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    Hamilton and Earl of Selkirk. The two titles became united in one person in 1928 (Charles Aloys Ney, 4th Duc d'Elchingen from 1881 and 5th Prince de la...
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    Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, GE (French pronunciation: [lwi də ʁuvʁwa]; 16 January 1675 – 2 March 1755), was a French soldier, diplomat, and memoirist...
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    Duke of Châtellerault (French: duc de Châtellerault) is a French noble title that has been created several times, originally in the Peerage of France in...
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    royales de Sully," 4 vols., Paris 1970-2019 The Pavillon Sully (Pavillon de l'Horloge) of the Palais du Louvre is named in honor of the Duc de Sully. The...
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    first, brother of second. Antoine V de Gramont (1671–1725), duc de Gramont (also named duc de Guiche), Maréchal de France (1724), grandson of the first...
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    James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Châtellerault, 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1519 – 22 January 1575), was a Scottish nobleman and head of the House of Hamilton. A great-grandson...
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    Louis de Rouvroy, duc de (1967). Historical Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon. Vol. I. Translated by Norton, Lucy. London: Hamish Hamilton.{{cite book}}:...
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    Scholia has a profile for Louis de Broglie (Q83331). Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie (/də ˈbroʊɡli/, also US: /də broʊˈɡliː, də ˈbrɔɪ/;...
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    respected instructor Nicholas-François Parisot de Saint-Laurent until 1687.: 23  Each course of study taught the Duc de Chartres the "principles" or "elements"...
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    Chatelherault Country Park (category Buildings and structures in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire)
    from the French town of Châtellerault, the title Duc de Châtellerault having been granted to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran in 1548 for his part in arranging...
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    Dame Emma Hamilton (born Amy Lyon; 26 April 1765 – 15 January 1815), known upon moving to London as Emma Hart, and upon marriage as Lady Hamilton, was an...
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    Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883), was the Legitimist...
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    Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, duc de Raguse (French pronunciation: [oɡyst fʁedeʁik lwi vjɛs də maʁmɔ̃]; 20 July 1774 – 22 March 1852) was a...
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    Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay...
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    The Clan Hamilton, or House of Hamilton, is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. The Hamilton chiefs descend from Walter fitz Gilbert of Hambledon...
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    his heir-apparent. The Dukes of Abercorn also claim the French title of Duc de Châtellerault, as heirs-male of the 2nd Earl of Arran, who was granted the...
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  • Sunset of the Splendid Century: The Life and Times of Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duc de Maine. Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1955. Assault on Olympus: The...
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    3. "Il [Hamilton] voyait surtout le duc de Berwick (fils de Jacques II); la duchesse était la nièce de la belle Stewart, qui occupe tant de place dans...
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  • Village and helped her write another book in French, La famille du duc de Popoli or The Duc de Popoli (1810). Despite her extensive holdings in Jamaica, little...
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    wealthy libertines—the Duc de Blangis (representing the nobility), the Bishop of X*** (representing the clergy), the Président de Curval (representing the...
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    rather than for execution. As reconstructed in images by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc it had three sides, and 45 compartments in which people could be both hanged...
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    he had done for Madame de Pompadour. He was elected to the Académie française in 1762. On the disgrace of his patron, the duc de Choiseul, he lost his...
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    controversy. Louis-Antoine de Noailles was born at the Château of Teyssiére in Auvergne, France, on 27 May 1651 to Anne, 1st duc de Noailles and captain- general...
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  • Duke of Valentinois (French: Duc de Valentinois; Italian: Duca Valentino) is a title of nobility, originally in the French peerage. It is currently one...
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    Crowns of Scotland and France, the title of Duc de Châtellerault (1548) was presented to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, Chief of the Name, and regent...
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    Tankerville, and his wife Corisanda, daughter of Antoine, duc de Gramont and sister of Agenor, duc de Gramont, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs for France...
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    Élie, duc Decazes, Prime Minister Duc de Richelieu and other political opponents from the sidelines. In celebration of the birth of the Duc de Bordeaux...
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    connection dates from the 16th century when the title Duc de Châtellerault was conferred on James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran. The Duke's Chatelherault Hunting...
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    has been a member of the board of directors of the Fondation du Grand-Duc et de la Grande-Duchesse. In January 2016, she became The Grand Duke Jean Museum...
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    the foundation stock of the variety. Their finest progeny were called "Duc de Groenendael" and "Barroness" who were mated widely to Belgian Shepherds...
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