Baptism documentation revealed that he was the son of Jean de La Tour, a baker, and Sybille de La Tour, née Molian. It has been suggested that Sybille came...
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he was the son of a master mason, Jean de La Tour, of Laon and Saint-Quentin, who died in 1674. François de La Tour apparently was successively a trumpet-player...
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Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498 – 28 April 1519) was a younger daughter of Jean III de La Tour (1467– 28 March 1501), Count of Auvergne and Lauraguais...
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their son Bertrand V de la Tour [fr] succeeding as Count of Auvergne and Boulogne in 1437. Bertrand V's grandson Jean III de la Tour d'Auvergne (1467–1501)...
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Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a French botanist and ornithologist. Born at the family...
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Le Tour de France: panorama d'un siècle. Service Communication-presse de la Société du Tour de France. Boeuf, Jean-Luc; Léonard, Yves (2003). La République...
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Jean-Frédéric de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, (22 March 1727 – 28 April 1794), comte de Paulin, was a French nobleman, general and politician. After a military...
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La Défense (French: [la de.fɑ̃s]) is the major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city limits. It...
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The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July...
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Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille, 8th Duke of Thouars (Jean Bretagne Charles Godefroy; 5 February 1737 – 19 May 1792), 8th Duke of Thouars, was a...
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MonPuteaux.com. "Amundi et Primonial REIM s'emparent du projet de la tour Hekla imaginé par Jean Nouvel - Defense-92.fr". 22 December 2017. Official website...
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House of Bourbon (redirect from House of Bourbon-La Marche)
│ X 1) Jean II de Bourbon (+1488) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 2) Jean de la Tour, comte d'Auvergne et de Boulogne (1467–1501) │ │ │ │ │ │ X 3) François de la Pause,...
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Jules (1864). La Tour Saint-Jacques de Paris, Volume 1. Paris: Debuisson & Cie. p. xi. Jean-François Lagneau, "La restauration de la tour Saint-Jacques"...
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Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec), also known in English as St John the Baptist...
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La Tour-de-Peilz (French pronunciation: [la tuʁ də pɛ] ) is a municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The...
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Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (redirect from Tour de France Feminin)
the Tour de France - launched a one-day race for the professional peloton (La Course by Le Tour de France). In 2022, La Course was replaced by Tour de France...
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François-Jean Lefebvre de la Barre (12 September 1745 – 1 July 1766) was a French nobleman. He was tortured and beheaded before his body was burnt on...
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called 'Anne de Boulogne fille de Jehan Comte de Boulogne et Auvergne.' She was the elder of two daughters born to Jean III of la Tour d'Auvergne and...
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and the new name of Tour Initiale. The Tour Initiale was designed by architects Jean de Mailly and Jacques Depussé and engineer Jean Prouvé who designed...
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Jean-Baptiste des Gallois de La Tour (unknown-1747) was a French public official. He served as the First President of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence...
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Charles Jean-Baptiste des Gallois de La Tour (1715–1802) was a French public official. He served as the last First President of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence...
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Béat Fidèle Antoine Jean Dominique de La Tour-Châtillon de Zurlauben (1720–1799) was a distinguished soldier in the French army and Swiss historian. Béat...
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Eiffel Tower (redirect from La Tour Eiffel)
Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after...
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ISBN 978-2-221-07290-5. Thompson, p. 79 McGann, p. 150 Boeuf, Jean-Luc; Léonard, Yves (2003). La République du Tour de France (in French). Seuil, France. ISBN 978-2-02-058073-1...
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The Stock Exchange Tower (French: Tour de la Bourse) is a 48-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Victoria...
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children: Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne, second wife of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany John III, Count of Auvergne Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne paternal...
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ambassador to Aragon. In 1456, he married Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (died 1469), the daughter of Bertrand de La Tour d'Auvergne and Jacquette du Peschin. They...
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John IV, Count of Auvergne (redirect from Jean IV de La Tour, Count of Auvergne)
of Georges de la Trémoille. He was the last in the male line of Counts of Auvergne from the La Tour d'Auvergne family. John married Jeanne de Bourbon-Vendôme...
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English title). Jean Marais : Henri La Tour Eleonora Rossi Drago : Countess Malvina of Amalfi Nadja Tiller : Mirabelle Cathia Caro : Antoinette de Saint-Sever...
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Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (Godefroy Charles Henri; 26 January 1728, Paris – 3 December 1792) was a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, the...
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