the lordship (Heerlijkheid) of Hornes was a property of the Counts of Looz. The first mentioned is Willaume, Sire of Hornes around 1100, and Arnould, Count...
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Maximilian Emanuel, 3rd Prince of Hornes, Count of Baucignies and of Solre-le-Château (31 August 1695, Brussels – 12 January 1763, Brussels), was a nobleman...
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John of Horne (Dutch: Jan van Hoorn; French: Jean de Hornes; c. 1380 – 22 August 1436), lord of Baucignies, was an Admiral of Flanders. He was a son of...
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Braine-le-Château was owned by several feudal families. The domain was bought by Jean de Hornes in 1434 and by Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis in...
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restored between 1838 and 1841 by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier. These windows were largely donated by the families of Hornes and de la Marck, following years of...
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Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa də ɡalo kɔ̃t də lapeʁuz]; variant spelling: La Pérouse; 23 August 1741 – 1788?), often...
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and Princess Maria Theresia of Hornes. From his second marriage, the La Trémoille had four sons: Charles Bretagne Marie de La Trémoille, born 24 March 1764...
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(1708–1778), and a sister, Henriëtte (who married Maximilian, Prince van Hornes (1695–1763), who already had two daughters from a previous marriage, the...
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Jean Paul Gaultier (French: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje]; born 24 June 1952) is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He is described as an "enfant...
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was John of Hornes. This act led to a civil war in the prince-bishopric. On 21 May 1484, a treaty was signed at Tongeren, whereby the de la Marck family...
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son of John de Bette, Lord of Lede and Joanna, lady of Bergen. He married Anna Marie de Hornes-Bassignies , daughter of Gerald de Hornes, 1st Count of...
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Jean Sorel CAL (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ sɔʁɛl]; born Jean Bernard Antoine de Chieusses de Combaud de Roquebrune; 25 September 1934) is a French actor...
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their French names, trompe de chasse or cor de chasse (the clear modern distinction between trompes—trumpets—and cors—horns—did not exist at that time)...
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Marie-Aurore de Saxe (20 September 1748 – 26 December 1821), known after her first marriage as Countess of Horn and after the second as Madame Dupin de Francueil...
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30 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021. Horner, Olivier (8 December 2006). "Quand Hardy chérit le Genevois Jean Bart". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved...
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Peleo (1639). A few years later, Jean-Baptiste Lully used horn calls in a five-part piece for strings called "Le cors de chasse" in the comédie-ballet La...
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well-connected "pragmatic internationalist". For three decades, Jean Monnet and Charles de Gaulle had a multifaceted relationship, at some times cooperative...
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Jean Knower Paul Marie de Ponton d'Amécourt (born 6 October 1945) is a French diplomat, formerly the French ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...
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Cornucopia (redirect from Horn of abundance)
Rococo pair of cornucopias in the Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy, France, designed by Jean-François de La Borde, 1753 Louis XVI style cornucopia on an...
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Robert Anthony De Niro (/də ˈnɪəroʊ/ də NEER-roh, Italian: [de ˈniːro]; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor and film producer. Known for his collaborations...
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Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ (Dutch and French IPA: [də smɛt]; 30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Flemish Catholic priest...
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A Gabriel's horn (also called Torricelli's trumpet) is a type of geometric figure that has infinite surface area but finite volume. The name refers to...
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Liguori, 1973, pp. 135-214. Jean-Claude Vallecalle, "Fortitudo e Stultitia: remarques sur le personnage d'Estout dans les chansons de geste," in Miscellanea...
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after a three-year hiatus, Horner wrote the music for the adventure film Wolf Totem, his fourth collaboration with director Jean-Jacques Annaud. At the time...
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The Swan of Tuonela (category Tone poems by Jean Sibelius)
Tuonela (Tuonelan joutsen) is an 1895 tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It is part of the Lemminkäinen Suite (Four Legends from the Kalevala)...
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of Heinsberg (1419–1455) Louis of Bourbon (1456–1482) John of Hornes (1484–1505) Érard de La Marck (1505–1538) Corneille of Berghes (1538–1544) George...
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Jean François de Bette, 3rd Marquess of Lede (6 December 1672 – Madrid, 11 January 1725) was a military commander in Spanish service. He was also lord...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during...
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20th Prime Minister of Canada Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier (1775–1835), French magistrate and politician Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical...
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Philippe, count of Hornes. Philippe-Eugène of Hornes: Married to Eleonore de Merode Albert of Hornes: Bishop of Ghent. Françoise-Eugène of Hornes: Married to...
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