Île de Ré (French pronunciation: [il də ʁe]; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ile de Rét; English: Isle of Ré, /reɪ/ RAY) is an island off the...

in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de...

province of Île-de-France before the French Revolution The modern départements covered by the historical Île-de-France Modern region of Île-de-France and...

called it Île de Bascuz (from Bacchus) because of the abundance of wild grapes growing on the island. Officials later changed the name to Île d'Orléans...

Cannes, the Île de Sainte-Marguerite is low in profile and heavily wooded with umbrella pines and eucalyptus. Both islands (with the Île Saint-Honorat)...

4,453. Île aux Vaches and Île Notre-Dame in Vassalieu Plan (1609) The islands Île aux Vaches and Île Notre-Dame in 1618 Île Saint-Louis in Turgot Map...

Duke of Nemours was a title in the Peerage of France. The name refers to Nemours in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. In the 12th and...

de terre Île d'Or Île des Vieilles Rocher du torpilleur Île Bruzzi Île de Cavallo Îles Cerbicale Île de Gargalo Corsica Île de Pinarellu Îles Lavezzi Îlots...

Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino and his wife Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark.[citation needed] He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France,...

Duke William was a ship which served as a troop transport at the Siege of Louisbourg and as a deportation ship in the Île Saint-Jean Campaign of the Expulsion...

became known as the City of Light. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population...

the present-day région Île-de-France are taken from the historic province of Champagne. See French history. The history of Île-de-France (Isle of France)...

fortifying his fief of Belle Île secretly. Louis persuades d'Artagnan to re-enter his service, and tasks him to investigate Belle Île, promising him a substantial...

the disaffected nobles, the duke of Longueville, who had taken Péronne. Next year he commanded the forces collected in the Île-de-France, and obtained some...

negotiations in 1709 and 1710.[citation needed] France retained Île-Saint-Jean and Île Royale, and Louis acquired a few minor European territories, such...

rebuilt between 1856 and 1862 in a Louis XIII style, is now the museum of Île-de-France open for visits. Housing costs in the area are very high, higher...

Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger...

. Mauritius is also commonly known as Maurice (pronounced [mɔˈʁis]) and Île Maurice in French, Moris (pronounced [moʁis]) in Mauritian Creole. The island...

French colonists, its French name was Île Saint-Jean (St. John's Island). In French, the island is today called Île-du-Prince-Édouard (ÎPÉ). The island...

throne. Île d'Orléans, in Canada, is named after Duke of Orléans Henri II, and the city of New Orleans in the United States is named after Duke of Orléans...

economic base. It is set to become the second most populated commune in Île-de-France after Paris on 1 January 2025 upon the absorption of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine...

François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency KG (17 July 1530 – 6 May 1579) was a French noble, governor, diplomat and soldier during the latter Italian...

The Île de la Jatte or Île de la Grande Jatte is an island in the river Seine, located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, and shared between the two...

became Napoléon III in 1852. Napoléon Louis is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, Île-de-France. Portrait by François Kinson, c. 1810 With family and Emperor Alexander...

islands in the Channel. Chausey is referred to as an 'Île normande' (as opposed to Anglo-normande). 'Îles Normandes' and 'Archipel Normand' have also, historically...

and became Governor of Île de Ré. Toiras famously sustained the 3-month Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré in Île de Ré by the Duke of Buckingham in 1627. After...

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister...

Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise and 3rd Prince of Joinville (20 August 1571 – 30 September 1640), was the son of Henry I, Duke of Guise and Catherine...

priory on the Grande île. The islands became subject to the Kingdom of England following the conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy in 1066....

to his brother, the failure of the defence and of the English attack on Île de Ré was mainly due to the alternate obstinacy of the townsfolk and the...