• Thumbnail for Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy
    Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a French noblewoman, notorious adventuress and...
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    La Motte-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [la mɔt sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in...
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  • the Orne département La Motte-Saint-Jean, in the Saône-et-Loire département La Motte-Saint-Martin, in the Isère département La Motte-Servolex, in the Savoie...
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    under Captain Pierre La Motte. They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly). In 1666, Fort Saint-Jean and the farthest...
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    Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ də la mɔt]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western...
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    La Motte-de-Galaure (French pronunciation: [la mɔt də ɡalɔʁ]) is a former commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2022, it...
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  • Orne department Saint-Jean-de-la-Haize, in the Manche department Saint-Jean-de-la-Léqueraye, in the Eure department Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte, in the Sarthe...
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  • The Arboretum Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte is the arboretum located along a botanical path in Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. It contains...
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    La Grande-Motte (French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d mɔt]; Occitan: La Mota Granda) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France...
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    the Order of Saint Louis in 1780, and of Grand Cross in 1784. He died during the French Revolution. La Motte-Picquet joined the Gardes de la Marine in Brest...
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    Saint-Romain-la-Motte (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʁɔmɛ̃ la mɔt]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Communes of the Loire department...
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    A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a...
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    Maison des vins, Droits de l'Homme esplanade. Château Saint-Jean, in the old commune of Saint-Jean-le-Priche annexed to Mâcon in 1972 Château des Perrières...
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  • Thumbnail for Château de la Motte
    Château de la Motte is a chateau located in the commune of Joué-du-Plain (Orne) in Normandy, France. The chateau began as a Viking motte-and-bailey castle...
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  • Thumbnail for La Motte-Saint-Martin
    La Motte-Saint-Martin is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Communes of the Isère department "Répertoire national des élus: les...
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  • Pierre de St. Paul, Sieur de La Motte (Pierre La Motte or Pierre Lamotte) (d. November 27, 1685) was captain of a company of the Carignan-Salieres Regiment...
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  • Thumbnail for La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
    Chambly, Fort Sainte-Thérèse, and Fort Saint-Jean at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, are on the way. Fort St. Anne Isle La Motte, Vermont in Lake Champlain is near...
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  • Thumbnail for Jeanne Guyon
    Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (commonly known as Madame Guyon, French: [gɥi.jɔ̃]; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French Christian accused...
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    so much that a wall round it encircled fifteen hectares. Saint Marcellus of Chalons (Saint Marcel) is said to have been martyred here in 179 AD. Chalon...
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  • Thumbnail for Marolles-les-Braults
    [maʁɔl le bʁo]) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Dissé-sous-Ballon...
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    Le Mans (/ ˈmɒ̃/, French: [ mɑ̃] ) is a city in Northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the...
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    with the following municipalities. Abbey of St Andoche, Autun Abbey of Saint-Jean-le-Grand Autun Cathedral Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department Morvan...
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  • Thumbnail for Affair of the Diamond Necklace
    confidence trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, also known as Jeanne de la Motte, made a plan to use the necklace to gain wealth and possibly...
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  • Cabrières-d'Aigues, ten from La Motte-d'Aigues, four from Lacoste, two from La Roque d'Antheron, one from Sivergues and eleven from Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque. The South...
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    the Abitibi area the village of "La Motte" has four namesakes: La Motte Township, the municipality of La Motte, La Motte lake (formed by a widening of the...
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  • Thumbnail for La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle station
    La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle (French pronunciation: [la mɔt pikɛ ɡʁənɛl]) is a station of the Paris Métro, at the interconnection of line 6, line 8, and line...
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  • in Saint Nazaire to then sail to the Quiberon Bay, where the escort of La Motte-Picquet was waiting to accompany them the 900 km to the United States....
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    and named in its honour. She took part in the Battle of Ushant under La Motte-Picquet, and to the Armada of 1779. In 1781, on 29 April, she took part...
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    the small town of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave in the province of Gascony (today in the Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie). His father, Jean Laumet, was born in...
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  • Petit Boulé") on Avenue de la Motte-Picquet, Paris. He opened another shop in Rue Vavin in 1990 and a tea house in Rue Saint Honoré in 1997. In 2002, he...
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