Joyeuse (pronounced [ʒwajøz] ; Old French: Joiuse; meaning "joyous, joyful") was, in medieval legend, the sword wielded by Charlemagne as his personal...

Joyeuse is the name of Charlemagne's sword and is the French word for "joyous". Joyeuse may also refer to: Joyeuse (river), a river in France Joyeuse...

Louis-Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (29 May 1747 – 24 July 1812) was a French Navy officer and politician. He was born in Auch. After serving in the Indies...

L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 (The Joyful Island) is a piece for solo piano by Claude Debussy composed in 1904. It is assumed that the painting The Embarkation...

of Joyeuse was created in 1581 by King Henry III of France for his favourite Anne de Joyeuse. The lordship of Joyeuse, named for the town of Joyeuse, Ardèche...

Joyeuse (French: [ʒwajøz] ; Occitan: Juèsa) is a commune in the Ardèche department. It is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southern France...

House of Joyeuse is an old French noble family, particularly influential in the 16th century, which takes its name from the town of Joyeuse, in the Vivarais...

René Joyeuse, M.D., MS, FACS (17 January 1920 – 12 June 2012) was a Swiss, French and American soldier, physician and researcher. He distinguished himself...

The Joyeuse (French pronunciation: [ʒwajøz] ; Basque: Iholdiko erreka) is a left tributary of the Bidouze, in the French Basque Country (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)...

Guillaume de Joyeuse (1520–1592) was a French military commander during the French Wars of Religion. Originally destined for the church, he assumed the...

Joyeuse marche is a popular orchestra piece by the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier. It is the second half of a pair of orchestral pieces (the other...

Anne de Joyeuse, baron d'Arques then duc de Joyeuse (c. 1560–20 October 1587) was a French noble, governor, Admiral, military commander and royal favourite...

François de Joyeuse (24 June 1562 – 23 August 1615) was a French churchman and politician. Born at Carcassonne, François de Joyeuse was the second son...

Jean-Armand de Joyeuse (1631 – 1 July 1710), Marquis de Grandpré and Baron de Verpel, was a soldier and Marshal of France during the seventeenth and early...

The Château de Joyeuse Garde is the site of a castle associated with Joyous Gard from Arthurian legend. Its ruins in the town of La Forest-Landerneau...

Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse (8 January 1585 – 25 February 1656) was the daughter of Henri de Joyeuse and Catherine de Nogaret de La Valette. She married...

produced at the same time and released in France the same year as La veuve joyeuse. Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some of Lehar's...

Duke of Joyeuse (11 January 1622 – 27 September 1654, Paris) was a younger son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse. He was appointed...

Château des Ducs de Joyeuse is a castle in the commune of Couiza in the Aude département of France. Originally built for the Dukes of Joyeuse in the mid-16th...

A Joyous Entry (Dutch: Blijde Intrede; French: Joyeuse Entrée) is a ceremonial event marking the entry into a city by a monarch, prince, duke, or governor...

self-importance and when asked about her maternal grandmother Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse she replied that she was not her grandmother, because her grandmother was...

Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, Duchess of Joyeuse in her own right. Marie de Bourbon was born in the château de...

Happy Arenas (French: Arènes joyeuses) is a 1935 French musical comedy film directed by Karl Anton and starring Lucien Baroux, Betty Stockfeld and André...

Henry IV) and a royalist army led by Anne, Duke of Joyeuse. Henry of Navarre was victorious, and Joyeuse was killed while attempting to surrender. The Wars...

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse is a 1973 French-Italian horror film directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel). It is also known as At the...

Duc de Joyeuse (Toulouse, 21 September 1563 – Rivoli, 28 September 1608) was the youngest brother of Anne de Joyeuse and François de Joyeuse. He was...

Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, Chabrier left a corpus of operas (including L'étoile), songs, and...

actor. His films include Expulsion of the Devil (Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse, 1973) and La Femme aux bottes rouges (1974). Buñuel was the son of the...

New York: John Wiley and Sons. pp. Foreword. ISBN 978-0-471-29016-2. Joyeuse encyclopédie anecdotique de la gastronomie, Michel Ferracci-Porri and Maryline...

Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse (French pronunciation: [beʁi syʁ ʒwajøz], literally Beyrie on Joyeuse; Basque: Bithiriña) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques...