chabannes to rout him. John fled to Spain, only to reappear in 1471 in the train of the king's rebellious brother, the duc de Guyenne. Louis...
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courteously rebuffed. Perhaps the one real love in her life was Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours, nephew of King Louis XII. Gaston went to Italy, however, and...
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Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême (1551 – 2 June 1586, in Aix-en-Provence), sometimes called "Henri, bâtard de Valois" or "Henri de France", was a Légitimé...
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List of castles in France (section Centre-Val de Loire)
• Chevron • Cornillon • ducs de Savoie (Chambery) • La Forest • Les Marches • Miolans • Montcharvin • Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne • La Salle • Thomas...
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Charles, Duke of Orléans (redirect from Charles, duc d'Orleans)
children: Marie of Orléans (19 December 1457 – 1493, Mazères). Married Jean of Foix in 1483. Louis XII of France (1462–1515). Anne of Orléans (1464–1491, Poitiers)...
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Le duc d'Albe (its original French title) or Il duca d'Alba (its later Italian title) is an opera in three acts originally composed by Gaetano Donizetti...
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Man in the Iron Mask (redirect from L'Homme au Masque de Fer)
de Cavoye but, in 1665, near the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, he allegedly killed a young page boy in a drunken brawl involving the Duc de Foix....
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III for allowing the murders of the Duc de Guise and the Cardinal de Lorraine in 1589. Therefore, after Msgr. de Foix died in Rome on 29 May 1584, d'Ossat...
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Antoine of Navarre (redirect from Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme)
Navarre and his wife Marguerite de Navarre. After his father-in-law's death in May 1555, he became King of Navarre, Count of Foix, of Bigorre, of Armagnac,...
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1583. When the following year the ambassador to the Papal States, Paul de Foix died, Saint-Gouard was chosen to replace him. Arriving in the territory...
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the duc de Richelieu. After her, the regent did not have an official mistress again until 1723, when Louise-Charlotte de Foix-Rabat, comtesse de Sabran...
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favorite the Duc de Luynes) a coup d'état (also named Coup de majesté) on 24 April 1617: Concino Concini was assassinated by the Marquis de Vitry, and Marie...
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travelled to Lyon with the baron de Ruffec, the duc de Mayenne, the cardinal de Bourbon, the parlementaire Paul de Foix and Lanssac. Bellegarde was successfully...
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Siege of La Rochelle (redirect from Le Siège de La Rochelle)
The Siege of La Rochelle (French: Le Siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes Le Grand Siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal...
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Captain Fracasse (1943 film) (redirect from Le Capitaine Fracasse (1943 film))
Matamore Jacques François as the Chevalier de Vidalenc, friend of Vallombreuse Mary Lou as Yolande de Foix Jean Fleur as Blazius Nino Costantini as Léandre...
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'Associacion de Monseigneur le Prince de Condé'". French History. 15 3. Rivault, Antoine (2023). Le Duc d'Étampes et la Bretagne: Le Métier de gouverneur de Province...
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