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    Étienne François, marquis de Stainville, duc de Choiseul, KOHS, OGF (28 June 1719 – 8 May 1785) was a French military officer, diplomat and statesman....
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    Renard II of Choiseul, also known as Raynard II of Choiseul or Renaud of Choiseul, was the son of Foulques II and Alix of Vignory. He held the title of...
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    The Hôtel de Crozat, later the Hôtel de Choiseul, was a Parisian hôtel particulier, constructed in 1704 to the designs of the French architect Jean-Sylvain...
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    1785 Chanteloup belonged to King Louis XV's prime minister, the Duke of Choiseul. The château was mostly demolished in 1823, but some features of the park...
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    the former hôtel particulier on this site of Mme de Ferrières, known to the Comte de Stainville-Choiseul, where later Madame Tallien lived. She was known...
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    grandfather of Françoise, duchesse de Praslin, who was believed to have been murdered by her husband, Charles de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin in August 1847...
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    heraldique-europeenne.org Source: Maison de Choiseul sur www.heraldique-europeenne.org Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Source: Armorial de J.B. RIETSTAP - and...
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  • Thumbnail for César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin
    House of Choiseul, he was the elder son of Hubert de Choiseul, Marquis de Choiseul, Count de La Rivière (d. 1727) and his wife, Henriette Louise de Beauvau...
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    The Maison de Balzac (English: Balzac's House) is a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is...
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    L'affaire de Mademoiselle de Choiseul – was even brought before the Parlement de Paris. Augustine Françoise de Choiseul was the ward of the Marquise de Hautefort...
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    Passage Choiseul is one of the covered passages of Paris, France located in the 2nd arrondissement. It is the continuation of Rue de Choiseul. The Passage...
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    Madame de Pompadour. Louis named the Duke de Choiseul as his minister of foreign affairs on 3 December 1758, following the recommendation of Madame de Pompadour...
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    Beauvais Hôtel de Choiseul-Praslin Hôtel Duret de Chevry Hôtel Gouthière Hôtel Carnavalet Hôtel de Salm Hôtel de Besenval Hôtel de Charost Hôtel Beauharnais...
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    letter from Voltaire to César Gabriel de Choiseul (1712–1785), who had replaced his cousin Étienne de Choiseul as French Secretary of State for Foreign...
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  • Thumbnail for Maison de Victor Hugo
    Maison de Victor Hugo (English: Victor Hugo's House) is a writer's house museum located where Victor Hugo lived for 16 years between 1832 and 1848. It...
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    The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western...
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    he married Elizabeth (Isabel), daughter of the Maréchal Charles de Choiseul, Marquis de Praslin. Their children included: Gabriel 1643 Caesar Phoebus +...
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    de Ségur (1724–1801), Marshal of France in 1783 Jacques de Choiseul-Stainville, Count of Choiseul (1727–1789), Marshal of France in 1783 Charles de La...
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    establishing a constitution for Europe. 2005: Urgences de la poésie ([Casablanca] : Eds. de la Maison de la Poésie du Maroc, July 2005) tr. into Arabic by...
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    husband, César-Auguste de Choiseul de Plessis-Praslin [fr], Duke of Choiseul for her ‘misconduct’. To protect Madame de Choiseul’s sister Marie-Yolande...
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    requêtes. Maupeou Family He was marquis de Morangles and de Bully, vicomte de Bruyères. The patronage of the duc de Choiseul has been overplayed. Durand Echeverria...
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    married in London, on 3 June 1824, Charlotte, comtesse de Choiseul, widow of comte Cesar de Choiseul (d. 1821), née the Honourable (Maria) Charlotte Parkyns...
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    poste de contrôleur et inspecteur général en chef des Carrières. Signe du destin, une nouvelle maison s'effondra le jour même dans les carrières de la rue...
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    1998-11-30. Retrieved 2023-10-08. Often presented as Duchy of Choiseul [fr]. "La Duchesse de Choiseul, version pensive | Musée Rodin". musee-rodin.fr (in French)...
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    Marcel, provost of the merchants (i.e. mayor) of Paris, bought the so-called maison aux piliers ("House of Pillars") in the name of the municipality on the...
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  • trente glorieux, Optimum, September 2009 "Choiseul 100 : Les leaders économique de demain – 2018 - Institut Choiseul". Archived from the original on 2018-11-21...
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    chancellor. After the dismissal of Choiseul in December 1770, he served as Foreign Minister until June 1771. His use of lettres de cachet in the La Chalotais...
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  • Vivienne in 1840. As a child, Louis-Ferdinand Céline lived in the Passage Choiseul. The passages were the subject of Walter Benjamin's incomplete magnum-opus...
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    reported that the château was the scene of a murder in 1847, when Charles de Choiseul-Praslin killed his wife in her bedroom. He did so at their Paris residence...
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    Nicolas Joseph Maison, marquis de Maison (French pronunciation: [nikɔla ʒozɛf mɛzɔ̃]; 19 December 1771 – 13 February 1840) was a French military officer...
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