publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lasalle, Antoine Chevalier Louis Collinet, Count". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed...
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Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʁɛmɔ̃ ʒozɛf də bʁyni dɑ̃tʁəkasto]; 8 November 1737 – 21 July...
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Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (/ləˈmɑːrk/; French: [ʒɑ̃batist...
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Manon Lescaut (redirect from Chevalier des Grieux)
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut (French: Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut [istwaʁ dy ʃ(ə)valje de ɡʁijø e...
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at the Institut Français in London. Wilson is Chevalier and Officier des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier and Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite. He...
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Antoine Gombaud, alias Chevalier de Méré, (1607 – 29 December 1684) was a French writer, born in Poitou. Although he was not a nobleman, he adopted the...
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children. Thomas de la Rue was apprenticed to a master-printer, Joseph Antoine Chevalier in Saint Peter Port in 1803. He went into business with Tom Greenslade...
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ensemble comedy film directed by Éric Lavaine. Lambert Wilson as Antoine Chevalier Franck Dubosc as Baptiste Florence Foresti as Olivia Guillaume de...
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Legion of Honour (redirect from Chevalier dans l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur)
office. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand officier (Grand...
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Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (/ˈkædɪlæk/, French: [kadijak]; March 5, 1658 – October 16, 1730), born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer and...
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Louis Desaix (redirect from Chevalier Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux)
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (French: [lwi ʃaʁl ɑ̃twan dəzɛ]) (17 August 1768 – 14 June 1800) was a French general and military leader during the French...
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Château Lascombes (redirect from Chevalier de Lascombes)
Lascombes and Gombaud. In the 17th century the estate belonged to Antoine, chevalier de Lascombes, and has kept his name. Some locals suggest the estate...
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Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, Vicomte de Saint-Exupéry, known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (UK: /ˌsæ̃tɪɡˈzuːpɛri/, US: /-ɡzuːpeɪˈriː/, French:...
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) (25 December 1745 – 9 June 1799) was a French violinist, conductor, composer and soldier. Moreover he demonstrated...
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of Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846). Captain: Marie Antoine Chevalier de Robillard (1788–1837) Zoologists: Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873)...
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botanist Antoine Gombaud, Chevalier de Méré (1607–1684), French writer Caroline Chevalier (died 1917), British writer and traveller Godfrey Chevalier (1889–1922)...
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Louis Antoine of France, Duke of Angoulême (6 August 1775 – 3 June 1844) was the elder son of Charles X and the last Dauphin of France from 1824 to 1830...
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Nicolas Antoine Coulon, chevalier de Villiers was born in 1683, and died in 1733. He was an officer in New France. Born in Brittany and baptized March...
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Antoine Vestier (1740 – 24 December 1824) was a French miniaturist and painter of portraits, born at Avallon in Burgundy, who trained in the atelier of...
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Antoine Ouilmette (c. 1760–1841) was a fur trader and early resident of what is now Chicago, Illinois. He was of French Canadian and possibly Native American...
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Antoine-Léonard de Chézy (15 January 1773 – 31 August 1832) was a French orientalist and one of the first European scholars of Sanskrit. He was born at...
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Stanislas de Boufflers (redirect from Stanislas Jean, Chevalier de Boufflers)
Stanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers (31 May 1738, Nancy – 18 January 1815) was a French statesman and writer. He was born near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle...
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Abbé Prévost (redirect from Antoine Francois Prevost d'Exiles)
Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (UK: /ˌpreɪvoʊ dɛɡˈziːl/ PRAY-voh deg-ZEEL, US: /preɪˌvoʊ -/ pray-VOH -, French: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa pʁevo dɛɡzil]; 1 April...
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LVMH (redirect from Alain Chevalier)
create LVMH. Following different visions of the future of the Group, Alain Chevalier and Henri Racamier, respective leaders of MH and LV, started to fight...
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Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier [de] Grimaldi, (Paris, 2 October 1697 – Monaco, 28 November 1784) was the de facto ruler of Monaco between 1732 and 1784...
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Adolphe Sax (redirect from Antoine-Joseph Sax)
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the...
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take away the King and thus created the legend of the conspiracy of the chevaliers du poignard. That was used in propaganda images from the constitutionalists...
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Jean-Antoine Houdon (French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan udɔ̃]; 20 March 1741 – 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor. Houdon is famous for his portrait busts...
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Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (/ˈbuːɡənvɪl/, US also /ˌbuːɡæ̃ˈviːl/, French: [lwi ɑ̃twan də buɡɛ̃vil]; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a...
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Bastille (redirect from Bastille Saint-Antoine)
French: [bastij] ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for...
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