Pierre II de Brézé or de Brezé (c. 1410 – 16 July 1465), Count of Maulevrier and Évreux (French: Comte de Maulévrier et d'Évreux), was a French soldier...
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illegitimate daughters by Agnès Sorel. His paternal grandfather was Pierre de Brézé, noted for valour at Formigny, a grand steward of Normandy. In 1523...
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Louis de Brézé. Louise was born to the influential Norman landowner Louis de Brézé, Governor and Grand Seneschal of Normandy, and his wife Diane de Poitiers...
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of his huntsmen, Pierre de Lavergne. Charlotte was buried at the Benedictine abbey of Coulombs. Charlotte de Valois et Jacques de Brézé, chronique du XVe...
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Rouen Cathedral (redirect from Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen)
of the Virgin Tomb of Louis and Pierre de Brézé Diane de Poitier, kneeling by the corpse of husband, Louis de Brézé A considerable portion of the original...
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Guillaume des Roches. In the 15th century, the structure was rebuilt by Pierre de Brézé, a wealthy chief minister to King Charles VII of France. During the...
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Montlhery (English version) The role and importance of Pierre de Brezé during the reign of Charles VII Pierre de Brézé, Seneschal of Normandy (C. 1408–1465)...
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The Brézé family was an old and distinguished French noble Angevin family. The founder and most famous member of the family was Pierre de Brézé (c. 1410–1465)...
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Encouraged by the presence of the king's most influential advisor, Pierre de Brézé, Clermont's forces stood their ground. With many of his men busy dragging...
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Alnwick Castle (category De Vesci family)
Warwick arrived in November Queen Margaret and her French advisor, Pierre de Brézé, were forced to sail to Scotland for help. They organised a mainly...
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Duchy of Normandy (redirect from Duché de Normandie)
1451–1460: Pierre de Brézé, lord of the Varenne and Brissac, count of Maulévrier 1460–1464: Louis d'Estouteville 1475–1494: Jacques de Brézé, lord of Bec-Crespin...
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France, where he was connected with Georges de la Trémoille, and afterwards entered the household of Pierre de Brézé, at that time seneschal of Poitou, by whom...
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Count of Évreux (section House of Brezé)
Pierre de Brézé 1569–1584: Francis, Duke of Anjou 1605–1652: Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (never used title) 1641–1721: Godefroy Maurice de...
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Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (redirect from Jane de Valois)
canonized on 28 May 1950. Joan was born on 23 April 1464 in the castle of Pierre de Brézé, a trusted supporter of her grandfather, King Charles VII of France...
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In 1457, the kingdom was again outraged when it was discovered that Pierre de Brézé, a powerful French general and an adherent of Margaret, had landed...
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ground. A force of around 4,000 men from Honfleur, under the command of Pierre de Brézé, Marshal of France, came ashore to pillage the town, in the process...
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Château d'Anet (category Historic house museums in Centre-Val de Loire)
in the twelfth century. In 1444, it was given to Pierre de Brézé by Charles VII, in return for Pierre's services in expelling the English from Normandy...
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Clémence de Maillé (25 February 1628 – 16 April 1694) was a French noblewoman from the Brézé family and a niece of Cardinal Richelieu. She married Louis de Bourbon...
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castle was inherited by Pierre de Brézé from his brother-in-law, Antoine Crespin, in 1454. It was later inherited by Louis de Brézé. In 1579, it was acquired...
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allegedly as part of a secret deal between Margaret of Anjou and Pierre de Brézé to gain French support for the Lancastrian cause. The island was held...
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Michel de Dreux-Brézé, Marquis de Dreux-Brézé (15 June 1700 – 17 February 1754) was a French nobleman, military officer and courtier in the reign of Louis...
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Abbey of Saint-Symphorien, Metz (redirect from Abbey Saint-Symphorien de Metz)
armies of King René, Charles d'Anjou, Artus de Richemont [fr], Constable of France, and Pierre de Brézé, Seneschal of Poitou, laid siege to Metz with...
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Urbain de Maillé, 1st Marquis of Brézé (French pronunciation: [yʁbɛ̃ də maje bʁeze]) (1597 – 13 February 1650), was a 17th-century French soldier and...
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Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England, and her cousin of Pierre de Brézé, the Seneschal of Normandy. This was to secure French military support...
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with Pierre de Brézé to gain French support for the Lancastrians, leading to the French capturing Mont Orgueil in the summer of 1461. In 1462, de Brézé issued...
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Margaret of Anjou during the Wars of the Roses. The expedition, led by Pierre de Brézé, failed, and Jean was taken prisoner by the English in 1463. He would...
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Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire. The majority of the châteaux of the Loire Valley such as Montsoreau, Angers, Saumur or Brézé in Pays de la Loire...
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1446, by revealing to Charles VII the Dauphin's intrigues against Pierre de Brézé, and beyond against the king himself. This episode led to Louis's temporary...
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Margaret leads an invasion of Northumberland with French forces under Pierre de Brézé. Picking up Henry VI in Scotland, they land at Bamburgh and briefly...
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married on 1950 to Count Antoine de Dreux-Brézé (22 August 1928 – 17 May 2013), with issue: Countess Laure de Dreux-Brézé (born 23 April 1951). Married to...
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