his father, Georges Bologne de Saint-Georges, was a wealthy, white plantation owner, while his mother was one of the Creole people Georges kept enslaved...
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Master James of Saint George (c. 1230–1309; French: Maître Jacques de Saint-Georges, Old French: Mestre Jaks, Latin: Magister Jacobus de Sancto Georgio)...
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re-opened to the public. Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie and its surroundings on the Turgot map of Paris (1736) Saint-Jacques Tower as seen from the Conciergerie...
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Jacques Romain Georges Brel (French: [ʒɑk ʁɔmɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ bʁɛl] ; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical...
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Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (20 August 1798 – 29 September 1854) was a French soldier and Marshal of France. He served as French Minister of War...
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Jacques Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin (1899-1956) was a French diplomat who took part in the French Resistance during the Second World War. Jacques Tarbé de...
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Commons has media related to Georges Jacques Danton. Wikiquote has quotations related to Georges Danton. Works by Georges Jacques Danton at Project Gutenberg...
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Middle Ages, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges was a possession of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The addition of "Saint-Georges" in the name of the commune...
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Chillon Castle (redirect from Chateau de chillon)
During this time the distinctive windows were added by Master James of Saint George, who is believed also to have added similar windows to Harlech Castle...
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Église Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas, for pilgrims leaving Paris to make their way along the Chemin de Saint-Jacques that led eventually to Santiago de Compostela...
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Jacques Cartier (Breton: Jakez Karter; 31 December 1491 – 1 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France. Jacques Cartier was the...
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Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (7 November 1799 – 23 December 1875) was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris. He was one of the most...
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nephew Gaillard de Lamothe. Its architecture is similar to those built by Master James of Saint George (Maître Jacques de Saint-Georges) at the same time...
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Château de Saint-Georges Motel is a château in Saint-Georges-Motel, in the Eure department in northern France, that was built in the early 17th century...
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Jacques de Molay (French: [də mɔlɛ]; c. 1240–1250 – 11 or 18 March 1314), also spelled "Molai", was the 23rd and last grand master of the Knights Templar...
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builder for Edward I of England, Master James of Saint George, also known as Jacques de Saint-Georges d'Espéranche, constructed the castle for Philip I...
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Georges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was...
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Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre (October 24, 1701 - September 8, 1755) was a Canadian colonial military commander and explorer who held posts throughout...
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ISBN 978-0-674-03422-8. Julliard, Jacques (1965). Clemenceau, briseur de grèves: l'affaire de Draveil-Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (in French). Paris: Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée...
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Vũng Tàu (redirect from Cap Saint-Jacques)
Chagas in their maps. Apres de Mannevillette (1707–1780), one of the greatest French chart-publishers, mentioned Saint Jacques in his book La Neptune Oriental...
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Couvent Saint-Jacques, Grand couvent des Jacobins or Couvent des Jacobins de la rue Saint-Jacques was a Dominican monastery on rue Saint-Jacques in Paris...
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Jacques Pierre Brissot (French pronunciation: [ʒak pjɛʁ bʁiso], 15 January 1754 – 31 October 1793), also known as Brissot de Warville was a French journalist...
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Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒak də ne.u], literally Saint-Jacques of Néhou) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in...
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as Marquise de Saint-Ange Jacques Torrens as Jacques Yorick Royan as Nicole Marcel Vallée as Le policier Maryse Martin Roger Duncan Georges Coulonges Marcel...
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Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒak də twaʁ], literally Saint-Jacques of Thouars) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western...
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erroneously dates Guy de Laval-Rais' last will and testament to 28 September 1415, an error repeated by Georges Bataille and then Jacques Heers [fr]. In this...
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Danton, the sister of Georges-Jacques Danton who was executed the year after Jacques was born. He later added the aristocratic de Plancy himself – an addition...
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The Abbey of Saint-Georges, Boscherville, is a former Benedictine abbey located in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, in Seine-Maritime, France...
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morning prayers for which a monk would be expected to awake. Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines...
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David Saint-Jacques OC OQ FRCGS (Quebec French: [davɪd sẽɪ̯̃nʒã(ŋ)k̚], French pronunciation: [david sɛ̃ʒak]; born January 6, 1970) is a Canadian astronaut...
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