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    Custines (French pronunciation: [kystin]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. The town was called Condé until 1719...
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  • People named Custine include: Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740-1793), French general Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine (1790-1857), French...
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    Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (4 February 1740 – 28 August 1793) was a French general. As a young officer in the French Royal Army, he served in the...
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    Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine (18 March 1790 – 25 September 1857) was a French aristocrat and writer who is best known for his travel writing...
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    Delphine de Sabran, Marquise de Custine (18 March 1770 – 13 July 1826) was a French society hostess and woman of letters. Known for her beauty and intelligence...
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    author Marquis de Custine. Highly critical of Russia, it was banned there during the era of the Russian Empire. Due to this work, Custine was later dubbed...
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  • history. He is accompanied by "the European", who represents the Marquis de Custine, a 19th-century French traveler. An international co-production between...
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    destroyed in the Zoufftgen train accident on 11 October 2006. 37039 - Custines/Böbingen 437020 passing through Lyon Vaise station. Wikimedia Commons has...
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    During its first year in action (1792), under command of Adam Philippe Custine, the Army of the Rhine participated in several victories, including Mainz...
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    Metz, Ars-sur-Moselle, Pagny-sur-Moselle, Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson, Custines, Pompey, Aingeray, Fontenoy-sur-Moselle, Toul, Villey-le-Sec, and Neuves-Maisons...
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    contains 60 ha (150 acres). and is bordered by Rue Caulaincourt and Rue Custine on the north, the Rue de Clignancourt on the east and the Boulevard de...
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    Savoy and Nice, which were parts of the Savoyard state, while General Custine invaded Germany, occupying several German towns along the Rhine and reaching...
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    Nicholas to be condemned by a succession of Roman Pontiffs, the Marquis de Custine, Charles Dickens, and many Western governments. (See also Cantonists.)...
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    Savoy and the County of Nice until the Massif de l'Authion, while General Custine invaded Germany, capturing Speyer, Worms and Mainz along the Rhine, and...
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    Corps of the Army of the Rhine, under the command of Adam Philippe de Custine. Intended for an expedition outside the French borders, it invaded the...
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    April 1550 Successor Francis Born (1496-10-20)20 October 1496 Château de Custines Died 12 April 1550(1550-04-12) (aged 53) Château de Joinville Noble family...
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  • democrats followed his example. The French writer and traveler Astolph de Custine was the first to compare the Russian Empire with a large prison in the...
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  • In 1843 the Marquis de Custine published his hugely successful 1800-page, four-volume travelogue La Russie en 1839. Custine's scathing narrative reran...
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    ordered that the rebuilding be completed within a year. The Marquis de Custine described the "unheard of efforts" that were necessary to facilitate this...
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    more than once guest of Marquis Astolphe de Custine, one of his fervent admirers, playing his works in Custine's salon. Two Polish friends in Paris were also...
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    Agincourt Amance Bouxières-aux-Chênes Bouxières-aux-Dames Brin-sur-Seille Custines Dommartin-sous-Amance Eulmont Laître-sous-Amance Lay-Saint-Christophe Malzéville...
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    El Salvador decriminalizes homosexuality. 28 October – The Marquis de Custine is beaten and left for dead after propositioning a male soldier in Saint-Denis...
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    arrondissement of Paris, and Gabin's children. It is on the corner of rue Custine and rue Lambert, at the foot of Montmartre. The Cinema Jean Gabin in Montgenèvre...
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    1829 Aloys ou le Religieux du mont Saint-Bernard Marquis Astolphe de Custine France [Aloys; or, The Religious of Mont Saint-Bernard] Tells the story...
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    size of the Armée du Nord. Custine had prophesied that the command of an army would be "an evil present" to him, "Custine certainly could judge men, and...
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    1807 : Colonel Colbert-Chabanais 1809 : Colonel Domon 1809 : Colonel de Custines 1810 : Colonel Eulner 1814 : Colonel Marbot 1840 : Colonel de Grouchy 1847 :...
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    1792, French Revolutionary troops under General Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine occupied the land around Kreuznach, remaining there until 28 March 1793...
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    celebrities among her close friends: Stendhal, Benjamin Constant, the Marquis de Custine, even the Queen of Greece. The Princess's cook for a time was Marie-Antoine...
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    armies of the other bank of the Rhine. For General Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, commander of the Army of the Rhine, "if the Rhine is not the limit of...
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  • Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe) Paul Barras(1755-1827) Marquis de Custine (1790-1857) Prince Edmond de Polignac (1834-1901) Jacques Godart, 6th Marquis...
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