Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/ VAIR-dun; US also /vɛərˈdʌn/ vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is...
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Colonel Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire, who had commanded the defense of Verdun, chose death by suicide to avoid the dishonor of surrendering Verdun. Battle...
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The Prince-Bishopric of Verdun was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was located at the western edge of the Empire and was bordered by France, the Duchy...
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capitals, in illuminated manuscripts, or on the enameled altarpiece by Nicolas de Verdun created for Klosterneuburg Abbey. The scene of Samson gathering honey...
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Verdun (c. 1130 – c. 1205) was a renowned metalworker, goldsmith and enamellist active around the years 1180–1205. He was born in the city of Verdun,...
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The Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic...
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the Battle of Verdun in 1916. Atkin Buckingham Atkin, Nicolas. Petain. Routledge, 2014; ISBN 978-0582070370 Buckingham, William F. Verdun 1916: The Deadliest...
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Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur (16 October 1524 – 23 January 1577), was the second son of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and Renée de Bourbon. He was...
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1794. Pache was born in Verdun, but grew up in Paris, of Swiss parentage, the son of the concièrge of the hotel of Marshal de Castries. He became tutor...
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to her first marriage to John de Burgh. Her two successive husbands were Theobald II de Verdun (of the Butler-de Verdun family) and Roger d'Amory. Later...
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The French town of Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun during the First World War, one of the most costly battles in military history. Since then...
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town has a statue to Commandant Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire who, in 1792, killed himself rather than surrender Verdun to the Prussians. Inhabitants of...
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Charles Nicolas Gabriel, Verdun, Notice historique, 1888, réédition 1993 Poull, Georges, La maison souveraine et ducale de Bar, Presses Universitaires de Nancy...
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Nicolas Beauzée (9 May 1717 in Verdun, Meuse – 23 January 1789 in Paris) was a French linguist, author of Grammaire générale (published 1767) and one...
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(1559–1560) Charles Leprévot de Grandville (1560–1568) (†) Nicolas de Verdun (1567–1569) (†) Pierre Brulard (1567–1569) Pierre Clausse de Marchaumont (1568–1577)...
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country of Verdun-sur-Garonne at the end of the 14th century. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave...
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was a French officer. Born in Coulommiers, he commanded the defence of Verdun against the invading Allied armies of the First Coalition, shortly before...
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Verdun Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Verdun) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Verdun, Lorraine, France. The cathedral is...
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Bayonet Trench (category Battle of Verdun)
Battle Of Verdun?". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 23 November 2024. Czubak, Nicolas. "Remembering the poilus: the Bayonet Trench". Chemins de mémoire...
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of Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur and his wife Margaret of Egmont. He was the younger brother of Louise of Lorraine and the uncle of Cardinal Charles de Lorraine-Vaudémont...
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Henri, Count of Chaligny (redirect from Henri de Lorraine, Count of Chaligny)
Lorraine (13 January 1599 – 10 June 1671), bishop of Verdun from 1623 to 1661. Jacques-Auguste de Thou, Histoire Universelle, vol. 11 (London, 1734), p...
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department and it hosted an important battle/offensive in 1916 in and around Verdun. Meuse is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution...
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point for essential supplies going to the besieged city of Verdun during the Battle of Verdun in 1916. Thousands of trucks, carrying men, equipment and...
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Philippe Pétain (redirect from Lion of verdun)
victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive...
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the County of Hainaut. He was baptised Annibal, but the Bishop of Verdun, Nicolas de Bousmar, gave him the confirmation name Servais (Servatius). He made...
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Nicolas Bellavène (20 October 1770, in Verdun – 8 February 1826, in Milly) was a French general. His name is engraved on the east side of the Arc de triomphe...
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Ypres 1914 Verdun 1916-1917 The Somme 1916 The Ourcq 1918 The regimental flag also bears the wording "Honneur et Patrie" and the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918...
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Marseillaise relief broke off on the day, it is said, that the Battle of Verdun began in 1916. The relief was immediately hidden by tarpaulins to conceal...
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Palace of Justice is located on the Place de Verdun in the centre of Aix-en-Provence. Architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux was commissioned to build or rebuild...
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Nicholas of Autrecourt (redirect from Nicolas d'Autrecourt)
medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian. Born in Autrecourt, near Verdun, he was educated at Paris and earned bachelor's degrees in theology and...
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