lord-lieutenant for the area. The title of provost is derived from the French term prévôt, which has origins in the Roman Empire. In the past, it was associated with...

(Grand Prévôt de France), and the "Provost General" (Prévôt général) later a.k.a. the "Lord High Provost of the Mint" (Grand Prévôt des Monnaies or de la...

perimeter of the city; from then on it served as the headquarters of the prévôt de Paris, the official "charged with protection of royal rights, oversight of...

de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de...

(2022). "Sur les Lettres diverses d'Henry Le Bret, éditeur de Cyrano et prévôt de l'église de Montauban" [On the Lettres diverses of Henry Le Bret, editor...

following year. 1786 Galerie de bois (shopping arcade) opens in the Palais-Royal. 8 June – A decree of the Prévôt de Paris authorized caterers and chefs...

named Count of Montrevel-en-Bresse. Provost et Governor of Paris (1421-1422, see Prévôt de Paris), named by Henry V, King of England Regent of the Kingdom...

chief reported to the king, the prévôt des marchands de Paris represented the merchants, and the Parlement de Paris, made up of nobles, was largely ceremonial...

on a semester basis in 1734 and an ordinary in 1743, he was Prévôt des Marchands of Paris from 26 July 1743 to August 1757. In this capacity, he acted...

of the Prévôt des marchands of Paris was assassinated on the afternoon of the French Revolution Storming of the Bastille. On 14 December, Paris became...

only "M. de Launay is to hold firm to the end; I have sent him sufficient forces". Returning to the Hôtel de Ville, the mob accused the prévôt dès marchands...

northern end of the Pont au Change, containing the offices of the prévôt de Paris and a number of prisons, until it was demolished from 1802 to 1810...

Louis XIII, the King's official representative in Paris was the Prévôt or Provost of Paris, who had his offices at the Châtelet fortress, but most of the...

first prévôt, or provost of Paris, the royal administrator of the city. A new college is organized for students of the Abbey of Cluny. 1263 Évroïn de Valenciennes...

persuaded Jacques de Flesselles to preside. Prévôt des Marchands since the previous April, ... of a manned Montgolfier balloon outside of Paris." Schama, Simon...

to Jacques d'Aumont in 1599, the prévôt de Paris. Villeqier's second wife would remarry to Martin du Bellay prince de Yvetot. Villequier was described...

Presidents of Parliament, the Chambre des Comptes, the Cour des Aides and the Prévôt des Marchands. Poverty continued to be widespread during the 17th century...

after Louis Peletier, who was the last but one Prévôt des marchands de Paris (provost of the merchants of Paris) between 1784 and 1789. This feudal position...

strongly associated with the much older Palais de la Cité, and local judicial functions under the Prévôt de Paris [fr], including torture and incarceration...

VI. Between 996 and 1031, Robert the Pious named the first Prévôt, or Royal Provost of Paris, to be the administrator of the city. Originally, the position...

to France. Under Article 3, Philip of Orléans appointed Leopold as the Prévôt of Longwy while affirming control of the town of Longwy. Under Article 10...

The Paris Observatory (French: Observatoire de Paris; French pronunciation: [ɔbsɛʁvatwaʁ də paʁi]), a research institution of the Paris Sciences et Lettres...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (born 10 February 1992) is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Ineos Grenadiers in cross-country...

councillor of State, Master of Requests, the Civil Lieutenant and prévôt of the city of Paris, and Lieutenant General of the Mines of France. Her mother, Marie...

Ferdinand Prévôt (2 May 1800 – 11 June 1879) was a French operatic bass-baritone. His surname is also found spelled as Prevot or Prévost. He was born...

Line 13 of the Paris Métro in the 14th arrondissement. It is named after the nearby rue Pernety, named after Viscount Joseph Marie de Pernety (1766–1856)...

upon a scaffold on an island in the River Seine in front of Notre-Dame de Paris in March, 1314. Both the sudden end of the centuries-old order of Templars...

the confessions false. Hastily the cardinals delivered them to the Prevot of Paris, and retired to deliberate on this unexpected contingency, but they...

métier. Prévot-Valéri won the Henri Zuber Prize a second time in 1920, the Prix de la Société des Paysagistes in 1921, and a silver medal at the Paris Salon...

but in which of these paintings do we find the real Prévot-Valéri? In the program for the 1884 Paris Salon, he was listed as a pupil of the renowned landscape...